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NAME
lsmcli - libStorageMgmt command line interface
SYNOPSIS
lsmcli command [GLOBAL OPTIONS]...[COMMAND OPTIONS]...
DESCRIPTION
lsmcli is the command line tool for the libStorageMgmt library. This tool allows users to do one off
storage related management operations or to script management of their storage.
PREREQUISITES
* libStorageMgmt daemon.
The daemon 'lsmd' is required by lsmcli.
* URI(Uniform Resource Identifier)
URI is used to identify which plugin to use and how the plugin should communicate with the
storage array. The valid URI format is:
plugin://<username>@host:<port>?<query_string_parameters>
plugin+ssl://<username>@host:<port>?<query_string_parameters>
Examples, please refer to "LibStorageMgmt User Guide" for more details:
* Simulator:
sim://
simc://
* NetApp ONTAP:
ontap://username@host
ontap+ssl://username@host
* SMI-S supported arrays (eg. EMC CX/VNX, HDS AMS, IBM SVC/DS, LSI MegaRAID and others):
smis://username@host:<port>?namespace=<namespace>
smis+ssl://username@host:<port>?namespace=<namespace>
You can pass URI to lsmcli via one of these methods:
* Using '-u, --uri' argument.
* Using 'LSMCLI_URI' environment variable.
* Add this line into $HOME/.lsmcli:
uri=<URI>
* Password
For storage array password authentication you can pass it to lsmcli via one of the following
methods:
* '-P, --prompt' argument to prompt for password.
* 'LSMCLI_PASSWORD' environment variable.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
--version Show program's version number and exit
-h, --help Show this help message and exit. Will show help message of specific command if specified.
-u <URI>, --uri <URI>
Uniform Resource Identifier (env LSMCLI_URI)
-P, --prompt Prompt for password (env LSMCLI_PASSWORD)
-H, --human Print sizes in human readable format (e.g., KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB)
-t <SEP>, --terse <SEP>
Print output in terse form with "SEP" as a record separator without header unless
'--header' defined.
--header Include the header with terse
-e, --enum Display enumerated types as numbers instead of text
-f, --force Bypass confirmation prompt for data loss operations
-w <WAIT>, --wait=<WAIT>
Command timeout value in ms (default = 30s)
-b Run the command asynchronously instead of waiting for completion. The lsmcli command will
exit with exit code(7) and job id will be written to STDOUT when a command is still
executing on the storage array. Use 'job-status --id <job id>' to inquire on the progress
of the command. Some arrays or plugins might not support asynchronous operations, in
those circumstances, -b will be ineffective. Command will wait until finished.
-s, --script Displaying data in script friendly way.
Without this option, data is displayed in this manner (default):
ID | Name | Element Type ...
------------------------------------------ ...
aggr0 | aggr0 | FS,SYSTEM_RESERVED,POOL ...
iscsi | iscsi | FS,POOL ...
With this option, data is displayed in this manner.
-----------------------------------------------
ID | aggr0
Name | aggr0
Element Type | FS,SYSTEM_RESERVED,POOL
...
-----------------------------------------------
ID | iscsi
Name | iscsi
Element Type | FS,POOL
...
Please note:
To reduce the width of output, NOT all properties will be displayed in default column
display.
COMMANDS
list
List information on LSM objects
--type <TYPE> Required. Valid values are (case insensitive):
VOLUMES, POOLS, FS, SNAPSHOTS, EXPORTS, NFS_CLIENT_AUTH,
ACCESS_GROUPS, SYSTEMS, DISKS, PLUGINS, TARGET_PORTS.
--fs <FS_ID> Required for --type=SNAPSHOTS. List the snapshots of certain filesystem. PLUGINS will
list all supported plugins of LSM, not only the current one.
--sys <SYS_ID> Search resources from system with SYS_ID. Only supported when querying these types of
resources: VOLUMES, POOLS, FS, SNAPSHOTS, DISKS, ACCESS_GROUPS.
--pool <POOL_ID>
Search resources from pool with POOL_ID. Only supported by these types of resources:
VOLUMES, POOLS, FS.
--vol <VOL_ID> Search resources from volume with VOL_ID. Only supported by these types of resources:
VOLUMES, ACCESS_GROUPS.
To query volume masking status, please use this command:
lsmcli list --type ACCESS_GROUPS --vol <VOL_ID>
--disk <DISK_ID>
Search resources from disk with DISK_ID. Only supported by these types of resources: DISK.
--ag <AG_ID> Search resources from access group with AG_ID. Only supported by these types of resources:
ACCESS_GROUPS, VOLUMES.
To query volume masking status, please use this command:
lsmcli list --type VOLUMES --ag <AG_ID>
--fs <FS_ID> Search resources from file system with FS_ID. Only supported by these types of resources:
FS.
