Mpio configuration for dell emc invista or vplex virtualized storage. Jan 29, 2018 this post is designed to help quickly find the general syntax of uemcli commands and be short enough to print out a copy. Distributed devices are mirrored devices that are spread across two vplex clusters connected together into a metroplex. Dec 22, 2015 though i love the emc vplex, i get this feeling of a disconnect between design and use more strongly with this product than with many others. Emc vplex cli guide 25 vplex cli command descriptions advadm dismantle dismantles vplex storage objects down to the storagevolume level, and optionally unclaims the storage volumes. How to create a file with a specific size in linux. Whereas in gui by default it will show the zoned vplex ports while creating the storage view.
Matching luns and uids when presenting vplex luns to unix hosts. The luns to be removed are presented from 2 vnx5400 storages and there is all the vplex architecture above them extents, devices. The reason code output should be as follows see detailed list of reason codes below. Vplex engineering have provided a set of alias commands to set up easy to issue and easy remember shortcut commands for show and set vplex cli commands. If left unchecked, the queue size can grow very large. Emc vnx systems have two separate hardware components. We can use another command dismantles vplex storage objects down to the storagevolume level and neednt destory devices and extents manually. Login to the control station as nasadmin and issue the cmd nassbingetreason from the cs console. April 23, 2015 david ring storage, uncategorized 4 comments. Im using the below command to view the lun configuration in vnxe1600. The output will be written to a local file on your desktoplaptop called healthreport. Over the years i collected a number of useful cli commands to control the dmx vmax machines i worked with. Emc believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date.
Emc has released a script that provides a workaround until the patch can be. Vplex employs a linux based cli therefore to simply list commands for example listing the storage arrays connected toy vplex you would have to issue the following on the vplex cli. Emc vplex leverages a linuxbased management server as an integral part of the overall architecture. Best way to remove lun from vplex hi, i need to remove about 40 luns from vplex and i would like to know what is the best way to do it. Run cmd on management server collectdiagnostics note.
This section details the procedure for configuring native multipath failover mpio for emc vplex virtualized storage on a suse linux enterprise server sles host. The vplex command line interface cli is a bit different than a lot of. And im trying the same command in vnxe3200 but, nothing is display. As i was not much familiar with vpex, it was a challenging experience and there was a lot of learning too thanks to emc procedure generators too. Use vplexcli to show only luns with error status doing this via expect is ok, but a better way is to use simple api calls. Jan 18, 2011 changing the ip address on a vplex management server 18 jan 2011 filed in tutorial. Initiator host types can be selected in the host type column and should be selected before registration is complete since it cannot be changed afterwards except via the cli. Posted by rob koper on june 8, 2016 leave a comment 0 go to comments.
Emc offerings in backup and recovery, enterprise content management, unified storage, big data, enterprise storage, data federation, archiving, security, and deduplication help customers move to and build it trust in their next generation of information management and enable them to offer itasaservice as part of their journey to cloud computing. I had the opportunity recently to install a emc vplex for our lab setup. An introduction to the vplex cli scotts weblog the weblog of. The vplex components use the same standard building blocks that emc uses in its symmetrix products. Currently i am identifying the vplex ports manually by verifiying the wwpn and zone information. Changing the ip address on a vplex management server 18 jan 2011 filed in tutorial. Apr 29, 20 by joe piggee please note that emc advises using the gui, or opening a sr prior to using cli. Solutionpack for emc vplex table 7 support for emc vplex supported familymodels prerequisites ports 5. Vplex series,vplex metro,vplex geo,vplex local,vplex vs2,vplex geosynchrony 5.
Caution, used with the safety alert symbol, indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury. Though the api might be a little intimidating to a person experienced in shell scripting, it can be used to execute vplex cli commands and feed the output to something for further processing. Some types of vplex cli commands are not supported by the api. The vplex engine is the core building block of a vplex cluster that can be configured as single, dual or quad engine in a single rack. Metroplex you will only get the management server logs smsdump from the management server where collectdiagnostics is run. In that very same environment, there has also been the the opportunity to become more familiar with the emc vplex, a data virtualization platform which is often found paired with the xtremio to offer data caching, enhanced resource management, and more. Im trying to create some aliases for some commands to be ran in vplexcli for instance alias n refresh t export initiatorport discovery w 120 t 600 c cluster1 but i find that when i create the alias and later reboot the management server for whatever reason, the aliases disappear. Navisphere cli commands are used to communicate with the vnx.
