
MDR User Guide
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7 MDR Shell Commands
This chapter describes the commands available in the MDR Shell. Below is a list of the
MDR Shell commands. In the last four ‘configuration' columns, a ‘Y’ indicates fully
supported, a ‘P’ indicates partial support, and a ‘N’ indicates not supported.
MDR Shell
Commands
Description
Stand-
alone
Host
Network
Host
Direct
Network
& Direct
add-disks-to-
disk-group
Add a list of disks to an existing disk group
N N Y Y
clear-recording-
table
Clear the MDR recording table
Y Y Y Y
connect-disk-
group
Connect to an existing disk group
P P Y Y
copy-recording
Copy recorded data different devices
N Y Y Y
create-disk-group
Create a disk group
N N Y Y
delete-disk-group
Delete a disk group
N N Y Y
delete-recording
Delete a recording
Y Y Y Y
destroy-disk-
group-info
Destroy the disk group information on a list
of disks
N N Y Y
diskspeedtest
Test recording speed of MDR system
N Y N Y
dump-recording
Dump (display) recording data to screen
Y Y Y Y
exit
Exit the MDR Shell program
Y Y Y Y
format-disk
Low-level format the MDR disk subsystem
Y Y N Y
help
or
?
Display help information for MDR shell
commands
Y Y Y Y
list-fc-devices
List the fibre channel (FC) devices
P P Y Y
new-recording
Allocate disk space for a new recording
Y Y Y Y
playback
Start playback operation (MDR-250)
Y Y N Y
prepare
Prepare a transfer (record or playback)
Y Y N Y
record
Start record operation
Y Y N Y
remove-disks-
from-disk-group
Remove a list of disks from a disk group
N N Y Y
rename-recording
Rename an existing recording
Y Y Y Y
reset-MDR
Reset the MDR(s)
Y Y N Y
resize-recording
Resize current recording
Y Y Y Y
select-current-
recording
Select recording as current
Y Y Y Y
selftest
Test MDR disk subsystem data integrity
Y Y N Y
set-start-block
Set start block of current recording
Y Y Y Y
set-state
Set state of current recording
Y Y Y Y
show-recording-
table
Show the MDR recording table
Y Y Y Y
stop
Stop the ongoing record operation
Y Y N Y
tag-disable
Enable tags for a recording
Y Y Y Y
tag-enable
Disable tags for a recording
Y Y Y Y
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