Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

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Create a block import session

Prerequisites

Before creating a block import session, complete the following configuration tasks:

Create interfaces on both source and target for data transfer.
Create an import connection to a Unity-based target system.
Create a block import target (LUN or LUN Group) on the target system.

Format

/import/session/block create [-async] [-name <value>] [-throttle {yes | no}] -srcSys <value> -srcRes <value> -lunPoolPairs <value> [-cutoverThreshold <value>] [-hosts <value>] [-importAsVMwareDatastore {yes | no}]

Action qualifiers

Qualifier	Description
-async	Run action in asynchronous mode.
-name	Specifies the name of the import session. NOTE: If name is not specified, it will be generated in the pattern import_sess_`<srcRes>`_`<srcSysSerialNumber>`_`<targetSysSerialNum ber>`[_`<index>`]
-throttle	Specifies whether to throttle the import transfer. Throttle impacts the import speed and host latency for the related LUNs and file systems that are in use on the source and target storage systems. Valid values are: yes no NOTE:Default is to throttle the import transfer, which means that it is throttled at less than the full speed.
-srcSys	Specifies the source system.
-srcRes	Specifies the source resource.
-lunPoolPairs	Specifies the LUN pool pairs. A comma separated list of mappings between the source LUN and the target storage configuration. NOTE:Use the format `srcLUN1:tgtPool1,…,…`. Target LUNs will have the same properties as those of the source LUN, such as name, isThin, SP, and size.
-cutoverThreshold	The percentage threshold below which the import session becomes ready to be cutover.
-hosts	Specifies the hosts. A comma separated list of friendly IDs of hosts to give access to target elements.
-importAsVMwareDatastore	Specifies whether the source LUN is to be imported as a VMware datastore (VMFS). This option is only valid for a LUN session and is not valid for a CG session. Valid values are: yes no

Example

The following command creates an import session with these settings:

Import session name is lun_17_import.
Source storage system is RS_1.
Source storage resource is 17.
LUN pool pair is 17:pool_1.

uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! import/session/block create -name lun_17_import -srcSys RS_65596 -srcRes 17 -lunPoolPairs 17:pool_1 -importAsVMwareDatastore yes

Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = import_1
Operation completed successfully.