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DMX1000 - This Symmetrix does not have any gatekeepers
Hi
I've been given access to a really old DMX1000 so I can brush up my skills but I've run in to a brick wall. There appear to be no Gatekeeper LUNs available so I can't discover or admin the array.
When I query the array I get the following
Symmetrix ID: 000XXXXXXXX
Total Paths Unique Paths
----------- ------------
Pdevs 8 8
GK Candidates 0 0
Dedicated GKs 0 0
VCM/ACLX devs 0 0
Pdevs in gkavoid 0
Pdevs in gkselect 0
Max Available GKs 1
Num Open GKs 0
Gatekeeper Utilization
Current 0 %
Past Minute 0 %
Past 5 Minutes 0 %
Past 15 Minutes 0 %
Since Midnight 0 %
Since Starting 0 %
Highwater
Open Gatekeepers 0
Time of Highwater N/A
Gatekeeper Utilization 0 %
Time of Highwater N/A
Gatekeeper Timeouts
Since starting 0
Past Minute 0
Time of last timeout N/A
*WARNING* This Symmetrix does not have any gatekeepers
I can see some Gatekeepers but these are from a VMAX and not the DMX
C:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin>syminq
Device Product Device
-------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------
Name Type Vendor ID Rev Ser Num Cap (KB)
-------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 HP LOGICAL VOL* 4.68 N/A 143338560
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 3PARdata VV 3213 005E0000 10485760
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 0100097000 79548480
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE3 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 01000A0000 79548480
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 010001A000 79548480
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE5 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 0100023000 79548480
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE6 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400062000 2880
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE7 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400063000 2880
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE8 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400064000 2880
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE9 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400065000 2880
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE10 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400066000 2880
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE11 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400067000 2880
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE12 EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400068000 5243520
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE13 EMC SYMMETRIX 5876 1400102000 14680320
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE14 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 0100191000 79548480
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE15 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 010019A000 79548480
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE16 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 0100115000 79548480
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE17 M(9) EMC SYMMETRIX 5671 010011E000 79548480
I've read about the VMC, so tried zoning my server to FCA but had no luck...
Any suggestions?
PedalHarder
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April 17th, 2018 15:00
Have you tried running the symcli commands you are interested in yet? They should work as you have 8 data devices present. There is a GK selection process - the rules are documented in the install guide. Data devices can act as GK's if there are no GK's present. So can the VCMDB device. At least enough functionality to provision yourself some GK's.
jarrattm
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April 18th, 2018 02:00
Hi
Thanks for coming back to me
Yep tried running a discover and list.
C:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin>symcfg discover
This operation may take up to a few minutes. Please be patient...
C:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin>symcfg list
S Y M M E T R I X
Mcode Cache Num Phys Num Symm
SymmID Attachment Model Version Size (MB) Devices Devices
000198701314 Local VMAX10K 5876 43008 8 338
C:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin>
But this only lists the VMAX and not the DMX.
The DMX disks are the ones marked M (9) above. If I add one of these disks to a gkselect file would this work? What format should I use to ID the disks is it the name? e.g. \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE14
PedalHarder
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May 6th, 2018 18:00
What version of SE are you using? In Version 8.2, support for Microcode 5875 and below was dropped. That may be the issue?
jarrattm
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May 9th, 2018 02:00
Hi
Thanks for getting back to me. I've just checked and v7.6.2 is installed. I've downloaded 8.1 so will give that a go. Do you know if 7.6.2 supports Microcode 5875 or where I can check
Thanks again