Command Summary

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Troubleshooting Guide

Solutions EnablerControl Commandssymcli provides version informationsymcfg discover creates the symapi databasesymcfg sync refreshes config & status info for known Sym. unitssymcfg list –v displays Symmetrix configuration infosymcfg list –services displays network services availablesymcfg list –lock displays locks held on Symmetrix

syminq issue a SCSI Inquiry command on all devices

Control & Log File/var/symapi/db/symapi_db.bin default symapi database file.

Disk Groups Commandsymdg list lists the defined device groups.symdg create <group_name> creates a device group.symdg delete –force <group_name> deletes a device group.symdev list displays list of Symmetrix devices.symbcv list displays list of BCV devices.sympd list displays list of host physical devices.symld –g <group_name> list lists all available devices from a certain device group.symcg list lists all the consistency groups created for this host.symvg list displays volume group info.symhostfs list displays file system info.symrdb list file displays relational database info.

TimeFinder Commandssymbcv list displays list of BCV devices..

symmir –g <group_name> query returns information about the state of mirroring of one or al device pairs in a device group.

symmir –g <group_name> -force –full establishestablishes (mirrors) one or all standard

devices in a device group with one or more BCV devices that are associated with the group.symmir–g <group_name> split splits one or all BCV devices from the mirror pair(s) in a device group.symioctl begin backup for Oracle only, this action places the specified tablespace objects into hot backup mode.symioctl freeze –type <rdb_type> <rdb_name>

freezes all I/O to a specified database application.symioctl thaw <rdb_name> resumes full I/O to the specified database.symioctl end backup for Oracle only, this action terminates the hot mode of the specified tablespace objects.

SRDF Commandssymrdf –g <group_name> query returns information about the state of RDF mirroring of one or all device pairs in a device group.

symrdf –g <group_name> establish resumes remote mirroring and initiates a

data copy from source(R1) side to the target (R2) side.symrdf –g <group_name> restore resumes remote mirroring and initiates a data copy from target (R2) side to the source (R1) side.symrdf –g <group_name> split stops remote mirroring for the RDF pair(s) in the group.symrdf –g <group_name> -force failover switches data processing from the source (R1) to the target (R2) side.symrdf –g <group_name> update starts an update of the source (R1) side after a failover and while the target(R2) side may still be operational to its local host(s).symrdf –g <group_name> failback switches data processing back to the source (R1) side.symrdf –g <group_name> -v suspend <device_name>

suspends I/O traffic on the RDF links for the remotely mirrored pair(s) in the group.symrdf –g <group_name> -force write_disable r1 <device_name>

write disables the source (R1) device(s) to its/their local hosts.symrdf –g <group_name> invalidate r2 <device_name>

invalidates the target (R2) device(s) so that a full copy can be initiated from the remote mirror.symrdf –g <group_name> resume <device_name>

resumes I/O traffic on the RDF links for the remotely mirrored pair(s) in the group.symrdf –g <group_name> rw_enable r1 <device_name>

set the source (R1) device(s) to be Read and Write enabled to its/their local hosts.symrdf –g <group_name> ready r1 <device_name>

Set the source (R1) device(s) to be RDF ready to their respective local host(s).symrdf –g <group_name> not_ready r2 <device_name>

set the target (R2) device(s) to be RDF not ready to their respective local host(s)..symrdf –g <group_name> set mode sync sets the RDF mode for one or more RDF pairs in a device group to be Synchronous.symrdf –g <group_name> set domino on sets the domino mode of one or more RDF pairs in a device group to be ON or OFF.