Cellcli - commands

Export 

CellCLI> export celldisk 

Import 

CellCLI> import celldisk 

Assign 

CellCLI> assign key 

Calibrate 

CellCLI> calibrate
CellCLI> calibrate force 

Set 

CellCLI> help set 
Usage: SET <variable> <value> 
Purpose: Sets a variable to alter the CELLCLI environment settings for your current session. 
Arguments: variable and value represent one of the following clauses: 
DATEFORMAT { STANDARD | LOCAL } 
ECHO { ON | OFF } 

Cellcli - Alter

CellCLI> alter cell shutdown services rs --> To shutdown the Restart Server service 
CellCLI> alter cell shutdown services MS --> To shutdown the Management Server service 
CellCLI> alter cell shutdown services CELLSRV --> To shutdown the Cell Services 
CellCLI> alter cell shutdown services all -->To shutdown the RS, CELLSRV and MS services 
CellCLI> alter cell restart services rs 
CellCLI> alter cell restart services all 
CellCLI> alter cell led on
CellCLI> alter cell led off 
CellCLI> alter cell validate mail
CellCLI> alter cell validate configuration 
CellCLI> alter cell smtpfromaddr='cell07@orac.com' 
CellCLI> alter cell smtpfrom='Exadata Cell 07' 
CellCLI> alter cell smtptoaddr='satya@orac.com' 
CellCLI> alter cell emailFormat='text' 
CellCLI> alter cell emailFormat='html' 
CellCLI> alter cell validate snmp type=ASR - Automatic Service Requests (ASRs) 
CellCLI> alter cell snmpsubscriber=((host='snmp01.orac.com,type=ASR')) 
CellCLI> alter cell restart bmc - BMC, Baseboard Management Controller, controls the compoments of the cell. 
CellCLI> alter cell configure bmc 
CellCLI> alter physicaldisk 34:2,34:3 serviceled on
CellCLI> alter physicaldisk 34:6,34:9 serviceled off 
CellCLI> alter physicaldisk harddisk serviceled on 
CellCLI> alter physicaldisk all serviceled on 
CellCLI> alter lun 0_10 reenable 
CellCLI> alter lun 0_04 reenable force 
CellCLI> alter celldisk FD_01_cell07 comment='Flash Disk' 
CellCLI> alter celldisk all harddisk comment='Hard Disk' 
CellCLI> alter celldisk all flashdisk comment='Flash Disk' 
CellCLI> alter griddisk RECO_CD_10_cell06 comment='Used for Reco'
CellCLI> alter griddisk all inactive 
CellCLI> alter griddisk RECO_CD_11_cell12 inactive 
CellCLI> alter griddisk RECO_CD_08_cell01 inactive force 
CellCLI> alter griddisk RECO_CD_11_cell01 inactive nowait 
CellCLI> alter griddisk DATA_CD_00_CELL01,DATA_CD_02_CELL01,...DATA_CD_11_CELL01 inactive 
CellCLI> alter griddisk all active 
CellCLI> alter griddisk RECO_CD_11_cell01 active 
CellCLI> alter griddisk all harddisk comment='Hard Disk' 
CellCLI> alter ibport ibp2 reset counters
CellCLI> alter iormplan active 
CellCLI> alter quarantine 
CellCLI> alter threshold DB_IO_RQ_SM_SEC.PRODB comparison=">", critical=100 
CellCLI> alter alerthistory

Cellcli - Create

CellCLI> CREATE CELL [cellname] [realmname=realmvalue,] [interconnect1=ethvalue,] [interconnect2=ethvalue,][interconnect3=ethvalue,] [interconnect4=ethvalue,] 
( ([ipaddress1=ipvalue,] [ipaddress2=ipvalue,] [ipaddress3=ipvalue,] [ipaddress4=ipvalue,]) | ([ipblock=ipblkvalue, cellnumber=numvalue]) ) --- To configure the Oracle Exadata cell network and starts services. 

CellCLI> create celldisk all harddisk
CellCLI> create celldisk all 
CellCLI> create celldisk all harddisk interleaving='normal_redundancy' 
interleaving -- none(default), normal_redundancy or high_redundancy
CellCLI> create celldisk all flashdisk 
CellCLI> create griddisk RECO_CD_11_cell01 celldisk=CD_11_cell01 
CellCLI> create griddisk RECO_CD_11_cell01 celldisk=CD_11_cell01 size=100M 
CellCLI> create griddisk all prefix RECO 
CellCLI> create griddisk all flashdisk prefix FLASH 
CellCLI> create griddisk all harddisk prefix HARD 
CellCLI> create griddisk all harddisk prefix='data', size='270g'
CellCLI> create griddisk all prefix='data', size='300g'
CellCLI> create griddisk all prefix='redo', size='150g' 
CellCLI> create griddisk all harddisk prefix=systemdg 
CellCLI> create flashcache celldisk='FD_00_cell01' 
CellCLI> create flashcache celldisk='FD_13_cell01,FD_00_cell01,FD_10_cell01,FD_02_cell01,FD_06_cell01, FD_12_cell01,FD_05_cell01,FD_08_cell01,FD_15_cell01,FD_14_cell01,FD_07_cell01,FD_04_cell01,FD_03_cell01,FD_11_cell01,FD_09_cell01,FD_01_cell01' 

