Here is a listing of commands on the IBM Storwize V3700 along with their descriptions.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| activatefeature | Activates a function using a trial period or license key. |
| addhostiogrp | Maps I/O groups to a host object. |
| addhostport | Adds worldwide port names (WWPNs) or iSCSI names to a host object. |
| addvdiskaccess | Adds to the set of I/O groups in which a Volume can be made accessible to hosts. |
| addvdiskcopy | Adds a copy to an existing volume |
| applydrivesoftware | Upgrades drives. |
| applysoftware | Updates the system code. |
| cancellivedump | Cancels a livedump. |
| catauditlog | Displays the in-memory contents of the audit log. |
| cfgportip | Assigns an IP address to each node canister ethernet port for iSCSI I/O. |
| charray | Changes the attributes of an array. |
| charraymember | Changes an array member's attributes, or swaps a member of a RAID array. |
| chauthservice | Configures the remote authentication service of the system. |
| chcontroller | Changes the attributes of a controller. |
| chcurrentuser | Changes the attributes of the current user. |
| chdrive | Change the attributes of a drive. |
| chemail | Sets or changes contact information for email event notifications. |
| chemailserver | Changes the attributes of an email server. |
| chemailuser | Changes the attributes for an email recipient. |
| chenclosure | Changes enclosure properties. |
| chenclosurecanister | Changes the properties of an enclosure canister. |
| chenclosureslot | Changes the properties of an enclosure slot. |
| cherrstate | Marks an unfixed error as fixed or a fixed error as unfixed. |
| cheventlog | Changes events in the event log. |
| chfcconsistgrp | Changes the attributes of a FlashCopy consistency group. |
| chfcmap | Changes the attributes of a FlashCopy mapping. |
| chhost | Changes the attributes of a host object. |
| chiogrp | Changes the name and other attributes of an I/O group. |
| chldap | Changes the system-wide Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) configuration. |
| chldapserver | Changes a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. |
| chmdisk | Changes the attributes of a managed disk. |
| chmdiskgrp | Changes the attributes of a storage pool. |
| chnodecanister | Changes the name and other attributes of a node canister. |
| chnodecanisterhw | Updates the hardware configuration for a node canister. |
| chpartnership | Changes the partnership bandwidth between the local and remote system. |
| chquorum | Changes the quorum association. |
| chrcconsistgrp | Changes the attributes of a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group |
| chrcrelationship | Changes the attributes of a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship. |
| chsecurity | Changes security settings. |
| chsnmpserver | Changes the attributes of an SNMP server. |
| chsyslogserver | Changes the attributes of a syslog server. |
| chsystem | Changes the attributes of an existing system. |
| chsystemip | Changes the IP configuration parameters for the system. |
| chuser | Changes the attributes of a user. |
| chusergrp | Changes the attributes of a user group. |
| chvdisk | Changes the attributes of a volume. |
| cleardumps | Cleans the dump directories on a specified node canister. |
| clearerrlog | Clears all entries from the event log. |
| cpdumps | Copies dump files to the configuration node canister from another node canister. |
| deactivatefeature | Deactivates a function. |
| detectmdisk | Detects new managed disks and rebalances managed disk access. |
| dumpallmdiskbadblocks | Dumps bad block counts to a dump. |
| dumpauditlog | Resets or clears the contents of the in-memory audit log. |
| dumperrlog | Dumps the contents of the event log to a text file. |
| dumpmdiskbadblocks | Writes managed disk bad block counts and locations to a dump. |
| enablecli | Enables the CLI for a recovered system. |
| expandvdisksize | Expands the size of a volume by a given capacity. |
| finderr | Finds the highest severity unfixed error in the event log. |
| includemdisk | Includes a managed disk that has been excluded by the system. |
| lsarray | Displays array managed disks |
| lsarrayinitprogress | Displays the progress of array background initialization. |
| lsarraylba | Displays an array logical block address (LBA) for a drive and LBA. |
| lsarraymember | Displays the member drives of one or more array managed disks. |
| lsarraymembergoals | Displays the spare goals for member drives of one or more array members. |
| lsarraymemberprogress | Displays array member background process status. |
| lsarraysyncprogress | Displays how synchronized a RAID array is. |
