Associating Client Groups to a Network Storage Pool Using Command Line

You can associate client groups with a Network Storage Pool by using the Command Line Interface.

Procedure

1. Download the AssociateClientGrouptoStoragePool.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

2. Before running the command, review the following parameters:

   Element	Description	Parent Element
   storagepoolId	Unique identification number associated with a Network Storage Pool	storagePool
   storagePoolName	Name of the Network Storage Pool	storagePool
   clientGroupId	Unique identification number associated with a client group Tip: You can get the client group ids by running the StoragePoolClientGroupList.xml without any input parameters. For details see, Viewing the list of Client Groups Associated with a Network Storage Pool Using Command Line.	selectedClientGroups
   clientGroupName	Name of the client group that you want to associate to the Network Storage Pool	selectedClientGroups

3. Execute the following command from the software_installation_directory/Base folder after substituting the parameter values.

    
   qoperation execute -af $[downloaded location]\AssociateClientGrouptoStoragePool.xml

   For example: To associate client groups with a Network Storage Pool with name storage001, storage pool id 446, client group id 1 and client group name cg1, run the following command:

    
   qoperation execute -af $[downloaded location]\AssociateClientGrouptoStoragePool.xml -storagepoolId $[446] -storagepoolName $[storage001] -clientGroupId $[1] -clientGroupName $[cg1]

Result

You can verify if the specified client groups are associated with the storage pool by running the StoragePoolClientGroupList.xml. For details see, Viewing the list of Client Groups Associated with a Network Storage Pool Using Command Line.