Have written a little python script which monitors all FC Ports (FE , BE , WAN). It uses the REST API for getting the needed Infos. Let me know if you like to test it in your environment.

Just don't know if i can upload it.

Send an email to hergen dot lange at olb dot de

Hergen,

I'd be more than happy to have a look at what you have developed. I'll send you an email.

Rajesh,

We have over 2000 devices attached to the VPLEX so the ITLs report if not filtered is long. I'll have a look at this though.

Hi Hergen

I would be interested in looking at this

Sent you an email

Regards,

Tadhg

Hi,

the script only shows you if the FC Ports are online !

Think you want to check if there are a least 2 path to each Storage Volume are online, right ?

I logged a call with EMC and they sent a Custom call home configuration. This now causes a call home on the first and subsequent failures.

VPlexcli:/notifications/call-home> view-event-modifications -c

Customer-specific events :

-------------------------

event code  name                                  severity

----------  ------------------------------------  --------

0x8a2d905e  SCSI_ITL_LOST_LAST_PATH               CRITICAL

0x8a2d305d  SCSI_ITL_LOST_1_OR_2_PATHS_LEFT       WARNING

0x8a2d305c  SCSI_ITL_LOST_MORE_THAN_2_PATHS_LEFT  WARNING

0x8a2d605f  SCSI_IT_LOST_AND_LAST_ITL_PATH        ERROR

Hope you are happy with that solution.

Hergen,

The vplexcli shows the status of the FC ports. What would be really useful is something similar to powermt display which shows summary counts of active and dead paths to devices.

totally agree.

You are right, but vplexcli is not as comfortable as it should be. You have to login to vplex ; start vplexcli and again give username and password. Not scriptable at all i think.

Crazy for one who knows symcli ;-)

For now the only solution of controlling / monitoring VPLEX from outside is using the REST API, isn't it?

What's powermt display ? Sounds like powerpath. Not using it for my Solaris Servers.

Can you paste some output of it ?

powermt is part of the powerpath suite. Example here shows Unix host attached to 56 Symmetrix devices and 2 VPLEX devices. (not a usual configuration as normally you would encapsulate all or nothing) All paths to all devices are ok.

# powermt display

Password:

Symmetrix logical device count=56

VPLEX logical device count=2

==============================================================================

----- Host Bus Adapters ---------  ------ I/O Paths -----  ------ Stats ------

###  HW Path                       Summary   Total   Dead  IO/Sec Q-IOs Errors

==============================================================================

   2 fscsi2                        optimal      60      0       -     0      0

   3 fscsi3                        optimal      60      0       -     0      0