Using the DD Boost commands
This topic describes the EMC® Data Domain® Boost (DD Boost™) commands that you use to manage the DD Boost feature on the EMC® Data Domain® system.
NOTE: For information about configuring DD Boost using the graphical user interface (GUI)-based Enterprise Manager, see the EMC Data Domain Operating System Administration Guide.The ddboost command manages the integration of Data Domain systems and disk backup devices. DD Boost is a licensed feature. If basic options do not work, verify that the proper licensing has been implemented on your Data Domain system. The ddboost command includes the following options.
Access
• ddboost access add clients: Add clients to a DD Boost access list.
• ddboost access delete clients: Delete clients from DD Boost access list.
• ddboost access reset: Reset DD Boost client access list to factory default.
• ddboost access show: Show DD Boost client access list.Destroy
Disable
Enable
Ifgroup add interface
ddboost ifgroup add interface <IP address>Ifgroup del interface
Administrators use this command to remove a valid IP address added as an interface.
ddboost ifgroup del interface <IP address>Ifgroup disable
Ifgroup enable
Ifgroup reset
The ifgroup reset command is equivalent to issuing the ddboost ifgroup disable command followed by issuing multiple ddboost ifgroup del interface <IP address> commands.
Ifgroup show config
Option reset
Option set
Option show
Reset stats
Reset user-name
Set user-name
ddboost set user-name <user-name>Show connections
Show histogram
Use this command to display a DD Boost histogram for the Data Domain system.
• op: The name of the NFS operation.
• mean-ms: The mathematical mean time for completion of the operations.
• stddev: The standard deviation for time to complete operations, derived from the mean time.
• max-s: The maximum time taken for a single operation.
• 2,4,6,8, or 10ms: The number of operations that took less than the specified number of milliseconds (ms).
• 100ms: The number of operations that took between 10 ms and 100 ms.
• 1s: The number of operations that took between 100 ms and one second.
• 10s: The number of operations that took between 1 second and 10 seconds.
• >10s: The number of operations that took over 10 seconds.Show stats
Show user-name
Status
Storage-unit create
Storage-unit delete
Storage-unit show
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