August 13

DS3200: Storage Manager commands

When in the IBM DS Storage Manager Enterprise management client you can run scripts to check the status and execute commands on the DS series storage systems.

1. Login
2. Go to Tools – Execute scripts
3. Type in your command in the upper script editor window
4. Click Tools – Execute Only

Command Examples:

Command to check status on the DS3200 – show logicalDrive [“drivenumber”] actionProgress;
eg. show logicalDrive [“5”] actionProgress;
Command to force a drive replacement on the DS3200 – replace Drive [chassis number, slot] replacementDrive=chassis number,slot;
eg. replace Drive [82,2] replacementDrive=85,2;


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Posted August 13, 2015 by Timothy Conrad in category "Virtualization

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