Using the DS CLI application

You must ensure that you have installed the DS Storage Manager using the full-management console installation and that you have configured your domain. Without this domain configuration (which is a one-time process), you cannot use the DS CLI. After you install the DS CLI, three command modes are available to you.

You must log into DS CLI to use the command modes. There are three command modes for the DS CLI:

• Single-shot
• Interactive
• Script

• Logging into the DS CLI application
  You must log into the DS CLI application to use any of the command modes.
• Using the DS CLI single-shot command mode
  Use the DS CLI single-shot command mode if you want to issue an occasional command but do not want to keep a history of the commands that you have issued.
• Using the DS CLI script command mode
  Use the DS CLI script command mode if you want to issue a sequence of DS CLI commands. Administrators can use this mode to create automated processes; for example, establishing remote mirror and copy relationships for volume pairs.
• Using the DS CLI interactive command mode
  Use the DS CLI interactive command mode when you must process multiple transactions that cannot be incorporated into a script. The interactive command mode provides a history function that makes repeating or checking prior command usage easy to do.
• Obtaining the serial (storage image ID) number using the DS CLI
  Almost every DS CLI command requires the use of the storage image ID. If you add your target storage image ID into your profile file under the -devid designation, you are not required to provide the storage image ID when you issue each command.