Command Structure; Copy Services Commands - IBM System storage DS6000 Series Redbook

4.5 Command structure

This is a description of the components and structure of a Command-Line Interface
command.
A Command-Line Interface command consists of one to four types of components, arranged
in the following order:
1. The command name: Specifies the task that the Command-Line Interface is to perform.
2. Flags: Modify the command. They provide additional information that directs the
Command-Line Interface to perform the command task in a specific way.
3. Flags parameter: Provides information that is required to implement the command
modification that is specified by a flag.
4. Command parameters: Provides basic information that is necessary to perform the
command task. When a command parameter is required, it is always the last component
of the command, and it is not preceded by a flag.

4.6 Copy Services commands

We can classify the commands available with the DS CLI as follows:
1. ls commands: Give you brief information about the copy services state. See Table 4-1.
2. show commands: Give you detailed information about the copy services state. See
Table 4-2.
3. mk commands: Used to create relationships. See Table 4-3.
4. rm commands: Used to remove relationships. See Table 4-4.
5. options commands: Used to modify some options in relationships, that were previously
created. See Table 4-5 on page 30.
Table 4-1 List commands
Command
lsflash
lsremoteflash
lspprc
lspprcpath
lsavailpprcport
lssession
Table 4-2 List detailed commands
Command
showgmir
showgmircg
showgmiroos
Description
Lists of FlashCopy relationships
Lists of Remote FlashCopy relationships (inband)
Lists of Remote Mirror and Copy volumes relationships
Lists of existing Remote Mirror and Copy path definition
Lists available ports that can be defined as Remote Mirror and Copy
Displays a list of Global Mirror sessions for a LSS
Description
Displays detailed properties and performance metrics for Global Mirror
Displays Consistency Group status for a Global Mirror session
Displays the number of unsynchronized (out of sync) tracks for a Global Mirror session
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