Task 6: Resume Ez-Setup; Task 7: Create A Meta-Volume - EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4.2 Installation And Setup Manual

Setting up a VPLEX Metro implementation
Task 6: Resume
EZ-Setup
Task 7: Create a
meta-volume
56 EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4.2 Installation and Setup Guide
Using the VPlexcli — From the VPlexcli prompt, type the following command to
list all director port WWNs (identified in the command output as addresses):
ll /engines/**/ports -p
where -p enables paging mode, which displays long output one "page" at a time.
Note: The VPlexcli commands ll (two lowercase Ls) and ls support a paging option that
allows you to display long output one "page" at a time.
To enable paging, include the option -p at the end of the command.
To scroll from one page of the command output to the next, press the spacebar.
To exit paging mode while you are viewing paged output, type q and press Enter.
(The remainder of the output appears in its entirety.)
Note: As the ll command shows, if you want a single command to affect multiple entities
(for example, directors or ports), you sometimes can use an asterisk as a wildcard (called
command globbing). The VPLEX CLI Guide provides more detail.
2. Zone the storage to the VPLEX back-end ports, following the recommendations in
the Implementation and Planning Best Practices for EMC VPLEX Technical Notes.
From the VPlexcli prompt, type the following command:
configuration continue-system-setup
This part of the EZ-Setup finishes by rediscovering the back-end arrays. Wait several
minutes for the rediscovery to complete before you proceed to the next task.
Note: If at any point you need to reset the EZ-Setup steps you have performed, you can revert
the setup as described in
1. From the VPlexcli prompt, type the following command to list available storage
volumes that meet the requirements for a meta-volume (78 GB or larger, and
unclaimed):
configuration show-meta-volume-candidates
Output example:
Name
----------------------------------------
VPD83T3:60000970000192601714533036464234
VPD83T3:60000970000192601714533036464235
VPD83T3:60000970000192601714533036464236
VPD83T3:60000970000192601714533036464238
VPD83T3:60000970000192601714533036464239
From the output, identify four volumes to be used for the meta-volume, a mirror
of the meta-volume, and backups for both the meta-volume and the mirror.
Unless only one back-end array is visible, the meta-volume and mirror must be
on separate arrays, and should be in separate failure domains. This requirement
also applies to the mirror volume and its backup volume.
"Reference: Reverting the setup" on page
Capacity Vendor IO Status
-------- -------- ---------
80.1G EMC alive
80.1G EMC alive
80.1G EMC alive
80.1G EMC alive
80.1G EMC alive
69.
Type Array Name
---------- ---------------
traditional EMC-SYMMETRIX-192501423
traditional EMC-SYMMETRIX-193601405
traditional EMC-SYMMETRIX-192501415
traditional EMC-SYMMETRIX-192501406
traditional EMC-SYMMETRIX-192601409