Products and versions:
VTL6000 V100R003
VTL6900 V100R005
On the command-line interface (CLI), run the sms -v command to query the VTL cluster status. Any change to the status (bold text) in the command output can trigger a failover.
[root@HA-VTL-01]# sms -v
Usage: sms {force|nas|nasc|fm|sm|bmr|bmrreset|setroot (sm/fm)|clearreboot(sm/fm)} {value}
bmr - to set the BMR health status
bmrreset - to reset BMR value
nas - to reset the NAS failure status
nasc - to set nas health check
force - enable force up fm - to set ipstorfm debug level
sm - to set ipstorsm debug level
Last Update by SM: Wed Dec 23 10:13:45 2009
Last Access by RPC: Wed Dec 23 10:13:46 2009
FailOverStatus: 1(UP)
Status of IPStor Server (Transport) : OK
Status of IPStor Server (Application) : OK
Status of IPStor Authentication Module : OK
Status of IPStor Logger Module : OK
Status of IPStor Communication Module : OK
Status of IPStor Self-Monitor Module : OK
Status of IPStor NAS Modules: OK(0)
Status of IPStor Fsnupd Module: OK
Status of IPStor ISCSI Module: OK
Status of IPStor BMR Module: OK( 0)
Status of FC Link Down : OK
Status of Network Connection: OK
Status of force up: 0
Broadcast Arp : NO
Number of reported failed devices : 0
NAS health check : NO
XML Files Modified : NO
IPStor Failover Debug Level : 0
IPStor Self-Monitor Debug Level : 0
Do We Need To Reboot Machine(SM): NO
Do We Need To Reboot Machine(FM): NO
Nas Started: NO