- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Revision history
- PowerFlex Manager CLI
- Logging in to CLI
- Alerts commands
- Alert template commands
- PowerFlex CLI version
- Directory service commands
- Dispatch destination commands
- Dispatch policies commands
- Dispatch sources commands
- Event commands
- File commands
- File DNS server commands
- File FTP server commands
- File interface commands
- File interface route commands
- File NDMP server commands
- File NIS server commands
- File system commands
- File tree quotas commands
- File user quotas commands
- Group commands
- Login banner commands
- NFS export commands
- NFS server commands
- PowerFlex file services commands
- PowerFlex file node protection policy commands
- PowerFlex file nodes snapshot rules commands
- Roles commands
- SMB server commands
- SMB shares commands
- SMTP service commands
- PowerFlex storage node commands
- SupportAssist configuration commands
- Syslogs commands
- User management commands
- PowerFlex SCLI
- SCLI basics
- Acceleration pool commands
- Device commands
- abort_remove_sds_device
- activate_sds_device
- add_sds_device
- clear_sds_device_error
- modify_sds_device_capacity
- query_all_device_latency_meters
- query_device_latency_meters
- query_device_test
- query_sds_device_info
- remove_sds_device
- rename_device
- set_sds_device_external_acceleration_type
- set_sds_device_led
- set_sds_device_media_type
- start_device_test
- set_sds_device_path
- Fault set commands
- General CLI commands
- acknowledge_scanner_error_counters
- add_trusted_ca
- extract_root_ca
- list_trusted_ca
- set_license
- query_license
- query_disconnections
- query_remote_syslog
- query_oscillating_failure_counter_parameters
- remove_trusted_ca
- reset_oscillating_failure_counters
- set_cli_login_banner_acceptance_mode
- set_cli_login_banner_preemptive_acceptance
- set_login_banner
- set_oscillating_failure_counter_parameters
- set_remote_read_only_limit_state
- set_syslog_facility
- start_remote_syslog
- stop_remote_syslog
- test_remote_system_connectivity
- add_network_set
- modify_network_set
- query_network_set
- Protection domain commands
- activate_protection_domain
- add_protection_domain
- disable_fgl_metadata_cache
- enable_fgl_metadata_cache
- inactivate_protection_domain
- query_port_flapping_status
- query_port_flapping_unsupported_components
- query_protection_domain
- remove_protection_domain
- rename_protection_domain
- set_default_fgl_metadata_cache_size
- Remote system commands
- Replication commands
- abort_replication_consistency_group_snapshots_create
- activate_replication_consistency_group
- activate_replication_consistency_group_mappings
- add_replication_consistency_group
- add_replication_pair
- add_replication_peer_system
- add_sdr
- add_sdr_ip
- clear_broken_replication_consistency_group_alerts
- create_replication_consistency_group_snapshots
- enter_sdr_maintenance_mode
- exit_sdr_maintenance_mode
- failover_replication_consistency_group
- failover_test_start_replication_consistency_group
- failover_test_stop_replication_consistency_group
- freeze_apply_replication_consistency_group
- inactivate_replication_consistency_group_mappings
- modify_replication_consistency_group_rpo
- modify_replication_consistency_group_target_volume_access_mode
- modify_replication_peer_system_ip
- modify_replication_peer_system_port
- modify_sdr_ip_role
- modify_sdr_port
- pause_pair_initial_copy
- pause_replication_consistency_group
- print_recreate_replication_consistency_group_script
- query_all_replicated_volumes
- query_all_replication_consistency_groups
- query_all_replication_journal_capacity
- query_all_replication_pairs
- query_all_replication_peer_system
- query_all_sdr
- query_replication_consistency_group
- query_replication_pair
- query_replication_peer_system
