Find file in ~mbaker/src/rc3/S93symmpoll

PATH=$PATH:/usr/symcli/bin
. /usr/emc/ECC/symmappsrc.sh

 SYMMLIST=$(/usr/symcli/bin/symcfg list | awk '/Local/ {print $1}')

        for SYMM in $SYMMLIST
        do
            # this is poor, but must strip of leading zeros, don't know how
                # many there may be

                value=true
                while [[ $value = "true" ]]
                do
                        if [[ "$(echo $SYMM | cut -c1)" == 0 ]]
                        then
                                SYMM="$(echo $SYMM | cut -c2-)"
                        else
                                value=false
                        fi
                done

                echo "Starting Symmetrix Poller for $SYMM ..."
                /usr/emc/ECC/bin/symmpoll $SYMM &
        done

The poller should be running, or you can start it within the GUI.
Source in /usr/emc/ECC/symmappsrc.sh
Run the console symmConsle

Go into preferences (Window->Preferences)

1. Change "Symmetrix Name" to contain the site/location (EMC 900 DC 18470037).
2. Select "Enable E-Mail on Error" and insert an email-address that all errors/messages should go to.
3. Set "Start Polling on Startup.
4. Also you should change the "IO/Second graph increment to 1000 (or close to).

Symmetrix Size Configs

A disk track in a symmetrix is 64 sectors.

An 8730 can contain:

32 - 384 quantity of disks
18,032 GB of Disk Capacity
2 - 32 GB of Cache

An 8430 can contain:

8 - 96 quantity of disks
6,008 GB of Disk Capacity
2 - 32 GB of Cache

The 8X30 series can have: 18, 36, 72, 181 GB disk drives.

A Fiber Channel (FC) can have max 256 Logical Volumes.

A disk can have max 32 Logical Volumes (Symmetrix partitions).

A symm can have max 4096 Logical Volumes.

The sym model number tells you alot about the symm.

Symm 5.0

The first digit is either an 8 (open systems and mainframe).
The second digit tells you the number of bays: 7=3 bays, 4=1 bay.
The third digit tells you the size of disk: 3=3.5", 0=5.25".
The fourth digit tells you nothing - it is always a 0.

A 8730 is:

Symm 4.0

The first digit is either a 3 (open systems - unix &| WNT) or a 5 (closed - mainframe).
The second digit tells you the number of bays: 9=3 bays, 8=1 bay, 6-.5 bay.
The third digit tells you the size of disk: 3=3.5", 0=5.0".
The fourth digit tells you nothing - it is always a 0.

A 3930 is:

Output from syminq for a device is: 73012150

Files & Directories

Files are preceeded with a dash ('-').

/opt/emc
  -emc_var_path
  -emc_key_file
  -start_symm
  EMC__SM
  ECCagent
  SDR
  SInquiry
  SOpt
  SRDF_TFinder_GUI
  logs (Install)
  SYMCLI
    V4.X
      bin
      doc
      install
      man
        man1
      shlib
        sql
          IBMUDB
          INFORMIX
          ORACLE
          SYBASE

