File Commands

file access-authorize

Authorizes hosts to access a given volume

Example::

slcli file access-authorize 12345678 –virtual-id 87654321 This command authorizes virtual server with ID 87654321 to access volume with ID 12345678.

file access-authorize [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

-h, --hardware-id <hardware_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Hardware to authorize (Multiple allowed)

-v, --virtual-id <virtual_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest to authorize (Multiple allowed)

-i, --ip-address-id <ip_address_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress to authorize (Multiple allowed)

--ip-address <ip_address>

An IP address to authorize (Multiple allowed)

-s, --subnet-id <subnet_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Network_Subnet to authorize (Multiple allowed)

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file access-list

List ACLs.

Example::

slcli file access-list 12345678 –sortby id This command lists all hosts that are authorized to access volume with ID 12345678 and sorts them by ID.

file access-list [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--sortby <sortby>

Column to sort by

--columns <columns>

Columns to display. Options: id, name, type, private_ip_address, source_subnet, host_iqn, username, password, allowed_host_id

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file access-revoke

Revokes authorization for hosts accessing a given volume

Example::

slcli file access-revoke 12345678 –virtual-id 87654321 This command revokes access of virtual server with ID 87654321 to volume with ID 12345678.

file access-revoke [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

-h, --hardware-id <hardware_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Hardware to revoke authorization

-v, --virtual-id <virtual_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest to revoke authorization

-i, --ip-address-id <ip_address_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress to revoke authorization

--ip-address <ip_address>

An IP address to revoke authorization

-s, --subnet-id <subnet_id>

The id of one SoftLayer_Network_Subnet to revoke authorization

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file replica-failback

Failback a file volume from the given replicant volume.

Example::

slcli file replica-failback 12345678 This command performs failback operation for volume with ID 12345678.

file replica-failback [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file replica-failover

Failover a file volume to the given replicant volume.

Example::

slcli file replica-failover 12345678 87654321 This command performs failover operation for volume with ID 12345678 to replica volume with ID 87654321.

file replica-failover [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--replicant-id <replicant_id>

ID of the replicant volume

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file replica-order

Order a file storage replica volume.

Example::

slcli file replica-order 12345678 -s DAILY -d dal09 –tier 4 –os-type LINUX This command orders a replica for volume with ID 12345678, which performs DAILY replication, is located at dal09, tier level is 4, OS type is Linux.

file replica-order [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

-s, --snapshot-schedule <snapshot_schedule>

Required Snapshot schedule to use for replication, (HOURLY | DAILY | WEEKLY)

Options:

HOURLY | DAILY | WEEKLY

-l, --location <location>

Required Short name of the data center for the replicant (e.g.: dal09)

--tier <tier>

Endurance Storage Tier (IOPS per GB) of the primary volume for which a replicant is ordered [optional]

Options:

0.25 | 2 | 4 | 10

-i, --iops <iops>

Performance Storage IOPs, between 100 and 6000 in multiples of 100,if no IOPS value is specified, the IOPS value of the original volume will be used

--force

Force cancel block volume without confirmation

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file replica-partners

List existing replicant volumes for a file volume.

Example::

slcli file replica-partners 12345678 This command lists existing replicant volumes for block volume with ID 12345678.

file replica-partners [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--sortby <sortby>

Column to sort by

--columns <columns>

Columns to display. Options: ID, Username, Account ID, Capacity (GB), Hardware ID, Guest ID, Host ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file replica-locations

List suitable replication datacenters for the given volume.

Example::

slcl file replica-locations 12345678 This command lists suitable replication data centers for block volume with ID 12345678.

file replica-locations [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--sortby <sortby>

Column to sort by

--columns <columns>

Columns to display. Options: ID, Long Name, Short Name

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-cancel

Cancel existing snapshot space for a given volume.

