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symdg commands

The symdg command performs various operations on Symmetrix Device Group like creation, deletion and importing.

Below list contains some of the most useful symdg command examples.

• symdg -g MyDg -sid 1234 addall -devs AAA,BBB,CCC,DDD:DDF

  Add devices AAA,BBB,CCC,DDD:DDF to devicegroup MyDg
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• symdg -g MyDg -sid 1234 rmall -devs AAA,BBB,CCC,DDD:DDF

  Remove devices AAA,BBB,CCC,DDD:DDF from devicegroup MyDg
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• symdg -g MyDg remove ld DEV002

  Remove logical device DEV002 from device group MyDG.
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• symdg -sid 1234 -g mydg move DEV002 yourdg

  Move the device DEV003 from mydg to yourdg( both DGs must be in same RDFG.
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• symdg -sid 1234 -g mydg moveall yourdg

  Move all the devices from mydg to yourdg( both DGs must be in same RDFG.
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• symdg -sid 1234 export mydg -f mydgfile.txt

  Export mydg to file mydgfile.txt.
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• symdg -sid 1234 exportall -f mydgfile.txt

  Export all device groups created in array 1234 to file mydgfile.txt.
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• symdg -sid 1234 import mydg -f mydgfile.txt

  Create mydg from the file mydgfile.txt which created earlier using export option.
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• symdg -sid 1234 importall -f mydgfile.txt

  Create all device groups from the file mydgfile.txt which created earlier using exportall option.
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• symdg -sid 1234 list

  List device groups which include the devices from array 1234.
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• symdg -sid 1234 list -v

  This will list all the devicegroups belongs to 1234 , and also the devices in it. This is equal to "show" each device groups in the array.
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• symdg create mydg -type rdf1

  Create device group mydg of rdf1 type .
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• symdg delete mydg -force

  Delete device group mydg.
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• symdg rename mydg yourdg

  Renames the mydg to yourdg.
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• symdg show mydg

  Shows members/details of mydg.
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