Command Summary

&
Troubleshooting Guide

Solutions Enabler
Control Commands
symcli provides version information
symcfg discover creates the symapi database
symcfg sync refreshes config & status info for known Sym. units
symcfg list –v displays Symmetrix configuration info
symcfg list –services displays network services available
symcfg 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 Command

symdg 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 Commands
symbcv 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 establish

establishes (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 Commands
symrdf –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
from
symrdf –g <group_name> restore
from
symrdf –g <group_name> split
resumes remote mirroring and initiates a data copy
source(R1) side to the target (R2) side.
resumes remote mirroring and initiates a data copy
target (R2) side to the source (R1) side.
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.