How do we create a perl script for mapping and masking?

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Hi, can anybody please help me in this? I need a perl script for mapping and masking? Please somebody provide the existing script? I really appreciate in advance thanks much puppan

StorageAdmin2 · Accepted Answer

I don't know if this helps, but thought of sharing it with you guys ..

I don't have an exactly a script but an excel sheet with some macros.. which might be helpful to you. But this needs the information to be fed and it picks them and creates the commands regarding the meta creation and mapping with the FA's. It also can get you the commands for SRDF conversion if you put the R2 device details.

Let me know if you wana have look at it, will send you the same.

AJK3 · Answer

Puppan,I can help out with some customized shell scripts, but are a little dependent on environment. What are you requirements in terms? In-terms of inputs etc.Thanks

puppan · Answer

Hi Ajay..thanks for the reply.. actually1) i want to know how many devices are available ie which are not mapped to the FA ports...2) like to find R1 devices 3) i want to map the devices to the FA ports---mapping4) i want to do mask the devices to the hosts.---maskingPlease help me in this..Thank you

KD8EWE · Answer

What Operating system you are using?? Unix (Sun, HP, AIX etc) or windows??

AJK3 · Answer

Probably the requirements are pretty straight forward and I will be able to able to help you out. I will create a script and send it over to you? Do you have multiple DMX attached on your SYMCLI host or only 1?

Thanks

AJK3 · Answer

And also what is th operation system where you have SYMCLI. Shell script will work only Unix or Linux hosts.

dynamox · Answer

they will work in cygwin on Windows too.

AJK3 · Answer

Yes dynamox, they do work. But I had seen some limitation with cygwin as well.

Probably the feature that I remember is the abscence of vi editor.

Have you configured a single cygwin instance to interact with various symcli hosts? I think there is a profile file that need to be changed. If so, Can you please share with me the process?

dynamox · Answer

when you select what packages to download, you can select vim which will install vi in cygwin. Not sure what you mean by profiles. Once i install cygwin on a windows machine you can run any symcli commands just like you do from regular windows command prompt but you have this powerful shell to your disposal, just make sure to install awk, grep, sed and all the other goodies. If you need to schedule a bash script to run from Windows scheduler you create a batch file that contains something like this:

c:/cygwin/bin/bash --login c:/cygwin/home/dynamox/scripts/check_faults.sh

puppan · Answer

Hi Could you please send me those scripts.. we have the unix hosts... Your help is much appreicated, Thanks

puppan · Answer

Hi Ajay

Could you please send me those scripts.. we have the unix hosts... and we have both kind of environments... like multiple DMX attached and single attached to the SYMCLI host.

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks

puppan

stadivaka · Answer

Hi AJK, Can you please provide the same scripts to me, even I'm also looking for the same. Email-ID :  suryacsc@gmail.com Thanks

viishaal · Answer

Hi, If you dont mind can you please share the excel sheet which u prepared with macros for symcli coammnds. Thanks vishal

rawstorage · Answer

Guys,

I'm not sure if any of you have looked at SMC for mapping/masking the latest version 7.x has a wizard for DMX built into the Tasks section. This will greatly simplify any masking/mapping changes that need to be done. I'm a cli guy at heart but have to say this function has me converted.

If anyone has Vmware in their environment SMC can be deployed in minutes, there is a new SMC virtual appliance available on powerlink that can be deployed; All you need to do is deploy the OVF template, map/mask 6 GK's (per symm) to the ESX and present them as RAW disk mappings to the Virtual Appliance and you're running SMC within minutes.

Might be worth a look..

Symmetrix

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