| lscontroller | Displays the controllers visible to the system. |
| lscopystatus | Displays whether any file copies are currently in progress. |
| lscurrentuser | Displays the name and role of the logged-in user. |
| lsdependentvdisks | Displays which volumes will go offline if you remove a piece of hardware from the system. |
| lsdiscoverystatus | Displays whether a discovery operation is in progress. |
| lsdrive | Displays configuration information and drive VPD. |
| lsdrivelba | Maps array managed disk logical block address (LBA) to a set of drives. |
| lsdriveprogress | Displays the progress of various drive tasks. |
| lsdriveupgradeprogress | Displays the progress of drive firmware upgrade. |
| lsdumps | Displays files in a dumps directory on one of the node canisters in the system. |
| lsemailserver | Displays the email servers configured on the system. |
| lsemailuser | Displays email event notification settings for email recipients. |
| lsenclosure | Displays a summary of the enclosures. |
| lsenclosurebattery | Displays information about the batteries in the enclosure PSUs. |
| lsenclosurecanister | Displays status for each canister in an enclosure. |
| lsenclosurechassis | Displays information about the enclosure chassis. |
| lsenclosurepsu | Displays information about each power-supply unit (PSU) in the enclosure. |
| lsenclosureslot | Displays information about each drive slot in the enclosure. |
| lsenclosurestats | Displays enclosure statistics. |
| lseventlog | Displays system event log information. |
| lsfabric | Displays a report of the Fibre Channel connectivity between node canisters, controllers and hosts. |
| lsfcconsistgrp | Displays the FlashCopy consistency groups on the system. |
| lsfcmap | Displays the FlashCopy mappings on the system. |
| lsfcmapcandidate | Displays volumes available to create FlashCopy mappings. |
| lsfcmapdependentmaps | Displays the FlashCopy mappings that are dependent on a specified mapping. |
| lsfcmapprogress | Displays the progress of the background copy of a FlashCopy mapping. |
| lsfcportcandidate | Displays unconfigured, logged-in SAS host bus adapter (HBA) ports. |
| lsfeature | Displays available features. |
| lsfreeextents | Displays the number of free extents available on a managed disk. |
| lshbaportcandidate | Displays unconfigured, logged-in host bus adapter (HBA) ports. |
| lshost | Displays the hosts visible to the system. |
| lshostiogrp | Displays the I/O groups associated with a specified host. |
| lshostvdiskmap | Displays volumes that are mapped to a given host. |
| lsiogrp | Displays the I/O groups on the system. |
| lsiogrpcandidate | Displays I/O groups that can have node canisters added to them. |
| lsiogrphost | Displays the hosts mapped to an I/O group. |
| lsiscsiauth | Displays the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) secret configured for authenticating an entity to the system. |
| lsldap | Displays the system-wide Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) configuration. |
| lsldapserver | Displays all configured Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) servers. |
| lslivedump | Displays the livedump state of a node canister. |
| lsmdisk | Displays the managed disks visible to the system. |
| lsmdiskcandidate | Displays unmanaged disks by ID. |
| lsmdiskextent | Displays the extent allocation between managed disks and volumes. |
| lsmdiskgrp | Displays the storage pools on the system. |
| lsmdisklba | Displays managed disk and logical block address (LBA) for a volume LBA. |
| lsmdiskmember | Displays the volumes using extents on the specified managed disks. |
| lsmigrate | Displays the progress of current data migration operations. |
| lsnodecanister | Displays the node canisters that are part of the system. |
| lsnodecanisterhw | Displays the hardware configuration of node canisters in the system. |
| lsnodecanisterstats | Displays node canister statistics. |
| lsnodecanistervpd | Displays the vital product data (VPD) for each node canister. |
| lspartnership | Displays the current systems partnered with the local system. |
| lspartnershipcandidate | Displays systems available for setting up a partnership with. |
| lsportfc | Displays information about the Fibre Channel I/O ports. |
| lsportip | Displays the iSCSI IP addresses assigned for each port on each node canister in the system. |
| lsportsas | Displays information about the SAS ports. |
| lsportusb | Displays information about the USB ports used for encryption. |
| lsquorum | Displays the managed disks or drives the system is currently using to store quorum data. |
| lsrcconsistgrp | Displays the Metro or Global Mirror consistency on the system. |
| lsrcrelationship | Displays the Metro or Global Mirror relationships on the system. |