/usr/emc
  API
    symapi
      config
        README.xxx
        netcnfg
        symapi_licenses.dat
        symapinlck
        symapislck
      db
        symapi_db.bin  #database created by "symcfg discover", can safely
                        be removed and recreated.
      log
        symapi-XXXXXX.log
  ECC
    -EMCversion.log
    bin
    bitmaps
    data
      000XXXXXXXX #symm ID
      XXXXXXXX #symm ID
        many files - please see 
      README
      config
      -ECCAgent.log
      -WLAagent.bin
      -WLAagent.log
      -eccagent
      -eccagents
      -emc.mib
      -fa_wwn_info.HOSTNAME
      group
      -hba_wwn_info.HOSTNAME
      -host_stats_file
      -miboids.txt
      -obj_tbl
      -poller.mib
      swdata
      -symagent
      -wlaagent
    -eccagents
    man
      cat1
      man1
    -symmappsrc.csh
    -symmappsrc.sh
  ESN_Manager
    backups
    doc
      -LOTS OF HTML FILES
    -esnmgr.sh
    etc
      -autopath.ini
      -fzone.ini
      -pathman.ini
      -plugin.ini
      -vcm.ini
      -vcmDevices.ini
      -view.ini
      -wwn.ini
    jre
      1.2
      1.3
    lib
      ECC-Images
      SunOS
        -libfzApi.so
        -libvcmApi.so
      -design_pro.jar
      -esnm.jar
      -fzone.jar
      -jviewsall.jar
      resources
        -PathManager.properties
        -autopath.properties
        -defaults.properties
        -fzone.properties
        -help.html
        -images.properties
        -oui.idx
        -oui.txt
        -plugin.properties
        -testobject.properties
        -today.html
        -vcm.properties
        -wwn.properties
      -shared.jar
      -vlogix.jar
      -xreport_pro.jar
      -xtools.jar
    logs
      -esnm.log
      -messages
    -uninstall.class
    -uninstall.sh
  FibreZone
    -README
    bin
    db
      -configs
      -libs
      lock
      -members
      tmp
      -units
      vlib
      -zones
    -fz_unix_uninstall.sh
    lib
      -libzmgr.a
      -libzmgr.so
    log
      -api
      -cmdln
      -fz_unix_install.log
      -libi
    sbin
    -setup.cshrc
    -setup.profile
  VolumeLogix
    -README
    -error_list
    -fcompare
    -fconfig
    -fpath
    -libsil.a
    -libvcm.a
    -libvcm.so
    -libvcm_sil.so
    log
      -vcm_unix_install.log
    -report
    -rofpath
    -setup.cshrc
    -setup.profile
    -vcm_unix_uninstall.sh
    -vcmaudit
    -vcmfind

/usr/symcli -> /opt/emc/SYMCLI/V4.X

The database file for GUI preferences is in /usr/emc/ECC/data/##/SymmWin.Config.

Locations of Files

The database file for GUI preferences is in /usr/emc/ECC/data/##/SymmWin.Config.
The database file for licenses is in /var/symapi/db/symapi_db.bin.
The database file for BCVs is in /usr/symmapps/data/group/class.bcv.

Devices

Protection Levels

A symm device can have 4 mirror positions:  - i.e. 1,2,3,4 = M1,M2,M3,M4
NP    - No Protection
M1    - device itself
MR/M2 - two way mirror: standard EMC h/w mirror
M3    - three way mirror or a BCV
M4    - four way mirror or a BCV
V4    - BCV Copy
R1    - SRDF source device
R2    - SRDF target device
R3    - SRDF linked to another Symm
RP    - RAID Parity
RS    - RAID-S
RM    - RAID-S plus mirror
FN    - RDF with no local protection
FM    - RDF and local mirror
FR    - RDF and local RAID-S

Device Types

Regular
BCV (non-mirrored)
RFD1 (SRDF group 1 - source)
RFD2 (SRDF group 2 - target)

Device Paths

Veritas DMP

root# vxdmpadm disable ctlr=c3
root# vxdmpadm listctlr all
CTLR-NAME       ENCLR-TYPE      STATE      ENCLR-NAME
=====================================================
c1              SEAGATE         ENABLED    seagate0
c3              EMC             DISABLED   emc0
c4              EMC             ENABLED    emc0

Sep 10 15:39:38 HOSTNAME vxdmp: [ID 969440 kern.notice] NOTICE: vxvm:vxdmp: disabled controller /pci@8,700000/fibre-channel@2 connected to disk array 700037

root# vxdmpadm enable ctlr=c3
root# vxdmpadm listctlr all  
CTLR-NAME       ENCLR-TYPE      STATE      ENCLR-NAME
=====================================================
c1              SEAGATE         ENABLED    seagate0
c3              EMC             ENABLED    emc0
c4              EMC             ENABLED    emc0

Define a gatekeeper with VolumeLogix

Release SDR lock (if abnormally shutdown)

USE only if you caused the issue (rebooted host when SDR was open, or killed window manager when in SDR), do not use to release an CE initiated SDR or Bin file lock.

/usr/symcli/bin/symcfg -sid 62 -lockn 15 -force release

Save the VCM Database

cd /usr/emc/VolumeLogix
./vcmfind
use one of the VCM devices to backup the database
./fpath backupdb -d /dev/rdsk/c6t14d0s2 -o backup-vcmdb-20020305

See if it was a good backup: should see the same output as an "fpath -d /dev/rdsk/c6t14d0s2
./fpath lsbackup -o backup-vcmdb-20020305