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Unset Emulation flag on the BCV device
We got couple of BCV devices from our SA which has Emulation flag set and some with out.
SYMCLI doesn't support the establishing/split of the devcies together which has the emulation and non-emulation devices.
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c:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin>symmir -f pair.txt -sid 852 split
Execute 'Split' operation for the 3 specified device(s) in device file 'pair.txt' (y/ ) ? y
'Split' operation execution is in progress for the device list in device file 'pair.txt'. Please wait...
This operation cannot be completed because there are Emulation devices and non-E mulation devices
Example:
BCV Pair Information
{
Standard (STD) Device Symmetrix Name : 019A
Standard (STD) Device Serial ID : Not Visible
Standard (STD) Device Group Name : Not/Grouped
Standard (STD) Composite Group Name : Not/Grouped
BCV Device Symmetrix Name : 032C
BCV Device Serial ID : Not Visible
BCV Device Associated Group Name : Not/Associated
BCV Device Associated CG Name : Not/Associated
BCV Device Status : Ready (RW)
State of Pair ( STD <=\=> BCV ) : Split
Time of Last BCV Action : Mon Jun 03 7:13:01 2012
State of BCV Mirrors : Synchronized
BCV State Flags : (AllReady)(Emulation)
Percent Split : 100%
Number of Inv. Tracks for STD Device : 0
Number of Inv. Tracks for BCV Device : 0
}
Questions:
1) When do we use/need Emulation flag set on devices !
2) How to unset the emulation flag on the device
Appreciate your help.
Thanks in Advance
PedalHarder
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June 11th, 2012 16:00
Please Reference emc114593
srini_emc
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June 11th, 2012 20:00
Thank you for the reference..
Also what is the significance of setting Emulation flag on the device !
Any pros/cons for using/not using the flag..
srini_emc
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June 13th, 2012 15:00
As specified with emc114593 doc .. I split the pair ( STD & BCV ) and set the Emulation flag on the BCV device and did the pair again with a STD device.
Now symdev show command on that BCV/STD pair shows the followoing flag on the device ( CantRevSpl).
BCV State Flags : (CantRevSpl)(AllReady)(Emulation)
The BCV device is in synchronized state.When i tried to split the pair I see the following message:
"The device pair cannot be manipulated because one or more pairs are TF Clone emulation and emulation is not enabled"
Appreciate any help..
srini_emc
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June 13th, 2012 15:00
It worked when the environment variable is set.
set SYMCLI_CLONE_EMULATION=ENABLED
Question: what does the flag (CantRevSpl) means !?
Thanks
PedalHarder
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June 13th, 2012 16:00
RevSpl is Reverse Split. This was a function of mirrored BCV’s in DMX and below.