Manage AIR for OST
Use the following commands to manage Automatic Image Replication (AIR) for OpenStorage Technology (OST).
Note: OST is only available on certain DXi models. See your DXi User's Guide to determine whether OST is available for your model.

Add a user who can manage replication tasks on the AIR server.
Command
syscli ‑‑add airuser ‑‑username <air_user_name> ‑‑password <air_user_password> [‑‑desc <description>]

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Adds a user to the AIR server. |
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Enter a name for the AIR user. Note: An AIR user name can contain the following characters: 'a-z', 'A-Z', '0-9', '_', and '.' |
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Enter a password for the AIR user. You can choose not to supply the password on the command line. In this case the CLI prompts you for the password and does not echo the response for security purposes. |
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Enter a description of the AIR user, as needed. If you include spaces or special characters in the description, enclose it in quotation marks. |

Delete the specified user from the AIR server.
Command
syscli ‑‑del airuser ‑‑username <air_user_name>

Edit a user on the AIR server.
Command
syscli ‑‑edit airuser ‑‑username <air_user_name> [‑‑password <air_user_password>] [‑‑desc <description>]

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Edits a user on the AIR server. |
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Enter a name of the AIR user to edit |
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Edit the password for the AIR user, as needed. You can choose not to supply the password on the command line. In this case the CLI prompts you for the password and does not echo the response for security purposes. |
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Edit the description of the AIR user, as needed. If you include spaces or special characters in the description, enclose it in quotation marks. |

Retrieve the specified AIR user's information.
Command
syscli ‑‑get airuser ‑‑username <air_user_name>

List all users defined for the AIR server.
Command
syscli ‑‑list airuser

Set up the initial relationship that directs a storage server's logical storage unit (LSU) to replicate to a target storage server's LSU for AIR.
Command
syscli ‑‑add ostair ‑‑sourcess <source_server_name> [‑‑sourcelsu <source_lsu_name>] ‑‑targetss <target_server_name> [‑‑target <host_name_or_ip>] [‑‑targetlsu <target_lsu_name>] ‑‑airuser <air_username>

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Directs an LSU to a target AIR storage server. |
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Specify the storage server to be replicated. Use the |
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Specify the LSU on the storage server to be replicated. If you do not specify an LSU, the CLI uses Use the |
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Specify the storage server on the target system to receive the replicated image. |
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Specify the target system's IP address or hostname, as needed. If a target system has not been configured for the source system, invoking this command returns an error. |
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Specify the LSU on the storage server receiving the replicated image. If you do not specify an LSU, the CLI uses |
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Specify the username defined for the AIR server. |

Delete a target AIR storage server from a specified source storage server and LSU.
Command
syscli ‑‑del ostair ‑‑sourcess <source_server_name> [‑‑sourcelsu <source_lsu_name>]

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Deletes a target AIR storage server from a specified source storage server and LSU. |
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Specify the source storage server from which to delete the target AIR storage server. Use the |
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Specify the LSU on the source storage server from which you are deleting the AIR storage server. If you do not specify an LSU, the CLI uses Use the |

Edit the relationship that directs a storage server's LSU to replicate to a target storage server's LSU for AIR.
Command
syscli ‑‑edit ostair ‑‑sourcess <source_server_name> [‑‑sourcelsu <source_lsu_name>] [‑‑disabled | ‑‑enabled] [‑‑targets <target_server_name>] [‑‑target <host_name_or_ip>] [‑‑targetlsu <target_lsu_name>] [‑‑airuser <air_username>]

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Edits the relationship that directs an LSU to a target AIR storage server. |
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Specify the storage server to be replicated. Use the |
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Specify the LSU on the storage server to be replicated. If you do not specify an LSU, the CLI uses Use the |
‑‑disabled | ‑‑enabled
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Specify one of the following:
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Specify the storage server on the target system to receive the replicated image. |
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Specify the target system's IP address or hostname, as needed. If a target system has not been configured for the source system, invoking this command returns an error. |
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Specify the LSU on the storage server receiving the replicated image. If you do not specify an LSU, the CLI uses |
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Specify the username defined for the AIR server. |