Best of Symm Commands

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Symdev Commands

symdev List ~ List all devices on symm

symdev -sa -p List ~ List devices maped to that one FA

symdev List -bcv or -rdf1 ~ List all bcv or rdf1 volumes

symdev List -noport ~ List devices not mapped to any FE ports

symdev List -clariion

symdev show 0123 -v ~ vebose Listing of one device

symdev List -RANGE 0001:0123 -v ~ vebose Listing of a rage of devices

symdev List pd ~ List devices this host can see

Symcfg Commands

symcfg discover ~ discover the storage environment

symcfg List ~ List local and remote symmetrixes

symcfg List -clariion ~ List clariions

symcfg List -v ~ Lists whether the Symmetrix director has device masking turned on

symcfg List -FA all List ~ Lists all fibre directors in a Symmetrix system

symcfg List -dir all -address -sid 1924 ~ identify the address information for devices

symcfg List -dir all -address -available ~ sid 1924 ~ returns the next available LUN

address

symcfg List -lockn all ~ List of visible Symm exclusive locks

symcfg -sid 098712321337 -lockn 15 release ~ release a lock on a Symmetrix array.

Symconfigure Commands

symconfigure -sid -f preview ~ checks file to make sure it is ok to exe

symconfigure -sid -f commit ~ makes the changes from file

symconfigure -sid -f prepare

Symmaskdb Commands

symmaskdb List devs ~ Lists all devices accessible to an HBA on a specified Symmetrix

system

symmaskdb remove ~ removes the meta member devices

symmaskdb restore ~ restores a database from a specified file

symmaskdb backup ~ backs up a database to a specified file

symmaskdb init ~ deletes and creates a new VCMDB


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symmaskdb List assignment ~Lists deives already assigned

symmaskdb List no_assignment ~Lists deives not yet assigned

Symmask Commands

symmask add devs ~ adds a device to the List of devices that a WWN can access in the

database

symmask remove devs ~ removes a device from the List of devices that a WWN can

access in the database

symmask delete ~ deletes all access rights for a WWN in the database

symmask replace ~ allows one HBA to replace another

symmask refresh ~ refresh vcmdb to all FA ports

symmask login ~ Lists for each Fibre director which hosts and HBAs are logged in to a

Symmetrix systemsymmask List HBAs ~ Lists the WWN of the Fibre HBAs on this host

symmask -sid 381 -wwn 50060D000034F7F6 -dir 16C -p 1 set heterogeneous on HP_UX

symmask -sid SymmID set lunoffset on offset base \ -awwn awwn -dir # -p # ~ offset high

lun numbers

Other SYMCLI Commands

symsan ~List ports and LUN WWNs seen from a specific Symmetrix director and port

symdg ~ creates/deletes/renames device groups

symld ~ addes & removes devices to a deivce group

symbcv ~ associates/disassociate BCV with device groups

symmir ~ performs (split/establish/restore) BCV mirror commands against device groups

symclone ~ performs (split/establish/restore/activate/terminate/recreate)

symsnap ~ performs (restore/activate/terminate/recreate)

symrdf ~ performs (split/establish/restore/failover/update/failback/suspend/resume) against

RDF device groups

symcg ~ Performs operations on a Symmetrix RDF composite group

symrslv ~ Displays logical-to-physical mapping information about a logical object that is

stored on a disk.

symstat ~ Displays statistics information about a Symmetrix, any or all directors, a device

group, a disk, or a device.

symioctl ~ sends I/O control commands to application


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SYMCLI BASE Commands

symapierr - Used to translate SYMAPI error code numbers into SYMAPI error messages.

symaudit - List records from a symmetrix audit log file.

symbcv - Perform BCV support operations on Symmetrix BCV devices.

symcfg - Discover or display Symmetrix configuration information. Refresh the host's Symmetrixdatabase file or remove Symmetrix info from the file. Can also be used to view or release a

