LUN Properties

In the CLI, use the get command to see a list of all properties.

The following table shows Create LUN properties.

Table 4-43 Create LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Project

--

--

Defines which project the LUN uses to inherit parameter settings.

Name

--

--

Defines the name of the LUN.

Volume size

volsize

LUN local

Defines the maximum volume size and unit of measurement. For more information, see Volume size.

Thin provisioned

sparse

LUN local

Indicates only the amount of space physically consumed by data is used when selected. For more information, see Thin provisioned.

Space reclamation

space_reclamation

LUN local

Indicates if thin provisioned LUN free space is returned to the storage pool. For more information, see Space Reclamation.

Volume block size

volblocksize

Create time

Native block size for the LUN; any power of 2 from 512 bytes to 1M, and the default is 8K.

Online

status

LUN local

Indicates whether it is online or not.

Target group

targetgroup

LUN local

Shows groups of targets used when exporting a LUN.

Initiator group(s)

initiatorgroup

LUN local

Shows groups of initiators that can access the LUN.

Mountpoint

mountpoint

Inherited

Controls the path used to export filesystems. For more information, see Mountpoint.

LU number

lunumber

LUN local

Sets the logical unit number to 0 (zero) or automatically assigns the number.

Encryption

encryption

Inherited

Defines the encryption type. For more information see, Managing Encryption Keys.

Inherit key

--

--

If selected, indicates that the encryption key is inherited from the parent project.

Key

key

Inherited

Sets a specific encryption key that is used when the key is not inherited from the parent project.

Keyname

keyname

Static

Identifies the key.

GUID

lunguid

Read-only, LUN local

A globally unique, read-only identifier that identifies the SCSI device.

The following table shows General - Space Usage - Data LUN properties.

Table 4-44 General - Space Usage - Data LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Volume size

volsize

LUN local

Defines the maximum volume size and unit of measurement. For more information, see Volume size.

Thin provisioned

sparse

LUN local

Indicates only the amount of space physically consumed by data is used when selected. For more information, see Thin provisioned.

Space reclamation

space_reclamation

LUN local

Indicates if thin provisioned LUN free space is returned to the storage pool. For more information, see Space Reclamation.

The following table shows General - Properties (Inherit from project) LUN properties.

Table 4-45 General - Properties (Inherit from project) LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Data deduplication (warning)

dedup

Inherited

Controls whether duplicate copies of data are eliminated. For more information, see Data Deduplication.

Data compression

compression

Inherited

Controls whether data is compressed before being written to disk. For more information, see Data Compression.

Checksum

checksum

Inherited

Controls the checksum used for data blocks. For more information, see Checksum.

Additional replication

copies

Inherited

Controls number of copies stored of each block, above and beyond any redundancy of the storage pool. For more information, see Additional replication.

Cache device usage

secondarycache

Inherited

Controls whether cache devices are used for the share. For more information, see Cache device usage.

Synchronous write bias

logbias

Inherited

Controls the behavior when servicing synchronous writes. For more information, see Synchronous write bias.

Prevent destruction

nodestroy

Inherited

Prevents shares or projects from being destroyed when set. For more information, see Prevent destruction.

For preventing destruction at the storage pool level, see Destroy Prevention and Approval.

The following table shows Custom Properties (Inherit from Project) LUN properties.

Table 4-46 Custom Properties (Inherit from Project) LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Schema

schema

--

Custom properties can be added as needed to attach user-defined tags to projects and shares. For more information, see Working with Schemas.

The following table shows Protocols - Sharing Options LUN properties.

Table 4-47 Protocols - Sharing Options LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Online

status

LUN local

Indicates whether it is online or not.

Target group

targetgroup

LUN local

Shows groups of targets used when exporting a LUN.

Initiator group(s): LU number

initiatorgroup

LUN local

Shows groups of initiators that can access the LUN.

The following table shows Protocols - Write Cache Behavior LUN properties.

Table 4-48 Protocols - Write Cache Behavior LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Write cache enabled

writecache

LUN local

Controls whether the LUN caches writes.

The following table shows Snapshots - Properties (Inherit from project) LUN properties.

Table 4-49 Snapshots - Properties (Inherit from project) LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Scheduled snapshot label

snaplabel

Inherited

Appends a user-defined label to each scheduled snapshot and is blank by default.

The following table shows Snapshots - Snapshots LUN properties.

Table 4-50 Snapshots - Snapshots LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Name

--

--

Specifies the name of the snapshot.

Creation

--

--

Specifies the date and time when the snapshot is created.

Unique

--

--

Indicates the amount of unique space used by the snapshot.

Total

--

--

Indicates the total amount of space referenced by the snapshot.

Clones

--

--

Shows the number of clones of the snapshot.

The following table shows Snapshots - Schedules LUN properties.

Table 4-51 Snapshots - Schedules LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Frequency

frequency

Create time

Indicates how often the snapshot is taken.

Keep at most

keep

Create time

Controls the retention policy for snapshots.

The following table shows Replication (Inherit from project)/Create New Actions LUN properties.

Table 4-52 Replication (Inherit from project)/Create New Actions LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Target

target

Inherited

Identifies the replication target system.

Pool

pool

Inherited

Specifies the storage pool on the target where the project will be replicated.

Export data path

export_path

Inherited

Indicates the export data path.

Limit bandwidth

max_bandwidth

Inherited

Specifies a maximum speed for this replication update (in terms of amount of data transferred over the network per second).

Enable SSL-encryption

use_ssl

Inherited

Controls whether to encrypt data on the wire using SSL.

Disable compression

compression

Inherited

Controls whether the compression is enabled or disabled.

Include snapshot

include_snaps

Inherited

Controls whether replication updates include non-replication snapshots.

Retain user snapshots on target

retain_user_snaps_ on_target

Inherited

When set, keeps user-generated snapshots on the replication target.

Update frequency

continuous

Inherited

Controls whether this action is being replicated continuously or at manual or scheduled intervals.

The following table shows Usage LUN properties.

Table 4-53 Usage LUN Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Property Type Description

Referenced data

space_data

Read-only

Shows the total amount of space referenced by the active share, independent of any snapshots.

Snapshot data

space_snapshots

Read-only

Shows the total amount of data currently held by all snapshots of the share.

Available data

space_available

Read-only

Shows any quotas on the share or project, or the absolute capacity of the pool.

Total space

space_total

Read-only

Shows the sum of referenced data, snapshot data, and unused reservation.