Device Groups ??

Assuming your old ECC 5.2 server is where the DG files were located you are out of luck recreating them. Your best bet would be to use ECC to identify the STD/BCV relationships (best bet is to use the "Timefinder" view under Data Protection)

Once you find this you can use ECC to recreate the DG files - you will need to figure-out which devices go with each group which you can hopefully do based on the hosts that own the standard devices.

If you would like to have your Timefinder information stored on the Symmetrix look into using the GNS daemon included with timefinder. This feature has gotten fairly stable and can avoid situations like this where DG files get lost with a host.

Another alternative if the mapping is too large or too complex is that you could recover the symapi_db.bin file from the host from a backup and set the SYMCLI_DB_FILE flag to referene this file so you could do an export of the device group using the symdg command.

I'd recommend the first option (using ECC) if for no other reason than familiarizing yourself with the tool a little bit more.

FOr The chance I have symdg.txt export but it was from long time and , I am afraid that there was Update to it , what is best way to guess if there was Update to STD and corresponding BCV

thanks in advance
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Group Name: ORACLE_CLONE

Group Type : REGULAR
Valid : Yes
Symmetrix ID : 000287970218
Group Creation Time : Sat Apr 24 18:13:21 2004
Vendor ID : EMC Corp
Application ID : SYMCLI

Number of STD Devices in Group : 13
Number of Associated GK's : 0
Number of Locally-associated BCV's : 13
Number of Locally-associated VDEV's : 0
Number of Remotely-associated BCV's (STD RDF): 0
Number of Remotely-associated BCV's (BCV RDF): 0
Number of Remotely-assoc'd RBCV's (RBCV RDF) : 0

Standard (STD) Devices (13):
{
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sym Cap
LdevName PdevName Dev Att. Sts (MB)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
DEV001 N/A 0046 (M) RW 34856
DEV002 N/A 008D (M) RW 261422
DEV003 N/A 00AB (M) RW 261422
DEV004 N/A 0057 (M) RW 78427
DEV005 N/A 0060 (M) RW 78427
DEV006 N/A 0069 (M) RW 78427
DEV007 N/A 004A (M) RW 34856
DEV008 N/A 00C9 (M) RW 104569
DEV009 N/A 00D5 (M) RW 287564
DEV010 N/A 00F6 (M) RW 287564
DEV011 N/A 0072 (M) RW 78427
DEV012 N/A 007B (M) RW 78427
DEV013 N/A 0084 (M) RW 78427
}

BCV Devices Locally-associated (13):
{
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sym Cap
LdevName PdevName Dev Att. Sts (MB)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
BCV001 N/A 0122 (M) RW 34856
BCV002 N/A 0169 (M) RW 261422
BCV003 N/A 0187 (M) RW 261422
BCV004 N/A 0133 (M) RW 78427
BCV005 N/A 013C (M) RW 78427
BCV006 N/A 0145 (M) RW 78427
BCV007 N/A 0126 (M) RW 34856
BCV008 N/A 01A5 (M) RW 104569
BCV009 N/A 01B1 (M) RW 287564
BCV010 N/A 01D2 (M) RW 287564
BCV011 N/A 014E (M) RW 78427
BCV012 N/A 0157 (M) RW 78427
BCV013 N/A 0160 (M) RW 78427
}

Group Name: TRU64_OS

Group Type : REGULAR
Valid : Yes
Symmetrix ID : 000287970218
Group Creation Time : Sat Apr 24 18:21:53 2004
Vendor ID : EMC Corp
Application ID : SYMCLI

Number of STD Devices in Group : 4
Number of Associated GK's : 0
Number of Locally-associated BCV's : 4
Number of Locally-associated VDEV's : 0
Number of Remotely-associated BCV's (STD RDF): 0
Number of Remotely-associated BCV's (BCV RDF): 0
Number of Remotely-assoc'd RBCV's (RBCV RDF) : 0

Standard (STD) Devices (4):
{
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sym Cap
LdevName PdevName Dev Att. Sts (MB)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
DEV001 N/A 0042 (M) RW 34856
DEV002 N/A 004E (M) RW 26142
DEV003 N/A 0051 (M) RW 26142
DEV004 N/A 0054 (M) RW 26142
}

BCV Devices Locally-associated (4):
{
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sym Cap
LdevName PdevName Dev Att. Sts (MB)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
BCV001 N/A 011E (M) RW 34856
BCV002 N/A 012A (M) RW 26142
BCV003 N/A 012D (M) RW 26142
BCV004 N/A 0130 (M) RW 26142
}

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regards

I have only now The ECC 6.0 , the new one , The Old ECC 5.2 is no longer accessable

Mohammad,

It might be best to open a SR if you need some detailed investigation into this issue.


Regards,
Séamus

thanks you

but last question

what commands I can use so that I import The configuration one time from the attached file the sid is 0294

ok

Hi,

I recommend looking at the Solutions Enabler Symmetrix CLI Command Reference doc on Powerlink. It should have all the commands you require.


Regards,
Séamus