3.13 Managed Entities (EVAs) Commands
SEA monitors "managed entities" such as EVAs. See Section 2.7 Managed Entities, Storage Cells, and EVAs for more information.
You can add, modify, or remove managed entities with the following commands:
desta entity addThe above command allows you to add a new managed entity.
You will be presented with a series of prompts where you can enter the entity name, type, product and serial numbers, and other configuration information. If you make a mistake while entering the data, do not enter data for the remaining prompts, and answer "N" to the last prompt as shown below:
Do you want to save this Entity? (Y/N)Then re-issue the "desta entity add" command.
The command has been implemented to support managed entities in general, including but not limited to EVAs, for all future releases. As of WEBES 4.4 release, you need not issue this command as EVAs are detected automatically by the CommandView EVA software. WEBES retrieves the list of EVAs from CommandView EVA every 12 hours. Any entity that you add with this command will not appear in the list of SEA Web interface - Storage Cells unless it exists as an EVA detected by the CommandView EVA. See Sections 6.13 "Managed Device Entitlement" and 6.7 "Creating Storage Cell Spreadsheets" for more information on the SEA Web interface relating to Managed Entities and Storage Cells.
After installing a new EVA, refer to the WEBES Install Guide section 2.3.6 "Adding an EVA After Installing WEBES" for the steps to configure the EVA information for SEA and to allow the WEBES Director and SEA to recognize the new EVA immediately. If you do not perform these steps, WEBES will recognize the new EVA within 12 hours, and send an email using the settings in NotifyCA.txt, (see Section 10.3.1 "Settings") asking you to configure the new EVA for SEA.
desta entity modifyThis command allows you to change the configuration data for a previously entered or detected entity (EVA).
You will be presented with a series of prompts where you can change the entity name, type, product and serial numbers, and other configuration information. If you do not enter any data, the value remains unchanged. If you make a mistake, do not enter data for the remaining prompts and answer "N" to last prompt as shown below:
Do you want to save these properties? (Y/N)Then re-issue the "desta entity modify" command.
desta entity removeThe above command allows you to remove the configuration data for a previously entered or detected entity (EVA).
You will be presented with a prompt to select from the list of managed entities that you wish to delete.
The command has been implemented to support managed entities in general, including but not limited to EVAs, for all future releases. As of WEBES 4.4 release, you need not issue this command for EVAs unless you are removing the EVA hardware. SEA detects new unconfigured EVAs every 12 hours, and at Director startup and other situations. If you remove an EVA from CommandView EVA with this command, but do not remove the hardware, SEA will re-detect the EVA within 12 hours or on the next Director startup. SEA will re-send emails asking you to configure the EVA. SEA will also prompt you for configuration data on your next CLI command or Web interface login.