'hanging' Symmetrix exclusive lock.

symchg - Monitor changes to Symmetrix devices or to logical objects stored on Symmetrix

devices.

symcli - Provides the version number and a brief description of the commands included in the

Symmetrix Command Line

symdev - Perform operations on a device given the device's Symmetrix name. Can also be used

to view Symmetrix device locks.

symdg - Perform operations on a device group (dg).

symdisk - Display information about the disks within a Symmetrix.symdrv - List DRV devices on a Symmetrix.

symevent - Monitor or inspect the history of events within a Symmetri

symgate - Perform operations on a gatekeeper device.

symhost - Display host configuration information and performance statistics.

syminq - Issues a SCSI Inquiry command on one or all devices. Interface.

symlabel - Perform label support operations on a Symmetrix device.

symld - Perform operations on a device in a device group (dg).

symlmf - Registers SYMAPI license keys.

sympd - Perform operations on a device given the device's physical name.

symstat - Display statistics information about a Symmetrix, a Director, a device group, or a

device.

symreturn - Used for supplying return codes in pre-action and post-action script files.

SYMCLI CONTROL Commands

symacl - Administer symmetrix access control information.

symauth - Administer symmetrix user authorization information.

symcg - Perform operations on an composite group (cg).

symchksum - Administer checksum checks when an Oracle database writes data files on

Symmetrix devices.

symclone - Perform Clone control operations on a device group or on a device within the device

group.

symconfigure - Perform modifications on the Symmetrix configuration.

symconnect - Setup or Modify Symmetrix Connection Security functionalit

symmask - Setup or Modify Symmetrix Device Masking functionality.

symmaskdb - Backup, Restore, Initialize or Show the contents of the device masking database.

symmir - Perform BCV control operations on a device group or on a device within the device


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symoptmz - Perform Symmetrix Optimizer control operations.

symqos - Perform Quality of Service operations on Symmetrix Devices

symrdf - Perform RDF control operations on a device group or on a device within the device

group.

symreplicate - Perform automated, consistent replication of data given a pre-configured

SRDF/Timefinder setup.

symsnap - Perform Symmetrix Snap control operations on a device group or on devices in a

device file.

symstar - Perform SRDF STAR management operations.

symrcopy - Perform Symmetrix Rcopy control operations on devices in a device file.

SYMCLI SRM(Mapping) Commands

symhostfs - Display information about a host File, Directory, or host File System.

symioctl - Send IO control commands to a specified application.symlv - Display information about a volume in Logical Volume Group (vg).

sympart - Display partition information about a host device.

symrdb - Display information about a third-party Relational Database.

symrslv - Display detailed Logical to Physical mapping information about a logical object stored

on Symmetrix devices.

symvg - Display information about a Logical Volume Group (vg).

NAVICLI COMMANDS

navicli -h getsp ~ verify connectivity

navicli -h register ~registers host with Clariion and tests agent install

navicli -h storagegroup ~ List all info about existing groups

navicli -h getrg -lunList ~ List all existing raid groups and LUNS

navicli -h getdisk ~ shows numbers of disks in storage array

navicli -h getrg ~ shows the number of raid groups

navicli -h get lun ~ Lists all the disks

navicli -h storagegroup -List ~ displays storage groups

navicli -h getcache ~ shows the cache

navicli -h storagegroup -create -gname ~ creates a new storage group

navicli -h storagegroup -addhlu -gname -hlu -alu ~ assigns LUNs

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navicli -h storagegroup -connecthost -host -gname ~ assigns

host to storage group

POWERPATH COMMANDS

powermt ~ manage powerpath environment

powercf ~ configure powerpath devices

emcpreg ~ manage powerpath license registration

emcpupgrade ~ convert powerpath configuration files

INQ

INQ

Inq -h ~ List options and syntax

Inq -hba ~ List hba wwn

Inq -btl ~ display Bus Target and Lun

Inq -show_vol ~ display Symmetrix Volume Number.