--nfs-export <NFS_EXPORT_ID>
Search resources from NFS export with NFS_EXPORT_ID. Only supported by these types of
resources: EXPORTS.
--tgt <TGT_ID> Search resources from target port with target port ID. Only supported by these types of
resources: TARGET_PORTS.
job-status
Retrieve information about a job. Please see user guide on how to use.
--job <JOB_ID>
capabilities
Retrieves array capabilities.
--sys <SYS_ID> Required. ID of the system to query for capabilities.
plugin-info
Retrieves plugin description and version for current URI.
volume-create
Creates a volume (AKA., logical volume, virtual disk, LUN).
--name <NAME> Required. Volume name.
--size <SIZE> Required. Volume size (See SIZE OPTION for allowed formats).
--pool <POOL_ID>
Required. ID of pool.
--provisioning <THINP_TYPE>
Optional. Provisioning type. Valid values are: DEFAULT, THIN, FULL. DEFAULT means let
plugin choose. THIN means requiring a Thin Provisioning enabled volume. FULL means
requiring a fully allocated volume.
volume-raid-create
Creates a volume on hardware RAID on given disks.
--name <NAME> Required. Volume name. Might be altered or ignored due to hardware RAID card vendor
limitation.
--raid-type <RAID_TYPE>
Required. Could be one of these values: RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID50,
RAID60. The supported RAID types of current RAID card could be queried via command
"volume-raid-create-cap".
--disk <DISK_ID>
Required. Repeatable. The disk ID for new RAID group.
--strip-size <STRIP_SIZE>
Optional. The size in bytes of strip on each disks. If not defined, will let hardware card
to use the vendor default value. The supported stripe size of current RAID card could be
queried via command "volume-raid-create-cap".
volume-raid-create-cap
Query support status of volume-raid-create command for current hardware RAID card.
--sys <SYS_ID> Required. ID of the system to query for capabilities.
volume-delete
Delete a volume given its ID
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to delete.
volume-resize
Re-sizes a volume, requires:
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to resize.
--size <NEW_SIZE>
Required. The new size of volume.(See SIZE OPTION for allowed formats). Due to boundary
alignment concern, array might return a volume with slightly bigger size than requested.
volume-replicate
Creates a new volume and replicates provided volume to it.
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to replicate.
--name <NAME> Required. The name for new volume to hold replicated data.
--rep-type <REPL_TYPE> (see VOLUME REPLICATION TYPES)
Required. Valid types of replication are:
CLONE, COPY, MIRROR_ASYNC, MIRROR_SYNC.
--pool <POOL_ID>
Optional. The ID of pool where the new volume should be created from. If not specified,
plugin or array will choose appropriate pool.
volume-replicate-range
Replicates a portion of a volume to the same volume or to a different volume.
--src-vol <SRC_VOL_ID>
Required. The ID of replication source volume.
--dst-vol <DST_VOL_ID>
Required. The ID of replication destination volume.
--rep-type <REPL_TYPE> (see VOLUME REPLICATION TYPES)
Required. Appropriate types of replication are:
CLONE, COPY.
--src-start <SRC_START_BLK>
Required. Replication source volume start block number. Must in pair with --count and
--dst-start. If you have several non-continuous block ranges, you can define repeatly
define this arugument, like '--src-start 0 --dst-start 0 --count 1024 --src-start 2048
--dst-start 2048 --count 2048'
--dst-start <DST_START_BLK>
Required. Replication destination volume start block number. Must in pair with --count and
--src-start.
--count <BLK_COUNT>
Required. The count of replicated block startting from --src-startblock. Must in pair
with --src-start and --dst-start.
volume-replicate-range-block-size
Size of each replicated block on a system in bytes.
--sys <SYS_ID> Required. ID of the system to query for replicated block size.
volume-dependants
Returns True if volume has a dependant child, like replication.
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to query dependency.
volume-dependants-rm
Removes volume dependencies(like replication).
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to remove dependency.
volume-access-group
Lists the access group(s) that have access to the provided volume.
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to query access.
volume-mask
Grant access group RW access to certain volume. Like LUN masking
or NFS export.
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to access.
--ag <AG_ID> Required. The ID of access group to grant.
volume-unmask
Revoke access group RW access to specified volume.
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to revoke.
--ag <AG_ID> Required. The ID of access group to revoke.
volume-raid-info
Query RAID information for given volume.
--vol <VOL_ID> Required. The ID of volume to query.
pool-member-info
Query RAID information for given pool.
--pool <POOL_ID>
Required. The ID of pool to query.
access-group-create
Create an access group.
--name <AG_NAME>
Required. The human friendly name for new access group.
--init <INIT_ID>
Required. The first initiator ID of new access group. WWPN or iSCSI IQN.
