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EMC VIPR Controller 3.6 - Clarification on CLI and Rest API
Hi Team,
We are trying to use VIPR to automate storage system. So we need your guidance on usage of CLI and Rest API.
Please guide me on below.
1.) Whether to go with CLI or Rest API to support all the services of VIPR and also in terms of perfromance perspective.
2.) Steps to provision storage on RHEL with KVM (Type 2 hypervisor). It would be great if you share any document for KVM.
Thanks,
Sheik Davood K
fredde1
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September 18th, 2017 10:00
Hi Sheik123:
Here are some doc links that may be helpful:
viprcli docs
https://support.emc.com/docu84054_ViPR_Controller_3.6_CLI_Reference.pdf?language=en_US
rest api docs
https://support.emc.com/docu84075_ViPR_3.6.1_REST_API_Reference.zip?language=en_US&language=en_US
Thanks
Tim
Sheik123
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September 18th, 2017 21:00
Thanks Tim for sharing this.
Actually I'm looking which one will be better to consume (CLI or Rest API).
Open Questions:
1. Does CLI supports all the features in Rest API. Which one will be recommended by EMC VIPR controller community?
2. Also require some docs on provisioning storage in RHEL with KVM (Type 2 hypervisor). When I gone through all the VIPR related docs, I couldn't find anything related to KVM.
It would be helpful if you share any information on this
Thanks,
Sheik Davood K
Sheik123
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September 19th, 2017 01:00
Thanks Julien for your quick reply. It would be really helpful.
julien3192
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September 19th, 2017 01:00
1. No, API has ALL functionalities. CLI has probably 90%.
2. There is nothing specific to KVM provisioning in VIPR, at least you can do Block provisioning, then you rescan your host to discover the new volumes.
Sheik123
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September 21st, 2017 00:00
Hi Julien,
I was trying to do block provisioning for RHEL Linux host 6.5 by enabling KVM via VIPR. As a first step, I have added this Linux host and while discovering, it shows Discovery status as "Completed", however compatibility status as 'Incompatible'.
Could you please assist on this.
Thanks,
Sheik Davood K
Sheik123
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September 21st, 2017 05:00
Hi Julien,
I was trying to do block provisioning for RHEL Linux host 6.5 by enabling KVM via VIPR. As a first step, I have added this Linux host and while discovering, it shows Discovery status as "Completed", however compatibility status as 'Incompatible'.
Could you please assist on this.
Thanks,
Sheik Davood K
Andrew291
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September 21st, 2017 05:00
RH 6.5 is supported in matrix so maybe validate ViPR discovered the wwn's and try provisioning to it? If you got the green checkmark it will probably work.
fredde1
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September 21st, 2017 09:00
Sheik123:
if you need more immediate assistance on this you may want to open a Service Request
Thanks
Tim
Sheik123
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September 22nd, 2017 13:00
Thanks Tim. I will create service request if requires.
Sheik123
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September 22nd, 2017 13:00
Thanks Andrew