Vmax Commands The following are the Vmax commands that are specifically using for Vmax Operations. Please refer Searchable ‘symcli commands’ for full set of Solution Enabler commands. symaccess Specifically using for Vmax Allocation to do various operations on Masking view and related Groups under Vmax Commands. symaccess -sid 1234 list List all Initiator, Port and… Read More »
Virtual Provisioning in Vmax Below are the 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. 1. Create a Thin Pool create pool ThinPool1 type =thin; 2. Create DATA Devices Create 4 x… Read More »
Symaccess Command Summary of the most commonly used symaccess commands with examples. symaccess -sid 1313 list – List all Initiator, Port and Storage Groups Created for Array 1313 symaccess -sid 1313 list -v – List all Initiator, Port and Storage Groups Created for Array 1313 along with related Masking Views symaccess -sid 1313 list -type… Read More »
Vmax Allocation Steps 1. Create the devices create dev count=2, size=18414, data_member_count=3, config=RAID-5, disk_group=3, emulation=fba, dynamic_capability=dyn_rdf; 2. Create Initiator Group symaccess -sid 1313 -type initiator -name Host1 create -wwn 1000000000000001 symaccess -sid 1313 -type initiator -name Host1 add -wwn 1000000000000002 3. Create Port Group symaccess -sid 1313 -type port -name 3E0_4E0_13E0_14E0 -dirport 3e:0,4e:0,13e:0,10e:0 create 4.… Read More »