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EMC Symmetrix SYMCLI Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet of commands for the EMC Symmetrix Storage Management CLI (SymCLI) that can be used to perform various operations and tasks like configuration, mapping, masking, and metadata management. It lists and briefly describes several SymCLI commands for querying device and array configuration information, managing storage groups and replication, and masking and masking configuration.

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EMC Symmetrix SYMCLI Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet of commands for the EMC Symmetrix Storage Management CLI (SymCLI) that can be used to perform various operations and tasks like configuration, mapping, masking, and metadata management. It lists and briefly describes several SymCLI commands for querying device and array configuration information, managing storage groups and replication, and masking and masking configuration.

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EMC Symmetrix SYMCLI Cheat sheet

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 SAN Storage.

symcfg symcfg list : A brief description of the all connected Symmetrix boxes. symcfg -sid 1234 list -lockn all : Lists all the external locks held in Symmetrix array 1234. symcfg -sid 1234 -lockn 15 release -force : Release the lock 15 held on array 1234 . symcfg -sid 1234 list -v : Displays detailed information about the Symmetrix Array 1234. symcfg -sid 1234 -dir 4a -p 0 list -addr -avail : Lists the LUN information / availability of lun ids on port 4a:0 in array 1234 . symcfg -sid 1234 list -rdfg all : List details about all the rdf groups in array. symcfg -sid 1234 list -rdfg 3 : List details about rdf group 3 . symcfg -sid 1234 list -rdfg all -dynamic : List details about all the dynamic rdf groups in array . symcfg -sid 1234 list -rdfg all -static : List details about all the static rdf groups in array . symcfg -sid 1234 list -ra all : List all RA ports with details like rdfg number , remote array sid and online status. symcfg discover : Scans all the devices in hosts looking for new symmetrix devices and rebuilds the symmetrix configuration database . symdev symdev -sid 1234 list : Lists all devices in symmetrix 1234. symdev -sid 1234 list -noport : Lists the devices which are not mapped to any ports. symdev -sid 1234 list -noport -meta : Lists all unmapped meta devices . symdev -sid 1234 list -dynamic : Lists all devices whose dyn_rdf attribute set . symdev -sid 1234 list -hotspare : Checks whether hotspare invoked in the array . symdev -sid 1234 show ABC : show the detailed information about the devioce ABC. symdev -sid 1234 write_disable ABC -SA all : Write disable the device ABC from through all directors. symdev -sid 1234 not_ready ABC -SA all : Not ready the device ABC from through all directors. symmaskdb symmaskdb -sid 1234 -dev ABC list assign : List the masking details of the dev ABC . symmaskdb -sid 1234 -wwn xxxxxxx list devs : List the devices masked to the given wwn number . symmask symmask list hba : List the HBA details of the host. symmask -sid 1234 -dir 4a -p 0 list logins : List out wwn s logged through port 4a:0 . symmask -sid 1234 refresh : Refresh the VCM Data Base after a masking and unmasking operation. symmask -sid 1234 -wwn xxxx -dir 4a -p 0 add devs ABC,ABD : Mask the devices ABC and ABD to the given wwn in 1234 arrray . symmask -sid 1234 -wwn xxxx -dir 4a -p 0 remove devs ABC,ABD : Unmask the devices ABC and

ABD from the given wwn in 1234 arrray . symdg symdg -sid 1234 list : List the device groups which include the devices from array 1234. symdg create mydg -type rdf1 : Create device group mydg of rdf1 type . symdg show mydg : Shows the members/details of mydg. symdg rename mydg yourdg : Renames the mydg to yourdg. symdg delete mydg -force : Delete device group mydg. symld symld -g mydg -sid 1234 add dev ABC DEV006 : Add the RDF device ABC to device group mydg as DEV006 symld -g mydg remove DEV006 : Remove DEV006 form device group mydg. symrdf symrdf -sid 1234 -rdfg 3 -type rdf1 -file rdf.txt -g mydg createpair -establish : Establish the SRDF relation between the devices given in the file rdf.txt from array 1234(R1) and remote box according to the rdf group . This command start sync between R1 and R2, and also add these devices after creating the device group mydg. symrdf -sid 1234 -rdfg 3 -file rdf.txt query : Query the Devices by using the device pair file. symrdf -g mydg set mode acp_disk : Set syncing mode to Adaptive Copy. symrdf -g mydg query : Query the device group. symrdf -g mydg split : Split the dynamic srdf pair. symrdf -sid 1234 -rdfg 3 -file rdf.txt deletepair.txt -force : Delete the srdf pairing between R1/R2 and return them to normal. symdisk symdisk -sid 1234 list -hotspare : Lists the Hotpsraes configured in the array. symdisk -sid 1234 list -by_diskgroup : Dispalys all the disks in the array by grouping by disk groups. symdisk -sid 1234 list -diskg_roup 1 : Dispalys all the disks in disk group 1.

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