Operating systems implement a command line interface in a shell for interactive. In some respects, its similar to the scopebased cli that cisco uses with unified computing system ucs. 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. The information here is not a substitute for the product guides which have been consolidated into. Most instances of the force argument allow commands that would otherwise require confirmation to be run without confirmation. Do we have any command that picks the zoned vplex front. Another pain area in vplex is creating the storage view and adding the vplex ports to it in cli. Running the storagevolume forget command fails and storagevolume unclaim fails with one or more given storagevolumes could not be unclaimed. Over the years i collected a number of useful cli commands to control the dmx vmax machines i worked with.
Some types of vplex cli commands are not supported by the api. Assigned few new luns to a windows 2008 r2 server from vmax3 via vplex, onecommand manager sees all the luns but powerpath does not show them. This chapter describes how to use the vplex command line interface cli to configure the cli workspace and to manage user accounts. Login to the site control for your recoverpoint cluster the cluster ip address as an admin user, and reset the vplex splitter credentials with the following commands. This is a brief post to share the cli commands and sample output for a quick vplex health check. Create interfaces to enable and control access between the system, the network, and configured hosts. In windows, you are familiar with files having icons that help represent the file type. Understanding the command context tree is critical to using the vplex command line interface effectively. This video demonstrates how to perform a basic health check using vplex cli. Emc vplex cli guide 15 using the vplex cli cli context tree the cli is divided into command contexts. In the command line, the same thing is accomplished by the file extensions.
Implementation and planning best practices for emc vplex. When managing storage on an emc vplex, there are a few different storage elements that must be built before luns from storage arrays connected to backend ports can be mapped to hosts on the other end. How you open command prompt differs between windows versions, so youll find steps below for windows 10, windows 8 or windows 8. If the cli command includes force as an optional argument, the force argument must be included when the command is used in vplex element manager api. Use the help command or command help command to display help for the specified command. In this post, id like to explore the vplex cli a bit and provide a brief introduction to the vplex cli. We have a performance problem with transferring daily records of the transaction table to its historical table with 26 indexes and around 2 billion records after mirroring the luns of index data files in vplex, meaning eod end of day and bod beginning of day jobs takes 23. From this site you can ask questions, join the discussion and get technical resources to learn about how to get the most out of your storage investment. Windows, for example, allows nondisruptive volume expansions with a host rescan. This document is part of the vplex documentation set, and describes the vplex restful api. If windows is unable to find the program, you might need to close and reopen the.
Unisphere cli is intended for advanced users who want to use commands in scripts for automating routine tasks. How to perform a basic health check using vplex cli. Recommended equipment the following equipment is required for this exercise. Descriptions of the cli commands to enabledisable the vplex witness client are. We accomplished this by concatenating the virtual volume with another segment that needed to. The vplex command line interface takes a little getting use to, as it is arranged in a hierarchical context tree, a lot like a filespace directory. By joe piggee please note that emc advises using the gui, or opening a sr prior to using cli. Vplex shortcut commands for vplex cli dell emc community. These configurations could be deployed in an infrastructure. The program which handles the interface is called a command line interpreter or commandline processor.
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. If you are interested in learning about the command line in more detail, see our dos and command prompt overview, which gives a description and example for every command. 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. An introduction to the vplex cli scotts weblog the. To access the collected information for emc vplex storage systems. The server already had 189 luns which are visible properly, but these new luns are not visible in powerpath. Emc vplex storage discovered information configipedia. How is vplex backend an intelligent middleman between the. A command line interface cli processes commands to a computer program in the form of lines of text. When you disable the vplex witness client on the clusters, all distributed volumes in consistency groups use their consistency grouplevel detach rules to determine which cluster is preferred. Jan 28, 2014 posts about vplex how to written by logicalblock. In a vplex local configuration, changing the ip address is a singlestep process. Unable to unclaim and forget storage volumes that have been unmasked on the array. Hi raja, i believe using vplex for vmax to vnx migration is the ideal solution, and is a matter of presenting your vmax volumes to the vplex, as well as creating volumes on the vnx through the vplex rest api or ui are easiest, and then copying the data over between those two sets of volumes.
