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BCV Creation
Steps to create and delete a BCV copy session using a Device Group.
Updated on March 27, 2013 - 2.
Convert Tier1 TDEV to Tier2
We can rebind a TDEV which is assigned presently to a Tier-1 pool to the Tier-2 pool. But this will only make the subsequent write to newly assigned thin pool; the old written data still remains in the Tier-1 pool and will not be move to the newly assigned Tier-2 pool.These steps will help us to fully migrate a Tier-1 TDEV to a Tier-2 storage.
Updated on March 25, 2013 - 3.
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Find Mapped but Unmasked devices
Finding all the mapped devices in a DMX/Vmax array , which are not masked to any host is a tedious task. We do have a straightforward Solution-Enabler command to list these type of devices , use 'no_assignment' option with symmaskdb/symaccess command . But we rather end up by listing repetitive devices on each FA ports. I often used to follow the below steps.
Updated on April 29, 2013 - 6.
Find R2 pairs of a group of R1 devices
It is very easy to find the R2 pair of a single SRDF-R1 device.Just use the "symdev -sid 1234 show ABC"command shows the corresponding R2. But if you want to know the R2 pairs of a group of devices , then it will become a tedious task to show each device and pick the R2 device. I used to do this in a rather easy method and want to share with you
Updated on March 25, 2013 - 7.
Number of Engines in a VMax Array
The steps to find out number of engines in a Vmax array through commandline.
Updated on March 25, 2013 - 8.
Simple Clone Operations
Create and delete a Clone copy session using a Device Group.
Updated on March 25, 2013 - 9.
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VMax Commands
symcli commands specifically using for various VMax operations.
Updated on March 25, 2013 - 12.
Virtual Provisioning in Vmax
Steps involved to setup Virtual Provisioning.Here i am assuming that,there is an existing storage group called MyStorageGroup and we need to allocate the new thin device to that SG.
Updated on March 25, 2013