Example::

slcli file snapshot-cancel 12345678 –immediate -f This command cancels snapshot with ID 12345678 immediately without asking for confirmation.

file snapshot-cancel [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--reason <reason>

An optional reason for cancellation

--immediate

Cancels the snapshot space immediately instead of on the billing anniversary

--force

Force cancel block volume without confirmation

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-create

Creates a snapshot on a given volume

Example:

slcli file snapshot-create 12345678 --note snapshotforsoftlayer
This command creates a snapshot for volume with ID 12345678 and with addition note as snapshotforsoftlayer.
file snapshot-create [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

-n, --notes <notes>

Notes to set on the new snapshot

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-delete

Deletes a snapshot on a given volume

file snapshot-delete [OPTIONS] SNAPSHOT_ID

Arguments

SNAPSHOT_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-disable

Disables snapshots on the specified schedule for a given volume

Example:

slcli file snapshot-disable 12345678 -s DAILY
This command disables daily snapshot for volume with ID 12345678.
file snapshot-disable [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--schedule-type <schedule_type>

Required Snapshot schedule [INTERVAL|HOURLY|DAILY|WEEKLY]

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-enable

Enables snapshots for a given volume on the specified schedule

Example:

slcli file snapshot-enable 12345678 -s WEEKLY -c 5 -m 0 --hour 2 -d 0
This command enables snapshot for volume with ID 12345678, snapshot is
taken weekly on every Sunday at 2:00, and up to 5 snapshots are retained.
file snapshot-enable [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--schedule-type <schedule_type>

Required Snapshot schedule [INTERVAL|HOURLY|DAILY|WEEKLY]

--retention-count <retention_count>

Required Number of snapshots to retain

--minute <minute>

Minute of the day when snapshots should be taken

--hour <hour>

Hour of the day when snapshots should be taken

--day-of-week <day_of_week>

Day of the week when snapshots should be taken

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-list

List file storage snapshots.

Example:: slcli file snapshot-list 12345678 –sortby id This command lists all snapshots of volume with ID 12345678 and sorts them by ID.

file snapshot-list [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--sortby <sortby>

Column to sort by

--columns <columns>

Columns to display. Options: id, name, created, size_bytes

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-order

Order snapshot space for a file storage volume.

Example:: slcli file snapshot-order 12345678 -s 1000 -t 4 This command orders snapshot space for volume with ID 12345678, the size is 1000GB, the tier level is 4 IOPS per GB.

file snapshot-order [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--capacity <capacity>

Required Size of snapshot space to create in GB

--tier <tier>

Endurance Storage Tier (IOPS per GB) of the file volume for which space is ordered [optional, and only valid for endurance storage volumes]

Options:

0.25 | 2 | 4 | 10

--upgrade

Flag to indicate that the order is an upgrade

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-restore

Restore file volume using a given snapshot

Example:: slcli file snapshot-restore 12345678 -s 87654321 This command restores volume with ID 12345678 from snapshot with ID 87654321.

file snapshot-restore [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

-s, --snapshot-id <snapshot_id>

The id of the snapshot which will be used to restore the block volume

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-cancel

Cancel an existing file storage volume.

EXAMPLE::

slcli file volume-cancel 12345678 –immediate -f This command cancels volume with ID 12345678 immediately and without asking for confirmation.

file volume-cancel [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--reason <reason>

An optional reason for cancellation

--immediate

Cancels the file storage volume immediately instead of on the billing anniversary

--force

Force modify

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-count

List number of file storage volumes per datacenter.

file volume-count [OPTIONS]

Options

-d, --datacenter <datacenter>

Datacenter shortname

--sortby <sortby>

Column to sort by

file volume-detail

Display details for a specified volume.

file volume-detail [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-duplicate

Order a duplicate file storage volume.

EXAMPLE::

slcli file volume-duplicate 12345678 This command shows order a new volume by duplicating the volume with ID 12345678.

file volume-duplicate [OPTIONS] ORIGIN_VOLUME_ID

Options

-o, --origin-snapshot-id <origin_snapshot_id>

ID of an origin volume snapshot to use for duplcation.