An introduction to the vplex cli 22 dec 2010 filed in education. Although i have been writing about the emc xtremio lately, it is not the only emc device that i have been working with this year. Login to unishpere for vplex select the cluster that you zoned the server and navigate to hosts initiators select the wwn for the initiator you want to register select register initiator manually add a name to the server to the initiator description you are registering then press ok press close after receiving a successful registration result. Vplex cli command line interface authentication scribd. I noticed that one of my vplex clusters apparently does not have the correct dns settings set up. A question came up during the course of how you can convert a vplex local cluster into a vplex metro cluster without having to do a reinstall. The h flag will list the various options available with each command. The examples used in this section were taken from a solaris 10 system, but the commands to verify emc powerpath functionality are similar across most unix type operating systems. Vplex employs a linux based cli therefore to simply list commands for example listing the storage arrays connected toy vplex you would have. In some respects, its similar to the scopebased cli that cisco uses with unified computing system ucs. These commands have been gather from multiple sites and is pretty straight forward server specific commands. Installation and configuration and ibm aix odm for emc vplex. Sles 9 and sles 10 the following steps apply for sles 9 and sles 10 servers.
Jul 21, 2014 why ibm svc and emc vplex are not the same. Last week during the vplex design and deploy class i spent a lot of time using the vplexcli tool and getting to know all of the contexts post coming on vplexcli contexts. Engines contain io directors and a linux kernel that runs proprietary cluster software. This is a brief post to share the cli commands and sample output for a quick. Emc vplex uses monitors to gather the specified statistic from the specified target at the specified interval. Management server experience high ram memory usage. The vplex command line interface cli is a bit different than a lot of other clis with which ive worked. May 27, 2014 as you may already know, emc vplex is the storage virtualization product from emc, released in 2010. Nov 01, 2012 from your windows desktoplaptop execute the following you must have plink installed on your system or run ssh directly from your unix linux machine. Every monitor must have at least one sink, and may have multiple sinks. This chapter describes each of the vplex cli commands in alphabetical order. Emc vplex management console 5 the storage pattern uses the restapi to find information about the vplex storage. Registering server initiators in vplex knowledge ascent.
My journey to find how to set emc vplex dns settings and how. Once memory consumption hits 20%, rabbitmq will write the queue out to disk which in turn uses root disk space. Validating host multipathing with emc vplex technical notes unix emc powerpath note. Even though nowadays unisphere for vmax is a useful tool, nothing really beats the command line. Apr 23, 2015 login to the control station as nasadmin and issue the cmd nassbingetreason from the cs console. Emc vplex installation part i initialization vipin v.
This is a brief post to share the cli commands and sample output for a. Some commands are universal, like cd, ll, exit, but most commands will only work if you are in the appropriate context, or if you specify the command with the fully qualified context name. Use vplexcli to show only luns with error status dell. Now that we are presenting luns through our vplex, when they run a powermt. Dec 22, 2010 an introduction to the vplex cli 22 dec 2010 filed in education. A detailed description of each command is also available in emcs reference guide, which is available on their support site. Whilst emc vplex and ibm san volume controller svc may, after a cursory glance, appear to be similar technologies that have similar use cases it is not so black and white, the reality is that these solutions were conceived with very different aims in mind and. Emc host connectivity guide for linux dell technologies. Vplex shortcut commands for vplex cli dell emc community. Another pain area in vplex is creating the storage view and adding the vplex ports to it in cli. May 17, 2015 examples of emc vplex use cases vmware metro storage cluster with vplex metro, you can create a stretched vmware ha cluster and with vmotiondrs you can balance the cluster between data centers. Install vnx cli for the splunk addon for emc vnx splunk.
This guide describes the features and setup procedures for linux host interfaces to dell emc powermax series, vmax series, emc vnx series, emc vnxe series, dell emc unity series, dell emc xtremio, dell emc vplex, and storage systems over fibre channel and symmetrix only scsi. My self raghuram naidu dadisetty from rajahmundry, india. Nov 20, 2019 vplex engineering have provided a set of alias commands to set up easy to issue and easy remember shortcut commands for show and set vplex cli commands. Emc vplex element manager api guide 7 preface monitor statlist replaced outdated command output example with new example showing categories. Emc vplex leverages a linux based management server as an integral part of the overall architecture. For details on all of the specific options for each of these commands i recommend downloading the 612 page long dell emc cli reference guide. Chapter 9 updated list of vplex cli commands supported by vplex element manager api.
If vplex fails to automatically discover an initiator it can be registered manually. Dell, emc, and other trademarks are trademarks of dell inc. Jun 08, 2016 useful emc vmax cli commands posted by rob koper on june 8, 2016 leave a comment 0 go to comments over the years i collected a number of useful cli commands to control the dmx vmax machines i worked with. A quick look at vplex storage elements the rocket software blog. To configure mpio on a sles host, complete the following steps. For the vplex, currently, there is no default consumer for queue. In this post, id like to explore the vplex cli a bit and provide a brief introduction to the vplex cli. Incase of failure, vmware ha restarts vms in the second data center. Log in to the vplex using a terminal emulator, and once youre logged in use the vplexcli command. An introduction to the vplex cli scotts weblog the. Vplexcollector tool for gathering emc vplex vadim zaigrin. Jun 05, 2017 below is a comprehensive list of the available ecs cli commands.
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