30 Sep 11 VMax Commands

• symaccess -sid 1234 list
  List all Initiator, Port and Storage Groups Created for Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -v
  List all Initiator,Port and Storage Groups Created for Array 1234 along with related Masking Views
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -type storage
  List all Storage Groups Created for Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -type initiator
  List all Initiator Groups Created for Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -type port
  List all Port Groups Created for Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 list view
  List masking views Created for Array 1234 with related groups details
• symaccess -sid 1234 list assignment -dev 9A0:9AF
  Shows the masking details of devices from 9A0 to 9AF
• symaccess -sid 1234 -wwn xxxx replace -new_wwn yyyy
  Replace all occurance of wwn xxxx with yyyy in array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 list logins -wwn xxxx
  Check whether wwn xxx logged in to any of the FAs on array 1234.
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -type initiator -wwn xxxx
  Check whether the HBA WWN xxxx is a member of any Initiator Group.
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -type storage -dev AAA
  Check whether the HBA WWN xxxx is a member of any Initiator Group.
• symaccess -sid 1234 list no_assignments -dirport 12f:1
  Shows the devices are mapped to 12f:1 but not masked.
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -name MyGroup
  List all groups named MyGroup
• symaccess -sid 1234 list -name MyGroup -v
  List all groups named MyGroup and also shows the related Masking Views
• symaccess -sid 1234 list devinfo -ig MyInitiator
  List the details of devices assigned to the initiatorgroup MyInitiator
• symaccess -sid 1234 show MyStorageGroup -type storage
  Shows the contents of storage group MyStorageGroup Created on Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 show MyInitiatorGroup -type initiator
  Shows the contents of initiator group MyInitiatorGroup Created on Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 show MyPortGroup -type port
  Shows the contents of port group MyPortGroup Createdon Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 show view MyView
  Shows the contents of view MyView Created on Array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 -f MyBackup.txt backup
  Creates a file MyBackup containing all the group and view information currently on the Symmetrix array 1234
• symaccess -sid 1234 -f MyBackup.txt restore
  Restores all the group
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type initiator -name Host1 create -wwn 1000000000000001
  Creates and initiator group called Host1 by adding the specified wwn
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type initiator -name Host1 rename -new_name Host2
  Rename the Initiator Gorup Host1 as Host2
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type port -name 3E0_4E0_13E0_14E0 -dirport 3e:0,4e:0,13e:0,14e:0 create
  Create the portgroup E0_4E0_13E0_14E0 with specified ports
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type port -name 3E0_4E0_13E0_14E0 rename -new_name 3E1_4E1_13E1_14E1
  Rename the Port Gorup 3E0_4E0_13E0_14E0 as 3E1_4E1_13E1_14E1
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type storage -name Host1 create devs AAA:AAB
  Create the storage group Host1 with specified range of devices
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type storage -name Host1 add devs AAA:AAB
  Create the storage group Host1 with specified range of devices
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type storage -name Host1 remove devs AAA:AAB
  Remove the device AAA to AAB from storage group Host1
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type storage -name Host1 remove devs AAA:AAB -unmap
  Remove the device AAA to AAB from storage group Host1 and also unmap from the FAs
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type storage -name Host1 rename -new_name Host2
  Rename the Storage Gorup Host1 as Host2
• symaccess -sid 1234 create view -name Host1_Allocation -sg Host1 -pg 3E0_4E0_13E0_14E0 -ig Host1
  Create a masking view combined with specified groups
• symaccess -sid 1234 view -name Host1_Allocation rename -new_name Host2_Allocation
  Rename name of view Host1_Allocation as Host2_Allocation
• symaccess -sid 1234 delete view -name Host1_Allocation
  Delete view Host1_Allocation.
• symaccess -sid 1234 delete view -name Host1_Allocation -unmap
  Delete view Host1_Allocation and also unmap all the device in associated storage group.
• symconfigure -sid 1234 list -freespace -units mb
  Shows the Formatted and Unformatted freespace in MegaBytes on array 1234
• symconfigure -sid 1234 -f command_file.txt preview
  Validates the syntax of the commands in ‘command_file.txt’ and also verify the configuration changes.
• symaccess -sid 1234 -name PG_1_2_15_16_E0_Group -type port -dirport 1e:0,16e:0 remove
  Remove ports 1e:0 and 16e:0 from port group ‘PG_1_2_15_16_E0_Group’.
• symaccess -sid 1234 -name PG_1_2_15_16_E0_Group -type port -dirport 1e:0,16e:0 remove
  Remove ports 1e:0 and 16e:0 from port group ‘PG_1_2_15_16_E0_Group’.
• symaccess -sid 1234 -name IG_Server_A -type initiator -wwn xxxx remove
  Remove HBA WWN ‘xxxx’ from Initiator Group ‘IG_Server_A’
• symaccess -sid 1234 -name IG_Servers -type initiator -ig IG_Server_A remove
  Remove Initiator Group ‘IG_Server_A’ from parent Initiator Group ‘IG_Servers’
• symaccess list hba
  Shows the wwn of the local HBA and the devices assigned to those.
• symaccess -sid 1234 view -name Host1_Allocation rename -new_name Host2_Allocation
  Rename name of view Host1_Allocation as Host2_Allocation
• symaccess -sid 1234 -f Total_views backup
  This command will backup all the Maksing Views information for array 1234 to file Total_views.
• symaccess -sid 1234 -f Total_views restore
  This command will restore all Masking view information for Vmax Array 1234 from file Total_views , which is earlier created by “backup” option.
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type initiator -name Host1 add -wwn 1000000000000002
  Add another HBA WWN to the existing Initiator group(IG) “Host1″.
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type port -name MyPorts add -dirport 6e:0
  Add an aditional port 6e:0 to the existing port group(PG) “MyPorts”.
• symaccess -sid 1234 -type initiator -name Host1_Host2_IG add -ig Host2_IG
  Add a child Initiator Group(Host2_IG) to the parent Initiator Group(Host1_Host2_IG).
• symaccess -sid 1234 show MyInitiatorGroup -type initiator -detail
  By including ‘-detail’ option will shows the Flag settings like ‘FCID Lockdown’ ,’Consistent Lun’.. for each WWN number in the initiator group.
• symaccess -sid 1234 show view MyView -detail
  This command is the best option to see both parent and child initiator groups( cascaded initiator group) and associated devices for a masking view.
• symaccess -sid 1234 show view Server_A_B_View -ig Server_B_IG
  Displays the content of view ‘Server_A_B_View’ with the WWN details of child-Initiator group ‘Server_B_IG’.
• symaccess -sid 1234 remove -login -wwn 1000000000000001 -dirport 12g:1
  Delete the wwn 1000000000000001 on port 6g:1 from the login history table of vmax 1234

