storcfg provider -add

Adds the a providers information to the StorMan repository. The discovery process for the related storage system(s) is started automatically and will periodically refresh the configuration in the background.

Syntax

storcfg provider –add –ip ip –provideruser user –providerpwd pwd –storagemodel myModel 

Parameters

–ip ip

Specifies the IP address of the host the provider is running on.
Refer to the common description of ip in section "Common supported value ranges".

–provideruser user

Specifies the user for the connection to the  provider.

–providerpwd pwd

Specifies the password for the connection (default: none).

At least the parameter -ip must be specified. If no host with the specified ip exists in the StorMan repository, a new host is added.

The provideruser and providerpwd can be specified for the StorMan repository with the function storcfg provider –add or storcfg provider –mod. For FUJITSU embedded SMI-S provider provideruser/ providerpwd should be a user name and password with role "software" or "admin" defined in the storage system, when active management of the storage system is required.

–storagemodel myStorageModel

Specifies the type of disk  or tape  storage system.  The default value is ETERNUS_DX/AF.

These additional values are supported: ETERNUS_CS8000, ETERNUS_LT, ETERNUS_LT140. 

 

 

Return codes

Error Code	Name	Error Type
0	STORMAN_OK	Function successful
2	STORMAN_NOT_COMPLETE	Function only partly completed
3	STORMAN_VER_NOT_SUPP	Version not supported
7	STORMAN_INV_PARAMETERS	Specified parameters invalid
13	STORMAN_COMMUNIC_ERROR	Error in StorMan communication between client and server
16	STORMAN_FAULT	Unexpected error in function
20	STORMAN_ALREADY_EXISTS	Object already exists in repository
22	STORMAN_RESOURCE_NOT_AVAILABLE	Provider or database not available
36	STORMAN_AUTH_FAILED	User / password for StorMan not valid