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symfast commands

The symfast command performs FAST operations on tiers, storage groups, policies and FAST controller.

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

  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp -fp_name F_Policy1 add -tier_name Tier2 -max_sg_percent 30

    Add a Tier "Tier2" to an existing Policy "F_Policy1" with 30% SG Capacity.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp -fp_name F_Policy1 delete

    Delete the FAST Policy "F_Policy1".This policy should not be associated with any Storage Groups.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp -fp_name F_Policy1 delete -force

    Delete the FAST Policy "F_Policy1" which has tiers on it.This policy should not be associated with any Storage Groups.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp -fp_name F_Policy1 modify -tier_name Tier2 -max_sg_percent 20

    Modify the limit of the tier capacity available to a storage group to 20%.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp -fp_name F_Policy1 remove -tier_name Tier2

    Remove the tier "Tier2" from the associated policy "F_Policy1"
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp -fp_name Tier2 rename -name Tier2_New

    Rename the FAST Policy "Tier2" to "Tier2_New"
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp_name F_Policy1 associate -sg MySg -priority 2

    Associate Storage Group "MySg" with FAST Policy "F_Policy1" and assign priority 2.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp_name F_Policy1 disassociate -sg MySg

    Disassociate Storage Group "MySg" from FAST Policy "F_Policy1".
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp_name F_Policy1 modify -sg MySg -priority 1

    Change the priority of "MySg" in policy "F_Policy1" to 1
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  • symfast -sid 1234 -fp_name F_Policy2 reassociate -sg MySg

    Ressociate Storage Group MySg to the fast policy F_Policy2.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 create -name F_Policy1

    Create a FAST Policy "F_Policy1" in array 1234
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  • symfast -sid 1234 create -name F_Policy1 -tier_name Tier0 -max_sg_percent 60

    Create a FAST Policy "F_Policy1" in array 1234 and add tier "Tier0" with a capacity of 30% of a storage group.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 disable -dp

    Disable FAST controller for Virtual Pool provisioning.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 disable -vp

    Disable FAST controller for disk group provisioning.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 enable -dp

    Enable FAST controller for Virtual Pool provisioning.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 enable -vp

    Enable FAST controller for disk group provisioning.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 list -association -demand -sg MySg

    Shows the Tier usage of devices in MySG.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 list -fp

    List all the FAST Policies in array 1234 along with the number of Tiers and Storage Groups(SG) .
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  • symfast -sid 1234 list -fp -dp

    List all the FAST Policies in array 1234 , which contains Disk Group Tiers.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 list -fp -vp

    List all the FAST Policies in array 1234 , which contains Virtual Pool Tiers.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 list -state

    Displays the state of both Disk Provisioning(DP) and Virtual Provisioning(VP) FAST Controller.
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  • symfast -sid 1234 show -fp_name Tier1

    List all the storage groups and Tiers associated with the FAST Policy in array 1234
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