These are abbreviations that are most commonly used for the command-line interface operations.
| Name | Object type |
|---|---|
| Host | host |
| Virtual disk | vdisk |
| Virtual disk copy | vdiskcopy |
| Space-efficient virtual disk copy | sevdiskcopy |
| Managed disk | mdisk |
| Managed disk group | mdiskgrp |
| I/O group | iogrp |
| Node | node |
| Cluster | cluster |
| Controller | controller |
| IBM® FlashCopy® mapping | fcmap |
| FlashCopy consistency group | fcconsistgrp |
| Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship | rcrelationship |
| Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group | rcconsistgrp |
| Unsupported/unknown object | unknown |