DMX-4 Storage Provisioning Step by Step

Storage Provisioning
1. Creating STD device
2. Forming Meta Device
3. Mapping
4. Masking
Storage Reclamation
1. Unmasking
2. Write Disable
3. Un-mapping
4. Dissolve meta
5. Deleting hypers

Step by Step Procedure for storage provision in DMX-4
1. Creating STD device
Verify the Symmetrix status
symconfigure sid 4282 verify

If any hung activities found abort
symconfigure sid 4282 abort

Verify the available free space
symconfigure -sid SymmID [-v | -freespace [-units cylinders | MB]] list
or
symdisk sid 4282 list disk_group 2

Create Command file
Create dev count=8, size=12394, data_member_count=3,
emulation=FBA, config=RAID-5, disk_group=2;

Verify the command line syntax by performing PREVIEW
usingSymconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f Create_hypers.txt v noprompt preview

Verify the Array readiness by performing PREPARE
usingSymconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f Create_hypers.txt v noprompt prepare

Execute COMMIT using Symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f Create_hypers.txt v noprompt commit

Verify the newly created devices
Symdev sid 4282 list noport


2. Forming Meta Device
Verify the Symmetrix status
symconfigure sid 4282 verify

If any hung activities found abort
symconfigure sid 4282 abort

Create Command file
Form meta from dev 26CA, config=striped, stripe_size=1920;
add dev 26CB:26E4 to meta 26ca;

Verify the command line syntax by performing PREVIEW
usingSymconfigure ommand
Symconfigure sid 4282 f meta.txt v noprompt preview

Verify the Array readiness by performing PREPARE
usingSymconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f meta.txt v noprompt prepare

Execute COMMIT using Symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f meta.txt v noprompt commit

Verify the newly created meta devices
Symdev sid 4282 list noport

3. Mappping

Find the host connected Director and Port details
symcfg sid 4282 list connections

Find the available addresses on that port
symcfg sid 4282 list address available dir 7d p 0

Create a command file for mapping
map dev 26ca to dir 7d:0, lun=036;

Verify the command line syntax by performing PREVIEW using
Symconfigure command
symconfigure sid 4282 f create_hypers.txt v nop preview

Verify the Array readiness by performing PREPARE using
Symconfigure command
symconfigure sid 4282 f create_hypers.txt v nop prepare

Execute COMMIT using Symconfigure command
symconfigure sid 4282 f create_hypers.txt v nop commit

Check the device have been mapped
symcfg sid 4282 list address available dir 7d p 0

4. Masking

Masking devices to the host
symmaskdb sid 4282 wwn 10000000c93f62cf dir 7d p 0 add devs 26ca nop
Symmask sid 4282 refresh

Check whether devices have masked
symmaskdb -sid 4282 list database -dir 7d -p 0



Step by Step Procedure for Storage Reclamation

1. Unmasking
Unmasking devices from the host
symmaskdb sid 4282 www 10000000c93f62cf dir 7d p 0 remove devs 26ca

Refresh the Symmetrix Array
Symmask sid 4282 refresh

2. Write Disable
Write Disable the devices before unmapping from the Director and
from port
symdev -sid 4282 write_disable 26ca -sa 7d -p 0 -noprompt

3. Un-mapping
Create a cmd/txt file with the following line
Unmap dev 26ca from dir all:all;

Perform preview operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f unmap.txt v nop preview

Perform prepare operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f unmap.txt v nop prepare

Perform Commit operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f unmap.txt v nop commit

Verify that the device has been unmapped
Symdev sid 4282 list -noport

4. Dissolve meta
To Dissolve meta create a cmd/txt file with the following line
Dissolve meta dev 26ca;

Perform preview operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f dissolve.txt v nop preview

Perform prepare operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f dissolve.txt v nop prepare

Perform Commit operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f dissolve.txt v nop commit

Verify that the meta has been Dissoved.
Symdev sid 4282 list noport

5. Deleting hypers

To delete the hypers create a cmd/txt file with the following line.
Delete dev 26ca:26d1;

Perform preview operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f dissolve.txt v nop preview

Perform prepare operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f dissolve.txt v nop prepare

Perform Commit operation using symconfigure command
Symconfigure sid 4282 f dissolve.txt v nop commit

Verify that Hypers have been deleted.
Symdev sid 4282 list -noport

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