--sys <SYS_ID> Required. The ID of system where this access group should reside on.
access-group-add
Adds an initiator to an access group.
--ag <AG_ID> Required. ID of access group.
--init <INIT_ID>
Required. ID of initiator to add. WWPN or iSCSI IQN.
access-group-remove
Removes an initiator from an access group.
--ag <AG_ID> Required. ID of access group.
--init <INIT_ID>
Required. ID of initiator to remove.
access-group-delete
Delete an access group.
--ag <AG_ID> Required. ID of access group to delete.
access-group-volumes
Lists the volumes that the access group has been granted access to.
--ag <AG_ID> Required. The ID of access group to query.
iscsi-chap
Configures ISCSI inbound/outbound CHAP authentication.
--init <INIT_ID>
Required. The ID of iSCSI initiator to configure.
--in-user <IN_USER>
Optional. Inbound CHAP user name.
--in-pass <IN_PASS>
Optional. Inbound CHAP password.
--out-user <OUT_USER>
Optional. Outbound CHAP user name.
--out-pass <OUT_PASS>
Optional. Outbound CHAP password.
fs-create
Creates a filesystem.
--name <NAME> Required. Human friendly name for new filesystem.
--size <SIZE> Required. Volume size(See SIZE OPTION for allowed formats).
--pool <POOL_ID>
Required. ID of pool to hold the new filesystem.
fs-delete
Delete a filesystem.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. ID of the filesystem to delete.
fs-resize
Resizes a filesystem.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. ID of the filesystem to resize.
--size <NEW_SIZE>
Required. New size of filesystem. See SIZE OPTION for allowed formats.
fs-export
Export a filesystem via NFS.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. ID of the filesystem to export.
--exportpath <EXPORT_PATH>
Optional. NFS server export path. e.g. '/foo/bar'.
--anonuid <ANONY_UID>
Optional. The UID(User ID) to map to anonymous user.
--anongid <ANONY_GID>
Optional. The GID(Group ID) to map to anonymous user.
--auth-type <AUTH_TYPE>
Optional. NFS client authentication type. This is just a place holder, not supported yet.
--root-host <ROOT_HOST>
Optional. Repeatable. The host/IP has root access. For two or more hosts/IPs:
--ro-host <RO_HOST>
Optional. Repeatable. The host/IP has read only access. For two or more hosts/IPs: '--ro-
host hostA --ro-host hostB'.
--rw-host <RW_HOST>
Optional. The host/IP has read/write access. For two or more hosts/IPs:
fs-unexport
Remove an NFS export.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. ID of the filesystem to unexport.
fs-clone
Creates a file system clone. The 'clone' means point in time read writeable space efficient copy of data,
AKA. read-writable snapshot.
--src-fs <SRC_FS_ID>
Required. The ID of the filesystem to clone.
--dst-name <DST_FS_NAME>
Required. The name for newly created destination file system.
--backing-snapshot <BE_SS_ID>
Optional. Make a FS clone using a previously created snapshot.
fs-snap-create
Creates a snapshot of specified filesystem. A snapshot is defined as a read only space efficient point
in time copy (PIT) of a filesystem. The source filesystem remains modifiable.
--name <SNAP_NAME>
Required. The human friendly name of new snapshot.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. The ID of filesystem to create snapshot against.
fs-snap-delete
Deletes a snapshot.
--snap <SNAP_ID>
Required. The ID of snapshot to delete.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. The ID of filesystem.
fs-snap-restore
Restores a FS or specified files to previous snapshot state. This will discard all the changes to
filesystem since snapshot if specific files are not specified in restore.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. The ID of filesystem to restore.
--snap <SNAP_ID>
Required. The ID of snapshot to restore.
--file <FILE_PATH>
Optional. Repeatable. With this option defined, will only restore the defined file(s).
--fileas <NEW_FILE_PATH>
Optional. Repeatable. With this option defined, the restored file will be saved to
specified path and filename, eg. '--file fileA --fileas old_fileA '.
fs-dependants
Returns True if a child dependency (snapshot or clone) exists.
--fs <FS_ID> Required. The ID of filesystem to query.
--file <FILE_PATH>
Optional. Repeatable. Only check for dependencies on specific file(s), eg. '--file fileA
--file pathB'.
fs-dependants-rm
Removes filesystem dependencies(snapshot or clone).
--fs <FS_ID> Required. The ID of filesystem to remove dependency.
--file <FILE_PATH>
Optional. Repeatable. Only remove dependencies on specific file(s), eg. '--file fileA
--file pathB'.
file-clone
Creates a clone of a file (thin provisioned). Note: --src and --dst need to be paired
eg. '--src fileA --src fileB --dst fileA_clone --dst fileB_clone'.