Inq -winvol ~ show Windows filesystems

Inq -dev ## -page0 ~ Raw unformatted data on a single device

Inq -clariion ~ display CLARiiON device information

MDS-SERIES (CISCO) COMMANDS

MDS-SERIES Switch Commands

ip address 191.168.123.222 255.255.255.0

View = ~ show running-config

show environment ~ shows status of all installed hardware components

show flogi database ~ shows database List of all FLOGI events

show fcns database ~ shows database List of all N-ports logged in

show vsan membership ~ shows List of VSAN members

show interface brief ~ Lists the interfaces and status

MDS-SERIES Zoning Commands

config terminal ~Enters configuration terminal

zone name TestZone1 vsan 4 ~ creates a zone


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member pwwn 10:01:10:01:10:ab:cd:ef ~ adds node to the zone above

no member pwwn ~deletes member from zone

zoneset name Zoneset1 vsan 4 ~ creates a zoneset

member ~adds zone to the ZoneSet above

no zone name vsan ~ Deletes a zone

zoneset activate name Zoneset1 vsan 4

zone copy active-zoneset full-Zoneset1 vsan 4

copy running-config start-up config ~ copy from source to startup configuration

vsan database ~ go into vsan configuration mode

vsan 4 interface fc3/21 ~move port 21 on module 3 to vsan 4

show zoneset ~ shows all zonesets that are active

show zone vsan ~ shows all zones active in vsan

show zoneset active ~ displays the active zoneset

show vsan ~ shows the vsans on the switch

show zoneset active vsan ~ Shows active zoneset

B-SERIES (BROCADE) COMMANDS

B-SERIES Switch Commands

switchDisable ~ offline

ipAddrSet ~set the IP address of a Brocade switch

switchShow ~ display switch info

supportShow ~ full detailed switch info

portShow # ~ display port info

nsShow ~ Name server contents

nsAllShow ~ NS for full fabric

fabricShow ~ fabric information

ad --create ~create a new Admin Domain.

ad -apply ~enforce the new Admin Domain configuration.

B-SERIES Zoning Commands

aliCreate Alias, 20:00:00:e0:23:40:07:08

zoneCreate ZoneName, 20:00:00:e0:69:40:07:08; 50:06:04:64:b6:91:c1:1d

cfgCreate Test_cfg, Zone1; Zone2


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cfgSave ~ saves zoning information across reboots

cfgEnable Test_cfg

zoneShow or cfgShow ~ shows defined and effective zones and configurations

zoneAdd ~ adds a member to a zone

zoneRemove ~ removes a member from a zone

zoneDelete ~ deletes a zone

cfgAdd ~ adds a zone to a zone configuration

cfgRemove ~ removes a zone from a zone configuration

cfgDelete ~ deletes a zone from a zone configuration

cfgClear ~ clears all zoning information/ must disable the effective configuration

M-SERIES (McDATA) COMMANDS

M-SERIES Switch Commands

View= ~ config ip show

Config> ip ~ (new IP and Subnet mask)

Show> switch

Show> switch

Show > system

Show> nameserver

Show> loginServer

Show> nameServer

Show.Fabric> nodes

Maint > system > setOnlineState

M-SERIES Zoning Commands

Config.Zoning> addWwnMem:

Config.Zoning> addZone ~ add a new zone to the working area

Config.Zoning> activateZoneset ~ activation of changes

Config.Zoning> showactive ~ shows actively connected running zoneset

Config.Zoning> clearZone ~ clear WWNs in a zone

Config.Zoning> deletezone ~ remove zone from the running config

Config.Zoning> showPending ~ show pending zones

Config.Zoning> renameZone:


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Config.Zoning> deleteWwnMem ~

Config.Zoning> renameZoneSet ~

Veritas VM HOST COMMANDS

Veritas VM Device Commands

vxdisk List ~ List all disks under volume manager control and give there status.

