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Chapter 8. Command-line interface and Script Editor 499

Configuration Script example 1

Example 8-15 creates a new logical drive using the create logicalDrive command in the

free space of a array.

Example 8-15 Creating logical drives

Show "Create RAID 5 Logical Drive WIN-1 on existing Array Data_FC";

//Create logicalDrive on array created by the create logicalDrive drives command

//Note: For arrays that use all available capacity, the last logicalDrive on the

// group is created using all remaining capacity by omitting the

capacity=logicalDrive

// creation parameter

create logicalDrive array=Data_FC RAIDLevel=5 userLabel="WIN-1" owner=A

segmentSize=16 capacity=20 GB;

show "Setting additional attributes for logicalDrive WIN-1";

//Configuration settings that cannot be set during logicalDrive creation

set logicalDrive["WIN-1"] cacheFlushModifier=10;

set logicalDrive["WIN-1"] cacheWithoutBatteryEnabled=false;

set logicalDrive["WIN-1"] mirrorEnabled=true; set logicalDrive["WIN-1"]

readCacheEnabled=true; set logicalDrive["WIN-1"] wri

teCacheEnabled=true; set logicalDrive["WIN-1"] mediaScanEnabled=false;

set logicalDrive["WIN-1"] redundancyCheckEnabled=false; set logicalDrive["WIN-1"]

modificationPriority=high;

The line beginning with //Create is a comment explaining that the purpose of this script file is

to create a new logical drive using the create logicalDrive command on an existing array.

8.2 Script Editor

The Script Editor is a powerful tool to create and edit scripts. It can verify syntax, run a script,

or both, and the scripts can also be saved and later executed to automate storage

management procedures.

8.2.1 Using the Script Editor

To open the Script Editor, perform these steps:

1. Select a storage subsystem in the Device Tree View or Device Table from the Enterprise

Management window in the Storage Manager Client.

Tip: For an example of how to set up an entire storage subsystem and the commands

required to do this task, look at the output of a saved configuration (select Storage

Subsystem  Configuration  Save...) of a configured DS5000 storage subsystem.

The output from this configuration will have all the commands and steps to duplicate the

configuration or modified to create a different storage controller. It is an excellent source of

example commands to complete individual tasks.

IBM Midrange System DS4000 Series User Manual

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