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Symcli Commands > symconfigure

symconfigure - This command used to perform control operations or configuration changes on Symmetrix arrays, and the array devices,groups,directors, and ports.

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s y m c o n f i g u r es i d 1 2 3 4l i s tv

Shows the configuration informations like the microcode version , whether the Dynamic RDF is enabled or not etc.. Check the status of a running configuration
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change.

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The prepare option will validate the command syntax and Verify the appropriateness of the changes and operations. Apply the changes defined in the command file.

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c r e a t ed e vc o u n t = 1 0 , Create 10 RAID-5 devices s i z e = 1 8 4 1 4 , of size 18414 cylinders , as emulation FBA from e m u l a t i o n = F B A , diskgroup 2 and also set d a t a _ m e m b e r _ c o u n t = 3 , the dynamic bit on those. c o n f i g = R A I D 5 , d i s k _ g r o u p = 2 , d y n a m i c _ c a p a b i l i t y = d y n _ r d f ; c r e a t ed e vc o u n t = 1 0 , s i z e = 2 0 G B , e m u l a t i o n = F B A , c o n f i g = T D E V ; c r e a t ed e vc o u n t = 1 0 , s i z e = 1 0 2 5 , e m u l a t i o n = F B A , c o n f i g = T D E V ; c r e a t ed e vc o u n t = 1 0 , s i z e = 1 0 G B , e m u l a t i o n = F B A , c o n f i g = T D E V ,b i n d i n g t op o o l = M y P o o l ; c r e a t ed e vc o u n t = 1 0 , s i z e = 1 0 G B , e m u l a t i o n = F B A ,
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Create 10 thin devices of size 20GB with emulation type as FBA.

Create 10 thin devices of cylinder size 1025( around 1GB ) with emulation type as FBA. Create 10 thin devices of size 20GB with emulation type as FBA and also bind to thin pool MyPool.

Create 10 thin devices of size 20GB with emulation type as FBA , bind to thin
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c o n f i g = T D E V ,b i n d i n g t o p o o l = M y P o o l , p r e a l l o c a t e s i z e = 5 G B; b i n dt d e vA A A : A A Bt o p o o lM y P o o l ; b i n dt d e vA A A : A A Bt o p o o lM y P o o l p r e a l l o c a t es i z e= 5 G B ;

pool MyPool and prellocate 5GB.

Bind the TDEVS AAA and AAB to thin pool MyPool. Bind the TDEVS AAA and AAB( of 10GB each ) to thin pool MyPool and preallocate 5GB for each device. Allocate the tdevs AAAA to AABB to 100% of its defined size.

s t a r ta l l o c a t eo n t d e vA A A A : A A B B s t a r t _ c y l = 0e n d _ c y l= l a s t _ c y l ; s e td e v i c eA B C D e m u l a t i o n = F B A ;

Convert a CELERA_FBA device to FBA.(the existing emulation type of device ABCD is CELERA_FBA) Convert FBA Device ABCD to a CELERA Device.( The current emulation type of the device ABCD is FBA.) Bind the devices in Storage Group "Server1_SG" to thin pool "My_Pool" Assign a name "Tier2_400GB" to disk group 5. convert static SRDF device AAA to dynamic device.
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s e td e v i c eA B C D e m u l a t i o n = C E L E R R A _ F B A ;

b i n dt d e vi nS G S e r v e r 1 _ S Gt op o o l M y _ P o o l ; s e td i s k _ g r o u p5 , d i s k _ g r o u p _ n a m e= T i e r 2 _ 4 0 0 G B ; c o n v e r tr d fd e vA A A t od y n a m i c ;
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d e l e t ed e vA A A : A A B ;

delete the symdevs AAA:AAB. Enables the concurrent SRDF Feature in a Symmetric Array.This will enable to create SRDF-R1 devices with multiple R2s. Enables the Dynamic RDF capabilty of the array.