vxdiskadd c1t2d3 ~ add or bring a disk under volume manager control

vxdiskadmin ~ Interactive front end to the vxdisk program

Veritas VM Filesystem commands

vxdisk init ~ Initialize Physical Volume

vxdg init mydg mydg-01=c1t11d0 ~ Create Disk Group

vxassist -g mydg make myvol ~ Create Logical Volume

mkfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/mydg/myvol ~ create file system

vxvol -g mydg stopall ~ stop a volume

vxdg deport mydg ~ deport disk group

vxdg import mydg ~ import disk group

vxvol -g mydg startall ~ starting a imported volume

VMware ESX HOST COMMANDS

VMware ESX Device Commands

esxcfg-rescan ~scan for new disks

esxcfg-swiscsi -e ~enable iSCSI initiator

more /proc/scsi/lpfc/X ~ wwn of HBA

esxcfg-vswitch ~

VMware ESX Filesystem Commands

vmkfstools ~


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Windows HOST COMMANDS

Windows 2003 server SP1 Device Commands

SystemInfo ~ Displays detailed configuration information about a computer and its

operating system

Shutdown /r /f ~ forced reboot

Netstat ~ Displays active TCP connections, ports on which the computer is Listening

mstsc /v: 255.255.255.255 /console ~ launches a Remote desktop Connection

net use \\ComputerName\ShareName\volume ~ Connects a computer to a computer

shared resource

FC ~ compares two files and displays the differences

ChkDsk ~ check and repair disk problems

Recover ~ Recover a damaged file from a defective disk.

fcinfo /details ~ if fcinfo is installed ,this will List the HBAs wwns

Windows 2003 server SP1 LVM Commands

Diskpart rescan ~ Locates new disks that may have been added to the computer

Diskpart List disk ~ Displays a List of disks and information about them,

Diskpart select disk ~ Selects the specified disk and shifts the focus to it.

Diskpart detail disk ~ Displays the properties of the selected disk and the volumes on that

disk.

MountVol ~ Creates, deletes, or Lists a volume mount point.

Diskpart assign ~ Assigns a drive letter or mount point to the volume with focus.

Diskpart extend ~ Extends the volume with focus into next contiguous unallocated space

Diskpart import ~ Imports a foreign disk group into the local computer's disk group

Format /FS:filesystem ~ Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, or NTFS).

FSutil volume dismount

VI COMMANDS

Cursor movements

h ~ left one character

l ~ right one character

j ~ down one line

k ~ up one line


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w ~ right one word

b ~ back one word

Deleting, Yanking, and Pasting

d ~ delete

x ~ delete character cursor is on

r ~ replace one character

y ~ yank (copy into temporary buffer)

Y ~ yank line cursor is on

p ~ paste below cursor line (deleted or copied text)

Saving and Exiting

u ~ undo last editing command

ZZ ~ save and exit (hold down shift and press "z" twice)

:wq! ~ write and quit even if it is read-only

FTP COMMANDS

open ~ undo last editing command

close ~ save and exit (hold down shift and press "z" twice)

bin ~set to transfer for binary and text files

hash ~display progress during get

mget ~mutiple get - download files in to current directory

mput ~multiple pu - upload files from current directory


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AIX/IBM HOST COMMANDS

AIX Software Installation

/usr/lpp ~ Software Directory

lslpp -L all ~ List installed software

lslpp -f fileset ~ List all files

instfix -i ~ List installed patches

cp *.lpp /usr/sys/inst.images ~ copy lpp software to the install directory

smit installp ~ Install a software package

rmdev ~ Remove a device

AIX Device Commands

lscfg ~ Lists all comfigured components

smit or smitty ~ system management utility

lscfg -v l ~ Lists all attributes (WWNs) for a device

emc_cfgmgr ~ configures symmetrix devices

mkbcv ~ makes BCV visable to AIX to avoid locking during boot

(1) chdev -l fcsX -a init_link=pt2pt -P ~ To change INIT Link flags parameter

(2) chdev -l fscsiX -a fc_err_recov=fast_fail -P ~ Fabric Event Error RECOVERY Policy

