ca_devmgr - Examples

The following are examples of syntax for the ca_devmgr command:

• Use the following command to view adapter information with SCSI IDs and adapter numbers:

ca_devmgr -adapterinfo

• Use the following command to view tape information (name and serial number) for the specified adapter and SCSI number:

ca_devmgr -mediainfo 3 4

• Use the following command to specify an FSD group as a staging group and configured as follows:
• maximum number of streams set to 2
• threshold values set at 80% (maximum) and 60% (minimum)
• chunk size set at 512MB

ca_devmgr –setstaging group0 -mstreams 2 –mthreshold “80/60%” -chunksize 512

• Use the following command to create a new deduplication device called DDD1 and assign it to a group called DDDGrp1:

ca_devmgr -creatededupefsd DedupeDeviceSalesData DDD1 c:\data d:\index -GrpName DDDGrp1

• Use the following command to change the data and index paths for an existing deduplication device called DDD0 assigned to a group called DDGrp0:

ca_devmgr -configdedupefsd DDGrp0 -FSDName DDD0 -DataPath c:\dataFiles -Index d:\refFiles\

• Use the following command to set the deduplication group properties for a group called DDDGrp9 as follows:
• Maximum data streams set to 2
• Maximum Threshold set to 90%
• Pause migration enabled
• Optimization enabled

ca_devmgr -setdedupegrpproperties DDDGrp9 -mstreams 2 -mthreshold "90%" -pausemig 1 -optimization 1

More information:

ca_devmgr - Device Manager Command