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Chapter 11. DS CLI 251
anthony@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >
The command can also be placed into a file and that file made executable. An example is
shown in Example 11-19.
Example 11-19 Creating an executable file
anthony@aixsrv:/home >echo “/opt/ibm/dscli/dscli mkflash -nocp 1004:1005” > flash1005
anthony@aixsrv:/home >chmod +x flash1005
anthony@aixsrv:/home >./flash1005
anthony@aixsrv:/home >CMUC00137I mkflash: FlashCopy pair 1004:1005 successfully created.
anthony@aixsrv:/home >
Finally, the command could be issued using script mode. An example of creating and using
script mode is shown in Example 11-20.
Example 11-20 Using script mode
arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >echo “mkflash -nocp 1004:1005” > scripts/flash1005
arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >dscli -script scripts/flash1005
arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >CMUC00137I mkflash: FlashCopy pair 1004:1005 successfully
created.
arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >
11.11 Summary
This chapter has provided some important information about the DS CLI. This new CLI allows
considerable flexibility in how DS6000 and DS8000 series storage servers are configured and
managed. It also detailed how an existing ESS 800 customer can benefit from the new
flexibility provided by the DS CLI.