(3) cfgmgr -v ~ cofigures devices and optionally installs device software

AIX NFS Commands

exportfs ~Lists all exported filesystems

exportfs -a ~Exports all fs's in /etc/exports file

exportfs -u (filesystem) ~Un-exports a filesystem

mknfs ~Configures and starts NFS services

rmnfs ~Stops and un-configures NFS services

mknfsexp -d /directory ~Creates an NFS export directory

mknfsmnt ~Creates an NFS mount directory

mount hostname:/filesystem /mount-point ~Mount an NFS filesystem

nfso -a ~Display NFS Options


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AIX iSCSI Commands

smit iscsi

AIX Filesystem Commands

lsdev -Cc disk ~ Device Listing and status

mkdev ~ configures a disk device masking sue it is available as a physical volume

chdev -l hdisk# -a pv=yes ~ Initialize Physical Volume

lspv -l hdisk# ~ Disk Label

mkvg -y myvg -s 16 hdisk2 ~ groups one or more physical devices into a volume group

mirrorvg ~Creates mirror volumes for all volumes in a volume group.

extendvg myvg hdisk3 hdisk4 ~ Extend Volume Goup

lsvg -l vgname ~ displays volumes, with a specified volume group

mklv -y mylv myvg 16 ~ Make logical volume

mklvcopy hd1 2 hdisk1 ~(2) makes a copy of lv should be followed up by syncvg command

lslv ~ List Logical Volume

crfs -v jfs -d mylv -m /myfs

mount ~ mounts a filesystem

varyoffvg myvg ~ Deactivate Volume Group

exportvg myvg ~ Export Volume Group

importvg -y myvg -f /dev/hdisk9 ~ Import Volume Group

varyonvg myvg ~ Activate Volume Group

HP/UX HOST COMMANDS

HP/UX Software Installation

sysdef ~ analyzes current running system

swList -l bundle ~ displays version and type of HP-UX

swList -l patch ~ List installed patches

swreg -l depot /full/path/to/your/depot_file ~ Register a depot package for install

swinstall ~ Install the Software depot

HP/UX Device Commands

insf -e ~ install special device files

ioscan -fnC disk ~ scans system hardware


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sam ~ System administration tool

dd if=/dev/rdsk/c34t15d0 of=/dev/zero count=1 ~ makes HP register with a Clariion thru LUNZ

device


lsdev -C disk ~ List device drivers in the system

mknod ~ makes a directory, special, or ordinary file

/stand/system ~ system configuration file

HP SAN Commands

fcmsutil /dev/fcd0 ~ List HBA wwn

tdutil /dev/td0 ~ List HBA wwn

HP NFS Commands

/etc/exports ~file controls which file systems are exported to remote hosts and specify options

/exported/directory example.emc.com ~Exports directory to host example.emc.com (found in

/etc/exports)

exportfs -a ~command to read /etc/export and export filesystem

mount shadowman.emc.com:/misc/export /misc/local ~mount an NFS export from

shadowman.emc.com to the dir /misc/local

HP/UX Filesystem commands

pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c1t0d2 ~ creates a physical volume within a LVM volume group

pvdisplay ~ display info about physical volumes within an LVM volume group

ls -l /dev/*/group ~List the minor number of each vg in 6th field (all not Listed are

available)

mkdir /dev/myvg ~Create directory entry in /dev for Volume Group

mknod /dev/myvg/group c 64 0x010000 ~ Create a file for Volume Group

vgcreate -s 16 /dev/myvg /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 ~ creates a LVM volume group

