VMAX Provisioning

VMAX Provisioning Commands

1)   Create Thin devices

symconfigure -sid abc -cmd "create dev count=40, size=10G, emulation=FBA, config=tdev" preview

symconfigure -sid abc -cmd "create dev count=40, size=10G, emulation=FBA, config=tdev;" commit.

2)   Verify available thin pools

symcfg list -thin -pool

3)   Bind devices to thin pool

symconfigure -sid abc -cmd "bind dev 100 to pool pool_name;" preview

symconfigure -sid abc -cmd "bind dev 100 to pool pool_name." commit

4)  Make sure Zones are in place

5) Verify that you can see the wwn in VMAX
symmask -sid 123 list logins -dir 5e -p 0

6)  Create Aliases for the wwns
symmask -sid 123 -wwn 00000000000000  rename abcd123456789

7)  Create Initiator group and assign wwns
symaccess -sid 123 create -name -ig_initiatorgroup -type init -wwn abcd12345678
symaccess -sid 123 add -name ig_initiatorgroup -type init -wwn abcd87654321

8) Create Port group and assign FA ports
symaccess -sid 123 create -name pg_portgroup -type port -dirport 6e:0
symaccess -sid 123 add -name pg_portgroup -type port -dirport 7e:0

9) Create Storage group and assign thin devices
symaccess -sid 123 create -name sg_storagegroup -type stor -dev 00A1
symaccess -sid 123 add -name sg_storagegroup -type stor -dev 00A2

10) check existing storage group for getting the devices list
symsg list -sid 123
symsg show sg_storagegroup

11) Create Masking view
symaccess -sid 123 create view -name mv_maskingview -sg sg_storagegroup -pg pg_portgroup -ig ig_initiatorgroup