May 11, 2015 emcworld 2015 vmax3 replication and srdf updates posted on may 11, 2015 by sangeek last thursday i was able to attend my last session of the conference by mike bresnahan and paul martin who live across the pond in cork, ireland titled. You can perform operations more efficiently by using scripts than you can by using the user interface. It can be found using command syminq or symrdf list pd create a device group using. Create the required file system on the vol1 volume at the command line.
Use, copying, and distribution of any emc software described in this publication. Initial configuration of srdf software oracle solaris cluster. Riverbed commandline interface reference manual 1 preface welcome to the riverbed commandline interface reference manual. Even though nowadays unisphere for vmax is a useful tool, nothing really beats the command line. Concurrent r2 support srdf edp support automatic distribution of star internal definition file resiliency improvements changes to star commands setup query connect. Emc solutions enabler cli command reference pdf document. Delete the srdf pairing between r1r2 and return them to normal. The reg command is accurate, but may need to be modified depending on the version used. If you are using emc storage, symcli commands are very useful during dr test, storage upgradeuplift, settingup srdf replication etc. Commands to display, query and verify srdf configurations. Each shell is a software program that provides direct communication between you and the operating system or application, providing an environment to automate it operations. Jun 24, 2015 symstar perform srdf star management operations. Commands to confirm the srdf zoning and array to array zoning, masking for or migration.
The sdcli utility provides commandline support for viewing snapdrive configuration information. Scripts accept all commands that are available at the command line. It is symmetrix remote data facility srdf, emc srdf family of replication software offers various levels of emc symmetrix based business continuance and disaster recovery solutions. This article assumes an environment is using 5671 or 5771 with dmx2s and dmx3s. Nov 20, 2006 the windows command line is a mainstay for systems administrators. In addition, an options file can be used to customize the adapters. Use the snapdrive for windows sdcli commandline utility to execute snapdrive commands individually or through automation scripts. See about the emc srdf agents online function on page 12. Over the years i collected a number of useful cli commands to control the dmx vmax machines i worked with. Srdf operations various srdf operations and commands explained using a simplified replication setup.
Create a partition on each disk, format the partition and assign a filesystem to the partition. Emc how to set up concurrent srdf by sanaswati on 161220 in emc, srdf concurrent srdf could be used in a couple of scenarios such as setting up a temporary replication to another array in order to migrate large amount of data, or a permanent solution as part of dr strategy. The operational mode for a device or group of devices can be set dynamically with the symrdf set mode command. We performed the final step during a maintenance window to swing everything to single dmx4 frames. Most commands are oneliners, but for some i had to make an exception and go to the right directory first. The agent does not run any srdf commands because taking the resource offline is not indicative of the intention to give up the devices. The net and nbtstat commands show more or less identical results, but the nbtstat command is much faster. Emc solutions enabler timefinder family mirror, clone, snap, vp snap cli user guide. Emc solutions enabler timefinder family mirror, clone, snap, vp snap cli user guide describes how to configure and manage timefinder mirror, clone, snap and vp snap environments using symcli commands.
The symrdf query command requires the rdf group number to be supplied when attempting to query srdf a storage groups. Used for names of interface elements, such as names of windows. Some versions of srdf install the software to the optemcsymcli. Read this preface for an overview of the information provided in this guide and the documentation conventions used throughout, hardware and software dependencies, additional reading, and contact information. Vmax 10k20k40k symcli srmmapping commands symhostfs display information about a host file, directory, or host file system. How do you determine rdf group numbers when querying srdfa. Riverbed commandline interface reference manual 7 preface welcome to the riverbed commandline interface reference manual. Executing sdcli commands the sdcli commands consist of three input parameters, which must be specified in the correct order, followed by one or more commandline switches. Find and choose the director pairs to be used for creating srdf group between two symmetrix arrays. Execute the following commands on both the local and remote hosts. Check the communications link between the local and remote symmetrix.
How to recover emc srdf data after a primary rooms complete. Create source device group identify the source and target device needed to perform remote replication. Dec 27, 2016 emc solutions enabler timefinder family cli user guide describes how to configure andmanage timefinder environments using symcli commands. The symcli is a comprehensive command set for managing your. Here is some of important commands which are very handy open the command prompt, and go to the path c. Before you install srdf filesets, the following software must be installed on all nodes in. It seems that what you havein place via scripting is a reasonable approach. However symcfg is a very powerful command that can be used to display and alter the configuration of a vmax. Before adding srdf devices to a device group, use the symrdf list command to list the. These commands can be used to monitor device configuration and status, and.
Over the years i collected a number of useful cli commands to control the dmx. Csv files linked in to sms management that fed open systems cli script to modify the srdf a groups as necessary. Yet, with all of the work ive done looking at addons for windows server 2003, ive never reported on the most useful commandline functions that are built right into the system. Emc solutions enabler srdf family cli user guide describes how to configure and manage srdf environments using symcli commands. My self raghuram naidu dadisetty from rajahmundry, india. Step by step srdf configure will be done based on following information.
This procedure performs data recovery when a campus clusters primary room fails completely, the primary room fails over to a secondary room, and then the primary room comes back online. Emc solutions enabler srm cli user guide provides storage resource management srminformation related to various data objects and data handling facilities. So how do you determine what the rdf group number is in ord. Veritas cluster server one agent for emc srdf installation. It receives user requests via cli, gui, or other means, and generates system commands that are transmitted to the vmax array for action. Vmax and symmetrix symcli commands knowledge portal. To configure symmetrix remote data facility srdf for vmax replication, complete the following process.
More information on reg versions can be found on my reg query page. My preference is to use symconfigure for most of this, but symcfg can be used to manage vmax locks, rdf and director ports, gatekeeper devices, hosts and host ports, mainframe connections, and more. Vmax allocation steps storage allocation procedure for a vmax array using autoprovisioning groups. Emc solutions enabler timefinder snapvx cli user guide.
Symcli for tso or zos unix sytem services dell community. Sep 21, 2017 how to check srdf relation and how to break it. You can specify the commandline switches in any order. So, is there a symcli command to get the name of every initiator thats masked to at least one symdev protected by srdf. This is just a quick reference and only conatins commands to do the allocation.
Jul 07, 2015 emc solutions enabler software provides your host with the symmetrix command line. I am created this blog to share my knowledge and issue that came across during my experiance. But it appears that the symsg show command does not include the rdf group number the same way the symdg show command does. You can use dataset commands to perform operations on and get information about datasets.
This document describes srdf a best practices from a variety of inputs including emc documentation, presentations by emc corporate personnel, feedback from the midwest bc practice, and personal experiences with implementing srdf a and msc. Configuring data replication with srdf software on the primary cluster. How to recover emc srdf data after a primary rooms complete failure. The srdf products offer the capability to maintain multiple, hostindependent, copies of data. Using emc srdf adapter for vmware site recovery manager. We did a similar thing in a mixed mfopen srdf a environment where rdf management was performed on the open side. It provides the output you need when running the commands you type.
Usually use this command to confirm the lun visibility of remote third partemc array fa. Symcli commands can be invoked on the command line or within. Emc solutions enabler symmetrix srdf family cli version 6. Common command switches many of the sdcli commands share commandline switches. Jun 08, 2016 over the years i collected a number of useful cli commands to control the dmx vmax machines i worked with. Here is some of important commands which are very handy. Srdf synchronous and srdf asynchronous modes of operation only. Dell emc powermax all flash technical documentation, powermax enterprise storage, nvme, scmready, powermax and vmax all flash documentation. With both the r1 and r2 devices being accessible, the host or hosts in the.
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