| lsrcrelationshipcandidate | Displays volumes available to form Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships. |
| lsrcrelationshipprogress | Displays the progress of the background copy of a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship. |
| lsrepairsevdiskcopyprogress | Displays the repair progress for space-efficient volume copies. |
| lsrepairvdiskcopyprogress | Displays the progress of volume repairs and validations. |
| lsrmvdiskdependentmaps | Displays all mappings that must be stopped for a volume to be deleted. |
| lsroute | Displays the IP routing table. |
| lssasfabric | Displays which canisters are visible to a node canister, and the order of these canisters. |
| lssasportcandidate | Displays unconfigured, logged-in FC host bus adapter (HBA) ports. |
| lssecurity | Internal use only. |
| lssevdiskcopy | Displays the space-efficient copies of volumes. |
| lssnmpserver | Displays the SNMP servers configured on the system. |
| lssyslogserver | Displays the syslog servers configured on the system. |
| lssystem | Displays the local system. |
| lssystemip | Displays the system management IP addresses configured for each port. |
| lssystemstats | Displays the most recent values or a history of canister statistics. |
| lstimezones | Displays the time zones that are available on the system. |
| lsupdate | Displays information about system, enclosure, and drive update. |
| lsuser | Displays the users created on the system. |
| lsusergrp | Displays the user groups created on the system. |
| lsvdisk | Displays the volumes on the system. |
| lsvdiskaccess | Displays which IO groups volumes are accessible through. |
| lsvdiskcopy | Displays volume copy information. |
| lsvdiskdependentmaps | Displays FlashCopy mappings with target volumes dependent upon data held on a specified volume. |
| lsvdiskextent | Displays the managed disk extents that are provided for volumes. |
| lsvdiskfcmapcopies | Displays all mappings with a target volume containing a valid copy of a volume. |
| lsvdiskfcmappings | Displays the FlashCopy mappings to which a volume belongs. |
| lsvdiskhostmap | Displays volume to host mappings. |
| lsvdisklba | Displays the volume and logical block address (LBA) for a managed disk LBA. |
| lsvdiskmember | Displays the managed disks that are members of a volume. |
| lsvdiskprogress | Displays the progress during new volume formatting. |
| lsvdisksyncprogress | Displays the progress of volume copy synchronization. |
| migrateexts | Migrates extents from one managed disk to another. |
| migratevdisk | Migrates an entire volume from one storage pool to another. |
| mkarray | Creates a managed disk array and adds it to a storage pool. |
| mkemailserver | Creates an email server. |
| mkemailuser | Adds an email recipient of event and inventory notifications. |
| mkfcconsistgrp | Creates a new FlashCopy consistency group. |
| mkfcmap | Creates a new FlashCopy mapping. |
| mkfcpartnership | mkfcpartnership |
| mkhost | Creates a logical host object. |
| mkippartnership | mkippartnership |
| mkldapserver | Creates a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. |
| mkmdiskgrp | Creates a storage pool. |
| mkpartnership | Creates a one-way Metro Mirror or Global Mirror partnership between the local and remote system. |
| mkrcconsistgrp | Creates a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group. |
| mkrcrelationship | Creates a new Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship. |
| mksnmpserver | Creates an SNMP server to receive notifications. |
| mksyslogserver | Creates a syslog server to receive notifications. |
| mkuser | Creates a local or a remote user to access a system. |
| mkusergrp | Creates a user group. |
| mkvdisk | Creates a sequential, striped, or image mode volume. |
| mkvdiskhostmap | Creates a mapping between a volume and a host. |
| movevdisk | Changes the caching I/O group of a Volume. |
| ping | Diagnoses IP configuration. |
| preplivedump | Reserves system resources required for a livedump. |
| prestartfcconsistgrp | Prepares a FlashCopy consistency group for starting. |
| prestartfcmap | Prepares a FlashCopy mapping for starting. |
| recoverarray | Recovers a corrupt array. |
| recoverarraybysystem | Recovers a corrupt array. |
| recovervdisk | Acknowledges volume data loss and brings the volume back online. |
| recovervdiskbyiogrp | Acknowledges data loss for all volumes in the specified I/O group and brings the volumes back online. |
| recovervdiskbysystem | Acknowledges data loss for all volumes in the system and brings the volumes back online. |
| repairsevdiskcopy | Repairs the metadata on a space-efficient volume. |