Vplex is an activeactive architecture where a virtual volume can be active across multiple vplex directors. From the home page, locate the quick view section and click the storage system icon to display the list of the discovered storage systems. Cisco ucs director emc vplex management guide, release 5. Our vplex had a dial home event and below are the commands that emc ran to verify that it was healthy. Descriptions of the cli commands to enabledisable the vplex witness client are available in the vplex cli guide. A well designed vplex cli cheat template can help people design vplex cli cheat document with unified style, format and appearance. Nov 21, 2014 this is a brief post to share the cli commands and sample output for a quick vplex health check. Sep 19, 2016 cisco ucs director emc vplex management guide, release 6. Jul 21, 2016 one more storage system i need to analyze is emc vplex. It allows software developers and other users to use the api to create scripts to run vplex cli commands.
It provides the output you need when running the commands you type. These commands can only be executed from the appropriate location in the context tree. All types of security certificates expire and must be periodically renewed. This guide is intended for us e by customers and service providers who use the restful api to configure and manage a storage environment. One of the important yet lesser known additions to the vplex 5. Selecting a language below will dynamically change the complete page content to that language. Emc vplex cli guide 25 vplex cli command descriptions advadm dismantle. We can use vplex gui to see performance data in realtime, but how to see a performance for a long period of time. Jan 28, 2014 while vplex supports nondisruptive expansion of virtual volumes, whether a host mounted volume can be expanded depends on the os, filesystems and in some cases, applications. A quick look at vplex storage elements the rocket software blog. Whereas in gui by default it will show the zoned vplex ports while creating the storage view. Currently i find that the only way i can execute vplexcli commands is to first.
Svc eliminates the ability to use backend array features and functionality, due to write caching. How to open command prompt windows 10, 8, 7, vista, xp. The emc vplex community is an online space that connects you to a central hub of information and experts to share best practices, and exchange ideas surrounding emc vplex family. For example, you can use symbolic links or alias in linux and macos, or doskey in windows. Some commands are accessible from all contexts, and are referred to as global commands. To handle this entire process stepbystep means executing commands to claim luns, create extents on storage volumes, create local. When you disable the vplex witness client on the clusters. Matching backend array lun id to vplex uids knowledge. Jun 08, 2016 over the years i collected a number of useful cli commands to control the dmx vmax machines i worked with. The correct procedure to forget storagevolumes on vplex was not followed and the luns were removedunmasked on the array.
Vplex resides in the san on top of your backend array, giving an. What is not haprotected all vplex configurations are subject to the following potential singlepointsoffailure issues. 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. If vplex fails to automatically discover an initiator it can be registered manually. Readline is best known for its use in the wellknown unix shell bash, the standard shell for mac os x and many linux distributions. How to map volumes from host to storage through vplex dell emc. Vplexcollector is a tool to gather performance data from vplex and providing it to the graphite. Implementation and planning best practices for emc vplex technical notes multiengine vplex configurations vs104 and vs108 these configurations are the medium and large vplex clusters that incorporate hacapable dual or quad vplex engines with two directors per engine. Jan 24, 2017 this is an attempt to consolidate information that was discussed in this thread re. New commands for vplex amp register amp unregister array register configuration shortwrite. Oct 05, 2015 we can use vplex cli do some tasks more efficient than gui during implementation. Compared to that is vplex a heterogeneous virtualization solution supporting multiple arrays emc, ibm, netapp, hp and most operating systems and cluster solutions. These commands have been gather from multiple sites and is pretty straight forward server specific commands. The vplex command line interface cli is a bit different than a lot of other clis with which ive worked.
Vplex cli command line interface authentication scribd. Update this tool was improved and integrated into the new tool universal storage collector one more storage system i need to analyze is emc vplex. Emc vplex leverages a linuxbased management server as an integral part of the overall architecture. Cisco ucs director emc vplex management guide, release 6. As you already noticed when working with vplex is that vplex masks the backend array lun id and present to the client with different internal vplex uids. A computer running windows 7 or windows vista or windows xp step 1. 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 re. Emc vplex storage discovered information configipedia bmc. Use this pdf to find the documentation resources and other technical information that you need to learn about the command shell, and to automate command line tasks by using scripts or scripting tools.
