Hi, I am trying to find a proper procedure to perform VPLEX encapsulation of a symdev that has data on it using VPLEXCLI. Lets assume symdev id is 01AF (200GB) is presented to VPLEX. From vplex cli i ran this command to list the presented symdev.

1. /clusters/cluster-1/storage-elements/storage-volumes>ll    (to list all available storage volumes)

2. VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-1/storage-elements/storage-volumes> claim --thin-rebuild --appc --name sym_vmax_01AF --storage-volumes VPD83T3:6006016091c50e005057534d0c17e011     (This will claim the storage volume, i've used application consistency flag and thin rebuild since my storage is vmax 40K and renames myu storage volume to sym_vmax_01AF )

3. At this point i want to create a virtual volume on top of this claimed storage volume to create a 1 to 1 relation ship between storag vol, extent,device and virtual volume. I came across this command called storage-tool

4. VPlexcli:/> storage-tool compose --name TEST --geometry raid-0 --storage-volumes sym_vmax_01AF

  (My hope is that this would create 1 to 1 relationship on storage-vol to vvol and keep the existing data intact.)

Has anyone tested this, is my approach correct in encapsulating the exisitng LUN into VPLEX  using CLI, I know unishpere is lot easier, but doing from CLI is what i want to learn. Please suggest any improvements if my procedure is correct.

Environment:

4 engine cluster :VPLEX LOCAL

Geo synchrony: 5.4

VMAX 40K