VALIDATE LANFREE (Validate LAN-Free paths)

Use this command to determine which destinations for a given node using a specific storage agent are capable of LAN-Free data movement.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege.

Syntax

Parameters

node_name (Required): The name of the node to evaluate.
stgagent_name (Required): The name of the storage agent to evaluate.

Example: Validate a current LAN-Free configuration

Validate the current server definitions and configuration for node TIGER to use storage agent AIX_STA1 for LAN-free data operations.

validate lanfree tiger aix_sta1

Node  Storage  Operation Mgmt Class Destination LAN-Free Explanation
Name  Agent              Name       Name        capable?
----- -------- --------- ---------- ----------- -------- -----------
TIGER AIX_STA1 BACKUP    STANDARD   OUTPOOL     NO       No available
                                                         online paths.
TIGER AIX_STA1 BACKUP    STANDARD   PRIMARY     NO       Destination
                                                         storage pool
                                                         is configured
                                                         for simultan-
                                                         eous write.
TIGER AIX_STA1 BACKUP    STANDARD   SHRPOOL     YES       
TIGER AIX_STA1 BACKUP    NOARCH     LFFILE      NO       Storage pool
                                                         contains data
                                                         deduplicated
                                                         by clients,
                                                         and is not
                                                         accessible by
                                                         storage
                                                         agents V6.1
                                                         or earlier.
TIGER AIX_STA1 ARCHIVE   STANDARD   OUTPOOL     NO       No available
                                                         online paths.
TIGER AIX_STA1 ARCHIVE   STANDARD   PRIMARY     NO       Destination
                                                         storage pool
                                                         is configured
                                                         for simultan-
                                                         eous write.
TIGER AIX_STA1 ARCHIVE   STANDARD   SHRPOOL     YES

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to VALIDATE LANFREE
Command	Description
QUERY COPYGROUP	Displays the attributes of a copy group.
QUERY DEVCLASS	Displays information about device classes.
QUERY DOMAIN	Displays information about policy domains.
QUERY DRIVE	Displays information about drives.
QUERY LIBRARY	Displays information about one or more libraries.
QUERY MGMTCLASS	Displays information about management classes.
QUERY NODE	Displays partial or complete information about one or more clients.
QUERY PATH	Displays information about the path from a source to a destination.
QUERY POLICYSET	Displays information about policy sets.
QUERY SERVER	Displays information about servers.
QUERY STATUS	Displays the settings of server parameters, such as those selected by the SET commands.
QUERY STGPOOL	Displays information about storage pools.