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We have a backup data mover server that needs to have visibility into multiple VMWare cluster storage groups on a VMAX-1. The current plan is for the backup server to view 3 separate clusters as well as it's own SG with boot LUN, etc.  This can be accomplished with cascaded initiator groups, a

Hello Everyone, Let me explain my environment in detail. We have very old DMX8000 in our environment.  It has 384 disks and only there is 1 disk group. All 384 disks are added to this disk group.  It does NOT have any extra host spares disk.  Now, out of these 384 data disk, I wou

This new feature within FAST was introduced with Enginuity level code 5876. I am interested in knowing why this feature is disabled by default? From what I read the feature would benefit any environment from write failure. Thanks in advance!

Hi there, I am trying to do FTP to the symmetrix where Unisphere is installed and ssh wouldn't work. its a suse linux box, ssh wouldn't work either. is there a solution?

Hi there, This is a general query I have . We have data migration option available for one symmetrix to other symmetrix called as RDF . Do we have any migration option avail for symmetrix to any other storage (Hitachi, Netapp, HP ) Please update whether the issue is clear or not . Thanks

Hi All, Hope everyone is doing great. I have few doubts about thin cloning in general using EMC Vmax. 1. I have made a full copy of production. 2. Now creating two thin clones out of the copy. 3. All future changes of blocks will be happening in the thin clone space. 4. Say tomorrow if one

Hello, I have an AIX system running 6100-06-07. Is it possible to run bosboot -ad /dev/hdiskpower0? I'm running EMC Symmetrix 5.3.0.5. Or, does a new version of EMC Symmetrix allow you to run bosboot against a hdiskpower device?

Hi There, I am having a Symmetrix Vmax 10K, I want to know whether DARE (Data at rest Encryption) is enabled or not . Enabling here indicates whether it is enabled at drive level or not . I do have symcli command to check the status symcfg list -sid xx -v  will show the "Symmetrix Data En

we have a dmx-4 1500 disk array, now we want to encrypt the data stored in the dmx-4. thanks.

Experts, Using symstat I can retrieve various performance statistics regarding disks/pools/ports etc. However, I am interested in finding out percentage utilisation of FA ports and symstat have no option for the same. I know I can do this using Performance Analyser but I want to know a command wh

While we are trying to do emc device drivers upgrade on the AIX hosts -6.1 , we got the following error, EMC Symmetrix FCP MPIO Software Support for Symmetrix devices         *        * has been found installed but it is necessary to

I'm new to FAST so this question might be dumb. The question is will fast/vp fill up say an EFD pool if there is not enough capacity in the pool but the demand might warrant it being in the EFD pool. I obviously want to avoid any host write errors. We have SATA,FC,EFD thin pools on vmax 5876

Hi Expert, I'm looking the command to list the device SCSI reservation in Symmetrix, is there any symcli to achieve that?

What is the equivalent of SRDF split/est in recoverpoint?

Prior EMC implement a BIN change they Lock the DMX for changes. How do I check if the DMX4 with code 5773 is Locked? Is there a symcli command for that? Thx IS

Hello All, I was trying to install the Solution Enabler 7.5 on windows 7 32 bit operating system. Is it supported by windows 7? I downloaded it from https://support.emc.com/search/?text=se7600-WINDOWS-x86-SMI.exe . Where can I find the support matrix for solution enabler 7.5? Thanks i

Hi Experts, I'm reading the technical notes about the Best Practices for Fast, Simple Capacity Allocation with Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning Technical Note. I have some question about the content of Thin pool considerations on page 27: "Data device sizes should be as large as possible to mini

Is there any logic behind the minimum drive requirement on DMX ?

Hello, I am new to Solution Enabler. I have following questions: 1.How many maximum number of Symmetrix / VMax array one Solution Enabler can discover?2.How many SYMCLI Client can be handled by one SYMAPI server in read mode? i.e. SYMCLI_CTL_ACCESS=PARALLEL.3.Is there any limit on how many SYMAP

  Am unable to commit mapping script getting below error, how to check if any other script running background? "Error occurred while Preparing     The configuration server can't obtain the necessary resources to perform the requested service The configuration change session