Creating a Volume on the Lightbits Storage Server

To create a volume on the cluster, log into any of the Lightbits cluster servers and enter the lbcli create volume command.

Sample Command

$ lbcli create volume --size="200 Gib" --name=1vol --acl="acl3" --compression=true --replica-count=2 --project-name=default

Sample Output

root@rack03 -server72 :~ lbcli create volume --size="200 Gib" --name=1vol --acl="acl3" --

compression=true --replica -count =2 --project -name=default

Name UUID State Protection State NSID

Size Replicas Compression ACL

1vol c074cf03 -83fb -4c15 -a601 -5444 e798f51f Creating Unknown 0

200 GiB 2 true values:"acl3"

Delete the created volume through:

$ lbcli delete volume --name=$VOL_NAME --project -name=default

List Volume Details

$ lbcli get volume --uuid=c074cf03-83fb-4c15-a601-5444e798f51f --project-name=default -o json

root@rack03 -server72 :~ lbcli get volume --uuid=c074cf03 -83fb -4c15 -a601 -5444 e798f51f --

project -name=default -o json

{

"state": "Available",

"protectionState": "FullyProtected",

"replicaCount": 2,

"nodeList": [

"cfbfdc90 -43b3 -5ce6 -be99 -1 ab4171785b0",

"3b7a262a -ba3f -5447 -9c21 -e3c8ed699f0f"

"UUID": "c074cf03 -83fb -4c15 -a601 -5444 e798f51f",

"nsid": 4,

"acl": {

"values": [

"acl3"

]

"compression": "true",

"size": "214748364800",

"name": "1vol",

"rebuildProgress": "None",

"statistics": {

"logicalUsedStorage": "0",

"physicalUsedStorage": "0",

"compressionRatio": 1,

"totalCompressionRatio": 1,

Check the basic status of the Lightbits cluster through the lbcli command line.

$ lbcli list nvme-devices

Retrieves a list of NVMe devices in the cluster. The list can be filtered to list NVMe SSDs that exist in a specific server, are managed by a specific node, or are unmanaged.

root@rack03 -server72 :~ lbcli list nvme -devices

Name Size NUMA ID Serial State Server UUID

Node UUID

nvme2n1 932 GiB 0 PHLF736500GM1P0GGN Healthy 20afd09a -221d-5c87 -868ea64315bfbf57