CellCLI> create flashcache all 
CellCLI> create flashcache all size=365.25G 
CellCLI> create key 
CellCLI> create quarantine 
CellCLI> create threshold cd_io_errs_min.prodb comparison=">", critical=10 
CellCLI> create threshold CD_IO_ERRS_MIN warning=1, comparison='>=', occurrences=1, observation=1 

Cellcli - Drop

CellCLI> drop cell --->> To reset the cell to its factory settings, removes the cell related properties of the server; it does not actually remove the physical server. 

CellCLI> drop cell force 
CellCLI> drop celldisk CD_01_cell05 
CellCLI> drop celldisk CD_00_cell09 force 
CellCLI> drop celldisk harddisk 
CellCLI> drop celldisk flashdisk 
CellCLI> drop celldisk all
CellCLI> drop celldisk all flashdisk force 
CellCLI> drop griddisk DBFS_DG_CD_02_cel14 
CellCLI> drop griddisk RECO_CD_11_cell01 force 
CellCLI> drop griddisk prefix=DBFS 
CellCLI> drop griddisk flashdisk 
CellCLI> drop griddisk harddisk 
CellCLI> drop griddisk all 
CellCLI> drop griddisk all prefix=temp_dg 
CellCLI> drop flashcache 
CellCLI> drop quarantine 
CellCLI> drop threshold DB_IO_RQ_SM_SEC.PRODB 
CellCLI> drop alerthistory

Cellcli - List

CellCLI> help list 


Enter HELP LIST <object_type> for specific help syntax. 

<object_type>: {ACTIVEREQUEST | ALERTDEFINITION | ALERTHISTORY | CELL | CELLDISK | FLASHCACHE | FLASHCACHECONTENT | GRIDDISK | IBPORT | IORMPLAN | KEY | LUN | METRICCURRENT | METRICDEFINITION | METRICHISTORY | PHYSICALDISK | QUARANTINE | THRESHOLD } 


CellCLI> list cell - Will display Oracle Exadata Storage Servers/Cells information 


CellCLI> list cell detail 
CellCLI> list cell attributes all 
CellCLI> list cell attributes rsStatus 
CellCLI> list physicaldisk - Will display physical disks information 
CellCLI> list physicaldisk detail 
CellCLI> list physicaldisk 34:5 
CellCLI> list physicaldisk 34:11 detail 
CellCLI> list physicaldisk attributes all 
CellCLI> list physicaldisk attributes name, id, slotnumber 

CellCLI> list physicaldisk attributes name, disktype, makemodel, physicalrpm, physicalport, status 

CellCLI> list physicaldisk attributes name, disktype, errCmdTimeoutCount, errHardReadCount, errHardWriteCount 

CellCLI> list physicaldisk where diskType='Flashdisk' 

CellCLI> list physicaldisk attributes name, id, slotnumber where disktype="flashdisk" and status != "not present" 

CellCLI> list physicaldisk attributes name, physicalInterface, physicalInsertTime where disktype = 'Harddisk'

CellCLI> list physicaldisk where diskType=flashdisk and status='poor performance' detail 

CellCLI> list lun  
CellCLI> list lun detail 
CellCLI> list lun 0_8 detail 
CellCLI> list lun attributes all 
CellCLI> list lun attributes name, cellDisk, raidLevel, status 
CellCLI> list lun where disktype=flashdisk 
CellCLI> list celldisk - Will display cell disks information 
CellCLI> list celldisk detail 
CellCLI> list celldisk FD_01_cell07 
CellCLI> list celldisk FD_01_cell13 detail 
CellCLI> list celldisk attributes all 
CellCLI> list celldisk attributes name, devicePartition 
CellCLI> list celldisk attributes name, devicePartition where size>20G
CellCLI> list celldisk attributes name,interleaving where disktype=harddisk 
CellCLI> list griddisk - Will display grid disks information 
CellCLI> list griddisk detail
CellCLI> list griddisk DG_01_cell03 detail 
CellCLI> list griddisk attributes all 
CellCLI> list griddisk attributes name, size
CellCLI> list griddisk attributes name, cellDisk, diskType 
CellCLI> list griddisk attributes name, ASMDeactivationOutcome, ASMModeStatus 

CellCLI> list griddisk attributes name,cellDisk,status where size=476.546875G
CellCLI> list griddisk attributes name where asmdeactivationoutcome != 'Yes' 
CellCLI> list flashcache - Will display flash cache information 
CellCLI> list flashcache detail 
CellCLI> list flashcache attributes all 
CellCLI> list flashcache attributes degradedCelldisks 
CellCLI> help list FLASHCACHECONTENT 

Usage: LIST FLASHCACHECONTENT [<filters>] [<attribute_list>] [DETAIL] 
Purpose: Displays specified attributes for flash cache entries. 
Arguments: 
<filters>: An expression which determines the entries to be displayed. 
<attribute_list>: The attributes that are to be displayed. ATTRIBUTES {ALL | attr1 [, attr2]... } 
[DETAIL]: Formats the display as an attribute on each line, with an attribute descriptor preceding each value. 


