HP StorageWorks iSCSI Feature Pack User Guide 29
File Storage Commands
File storage is used on systems where no unused physical disks and/or disk volumes are
available.
The operation class name is:
file
Under the device operational class you can specify the following sub-operations:
create
Create a file to be used by iSCSI.
Example:
iscsicli file create volume="\\?\Volume{118be50e-eac1-11d7-a1f7-
505054503030}\" size=2048
delete
Remove a file from use and delete the file.
Example:
iscsicli file delete device=0:0:0:2
expand
Expand a file used by iSCSI.
Parameter Type Description
Volume R The volume to create the file storage for use by iSCSI. Use the
Device Show command to see the possible values.
Size O Size (in MB) of the file.
Default: available space
Parameter Type Description
Device R The physical file based device to delete. The format is:
adapter:bus:target:lun
Parameter Type Description
Device R The physical file based device to expand. The format is:
adapter:bus:target:lun
Size R Size (in MB) of the file.