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I haven't been able to find an answer to this. I need to create vdev devices and pair them with R2 devices. The R2 devices are tdev meta's. In creating the vdev devices, do they have to be the same size/geometry as the R2 tdev device(s)? Ie: if the R2 is 960GB (4*240GB), do I create 4 vdev devices

Quick one on symdev output please, what do the following mean: N/Asst'd , Grp'd , N/Grp'd I have devices that are in no groups that I know of, but they have various of these listed? I'm guessing these relate to DG's, but not sure about N/Asst'd also. Also I think I'm ok with the following, but

Hi ECN members If my client installs the EMC ESRS software in his environment to enable call home for EMC VMAX is the information collected by ESRS available to the client either via the tool itself or via the EMC Support portal. The type of information we are looking is attached in the .png

So heres what happened.. The former storage guy(he resigned now) had created a Meta for one of our most important application and the meta that he created consists of 150 members each of 8 gb size. I am kinda new and was unaware of this until recently when i was asked to perform a lun expansion o

I wanted to start a new thread for this but my laptop's acting up and couldn't raise a new one . So I know nothing about SE installations and configs . I have 3 servers that have SE installed , at least I think so . Support told me that symcfg list connections give us the hosts that have SE o

Looking for a document that lists all possible Symmevent codes. The Solutions enabler 7.6 command reference does not provide this.

How can I configure my profile so every time new discussion shows up in Symmetrix forum I will get an email? Also changes to open threads Thanks IS

Hi All, I haVE 2 VMAX and about 20 srdf groups created, I reimaged VMAX1  and left some stale  SRDF groups at VMAX2, and after that I found that I was not able to delete SRDF group at VMAX2 for below error: # symrdf removegrp -sid xyz -label test Execute a Dynamic RDF Removegrp operati

How to Gather BTP file from Symmetrix. We are using SMC to manage VMAX and ECC to analyze performance. I am seeing WLA agent in the ECC and reports are till 2013. I don't know how to start the agent to get latest updates.

Hi, any idea on the default login credentials for EMC symmetrix DMX3 Storage system service processor? We have this in array in our R&D center and would like to configure the IP address address for the same. Thanks Raja

I have 200 devices in storage group, and have 1 clone and 2 snaps fore each device. The clones are snaps are not kept in any storage group( or grouped, no idea of group name). How to get the id of clones and snaps?

SRDF - Normally its the delta from R1 --> R2, (bi-directional). Its easier to take a SNAP or Clone of R2 and do the DR testing and just drop the clone / SNAP its much safer. However, I have a client that only has the EMC source (R1) and a remote target (R2) without an R3 or R4 for DR exercise

I am working on port groups for vmax 20k and would like to know the best practice with pros and cons with selecting from 2 engines are 4 engines. What would be best practice amond these Group1: 5G:0, 7G:0, 10G:0, 12G:0 spread across 4 engines. Group2: 5G:0, 6G:0, 10G:0, 12G:0 spread across

Does anyone know if I can install the EMC SMI-S provider on the Solutioner Enablers host without overwriting the exisiting SE version. In other words can we add SMI-S on top of the current SE install. Currently have SE installed but no SMI-S and want to add it. Also any good instructions/links/po

Hello, I am having trouble replacing a failed disk in a Symmetrix DMX 950, Eng 5773.134.94. Disk 01A D 7 is faulty and needs replacement as per symdisk list -failed. Disk LED is also always on and not blinking. However, the disk replacement procedure does not show this disk as being faulty

Is there a best practice around the definition of ports groups. by that I mean, today in my environment I have 10 ESX hosts, and each esx host has a port group defined for it, each port containing the same ports.  is there any reason I can create like a ESX_BOOTLUN_PG and apply that across the

Hi Techies, Want to reset the unisphere for vmax admin password, also let me know re-installing the unisphere will affect anything in storage end. cheers,Paul

Hey Team, How do we clear stats on mcdata switches ? In brocade we can use the below commands, but am not sure about mcdata. -> statsclear -> slotstatsclear -> portstatsclear

hi i have a disk group which has approx 2000 devices and i want to destroy all the devices. Is there any way to do it easier? Or i have to put these into a file and then destroy it? If i delete all the devices in a single file and delete atonce will it impact the array? what is the best way to

Hi, I'm actually working for a customer wishing to secure it's VMAX environnement so that only those working with storage environnement can actively administrate the storage array.  The request come from the fact that anyone logging onto management console having Solutions Enabler, will be