- query_replication_peer_system_destination_volume_candidates
- query_replication_peer_system_protection_domains
- query_sdr
- query_sync_now_replication_consistency_group
- query_replication_destination_sdc_candidates
- query_replication_destination_storage_pool_candidates
- remove_replication_consistency_group
- remove_replication_pair
- remove_replication_peer_system
- remove_sdr
- remove_sdr_ip
- rename_replication_consistency_group
- rename_replication_peer_system
- rename_sdr
- resume_pair_initial_copy
- resume_replication_consistency_group
- restore_replication_consistency_group
- reverse_replication_consistency_group
- set_pair_initial_copy_queue_position
- set_replication_consistency_group_consistent
- set_replication_consistency_group_inconsistent
- set_replication_journal_capacity
- set_remote_replication_journal_capacity
- switchover_replication_consistency_group
- sync_now_replication_consistency_group
- terminate_replication_consistency_group
- unfreeze_apply_replication_consistency_group
- Return messages
- SDS device name changed
- Success
- No resources
- Timeout
- Already exists
- Communication error
- Wrong reconfiguration mode
- SDS add device “open” error
- SDS add device I/O error
- SDS add device size problem
- SDS actively attach to this MDM
- SDS already attached to this MDM
- SDS active attach to other MDM
- SDS already attached to other MDM
- SDS not found
- Volume not found
- SDC not found
- Volume already mapped to SDC
- Volume already mapped to all SDCs
- Volume not mapped to SDC
- Volume mapped to all SDCs
- Too many mappings
- Invalid volume ID
- Invalid SDS ID
- Invalid SDC ID
- Host not found
- Duplicate host name
- Address and port in use
- Too many SDSs in Protection Domain
- Too many SDSs
- Too many volumes in protection domain
- Too many volumes
- SDS name in use
- Volume name in use
- Duplicate SDS device name
- Duplicate SDC IP address
- SDS not under removal
- SDS being removed
- Volume mapped
- Use MDM IP address
- Command only in cluster
- Command only in single mode
- Command error when cluster degraded
- Too many devices
- SDS device not found
- License too long
- License error
- Unknown license version
- License not set
- Configuration exceeds new license
- License capacity exceeded
- License expired
- Installation ID mismatch
- Customer ID mismatch
- Unsupported license version
- Volume decrease not supported
- SDS device being removed
- Cannot remove last SDS device
- Device not under removal
- SDS already adding device
- Invalid device ID
- Too many protection domains
- Protection domain name in use
- Protection domain not found
- Protection domain has SDSs
- Not enough SDSs in storage pool
- Remove in progress
- No network test results
- Network test in progress
- SDS device already active
- SDS device wrong test mode
- SDS device wrong test state
- SDS device test in progress
- Volume allocation “busy” error
- Capacity highly unbalanced
- Volume creation failed
- Invalid password
- No permissions
- Too many storage pools in protection domain
- Storage pool already exists
- Storage pool not found
- Storage pool has devices
- Storage pool name already exists
- Invalid storage pool ID
- Protection domain has storage pools
- SDC has mappings
- Too many volumes in V-Tree
- Too many snapshots in V-Tree
- No volume to delete
- Too many devices in storage pool
- Volume not found for consistency group
- Too many IP addresses
- Cannot remove last SDS IP address
- SDS IP address not found
- Volume size too large
- Capacity too low for snapshot
- IP address belongs to other SDS
- Invalid port
- LIA package not installed
- LIA multiple packages installed
- LIA command failed
- LIA invalid password
- LIA operation not permitted
- LIA file is too large
- LIA wrong ID
- LIA disk does not exist
- SDS IP address not found
- Bad threshold value
- Storage pool has volumes
