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Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

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Show Thin Virtual Disk

Description

This command returns the expansion history or the consumed capacity for the specified thin virtual disk or virtual disks.

Syntax

show (allVirtualDisks | virtualDisk [
                                 virtualDiskName] | 
                                 virtualDisks [
                                 virtualDiskName1 ... virtualDiskNameN]) 
                                 (consumedCapacity | (expansionHistory [file=
                                 fileName]))

Parameters

Parameter Description
allVirtualDisks The setting to return information about all of the virtual disks in the storage array.
virtualDisk or virtualDisks The name of the specific virtual disk for which you are retrieving information. You can enter more than one virtual disk name. Enclose the virtual disk name in square brackets ([ ]). If the virtual disk name has special characters, you also must enclose the virtual disk name in double quotation marks (" ").
consumedCapacity The setting to return a concise list of information about the consumed capacity of the thin virtual disks.
expansionHistory The setting to return a concise list of information about the expansion history of the thin virtual disks.
file The file parameter specifies a file to log the output of the expansionHistory parameter. The file is valid only when used with the expansionHistory parameter. An invalid file name causes the command to fail.

Notes

With the expansionHistory parameter, the command returns information similar to the example shown below.
Thin virtual disk name: virtual disk-nameRepository virtual disk Name: REPOS_NNNN
Logged Time Expansion Type Start Capacity End Capacity
MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS Manual|Automatic NNNNNNNN bytes NNNNNNNN bytes
With the consumedCapacity parameter, the command returns information similar to the example shown below.
Virtual Disk Physical Capacity Consumned Capacity Quota % Prov. Consumed
virtualDiskName 500.000 GB 230.000 GB 700.000 GB 46%

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