HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3 Command Line Interface Reference
◦ online_copy. Track physical copy of VV while online (createvvcopy -online
command).
◦ convert_vv. Track tasks that are converting a volume from fully-provisioned to
thin-provisioned and vice-versa.
◦ tune_sd. Track HP 3PAR System Tuner volume tuning operations. Requires an HP 3PAR
Dynamic Optimization license.
◦ tune_vv. Track 3PAR System Tuner volume tuning operations. Requires an HP 3PAR
Dynamic Optimization license.
◦ tune_vv_restart. Track restarted HP 3PAR System Tuner volume tuning operations.
Requires an HP 3PAR Dynamic Optimization license.
◦ tune_vv_rollback. Track rolling back of 3PAR System Tuner volume tuning operation
that was previously interrupted. Requires an HP 3PAR Dynamic Optimization license.
• Name. The name of the system object that is being operated on. When there are multiple
objects, those objects are not identified individually but as a group (for example, multiple
LDs or multiple CPGs).
• Status. The task state. Task states are as follows:
Done. The task has completed successfully.◦
◦ Active. The task is still in process.
◦ Cancelled. The task was canceled by you.
◦ Failed. The task failed to complete because of a reason other than user cancellation.
• Phase. For Active tasks, indicates the number of completed phases and the total number
of phases in the current step, using the syntax <#completed_phase>/<#total_phases>.
Note that each step is composed of an arbitrary number of phases.
• Step. For Active tasks, indicates the number of completed steps and the total number of
steps in the current task, using the syntax <#completed_step>/<#total_steps>. Note
that each task is composed of an arbitrary number of steps.
• Start Time. Indicates the time that the task was started.
• Finish Time. For Done, Cancelled, and Failed tasks, indicates the time that the task
stopped because of completion, cancelation, or failure.
• Priority. Displays the priority value such as high, med or low for physical copy or promote
tasks and for all other tasks, n/a will be displayed.
• User. The name of the user that initiated the task. A user sys:3parsys indicates that the
task was generated internally. A user displayed as n/a indicates that a user was not specified
for the task.
The following example shows details about a specific task using the task ID (task ID is 3).
cli% showtask –d 3
Id Type Name Status Phase Step -------StartTime-------
------FinishTime----
3 snapspace_accounting ss_accounting done --- --- 2009-02-27 11:37:46 PST
2009-02-27 11:37:48 PST
Detailed status:
2009-02-27 11:37:46 PST Created task.
2009-02-27 11:37:46 PST Started snapshot usage data collection process for VVs
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