Useful SAN Storage Command and OS System Commands
Useful SAN Storage Command and OS System Commands
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Symdev Commands
symdev List ~ List all devices on symm
symdev -sa -p List ~ List devices maped to that one FA
symdev List -bcv or -rdf1 ~ List all bcv or rdf1 volumes
symdev List -noport ~ List devices not mapped to any FE ports
symdev List -clariion
symdev show 0123 -v ~ vebose Listing of one device
symdev List -RANGE 0001:0123 -v ~ vebose Listing of a rage of devices
symdev List pd ~ List devices this host can see
Symcfg Commands
symcfg discover ~ discover the storage environment
symcfg List ~ List local and remote symmetrixes
symcfg List -clariion ~ List clariions
symcfg List -v ~ Lists whether the Symmetrix director has device masking turned on
symcfg List -FA all List ~ Lists all fibre directors in a Symmetrix system
symcfg List -dir all -address -sid 1924 ~ identify the address information for devices
symcfg List -dir all -address -available ~ sid 1924 ~ returns the next available LUN address
symcfg List -lockn all ~ List of visible Symm exclusive locks
symcfg -sid 098712321337 -lockn 15 release ~ release a lock on a Symmetrix array.
Symconfigure Commands
symconfigure -sid <sid> -f <filename> preview ~ checks file to make sure it is ok to exe
symconfigure -sid <sid> -f <filename> commit ~ makes the changes from file
symconfigure -sid <sid> -f <filename> prepare
Symmaskdb Commands
symmaskdb List devs ~ Lists all devices accessible to an HBA on a specified Symmetrix system
symmaskdb remove ~ removes the meta member devices
symmaskdb restore ~ restores a database from a specified file
symmaskdb backup ~ backs up a database to a specified file
symmaskdb init ~ deletes and creates a new VCMDB
symmaskdb List assignment ~Lists deives already assigned
symmaskdb List no_assignment ~Lists deives not yet assigned
Symmask Commands
symmask add devs ~ adds a device to the List of devices that a WWN can access in the
database
symmask remove devs ~ removes a device from the List of devices that a WWN can access in
the database
symmask delete ~ deletes all access rights for a WWN in the database
symmask replace ~ allows one HBA to replace another
symmask refresh ~ refresh vcmdb to all FA ports
symmask login ~ Lists for each Fibre director which hosts and HBA’s are logged in to a
Symmetrix system
symmask List HBA’s ~ Lists the WWN of the Fibre HBAs on this host
symmask -sid 381 -wwn 50060D000034F7F6 -dir 16C -p 1 set heterogeneous on HP_UX
symmask -sid SymmID set lunoffset on offset base \ -awwn awwn -dir # -p # ~ offset high lun
numbers
Other SYMCLI Commands
symsan ~List ports and LUN WWNs seen from a specific Symmetrix director and port
symdg ~ creates/deletes/renames device groups
symld ~ addes & removes devices to a deivce group
symbcv ~ associates/disassociate BCV with device groups
symmir ~ performs (split/establish/restore) BCV mirror commands against device groups
symclone ~ performs (split/establish/restore/activate/terminate/recreate)
symsnap ~ performs (restore/activate/terminate/recreate)
symrdf ~ performs (split/establish/restore/failover/update/failback/suspend/resume) against
RDF device groups
symcg ~ Performs operations on a Symmetrix RDF composite group
symrslv ~ Displays logical-to-physical mapping information about a logical object that is stored
on a disk.
symstat ~ Displays statistics information about a Symmetrix, any or all directors, a device group,
a disk, or a device.
symioctl ~ sends I/O control commands to application
SYMCLI BASE Commands
symapierr - Used to translate SYMAPI error code numbers into SYMAPI error messages.
symaudit - List records from a symmetrix audit log file.
symbcv - Perform BCV support operations on Symmetrix BCV devices.
symcfg - Discover or display Symmetrix configuration information. Refresh the host's Symmetrix
database file or remove Symmetrix info from the file. Can also be used to view or release a 'hanging'
Symmetrix exclusive lock.
symchg - Monitor changes to Symmetrix devices or to logical objects stored on Symmetrix devices.
symcli - Provides the version number and a brief description of the commands included in the
Symmetrix Command Line
symdev - Perform operations on a device given the device's Symmetrix name. Can also be used to
view Symmetrix device locks.
symdg - Perform operations on a device group (dg).
symdisk - Display information about the disks within a Symmetrix.
symdrv - List DRV devices on a Symmetrix.
symevent - Monitor or inspect the history of events within a Symmetri
symgate - Perform operations on a gatekeeper device.
symhost - Display host configuration information and performance statistics.
syminq - Issues a SCSI Inquiry command on one or all devices. Interface.
symlabel - Perform label support operations on a Symmetrix device.
symld - Perform operations on a device in a device group (dg).
symlmf - Registers SYMAPI license keys.
sympd - Perform operations on a device given the device's physical name.
symstat - Display statistics information about a Symmetrix, a Director, a device group, or a device.
symreturn - Used for supplying return codes in pre-action and post-action script files.