s e ts y m m e t r i x c o n c u r r e n t _ r d f = E N A B L E ;

s e ts y m m e t r i x d y n a m i c _ r d f = E N A B L E ;

s e ts y m m e t r i x enables the concurrent d y n a m i c _ c o n c u r r e n t _ r d f = E N A B SRDF L E ; capability in the array

level, where can have multiple R2s for a single R1 dynamic rdf device. Bind the device AAA to thin pool MyPool and prellocate the entire size of device. With 'cmd" option we can mention the commands to be executed along with the symconfigure command itself and thus avoid the creation of a command file. Abort a configuration session started earlier. Verify the current symmetrix configuration is ready for a configuration change. Create thinpool named "ThinPool1"
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b i n dt d e vA A At op o o l M y P o o lp r e a l l o c a t e s i z e = A L L; s y m c o n f i g u r es i d 1 2 3 4c m d" s e td e v A A A a t t r i b u t e = d y n _ r d f ; " p r e v i e w

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c r e a t ep o o lT h i n P o o l 1 t y p e= t h i n ;
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c r e a t ed e vc o u n t = 4 , c o n f i g = R A I D 5 , d a t a _ m e m b e r _ c o u n t = 3 , a t t r i b u t e = d a t a d e v , e m u l a t i o n = F B A , s i z e = 2 G B , d i s k _ g r o u p = 1 ; d e l e t ep o o l M y T h i n P o o l, t y p e = t h i n ; a d dd e vA A A : A A Bt o p o o lM y T h i n P o o l , t y p e = t h i n , m e m b e r _ s t a t e = E N A B L E ; r e m o v ed e vA A Af r o m p o o lM y T h i n P o o l , t y p e = t h i n ;

Create 4 RAID-5 DATADEVS of 2GB each in diskgroup1 with FBA emulation.

Delete an empty thin pool called MyThinPool.

Add the DATA devices AAA to AAB to MyTHinPool and enable its state.

Remove DATA device AAA from MyTHinPool.AAA must be disabled before executing this command. Enable the DATA devices AAA and AAB in MyThinPool. Disable DATA devices AAA and AAB in MyThinPool.

e n a b l ed e vA A A : A A Bi n p o o lM y T h i n P o o l , t y p e = t h i n ; d i s a b l ed e vA A A : A A B i np o o lM y T h i n P o o l , t y p e = t h i n ; r e n a m ep o o l M y O l d T h i n P o o lt o M y N e w T h i n P o o lt y p e= t h i n ; s y m c o n f i g u r es i d 1 2 3 4l i s tr e s e r v e d
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Rename thin pool MyOldThinPool to MyNewThinPool .

List the reserved devices in array 1234.

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s y m c o n f i g u r es i d 1 2 3 4c m d" r e s e r v e d e vA A A ; "o w n e r R a j e s hc o m m e n t " R e s e r v e df o r M i g r a t i o n "r e s e r v en o p s y m c o n f i g u r es i d 1 2 3 4r e l e a s er e s e r v e _ i d1 0n o p s e tp o o lM y T h i n P o o l , t y p e = t h i n , m a x _ s u b s _ p e r c e n t = 1 5 0 ; s e td e vA A A A d e v i c e _ n a m e = ' t e s t d e v i c e ' ;

Reserve the device AAA for migration.

Release the reservation on device(s).

set the maximum over subscription ratio of thin pool to 150%. set the device_name identifier for device "AAAA" as "testdevice".These devices can be listed by command "symdev -sid 1234 list -identifier device_name" . Remove the device_name identifier ,"testdevice" for device AAAA. Reclaim the allocated but unused space as well as the pool space completely written with zeros. Reclaim the allocated but unwritten space as well as the allocated thin pool space completely written with zeros, even it is allocated as persistent .
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s e td e vA A A AN O d e v i c e _ n a m e;

s t a r tr e c l a i mo nt d e v A A A : A A F ;

s t a r tr e c l a i mo nt d e v A A A : A A Fa l l o c a t e _ t y p e =p e r s i s t e n t ;

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s t a r tf r e eo nt d e v A A A : A A Fs t a r t _ c y l= 0 e n d _ c y l=l a s t _ c y l ;

Reclaim the allocated but unwritten space of thin pool space for the mentioned tdevs. Create a 2 member striped meta; AAA as meta head and AAB as member. utility for DMX , utility for Vmax

f o r mm e t af r o md e v A A A ,c o n f i g = s t r i p e d , s t r i p e _ s i z e = 1 9 2 0 ;a d d d e vA A Bt om e t aA A A ;

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