Currently i am identifying the vplex ports manually by verifiying the wwpn and zone information. Vplex element manager api uses the representational state transfer rest software architecture for distributed systems such as the world wide web. In this lab, you will use windows cli commands to manage folders, files and programs in windows 7vistaxp. Vplex has always had the capability of expanding localonly i. You can now run the azure cli with the az command from either windows command prompt or powershell. Vplexcli commands output in a text file experts exchange. Names of interface elements such as names of windows, dialog boxes, buttons, fields. Jan 18, 2011 changing the ip address on a vplex management server 18 jan 2011 filed in tutorial. Implementation and planning best practices for emc vplex technical notes outage and to prevent loss of manageability during a brief power outage. This chapter describes each of the vplex cli commands in alphabetical order. Renew the vplex witness security certificate when vplex witness is installed, a vplex witness host security certificate is created. 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. An introduction to the vplex cli 22 dec 2010 filed in education. Registering server initiators in vplex knowledge ascent.
Find answers to vplexcli command s output in a text file from the expert community at experts exchange. Mar 17, 2012 the vplex element manager api supports all vplex cli commands that can be executed from the root context on a director. Vplexcollector tool for gathering emc vplex vadim zaigrin. Uninstall aws cli version 1 and use only aws cli version 2. When you disable the vplex witness client on the clusters all. Unisphere cli enables you to run commands on a system through a prompt from a microsoft windows or unixlinux host. So if you are sshing from a host on to the vplex, you cannot get the cli op in. The remaining commands are arranged in a hierarchical context tree. 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. Windows environments that use the smb protocol for file sharing, microsoft. Or alternatively from the recoverpoint gui, remove the service credentials. Emc vplex administration guide command line interface. Hardware and softwaresimplified storage management vplex supports a variety of arrays from various vendors covering both activeactive and activepassive type arrays.
Use your operating systems ability to create an alias or sym link with a different name for one of the two aws commands. Based on that error the commands below were run to make sure the cluster was healthy. The vplex cabinet contains two power distribution panels pdps. Keep in mind that there are over 100 different commands used in msdos and the windows command line. Installing aws cli version 2 on windows aws command line. Hello, we are using 2 x unity600 with vplex local vs2 dual engines as storage infrastructure for our corebanking. Validating host multipathing with emc vplex technical notes introduction emc vplex is a fault tolerant product from the ground up. Emc vplex cli guide 27 using the vplex cli 28 emc vplex cli guide 2 vplex cli command descriptions this chapter describes each of the vplex cli commands in alphabetical order. Emc vplex cli guide 2 cli workspace and user accounts. Create extent, device, vv after claimed storage volumes. Unable to unclaim and forget storage volumes that have. Im trying to create some aliases for some commands to be ran in vplexcli for instance. This is a brief post to share the cli commands and sample output for a.
In version 5 of the vplex software called geosynchrony, there is an. In the storage system list, doubleclick the emc vplex storage system you wish to access. The vplex command line interface cli is a bit different than a lot of other. Since the commands are executed inside a restricted shell, do i need to. The vplex element manager api supports all vplex cli commands that can be executed from the root context on a director. Find answers to vplexcli commands output in a text file from the expert community at experts exchange.
Each shell is a software program that provides direct communication between you and the operating system or application, providing an environment to automate it operations. The reason for that is because vplex technically virtualize the backend arrays. Simplified storage configuration on the emc vplex the. Vplex employs a linux based cli therefore to simply list commands for example listing the storage arrays connected toy vplex you would have to. All storage array, features and functionality are available behind vplex. Dec 22, 2010 an introduction to the vplex cli 22 dec 2010 filed in education. Scripts accept all commands that are available at the command line. Quite a few vplex local and metro customers use local replication on backend arrays as an example, if the backend array is a vmax, this would be using timefinder snaps and clones. To ensure hosts are able to access virtual volumes served from vplex, it is an emc best practice to constantly ensure hostbased multipathing software is installed on each host and is functioning properly. Even though nowadays unisphere for vmax is a useful tool, nothing really beats the command line. Powershell offers some tab completion features not available from windows command prompt.
Type the vplexcli command to connect to the vplex command line interface. Install the aws cli version 1 on windows aws command. Posted by rob koper on june 8, 2016 leave a comment 0 go to comments. Beyond that, there are cli commands such as batchmigrate that can assist with this. Complete instructions to enabledisable the vplex witness client are available in the vplex generator. There is plink for windows that can take pw as an argumentsame developer as. After the installation is complete, you will need to reopen powershell to use the azure cli. Note that each port of a hosts hbahca must be registered as a separate initiator. Dec 15, 2014 this is a brief post to share the cli commands and sample output for a quick vplex health check. Install version 1 of the aws command line interface aws cli on windows. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Specify the ip address for the interface as well as the ip addresses for the subnet mask and gateway.