Performing Replication Tasks using the CLI

This topic shows how to perform replication tasks using the Windows or the Linux CLI. Before you can run these commands, you must first install either the Windows CLI utility or the Linux CLI utility. After you install the utility, you can display all available commands by typing cvctl --help.

Note: The following command examples are shown using Linux syntax. To run the commands in Windows, use backslashes (\) instead of forward slashes (/) and do not type sudo on the command line.

Creating a Replication Store

To create a replication store, run the cvctl command with the create option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

.\cvctl create replstore
--name <name>
--cv-region <name> 
--size <sizeInGiB> 
--volume-tier { PF | GPF } 

Editing a Replication Store

To edit a replication store, run the cvctl command with the edit option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl edit replstore --name <name> --size <sizeInGiB>

Deleting a Replication Store

To delete a replication store, run the cvctl command with the delete option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl delete replstore --name <name>

Displaying Detailed Information about a Replication Store

To display detailed information about a replication store, run the cvctl command with the get option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl get replstore --name <name>

Displaying a List of Replication Stores

To display a list of replication stores, run the cvctl command with the list option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl list replstores

Displaying a List of Replica Volume Collections

To display a list of replica volume collections, run the cvctl command with the list option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl list replvolcolls --replstore <name>

Displaying Detailed Information about a Replica Volume Collection

To display detailed information about a replica volume collection, run the cvctl command with the get option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl get replvolcoll --name <name> --replstore <name>

Editing a Replica Volume Collection

To edit a replica volume collection, run the cvctl command with the edit option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl edit replvolcoll
--name <name>
[--replstore <name> {--direction {outgoing | incoming | stopped}}
[--replpartner <name>]]

Displaying a List of Replica Volumes

To display a list of replica volumes, run the cvctl command with the list option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl list replvols
[--replstore <name>
[--replvolcoll <name>]]

Displaying a List of Cloud Volumes

To display a list of cloud volumes, run the cvctl command with the list option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl list cloudvols [--replstore <name> [--replvolcoll <name>]]

Displaying Detailed Information about a Replica Volume

To display detailed information about a replica volume, run the cvctl command with the get option. The following is the complete syntax for this command:

./cvctl get replvol --name <name> [--replstore <name> [--replvolcoll <name>]]

Displaying a List of On-Premises Replication Partners

To display a list of on-premises replication partners, run the cvctl command with the list option.

./cvctl list onpremreplpartners

Displaying a List of Replication Partnerships

To display a list of replication partners, replication partnerships, run the cvctl command with the list option.

./cvctl list replpartnerships

Displaying a List of Regions

To display a list of regions, run the cvctl command with the list option.

./cvctl list regions

Displaying a List of CV Regions

To display a list of CV regions, run the cvctl command with the list option.

./cvctl list cvregions

Displaying a List of Providers

To display a list of providers, run the cvctl command with the list option.

./cvctl list providers

Related Information

Connecting & Disconnecting Volumes Using the CLI