CellCLI> list flashcachecontent - Will display flash cache content information

CellCLI> list flashcachecontent detail 
CellCLI> list flashcachecontent where objectnumber=161441 detail

CellCLI> list flashcachecontent where dbUniqueName like 'EX.?.?' and hitcount > 100 attributes dbUniqueName, objectNumber, cachedKeepSize, cachedSize

CellCLI> list flashcachecontent where dbUniqueName like 'EX.?.?' and objectNumber like '.*007'

CellCLI> list flashcachecontent where dbUniqueName like '.*X.?.?' and objectNumber like '.*456' detail 

CellCLI> list metriccurrent - Will display metrics information 
CellCLI> list metriccurrent gd_io_rq_w_sm 
CellCLI> list metriccurrent n_nic_rcv_sec detail 
CellCLI> list metriccurrent attributes name,metricObjectName,metricType, metricValue,objectType where alertState != 'normal' 

CellCLI> list metriccurrent attributes name,metricObjectName,metricType, metricValue,alertState where objectType = 'HOST_INTERCONNECT' 

CellCLI> list metriccurrent attributes all where objectType = 'CELL'
CellCLI> list metriccurrent attributes all where objectType = 'GRIDDISK' - 
> and metricObjectName = 'DATA_CD_09_cell01' and metricValue > 0 

CellCLI> list metricdefinition 
CellCLI> list metricdefinition cl_cput detail 
CellCLI> list metricdefinition attributes all where objecttype='CELL' 
CellCLI> list metrichistory - Will display metric's history
CellCLI> list metrichistory cl_cput 
CellCLI> list metrichistory where objectType = 'CELL' 
CellCLI> list metrichistory where objectType = 'CELL' and name = 'CL_TEMP'

CellCLI> list metrichistory cl_cput where collectiontime > '*2011-10-15T22:56:04-04:00*' 

CellCLI> list alertdefinition detail - Will display alert's definitions 
CellCLI> list alertdefinition attributes all where alertSource!='Metric'


CellCLI> list alerthistory - Will display alert's history

CellCLI> list alerthistory detail
CellCLI> list alerthistory where notificationState like '[023]' and severity like '[warning|critical]' and examinedBy = NULL;


CellCLI> list activerequest 

CellCLI> list ibport - Will display InfiniBand configuration details
CellCLI> list ibport detail 
CellCLI> list iormplan - Will display IORM plan details 
CellCLI> list key
CellCLI> list quarantine 
CellCLI> list threshold - Will display threshold details

Cellcli - Describe

It Will display all attributes

CellCLI> describe cell
CellCLI> describe physicaldisk
CellCLI> describe lun
CellCLI> describe celldisk
CellCLI> describe griddisk
CellCLI> describe flashcache
CellCLI> describe flashcachecontent
CellCLI> describe metriccurrent
CellCLI> describe metricdefinition
CellCLI> describe metrichistory 

Cellcli - Help

CellCLI> help
HELP [topic]
    Available Topics:
        ALTER
        ALTER ALERTHISTORY
        ALTER CELL
        ALTER CELLDISK
        ALTER GRIDDISK
        ALTER IBPORT
        ALTER IORMPLAN
        ALTER LUN
        ALTER PHYSICALDISK
        ALTER QUARANTINE
        ALTER THRESHOLD
        ASSIGN KEY
        CALIBRATE
        CREATE
        CREATE CELL
        CREATE CELLDISK
        CREATE FLASHCACHE
        CREATE GRIDDISK
        CREATE KEY
        CREATE QUARANTINE
        CREATE THRESHOLD
        DESCRIBE
        DROP
        DROP ALERTHISTORY
        DROP CELL
        DROP CELLDISK
        DROP FLASHCACHE
        DROP GRIDDISK
        DROP QUARANTINE
        DROP THRESHOLD
        EXPORT CELLDISK
        IMPORT CELLDISK
        LIST
        LIST ACTIVEREQUEST
        LIST ALERTDEFINITION
        LIST ALERTHISTORY
        LIST CELL
        LIST CELLDISK
        LIST FLASHCACHE
        LIST FLASHCACHECONTENT
        LIST GRIDDISK
        LIST IBPORT
        LIST IORMPLAN
        LIST KEY
        LIST LUN
        LIST METRICCURRENT
        LIST METRICDEFINITION
        LIST METRICHISTORY
        LIST PHYSICALDISK
        LIST QUARANTINE
        LIST THRESHOLD
        SET
        SPOOL
        START

What is cellcli ?

What is cellcli utility?

Full form – Cell Command Line Interface

Cellcli used to manage the cell through the cell command line utility.

To invoke the cellcli utility, login to the cell storage through root, celladmin or cellmonitor and type cellcli.