Introduction to PowerStore CLI

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The PowerStore Manager CLI enables you to run commands on a system through a prompt from a Microsoft Windows or UNIX/Linux host. The PowerStore Manager CLI is intended for users who want to interactively manage a PowerStore system, or to use commands in scripts for automating routine tasks. Set up the PowerStore CLI client, click here PowerStore CLI command syntax The syntax of an example command line is as follows: pstcli ] [ PSTCLI command examples Run PSTCLI from Client pstcli -d -u -p -session -session - Opens a persistent session with the cli> prompt Basic help To get full list of commands Help for specific command Example of alert show View detail output of specific alert Event show example with limit to 3 output Command show default limit of 100 records. To see all records, use -all as per below example Network show example with default view Use -select to show specific fields Host show with default table output Host show with nvp output Host show with csv output Host show with json output Full CLI Reference Guide, click here    #PowerStore #storageinfrastructure #architecture #cloud #infrastructure #cluster #datacentric #IWork4Dell

mpm1164 · Answer

Could someone provide an example of how to use the -query switch to filter for a specific string in a volume or host name

Query only for volumes containing TOM

TOM123

TOM456

TOM789

BILL123

BILL456

BILL789

Thanks.

Dell-HooHongOoi · Answer

Hello @mpm1164 ,

You can try this command to filter volume name column that containing TOM.

volume show -query "name like *TOM*"

To filter host name, use below command.

host show -query "name like *BILL*"

Hope this helps.

mpm1164 · Answer

Thanks very much @Ooi Hoo Hong !

Dell-BarryOSullivan · Answer

Hi Hoo Hong,  great info on the CLI, thanks for sharing

Dell-HooHongOoi · Answer

Updated Link for Dell PowerStore CLI Reference Guide

PowerStore Education

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