mksrg

Use the mksrg command to create a storage resource group with a specific name, type, description, and user-defined properties. You must have Administrator authority to use this command.

Syntax


1  tpctool mksrg  -user  user_name -pwd  password   -url  url  -name SRGname?  -description SRGDescription  -udp1 SRGUDP1  -udp2 SRGUDP2  -udp3 SRGUDP3?  -fs  character?  -header ?  -help?  -qs  character?   -silent

Parameters and arguments

-user user_name
Specifies an IBM Spectrum Control™ user ID.
-pwd password
Specifies the password for the IBM Spectrum Control user ID.
-url url
Specifies the Device server. The format of the URL is system:port_number, where system represents either the host name or IP address, and port_number represents the IBM Spectrum Control Device server port.
-name SRGname
A unique name not already in use, fewer than 60 characters long. It cannot contain any of the following characters:
 \ / : * ? " < > | .
The user name of the user who is creating the storage resource group is added to the beginning of the storage resource group name, followed by the name that is specified in the name variable.
-description SRGDescription
(optional) The description can contain any alphanumeric characters, and must be fewer than 255 characters long.
-udp1 SRGUDP1
(optional) A user-defined property that can contain anything of significance to the storage resource group administrator. The user-defined property (UDP) can contain any alphanumeric character, and must be fewer than 255 characters long.
-udp2 SRGUDP2
(optional) A user-defined property that can contain anything of significance to the storage resource group administrator. The UDP can contain any alphanumeric character, and must be fewer than 255 characters long.
-udp3 SRGUDP3
(optional) A user-defined property that can contain anything of significance to the storage resource group administrator. The UDP can contain any alphanumeric character, and must be fewer than 255 characters long.
-fs character
Specifies the 7-bit character that separates the information in the output. If you omit this parameter, the information is separated by blank spaces.
-header
Suppresses the column headings in the output. If you omit this parameter, the column headings are included.
-help | -h | -?
Lists help information for the command.
-qs character
Specifies the 7-bit character that surrounds character strings and date stamps in the output. If you omit this parameter, character strings and date stamps are enclosed by double quotation marks (").
-silent
Suppresses all output for the command. If you omit this parameter, output is included.

Example: Creating a storage resource group

The following command creates a storage resource group with the specified attributes:
tpctool> mksrg -name testsrg -description Test-SRG-Description 
-udp1 myudp1 -udp2 myudp2 -udp3 myudp3

The following output is returned:

Name                  Status
=============================
Administrator.testsrg SUCCESS