- Protection Domain and Storage Pool mismatch
- SDS IP address already exists
- IP role already set
- Cluster ID mismatch
- Device already exists
- Volume size is illegal
- SDC must be disconnected
- Invalid percentage
- Wrong receive group
- Mismatched SW ID
- Invalid license issuer
- Number of parallel messages is too low
- Number of parallel messages is too high
- Network test size is too high
- Network test length too long
- Network test must limit either time or size
- Not enough SDSs in protection domain for test
- Not allowed in Storage Pool with devices
- License capacity mismatch
- Exceeds system capacity limitations
- SDC mapped to too many volumes
- Not enough devices in storage pool for removal
- Invalid network limits
- A device is currently being removed
- A device is already active
- RAM cache wrong state
- More than one mapping not allowed
- At least one SDS failed
- A device is in incorrect test state
- A device test is in progress
- Enterprise features not enabled
- Volume already mapped to an SDC
- SDS already exists and is being removed
- Invalid spare percentage
- Invalid background device scanner bandwidth limit
- Zero padding with background device scanner data comparison mode
- IP address already assigned to another SDS
- Capacity too low for thin volumes
- Too many Storage Pools in the system
- Remote access to the MDM is blocked
- Cannot add a partitioned device
- Cannot add a mounted device
- Device header mismatch
- Device has user content
- Missing storage device media type
- Invalid media type
- Media type mismatch
- Invalid external acceleration type
- External acceleration type mismatch
- Metadata feature cannot be configured on the acceleration device
- Metadata feature is not enabled on the storage pool
- Metadata feature is already enabled on the storage pool
- Metadata feature is not enabled on the devices
- Metadata is already enabled on devices
- Insufficient capacity for accelerating metadata
- NVMe host and SDC commands
- Understanding the effect of network latency on NVMe over TCP latency counters
- add_sdc
- remove_host
- rename_host
- check_sdc_authentication_status
- generate_sdc_password
- query_all_approved_sdc
- query_host
- query_all_hosts
- query_potential_nvme_hosts
- query_all_sdc
- query_restricted_sdc_mode
- query_sdc
- query_sdc_volume_limits
- reset_sdc_sds_connections
- set_restricted_sdc_mode
- set_sdc_authentication
- set_sdc_volume_limits
- set_approved_sdc_ips
- add_nvme_host
- modify_nvme_host_max_paths
- modify_nvme_host_max_sys_ports
- modify_nvme_host_os_full_type
- set_manual_nvme_host_connectivity
- reset_manual_nvme_host_connectivity
- set_manual_nvme_mapping_connectivity
- reset_manual_nvme_mapping_connectivity
- rebalance_nvme_host_connectivity
- query_nvme_discovery_info
- clear_nvme_reservation
- add_host_group
- assign_host_to_host_group
- query_all_host_groups
- query_host_group
- modify_host_group
- rename_host_group
- remove_host_from_host_group
- remove_host_group
- set_auto_update_sdc_with_mdm_ip_addresses
- restart_connections_to_realign_net_path
- SDC operations
- Add an external SDC to an existing PowerFlex system
- Performing SDC operations
- Update the SDC driver with IP address changes
- Detecting new volumes
- Query volumes using drv_cfg
- Query tgt objects using drv_cfg
- Query GUID using drv_cfg
- Query MDMs using drv_cfg
- Loading a configuration file using drv_cfg
- Adding an MDM using drv_cfg
- Modifying an MDM IP address using drv_cfg
- Permanent device loss state
- Run the SDC driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server with multipath enabled
- SDC authentication
- Manual SDC configuration/verification
- SDS commands
- abort_remove_sds
- add_sds
- add_sds_ip
- disable_sds_rmcache
- enter_maintenance_mode
- exit_maintenance_mode
- enable_sds_rmcache
- enter_protected_maintenance_mode
