These are abbreviations that are most commonly used for the command-line interface (CLI) operations.
| Name | Object type |
|---|---|
| Host | host |
| Volume | vdisk |
| Volume copy | vdiskcopy |
| Thin-provisioned volume copy | sevdiskcopy |
| Managed disk | mdisk |
| Storage pool | mdiskgrp |
| I/O group | iogrp |
| Node | node |
| Cluster | clustered system (system) |
| Controller | controller |
| IBMFlashCopy mapping | fcmap |
| FlashCopy consistency group | fcconsistgrp |
| Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship | rcrelationship |
| Metro Mirror or Global Mirror consistency group | rcconsistgrp |
| Unsupported/unknown object | unknown |