3.13   Managed Entities (SMA, EVA, WBEM Server and VLS) Commands

You can import a new managed entity with the following command:

desta entity import [fileroot]

where fileroot is the path (optional) and root name of the set of CSV (Comma Separated Values)files to be converted into WEBES Managed Entities.

Command Usage

desta entity import Ents

The command has been implemented to support managed entities in general, including but not limited to Command View EVA Server (Storage Management Appliance (SMA)), EVAs, WBEM Server and VLS for all future releases. As of the WEBES 4.5 release, you need not issue this command as EVAs are detected automatically by the Command View EVA software. (There is no analogous automatic detection that applies to VLS.) WEBES retrieves the list of EVAs from Command View 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 Command View EVA.

See Sections  7.13 Managed Entities and  7.7 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 Storage Cell immediately. (This applies to EVA, not to VLS.) WEBES will recognize the new EVA within 12 hours, and send an email using the settings in NotifyCA.txt, (see Section  11.3.1Settings) asking you to configure the new EVA for SEA.

As of the WEBES 4.5 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 Command View 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 also prompt you for configuration data on your next CLI command or Web interface login.