vgextend /dev/myvg /dev/dsk/c1t0d1 ~ add disk to VG

vgchange -a y myvg ~ Avtivate VG

vgscan ~ scan physical volumes for LVM volume groups

vgdisplay ~ displays info about LVM volume groups

lvcreate -l 16 -n mylv /dev/myvg ~ creates LVM logical volumes

lvcreate -m mylv /dev/myvg ~ creates mirrored logical volumes


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lvdisplay ~ displays LVM logical volumes

newfs /dev/myvg/rmylv ~ Create file system

mount /dev/myvg/mylv /myfs ~ Mount file system

vgchange -a n myvg ~ Deactivate Volume Group

vgexport myvg ~ Export Volume Group

vgimport /dev/myvg /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 ~ Import Volume Group

PROCEDURES

zone hp server to symm

symmask List hba -v ~to List your servers paths to the symm

symmask -wwn -dir -p add dev ~(use wwn, dir, p values from above command) run command

for each hba to FA zone

symmask -wwn -dir -p set heterogeneous on HP_UX ~use wwn from the (symmask List hba -v

)

symmask refresh

ioscan -fnC disk

insf -e

symcfg dis

sympd List

To get HPUX to register with Clariion if using NaviAgent

Install NaviAgent

Edit agent.config file

ioscan -fnC disk

insf -e

/sbin/init.d/agent stop

rm /etc/log/HostIdFile.txt

/sbin/init.d/agent start

dd if=/dev/rdsk/c34t15d0 of=/dev/zero count=1 ~ makes HP register with a Clariion thru LUNZ

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# rmsf path ( The paths are showing NO_HW or not sensing).

# ioscan -fnc disk (check)

# insf -e

# symcfg discover

# powermt display ( check for any dead path)

# powermt check (checks and corrects dead path).

# powermt config

# powermt save


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Linux HOST COMMANDS

Linux Software Installation

rpm -hiv

Linux Device Commands

modprobe -l *lpfc* `List Emulex modules

modprobe -r ~ discover new disk

/sys/class/scsi_host/host1/issue_lip ~ discover new disk

/sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan ~ discover new disk

/usr/sbin/lpfc lun_scan all

Linux FC SAN Commands

more /proc/scsi/lpfc/X ~ wwn on RHEL3

more /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/port_name ~ wwn on RHEL4

more /sys/class/fc_host/hostX/port_name ~ wwn on RHEL5

(X is the instance number of the HBA)

Linux iSCSI Commands

yum install iscsi-initiator-utils ~install iSCSI soft initiator

rpm -q srvadmin-deng iscsi-initiator-utils ~install iSCSI soft initiator

rpm -ql iscsi-initiator-utils ~confiure iSCSI soft initiator

iscsiadm -m discovery -t -p 192.168.1.100 ~discover iSCSI target

iscsiadm --mode node --targetname iqn ~

Linux NFS Commands

/etc/exports ~file controls which file systems are exported to remote hosts and specify options

/exported/directory example.emc.com ~Exports directory to host example.emc.com (found in

/etc/exports)

exportfs -a ~command to read /etc/export and export filesystem


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mount shadowman.example.com:/misc/export /misc/local ~mount an NFS export

redhat-config-nfs ~RedHat NFS tool

Linux Filesystem commands

pvcreate /dev/emcpowerX ~ initializes PhysicalVolume for later use by the Logical Volume

