The Perfonics™ Calculator – Storage Consolidation Modeling Simulation If you work with large enterprises, especially with projects that involve tech-refreshes, data center migrations or storage optimizations, it is probably very difficult if not impossible to find Storage consolidation and modeling tools that can provide a view into the current storage infrastructure and help you create a… Read More »
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 »
Symcli Commands You may find useful the Symcli Script maker utilities listed below the menu bar, to create the symcli scripts for various operations like Mapping, Masking, Meta Creation, etc. in EMC Symmetrix boxes. symcfg symcfg list : A brief description of the all connected Symmetrix boxes. symcfg -sid 1234 list -lockn all : Lists… Read More »