--src <SRC_FILE_PATH>
Required. Repeatable. Source file to clone (relative path).
--dst <DST_FILE_PATH>
Required. Repeatable. Destination file for clone (relative path).
ALIAS
ls
Alias of 'list --type systems'
lp
Alias of 'list --type pools'
lv
Alias of 'list --type volumes'
ld
Alias of 'list --type disks'
la
Alias of 'list --type access_groups'
lf
Alias of 'list --type fs'
lt
Alias of 'list --type target_ports'
c
Alias of 'capabilities'
p
Alias of 'plugin-info'
vc
Alias of 'volume-create'
vrc
Alias of 'volume-raid-create'
vrcc
Alias of 'volume-raid-create-cap'
vd
Alias of 'volume-delete'
vr
Alias of 'volume-resize'
vm
Alias of 'volume-mask'
vu
Alias of 'volume-unmask'
vri
Alias of 'volume-raid-info'
pmi
Alias of 'pool-member-info'
ac
Alias of 'access-group-create'
aa
Alias of 'access-group-add'
ar
Alias of 'access-group-remove'
ad
Alias of 'access-group-delete'
SIZE OPTION
--size <SIZE>
Storage space size. Format is '<number>' + '<prefix>'. Example: "10GiB", "20.5MB". No postfix indicates
bytes. Valid prefixes are:
KiB, # 2^10 Bytes
MiB, # 2^20 Bytes
GiB, # 2^30 Bytes
TiB, # 2^40 Bytes
PiB, # 2^50 Bytes
EiB, # 2^60 Bytes
KB, # 10^3 Bytes
MB, # 10^6 Bytes
GB, # 10^9 Bytes
TB, # 10^12 Bytes
PB, # 10^15 Bytes
EB, # 10^17 Bytes
These prefixes are supported also, but not recommended:
K, M, G, T, P, E, # equal to KiB, MiB, and etc
k, m, g, t, p, e, # equal to KiB, MiB, and etc
FILES
~/.lsmcli lsmcli configuration file, containing name-value pairs separated by '='. The only currently supported configuration option is 'uri', such as 'uri=ontap://user@filer.example.com'. Configuration options in .lsmcli are only used if not overridden by command-line option or environment variable.
EXAMPLES (command output omitted for brevity)
Simulator, list pools (no password required)
$ lsmcli -u sim:// -l POOLS
NetApp, list volumes (prompting for password)
$ lsmcli -u ontap://root@host/ -l VOLUMES -P
SMI-S, list systems (prompting for password)
$ lsmcli -u smispy://username@host:5988/?namespace=root/interop \
-l SYSTEMS -P
Targetd, list pools (using env variables for URI and password)
$ export LSMCLI_URI=targetd://username@host:18700
$ export LSMCLI_PASSWORD=<password>
$ lsmcli -l POOLS
NexentaStor, create volume (using environment variables for URI and password)
$ export LSMCLI_URI='nstor://user@host'
$ export LSMCLI_PASSWORD=<password>
$ lsmcli volume-create --name volume_name --size 1TiB --pool default
SMI-S, create volume (using environment variables for URI and password)
$ export LSMCLI_URI='smispy+ssl://user@host:5989?namespace=root/emc'
$ export LSMCLI_PASSWORD=<password>
$ lsmcli volume-create --name volume_name --size 1TiB --pool default
ENVIRONMENT
LSMCLI_URI The URI for the storage array in question.
LSMCLI_PASSWORD The password to use for the array.
VOLUME REPLICATION TYPES
CLONE A point in time, read writeable, space efficent copy of data.
COPY A full bitwise copy of the data. It occupies the full space.
MIRROR_SYNC Continously updated, realtime with both copies having identical data.
MIRROR_ASYNC Continously updated, with a varying amount of delay and data delta between the source
and target.
NOTES
Plugin installation
Plugins are installed individually except for the simulators which are always included.
Secure sockets layer (SSL)
All of the plugins (except the simulator) support SSL when communicating from the plugin to the
array. This is accomplished by adding "+ssl" to the plugin and usually by selecting a different
port number from non-SSL communications.
$ lsmcli -u smispy+ssl://username@host:5989/?namespace=interop \
list --type SYSTEMS -P
SSL error: certificate verify failed
When using SMI-S plugin with SSL against self-signed SMI-S provider, lsmcli normally quit with
'SSL error: certificate verify failed'. Please contact SMI-S provider support to setup the self-
signed certificate in your system. If you prefer to bypass the certificate check, add
'no_ssl_verify=yes' at the end of URI, for example:
smispy+ssl://admin@emc-smi:5989?namespace=root/emc&no_ssl_verify=yes
BUGS
Please report bugs to <libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org>
AUTHOR
Tony Asleson <tasleson@redhat.com> Gris Ge <fge@redhat.com>