Manager

vgcreate VG_Name /dev/emcpowerX ~ creates a new volume group

lvcreate --size 2000m --name LV_Name /dev/VG_Name ~creates 2000MB logical

volume mkfs -t ext2 /dev/VG_Name/LV_Name ~ Make a file system on a logical volume

mount -t ext2 /dev/VG_Name/LV_Name /mnt/FS_MountPoint ~ mount File system

df -a ~display filesystems

Fdisk /dev/sda ~ partition table manipulation

pvdisplay ~ allows you to see the attributes of one or more physical volumes

pvscan ~ scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes

vgdisplay ~display attributes of volume groups

vgextend ~ allows you to add one or more initialized physical volumes

vgscan ~ scan physical volumes for LVM volume groups

vgexport ~make volume groups unknown to the system

vgimport ~make volume groups known to the system

lvdisplay ~display attributes of a logical volume

lvextend ~ Extend logigal volume

e2fsadm ~ resizing of a logical volume

fsck ~Command used to check and repair a Linux filesystem


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SUN/SOLARIS HOST COMMANDS

SOLARIS Software Installation

ptree -a ~ Shows all running processes in a tree format

showrev -p ~ Displays currently installed Solaris patches

prtconf ~ prints system configurations

pkginfo ~ Lists installed software packages

pkgadd ~ install software packages

pkgrm ~ removes installed software packages

Solaris Device Commands

cfgadm -a ~ List all

cfgadm -c configure c4 ~ configure StorEdge Leadville driver.(Search for new devices)

devfsadm -vC ~ searches for devices and also cleans up old

update_drv -f sd -d -I ~ searches for devices

devinfo ~ print device specific information about disk devices

drvconfig ~ generates special device files

reboot -- -r ~ reboots system to discover configuration changes, and rebuild special files

/etc/system ~ system files

/kernel/drv/sd.conf ~ Lists of available target ids and luns

/kernel/drc/lpfc.conf ~ used for persistent binding on Emulex (qla22xx.conf for Qlogic)

/var/adm/messages ~ system messages

Solaris iSCSI Commands

iscsiadm add static-config iqn.1999-08.com.array:sn.01234567,192.168.1.3:3260 ~map

target

iscsiadm add discovery-address 192.168.1.13:3260

iscsiadm modify discovery --isns enable

iscsiadm List target -vS Target: iqn.1986-03.com

devfsadm -Cv -i iscsi

Solaris FC SAN Commands


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fcinfo hba-port ~ Lists information and WWNs

fcinfo remote-port -p 10000000c937694f -ls ~ Lists the remote-port information

Solaris NFS Commands

share -F nfs -d "Cartman dir" / share2

mount -F nfs cartman:/share2 /cartman

share -F nfs -o ro=sun.ucs.indiana.edu,rw=teak.uwsg.indiana.edu /reports ~ export (share)

/reports read only to sun.ucs.indiana.edu, read,write to teak.uwsg.indiana.edu

/etc/dfs/dfstab ~ file to edit to make a share permanent

shareall -F nfs ~ command to excute that will read /etc/dfs/dfstab and share to the network

SOLARIS Filesystem Commands

*** Format and lable all devices before using zpool ***

zpool create spoon c3t6d9 ~create & mounts storage pool named spoon and mounts it at

/spoon (no slice #)

zpool create spoon mirror emcpower3c emcpower4c ~create a RAID1 storage pool

mounted at /spoon

zpool destroy -f spoon ~destroy a zpool

zfs create spoon/fs ~creates ZFS file system spoon/fs, automatically mounted at /spoon/fs.

zpool List ~List pools

format ~ Disk partitioning and maintenance program

sysdef ~ Device Listing

prtvtoc ~ Disk Label

metadevadm ~ Checks device ID configuration.

metainit ~ Configures volumes.

metastat ~ Displays the status of volumes or hot spare pools.

metaset ~ Administers disk sets.

newfs -v ~ makes a UFS filesystem on disk drive or partition within a diskdrive

SOLUTIONS ENABLER COMMANDS

Commands to see devices

syminq ~ List all devides seen by host OS

syminq -cids ~ List Clariion devices


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syminq hba -fibre ~ List HBA

syminq -pdevfile ~List the location of devices

sympd List ~ Lists the Symmetrix devices that the host OS can see

sympd List -vcm ~ Lists all the physical device name in the device masking database

symdev List pd ~ Lists the Symmetrix devices that the host OS can see

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