-c, --duplicate-size <duplicate_size>

Size of duplicate file volume in GB. *If no size is specified, the size of the origin volume will be used.* Minimum: [the size of the origin volume]

-i, --duplicate-iops <duplicate_iops>

Performance Storage IOPS, between 100 and 6000 in multiples of 100 [only used for performance volumes] *If no IOPS value is specified, the IOPS value of the origin volume will be used.* Requirements: [If IOPS/GB for the origin volume is less than 0.3, IOPS/GB for the duplicate must also be less than 0.3. If IOPS/GB for the origin volume is greater than or equal to 0.3, IOPS/GB for the duplicate must also be greater than or equal to 0.3.]

-t, --duplicate-tier <duplicate_tier>

Endurance Storage Tier (IOPS per GB) [only used for endurance volumes] *If no tier is specified, the tier of the origin volume will be used.* Requirements: [If IOPS/GB for the origin volume is 0.25, IOPS/GB for the duplicate must also be 0.25. If IOPS/GB for the origin volume is greater than 0.25, IOPS/GB for the duplicate must also be greater than 0.25.]

Options:

0.25 | 2 | 4 | 10

-s, --duplicate-snapshot-size <duplicate_snapshot_size>

The size of snapshot space to order for the duplicate. *If no snapshot space size is specified, the snapshot space size of the origin file volume will be used.* Input “0” for this parameter to order a duplicate volume with no snapshot space.

--billing <billing>

Optional parameter for Billing rate (default to monthly)

Options:

hourly | monthly

--dependent-duplicate <dependent_duplicate>

Whether or not this duplicate will be a dependent duplicateof the origin volume.

Default:

False

--force

Force modify

Arguments

ORIGIN_VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-list

List file storage.

Example::

slcli file volume-list -d dal10 –storage-type endurance –sortby capacity_gb

file volume-list [OPTIONS]

Options

-u, --username <username>

Volume username

-d, --datacenter <datacenter>

Datacenter shortname

-o, --order <order>

Filter by ID of the order that purchased the block storage

--storage-type <storage_type>

Type of storage volume

Options:

performance | endurance

--sortby <sortby>

Column to sort by

--columns <columns>

Columns to display. Options: id, username, datacenter, storage_type, capacity_gb, bytes_used, ip_addr, active_transactions, mount_addr, rep_partner_count, created_by, notes

file volume-modify

Modify an existing file storage volume.

Valid size and iops options can be found here:

https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/FileStorage/index.html#provisioning-considerations https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/FileStorage?topic=FileStorage-orderingFileStorage&interface=cli

Example:

slcli file volume-modify 12345678 --new-size 1000 --new-iops 400
file volume-modify [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

-c, --new-size <new_size>

New Size of file volume in GB. *If no size is given, the original size of volume is used.* Potential Sizes: [20, 40, 80, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, 12000] Minimum: [the original size of the volume]

-i, --new-iops <new_iops>

Performance Storage IOPS, between 100 and 6000 in multiples of 100 [only for performance volumes] *If no IOPS value is specified, the original IOPS value of the volume will be used.*

-t, --new-tier <new_tier>

Endurance Storage Tier (IOPS per GB) [only for endurance volumes] *If no tier is specified, the original tier of the volume will be used.*

Options:

0.25 | 2 | 4 | 10

--force

Force modify

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-order

Order a file storage volume.

Example::

slcli file volume-order –storage-type performance –size 1000 –iops 4000 -d dal09 This command orders a performance volume with size is 1000GB, IOPS is 4000, located at dal09.

slcli file volume-order –storage-type endurance –size 500 –tier 4 -d dal09 –snapshot-size 500 This command orders an endurance volume with size is 500GB, tier level is 4 IOPS per GB,located at dal09 with an additional snapshot space size of 500GB

Valid size and iops options can be found here: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/FileStorage/index.html#provisioning-considerations

file volume-order [OPTIONS]

Options

--storage-type <storage_type>

Required Type of file storage volume

Options:

performance | endurance

--size <size>

Required Size of file storage volume in GB

--iops <iops>

Performance Storage IOPs. Options vary based on storage size. [required for storage-type performance]

--tier <tier>

Endurance Storage Tier (IOP per GB) [required for storage-type endurance]