| repairvdiskcopy | Detects and corrects any volume copies that are not identical. |
| resetleds | Simultaneously switches off all LEDs in the system. |
| rmarray | Removes a managed disk array from the configuration. |
| rmemailserver | Deletes an email server. |
| rmemailuser | Remove an email recipient from your system. |
| rmfcconsistgrp | Deletes a FlashCopy consistency group. |
| rmfcmap | Deletes an existing FlashCopy mapping. |
| rmhost | Deletes a host object. |
| rmhostiogrp | Deletes mappings between I/O groups and a host object. |
| rmhostport | Deletes worldwide port names (WWPNs) or iSCSI names from a host object. |
| rmldapserver | Deletes a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. |
| rmmdisk | Deletes a managed disk from a storage pool. |
| rmmdiskgrp | Deletes a storage pool. |
| rmnodecanister | Deletes a node canister from the system. |
| rmpartnership | Removes a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror partnership on one system. |
| rmportip | Removes an iSCSI IP address from a node canister ethernet port. |
| rmportip_tms | Removes properties of an IP port. |
| rmrcconsistgrp | Deletes a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group. |
| rmrcrelationship | Deletes a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship. |
| rmsnmpserver | Delete an SNMP server. |
| rmsyslogserver | Deletes a syslog server. |
| rmuser | Deletes a user. |
| rmusergrp | Deletes a user group. |
| rmvdisk | Deletes a volume. |
| rmvdiskaccess | Deletes from the set of I/O groups in which a Volume can be made accessible to hosts. |
| rmvdiskcopy | Removes a volume copy. |
| rmvdiskhostmap | Deletes a volume-to-host mapping. |
| sainfo | Displays service action views. |
| satask | Performs service action tasks. |
| sendinventoryemail | Sends an inventory email to all recipients enabled to receive inventory email notifications. |
| setdisktrace | Sets a list of disks of a given type to include in a disk trace. |
| setlocale | Changes the locale setting and command output to the chosen language. |
| setpwdreset | Views or changes the status of the password-reset feature. |
| setsystemtime | Sets the time for the system. |
| settimezone | Sets the time zone for the system. |
| settrace | Sets options for tracing I/O operations. |
| showtimezone | Displays the current time zone settings for the system. |
| shrinkvdisksize | Reduces the size of a volume by the specified capacity. |
| splitvdiskcopy | Creates a separate volume from a synchronized copy of a mirrored volume. |
| startemail | Activates the email and inventory notification function. |
| startfcconsistgrp | Starts a FlashCopy consistency group. |
| startfcmap | Starts a FlashCopy mapping. |
| startrcconsistgrp | Starts the Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group copy process. |
| startrcrelationship | Starts the Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship copy process. |
| startstats | Changes the interval at which per-node canister statistics are collected. |
| starttrace | Starts tracing I/O operations. |
| stopemail | Stops the email and inventory notification function. |
| stopfcconsistgrp | Stops all processing associated with a FlashCopy consistency group. |
| stopfcmap | Stops all processing associated with a FlashCopy mapping. |
| stoprcconsistgrp | Stops the copy process for a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group, or enables write access to the secondary volumes in the group. |
| stoprcrelationship | Stops the copy process for a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror stand-alone relationship, or enables write access to a consistent secondary volume. |
| stopsystem | Shuts down a single node canister or the entire system. |
| stoptrace | Stops tracing I/O operations for the specified disk type. |
| svc_livedump | Triggers a livedump of the system. |
| svc_snap | Collects log files used by support for troubleshooting. |
| svcconfig | Recovers, restores, or creates a backup of the system configuration. |
| switchrcconsistgrp | Reverses the roles of primary and secondary volumes in a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group. |
| switchrcrelationship | Reverses the roles of primary and secondary volumes in a stand-alone Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship. |
| testemail | Sends a test email notification to one user or to all users of the email notification function. |
| testldapserver | Tests a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. |
| triggerdrivedump | Collects support data from a disk drive. |
| triggerenclosuredump | Forces the specified enclosure or enclosures to dump data. |
| triggerlivedump | Captures a livedump to the internal disk on the node canister. |