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QoreStor 5.1.0 - Command Line Reference Guide

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container --add --name <name> [--type <VTL>] [--tape_size <tape_size>][--no_of_drives <1–60>][--is_oem <yes|no>][--oem_vendor <QUEST|DELL>][--group_name <name>]

Description

Creates and names a new container in QoreStor.

NOTE: If a storage group name is not provided, the container will be placed in Default Group.

 

NOTE: Container names and storage group names cannot exceed 32 characters in length. Container names cannot start with a number, and the /, #, and @ special characters are not allowed. Valid values for the container and storage group name are [a-z, A-Z, 0–9, and ‘_’.

Syntax

container --add --name acme99 

Result

Container "acme99" created successfully.

container --update --name <name> [--no_of_drives <1–60>]

Description

Updates the specified container.

Syntax

container --update --name 

Result

The FC service will be restarted for this change to take effect, Do you want to continue? (yes/no) [n]? y
Successfully updated Container FC1's number of drives as 32.

container --delete --name <name> [--delete_files]

Description

Deletes the files and the existing container on which the files reside in a QoreStor when using the --name option with --delete_files command.

Syntax

container --delete --name acme4 --delete_files

Result

WARNING: All the data in the container acme4 will be deleted!

Do you want to continue? (yes/no) [n]? y
Please enter the administrator password:
Container "weasel_ost" marked for deletion. Please run "maintenance --filesystem --reclaim_space" to recover the storage space.

NOTE: Be aware that it may take a fair amount of time for the QoreStor file and container deletion processes to complete and update the system status. For details on deleting the files within an OST container, see container --delete_files --name <name>.

container --marker [--enable <Auto | CommVault | Networker | TSM | ARCserve | HP_DataProtector | Unix_Dump | BridgeHead>] [--disable <Auto | CommVault | Networker | TSM | ARCserve | HP_DataProtector | Unix_Dump | BridgeHead>] --name <name>

Description

Enables or disables a marker type or an automatic marker setting type (Auto) on an existing container in the QoreStor. To enable or disable the automatic marker setting type on an existing container, substitute Auto in place of a specific marker type (for example, Networker in the CLI command.

Syntax

container --marker --enable--name acme99

Result

Marker updated successfully.

Other Examples

Disables amarker on an existing container in the QoreStor:

container --marker --disable--name acme99
Marker updated successfully.
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