Options:

0.25 | 2 | 4 | 10

-l, --location <location>

Required Datacenter short name (e.g.: dal09)

--snapshot-size <snapshot_size>

Optional parameter for ordering snapshot space along with endurance file storage; specifies the size (in GB) of snapshot space to order

--service-offering <service_offering>

The service offering package to use for placing the order. [optional, default is ‘storage_as_a_service’]. enterprise and performance are depreciated

Options:

storage_as_a_service | enterprise | performance

--billing <billing>

Optional parameter for Billing rate (default to monthly)

Options:

hourly | monthly

--force

Force order file storage volume without confirmation

file volume-limits

List number of block storage volumes limit per datacenter.

EXAMPLE:

slcli file volume-limits This command lists the storage limits per datacenter for this account.

file volume-limits [OPTIONS]

Options

--sortby <sortby>

Column to sort by

-d, --datacenter <datacenter>

Filter by datacenter

file volume-refresh

Refresh a duplicate volume with a snapshot from its parent.

Example::

slcli file volume-refresh volume_id snapshot_id

Refresh a duplicate volume_id with a snapshot from its parent snapshot_id. Refresh a duplicate volume with a snapshot from its parent.

file volume-refresh [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID SNAPSHOT_ID

Options

-f, --force-refresh

Cancel current refresh process and initiates the new refresh.

Default:

False

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

SNAPSHOT_ID

Required argument

file volume-convert

Convert a dependent duplicate volume to an independent volume.

file volume-convert [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-schedule-list

Lists snapshot schedules for a given volume

file snapshot-schedule-list [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-refresh

Refresh a duplicate volume with a snapshot from its parent.

Example::

slcli file volume-refresh volume_id snapshot_id

Refresh a duplicate volume_id with a snapshot from its parent snapshot_id. Refresh a duplicate volume with a snapshot from its parent.

file volume-refresh [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID SNAPSHOT_ID

Options

-f, --force-refresh

Cancel current refresh process and initiates the new refresh.

Default:

False

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

SNAPSHOT_ID

Required argument

file volume-convert

Convert a dependent duplicate volume to an independent volume.

file volume-convert [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-set-note

Set note for an existing file storage volume.

Example::

slcli file volume-set-note 12345678 –note ‘this is my note’

file volume-set-note [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

-n, --note <note>

Required Public notes related to a Storage volume

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file volume-options

List all options for ordering a block storage

Example::

slcli file volume-options slcli file volume-options –prices dal13

file volume-options [OPTIONS] [LOCATION]

Options

-p, --prices

Use –prices to list the server item prices, and to list the Item Prices by location,add it to the –prices option using location short name, e.g. –prices dal13

Arguments

LOCATION

Optional argument

file disaster-recovery-failover

Failover an inaccessible file volume to its available replicant volume.

Example::

slcli file disaster-recovery-failover 12345678 87654321 This command performs failover operation for volume with ID 12345678 to replica volume with ID 87654321.

file disaster-recovery-failover [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--replicant-id <replicant_id>

ID of the replicant volume

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

Failover an inaccessible file volume to its available replicant volume. If a volume (with replication) becomes inaccessible due to a disaster event, this method can be used to immediately failover to an available replica in another location. This method does not allow for failback via API. After using this method, to failback to the original volume, please open a support ticket. If you wish to test failover, please use replica-failover.

file snapshot-set-notification

Enables/Disables snapshot space usage threshold warning for a given volume

file snapshot-set-notification [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Options

--enable, --disable

Required Enable/Disable snapshot notification. Use slcli file snapshot-set-notification volumeId –enable to enable

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file snapshot-get-notification-status

Get snapshots space usage threshold warning flag setting for a given volume

file snapshot-get-notification-status [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

file duplicate-convert-status

Get status for split or move completed percentage of a given file duplicate volume.

file duplicate-convert-status [OPTIONS] VOLUME_ID

Arguments

VOLUME_ID

Required argument

Get status for split or move completed percentage of a given file duplicate volume.