DS CLI

Use the DS CLI window to enter DS CLI commands from the DS8000® Storage Management GUI. You can use the window to type DS CLI commands or select a script that contains commands.

After you enter a command or script, press Enter to run the DS CLI process.

To stop the currently running DS CLI process, press Ctrl + C.

To save the content of the DS CLI command output in the Embedded DS CLI window, right-click the content and click Save as.

To remove the content of the DS CLI command output from the Embedded DS CLI window, right-click the content and click Clear.

If you close the DS CLI window while a command or script is running, these processes continue to run.

Unsupported DS CLI commands
The DS CLI does not support the following commands (which depend on files that are not located on the storage system):
  • applykey
  • chsyslogserver
  • installsoftware
  • managekeygrp
  • managekeymgr
  • mkkeymgr
  • mkipseccert
  • mksyslogserver
  • offloadauditlog
  • offloaddbcheck
  • offloadfile
  • setauthpol