3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 Quick Start Guide

Overview
In this quick start guide:
VV = Virtual Volume
CPG = Common Provisioning Group
TPVV = Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volume
VLUN = Virtual-LUN
SV = Snapshot Volume
For complete information about the following
commonly used terms, refer to the
3PAR InForm OS
Concepts Guide
.
Virtual Copy - a copy (snapshot) of a virtual volume
created using copy-on-write techniques.
Physical Copy - a copy (snapshot) of all data from
a base volume onto another base volume. The
performance of the volumes are identical.
Host - a set of WWNs of the physical ports on a
server.
Getting Started with the
InForm CLI
For complete information about the procedures
described in this guide, refer to the
3PAR InForm
OS CLI Administrator’s Manual
. For complete
information about the CLI commands used in
this guide, refer to the
InForm OS Command Line
Interface Reference
.
CREATING A DOMAIN
NOTE: Requires the 3PAR Domains license.
• To create a domain, issue
createdomain <domain_name>.
CREATING A HOST
NOTE: Download and review 3PAR Implementation
Guides before adding or modifying hosts. The guides
can be found at
http://www.3pardata.com/support.
NOTE: The -domain <domain> option is required
if you are using 3PAR Domains.
• To create a host with a Fiber Channel path, issue
createhost –domain
<domain> <host_name> <WWN>.
• To create a host with an iSCSI path, issue
createhost –iscsi –domain
<domain> <host_name> <iSCSI_name>.
CREATING AN AUTONOMIC HOST
GROUP
• To create an autonomic host group, issue
createhostset <set_name>
<host_names>.
CREATING A COMMON
PROVISIONING GROUP
NOTE: The -domain <domain> option is required
if you are using 3PAR Domains.
• To create a CPG, issue createcpg
–domain <domain> –aw <percent>
-sdgl <warning_grow_limit> -sdgw
<warning_LD_threshold>
-t <RAID_type> <CPG_name>.
CREATING A THINLY PROVISIONED
VIRTUAL VOLUME
NOTE: Requires the 3PAR Thin Provisioning license.
• To create a TPVV, issue createvv -tpvv
-snp_cpg <snp_CPG> -snp_aw <percent>
-snp_al <percent> -usr_aw <percent>
-usr_al <percent> <user_CPG>
<VV_name> <size>.
CREATING A FULLY PROVISIONED
VIRTUAL VOLUME
• To create a fully provisioned virtual volume, issue
createvv –snp_cpg <snp_CPG>
<usr_CPG> <VV_name> <size>.
CREATING AN AUTONOMIC VIRTUAL
VOLUME GROUP
• To create an autonomic virtual volume group,
issue createvvset <set_name>
<VV_names>.
EXPORTING A VIRTUAL VOLUME
• To create a host sees or host set VLUN template,
issue createvlun <VV_name>|set:<set_
name> <LUN> <host_name>|<host_set>.
• To create a port presents VLUN template, issue
createvlun <VV_name>|set:<set_name>
<LUN> <N:S:P>.
• To create a matched set VLUN template, issue
createvlun <VV_name>|set:<set_name>
<LUN> <N:S:P> <host_name>.
CREATING A VIRTUAL COPY
NOTE: Requires the 3PAR Virtual Copy license.
• To create a snapshot of a VV or VV set, issue
createsv <SV_name>
<copy_of_VV>|set:<set_name>.
CREATING A PHYSICAL COPY
• To create a physical copy of a VV, issue
createvvcopy –p
<parent_VV|parent_VVset>
-s <destination_VV|set:<set_name>.
OTHER USEFUL CLI COMMANDS
help: lists CLI command categories.
help –search <regex>: allows you to search
help text with the supplied regular expression
(<regex>).
showcpg: displays the system’s common
provisioning groups.
showdomain: displays all system domains.
showhost: displays system host defi nitions,
including any newly discovered, unassigned, host
WWNs.
showhostset: displays all host sets.
showlicense: shows license information.
showpd: shows drive information including failed
drives and their locations.
showspace -t <RAID_type>: displays the
amount of space available to build a volume.
showsys: displays system information.
showversion: displays information about the
InServ Storage Server’s software.
showvlun -a: shows all active VLUNs.
showvv: shows all virtual volumes.
showvv –cpg <CPG_name|pattern>: displays
all virtual volumes belonging to the common
provisioning group that matches the specifi ed name
or pattern.
showvv –tpvv: displays all thinly provisioned
virtual volumes.
showvvset: shows all autonomic virtual volume
groups.
tunevv: optimizes vritual volumes.
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