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cadpmspm provision Command--Provision New Storage

Use this command to provision NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and FCP storage. You can provision storage through a storage service or through a provisioning policy and resource pools.

This command has the following format:

cadpmspm -provision [-policy=StoragePolicyName] -provxml=ProvisionDataXMLFile [-stsrv=StorageServer -stplat=StoragePlatform] [-ws_user=username -ws_password=password][-locale iso639value]

-policy=StoragePolicyName

(Optional) Specifies a storage policy name.

Note: If specified, the -provxml parameter is ignored.

-provxml=ProvisionDataXMLFile

Specifies the input file for provision data.

-stsrv=StorageServer

(Optional) Specifies the storage server name.

-stplat=StoragePlatform

(Optional) Specifies the storage platform; possible value is:

1

Specifies NetApp as the storage platform.

2

Specifies EMC as the storage platform.

Default: 1

-ws_user username -ws_password password

(Optional) Specifies the credentials to use for the web service security check. If you do not include credentials, you are prompted to enter them. Avoid the prompt for credentials by setting up your own session using caaipsecurity.

-locale iso639value

(Optional) Specifies an IS0 639_3166 combination to override the default English output, for example, fr_FR for French. To use the locale of the command prompt, specify "native".