stcli cluster create Command
Creates a storage cluster with the name and the given nodes identified by IP addresses.
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Please enter password when prompted. |
stcli cluster create [-h] --name NAME --ip IP --mgmt-ip MGMTIP [--vcenter-datacenter DATACENTER] [--vcenter-cluster VCENTERCLUSTER] [--vcenter-url VCENTERURL] [--vcenter-sso-url VCENTERSSOURL] [--vcenter-user VCENTERUSER] --node-ips NODEIPS [NODEIPS . . .] --data-replication-factor {2 | 3} [--cluster-access-policy {strict | lenient}] [--zone { 0 | 1}] [--vdi-only-deployment] [-f] [--dryrun] [--esx-username ESXUSERNAME]
Option |
Required or Optional |
Description |
---|---|---|
--ip IP |
Required |
IP address of storage cluster node. The IP is listed in the |
--mgmt-ip MGMTIP |
Required |
IP of storage cluster management server. |
--name NAME |
Required |
Name of storage cluster. |
--node-ips NODEIPS [NODEIPS . . .] |
Required |
IPs of all converged nodes to add to storage cluster. |
--vcenter-datacenter DATACENTER |
Optional |
Name of vCenter datacenter. |
--vcenter-user VCENTERUSER |
Optional |
User name of vCenter administrator. Enter vCenter administrator password when prompted. |
--cluster-access-policy {strict, lenient} |
Optional. Default |
Cluster Access Policy (strict or lenient). |
--data-replication-factor {2, 3} |
Optional. Default |
Data Replication Factor (2 or 3). This can only be set during initial storage cluster creation. |
--dryrun |
Optional |
Only validate input parameters. |
--esx-username ESXUSERNAME |
Optional |
User name of ESX administrator. Enter ESX administrator password when prompted. |
-f, --force |
Optional |
Force create storage cluster. This ignores network configuration errors and creates the cluster with provided information. |
--vcenter-cluster VCENTERCLUSTER |
Optional |
Name of vCenter cluster. |
--vcenter-sso-url VCENTERSSOURL |
Optional |
URL of vCenter SSO server. This is inferred from |
--vcenter-url VCENTERURL |
Optional |
URL of vCenter, |
--vdi-only-deployment |
Optional. Default is VSI. |
Set Workload Type as VDI. |
-zone {0,1} |
Optional |
Enable (1) or Disable (0) zones. |
Controller VM root user password | Optional |
All nodes must have the same password. Enter controller VM password when prompted. |
Command Default
None. See table for list of required and optional parameters.
Usage Guidelines
Accompany the stcli cluster create
command with appropriate positional arguments.