- exit_protected_maintenance_mode
- modify_sds_ip_role
- modify_sds_port
- query_all_sds
- query_sds_connectivity_status
- query_sds
- query_sds_connectivity_status
- query_sds_network_test_results
- query_sdc_to_sds_disconnections
- remove_sds
- remove_sds_ip
- rename_sds
- set_drl_properties
- set_fgl_metadata_cache_size
- set_sds_network_limits
- set_sds_rmcache_size
- show_certificate
- start_sds_network_test
- update_sds_original_paths
- set_sds_device_path
- SDT commands
- Snapshot commands
- Storage pool commands
- add_storage_pool
- disable_background_device_scanner
- disable_persistent_checksum
- enable_background_device_scanner
- enable_persistent_checksum
- modify_compression_method
- modify_persistent_checksum
- modify_zero_padding_policy
- query_inaccessible_user_address_space
- query_storage_pool
- remove_storage_pool
- rename_storage_pool
- reset_scanner_error_counters
- set_capacity_alerts_threshold
- set_rebalance_mode
- set_rebalance_policy
- set_rebuild_mode
- set_rebuild_policy
- set_rebuild_rebalance_parallelism
- set_rmcache_usage
- set_rmcache_write_handling_mode
- set_storage_pool_external_acceleration_type
- set_storage_pool_media_type
- set_checksum_mode
- set_protected_maintenance_mode_policy
- test_inaccessible_data
- System commands
- abort_upgrade
- add_certificate
- add_standby_mdm
- allow_commands_during_upgrade
- create_mdm_cluster
- finalize_upgrade
- generate_certificate
- generate_mdm_certificate
- generate_mdm_csr_file
- modify_cluster_virtual_ips
- modify_management_ip
- modify_spare_policy
- modify_virtual_ip_interfaces
- query_all
- query_cluster
- query_performance_parameters
- query_properties
- query_remote_read_only_limit_state
- query_system_limits
- query_upgrade
- refresh_mdm_cluster_capabilities
- remove_standby_mdm
- rename_mdm
- rename_system
- query_all_system_networks
- query_system_network
- add_system_network
- rename_system_network
- remove_system_network
- replace_cluster_mdm
- replace_mdm_security_files
- set_component_authentication_properties
- set_management_client_communication
- set_performance_parameters
- start_upgrade
- switch_cluster_mode
- switch_mdm_ownership
- generate_mdm_mno_csr
- replace_mdm_mno_certificate
- query_all_network_sets
- query_network_set
- modify_network_set
- rename_network_set
- remove_network_set
- Volume commands
- add_volume
- clear_scsi2_reservation
- clear_scsi3_reservation
- map_volume_to_host
- unmap_volume_from_host
- modify_volume_capacity
- overwrite_volume_content
- query_all_volumes
- query_volume
- query_volume_sdc_meters
- query_volume_sdt_meters
- remove_volume
- rename_volume
- set_volume_rmcache_usage
- set_volume_mapping_access_mode
- set_volume_access_mode_limit
- query_auto_provisioned_destination_volume_suffix
- modify_auto_provisioned_destination_volume_suffix
- add_snapshot_policy
- add_source_volume_to_snapshot_policy
- align_snapshot_policy_to_current_time
- lock_auto_snapshot
- modify_snapshot_policy
- pause_snapshot_policy
- query_all_snapshot_policies
- query_snapshot_policy
- remove_snapshot_policy
- remove_source_volume_from_snapshot_policy
- rename_snapshot_policy
- resume_snapshot_policy
- unlock_auto_snapshot
- V-Tree commands
Dell PowerFlex Manager 4.6.x CLI Reference Guide
Enable support of PDL state on the ESXi
Enable support of permanent device loss (PDL) state on the ESXi host.
Steps
-
On the ESXi host:
esxcli system module parameters set –m scini "<<PREVIOUS_MODULE_PARAMS>> bBlkDevIsPdlActive=1 blkDevPdlTimeoutMillis=<TIMEOUT_VALUE>"
where:- <<PREVIOUS_MODULE_PARAMS>> is any previous module parameters being used for this ESXi host.
- <TIMEOUT_VALUE> is the timeout time in milliseconds. Its value can be 1000-3600000 (default is 60000) and including it in the command is optional.
- Reboot the host.
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