symsg

• symsg -sid 1234 list
  Lists all the storage groups in Vmax array 1234 along with informations like whether the SG a member of Masking View and is a part of FAST Policy.
• symsg -sid 1234 list -v
  the -v options displays the member devices of Storage Groups along with other details given by list.
• symsg -sid 1234 create MyStorageGroup
  Create a new SG,’MySrorageGroup’ in Vmax Array 1234
• symsg -sid 1234 delete MyStorageGroup
  Deletes the empty SG ‘MySrorageGroup’ from 1234.The SG should not be associated with any Masking View.
• symsg -sid 1234 delete MySrorageGroup -force
  Deletes the SG ‘MySrorageGroup’ which contains devices but not associated with any Masking View.
• symsg -sid 1234 show MyStorageGroup
  Shows the devices in MyStorageGroup along with its Masking View and FAST Policy association status.
• symsg -sid 1234 export MyStorageGroup -file mystoragegroup.txt
  export the device information from SG to the text file.
• symsg -sid 1234 exportall -storagegroups.txt
  exports the device information from all the SGs from 1234 array to the text file storagegroups.txt
• symsg -sid 1234 import MyStorageGroup -file MystorageGroup.txt
  Create SG ‘MyStorageGroup’ from the earlier exported file MystorageGroup.txt.
• symsg -sid 1234 importall -file MystorageGroups.txt
  Create storage groups from the earlier exported file MystorageGroup.txt.Storage Group names will be created according to the names in text file.
• symsg -sid 1234 rename MyStorageGroup MyNewStorageGroup
  Rename SG MyStorageGroup to MyNewStorageGroup
• symsg -sid 1234 -sg MyStorageGroup ready
  Set the status of all devices in SG ‘MyStorageGroup’ to READY.
• symsg -sid 1234 -sg MyStorageGroup not_ready
  Change the status of all the devices in SG ‘MyStorageGroup’ from READY to NOT READY.
• symsg -sid 1234 -sg MyStorageGroup rw_enable
  Write enable all the devices in SG ‘MyStorageGroup’
• symsg -sid 1234 -sg MyStorageGroup write_disable
  Write Disable all the devices in SG ‘MyStorageGroup’