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Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

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Create vVol datastores

Create a datastore for VMware vVols.

Format

/stor/prov/vmware/vvolds create [-async] -name <value> [-descr <value>] -cp <value> -size <value> -type { block | file } [-hosts <value>]

Action qualifier

QualifierDescription
-async Run the operation in asynchronous mode.
-nameType a name for the vVol datastore.
NOTE:The name may contain alphanumeric values, a hyphen, an underscore, and a period. It cannot start with hyphen or period, and cannot consist only of digits.
-descr Type a brief description for the vVol datastore.
-cpSpecify the list of identifiers of capability profiles supported by the vVol datastore.
-sizeSpecify the list of allocation sizes. Specify one allocation for the amount of total space available for vVol provisioning on the vVol datastore for the specified capability profile. If there are multiple capability profiles, the list should include allocation size respective to each capability profile.
-typeSpecify the vVol datastore type. Valid values are:
  • block
  • file
-hostsSpecify the comma-separated list of hosts that will have access to the vVol datastore. For a list of eligible hosts, refer to View host configurations.

Example

The following command creates a vVol datastore with these settings:

  • A vVol datastore name of "Engineering department"
  • Associates the "cp_1" and "cp_2" capability profiles with this vVol datastore
  • Allocates 10 GBs and 12 GBs from capability profiles cp_1 and cp_2, respectively, to the vVol datastore
  • Grants access for "Host_1" and "Host_2" to the datastore
uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /stor/prov/vmware/vvolds create –name “Engineering department” –cp cp_1,cp_2 –size 10G,12G –type file –hosts “Host_1,Host_2” 
Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = res_1
Operation completed successfully.

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