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ServerView Resource Orchestrator V2.3.0 Reference Guide

1.3.4 rcxadm disk

Name

[Windows]
Installation_folder\Manager\bin\rcxadm disk - disk resource operations

[Linux]
/opt/FJSVrcvmr/bin/rcxadm disk - disk resource operations


Format

rcxadm disk list [-verbose]
rcxadm disk show -name name
rcxadm disk move -name name -to pool [-nowait]
rcxadm disk modify -name name [-label label] [-comment comment]

Description

rcxadm disk is the command used to perform operations on disk resources. A disk resource is allocated to an L-Server, and corresponds to the virtual disk of the VM guest, a LUN of ETERNUS/EMC CLARiiON/EMC Symmetrix DMX, and FlexVol of NetApp.

Disk resources provide virtual disks to L-Servers.


Subcommands

list

Displays a list of disk resource information.

The following detailed information is displayed:

Table 1.9 Disk Resource Information

Item Name

Description

NAME

Disk Resource Name

LABEL

Disk resource label

COMMENT (*1)

Disk resource comment

TOTAL

Total disk resource size

STATUS

Disk resource status

VSTORAGE NAME (*1)

Virtual storage resource name that is the source for disk resource creation

SHARED (*1)

Shared attributes of disks

When disk shared attributes are specified for the XML definition "Yes" is displayed, when not specified "No" is displayed.

Even if only one L-Server is using the disk, "Yes" is displayed when disk shared attributes are specified for the XML definition.

UNIT_NAME (*1)

Identifier of the physical storage unit resource where disk resources exist

VOLUME_ID (*1)

Volume identifier of the physical storage unit corresponding to disk resources

PRE_CREATED (*1)

When the disk was created in advance using storage management software, "Yes" is displayed. When it was created using resource Orchestrator, "No" is displayed.

*1: When specifying -verbose for the option, it is displayed.

show

To display the detailed information for a disk resource.

The following detailed information is displayed:

Table 1.10 Detailed Information for Disk Resources

Item Name

Description

NAME

Disk Resource Name

LABEL

Disk resource label

COMMENT

Disk resource comment

TOTAL

Total disk resource size

STATUS

Disk resource status

VSTORAGE NAME

Virtual storage resource name that is the source for disk resource creation

SHARED

Shared attributes of disks

When disk shared attributes are specified for the XML definition "Yes" is displayed, when not specified "No" is displayed.

Even if only one L-Server is using the disk, "Yes" is displayed when disk shared attributes are specified for the XML definition.

POOL_NAME

Name of the storage pool where disk resources have been registered

UNIT_NAME

Identifier of the physical storage unit resource where disk resources exist

VOLUME_ID

Volume identifier of the physical storage unit corresponding to disk resources

L-SERVER[num]

Name of the L-Server to which disk resources are being connected (diskindex)

In diskindex, the index number corresponding to the disk element of the L-Server to which disk resources are being connected is set.

When the disk resource is being shared among multiple L-Servers, the index number of the L-Server is set in num. The number is 0 or larger.

PRE_CREATED

When the disk was created in advance using storage management software, "Yes" is displayed. When it was created using resource Orchestrator, "No" is displayed.

iSCSI[num] [STORAGE IQN]

IQN name of the storage port used by disk resources with which iSCSI connection is made

The index number of the disk element is configured in num. The number is 1 or larger.

iSCSI[num] [STORAGE IPAddress]

IP address of the storage port used by disk resources with which iSCSI connection is made

The index number of the disk element is configured in num. The number is 1 or larger.

iSCSI[num] [SERVER IQN]

IQN name of the server used by disk resources with which iSCSI connection is made

The index number of the disk element is configured in num. The number is 1 or larger.

iSCSI[num] [SERVER IPAddress]

IP address of the server used by disk resources with which iSCSI connection is made

The index number of the disk element is configured in num. The number is 1 or larger.

iSCSI[num] [port]

iSCSI communication port number used by disk resources with which iSCSI connection is made

The index number of the disk element is configured in num. The number is 1 or larger.

iSCSI[num] [Authentication Method]

Authentication mode adapted to iSCSI communication used by disk resources with which iSCSI connection is made

When not using authentication for iSCSI communication, "NONE" is displayed. When using CHAP or mutual authentication, "CHAP" and "MutualCHAP" are displayed respectively.

The index number of the disk element is configured in num. The number is 1 or larger.

move

Moves disk resources to the specified resource pool. Only the resources created in advance on a disk can be moved.

modify

Changes labels and comments of disk resources.


Options

-verbose

Use this option to increase the items displayed in the list of information.

-name name

In name, specify the name of the target disk resource to perform an operation with.

-to pool

Specify the destination resource pool in pool.
For the resource pool allocated in the resource folder, specify the resource folder name using slashes ("/").

-nowait

Use this option to return directly to the command prompt without waiting for the operation of the disk resource specified in the subcommand to complete its execution.

-label label

In label, specify the new label.

-comment comment

In comment, specify the new comments.


Examples