CLI Guide

Return to the context immediately above the current context:
VPlexcli:/monitoring/directors/director-1-1-B> cd ..
VPlexcli:/monitoring/directors>
Navigate directly to a context from any other context:
VPlexcli:/clusters/clusters-1/fans> cd /clusters/cluster-1/fans/
cluster add
Adds a cluster to a running metro node.
Contexts
All contexts.
Syntax
cluster add
[-c|--cluster] context path
[-t|--to] cluster
[-f|--force]
Arguments
Required arguments
[-c|--cluster] context path * Cluster to add.
[-t|--to] cluster * Cluster to which the given cluster is added. This is only necessary if the system cannot be
automatically determined.
Optional arguments
[-f|--force]
Forces the cluster addition to proceed even if conditions are not optimal.
* - argument is positional.
Description
Before a cluster can communicate with the other cluster of a Metro, you must use the cluster add command.
Use the --to argument:
● During system bring-up when no clusters have yet been told about other clusters. In this scenario, any cluster can be used as
the system representative.
● Multiple systems have been detected. Connection to multiple systems, is not supported.
If there only one system actually present, but it has split into islands due to connectivity problems, it is highly advisable to
repair the problems before proceeding. Add the given cluster to each island separately.
If the intention is to merge two existing systems, break up one of the systems and add it to the other system cluster-by-
cluster.
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