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February 10th, 2012 10:00
How can I determine the number of empty drive slots in a VMAX?
I need to determine how many empty drive slots I have in a multi-bay VMAX array. I would like to write a script that runs a symcli command that displays this information as part of a regular storage capacity report. I know that I can count the number, type, and usage of existing drives with "symdisk list". Is there a symcli command that designates the slot as "empty"?
I know the "easy" way is to assume that every expansion bay is full of trays, then multiply 240 (drives) by the number of bays, then subtract the number of disks currently in the array to get the "free" slots. The downside to this is that the script would have to be updated whenever a new bay was added.
Any ideas?
Amita2
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February 15th, 2012 03:00
Hi Marvin,
I dont think there is a CLI command to check empty drive slots.
However you can raise a ticket with EMC and an engineer (PSE) can connect to the box remotely and check the empty drive slots in the box.
Also your CE should be able to provide you this information.
Thanks
Amita
kiranghag
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March 1st, 2012 21:00
in SMC, you can see number of disk slots used and number of spares, rest can be calculated quickly
SKT2
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May 8th, 2012 12:00
you can also get the number of Bays from `symcfg list -env_data` dynamically in the script, so u dont need to modify when a bay is addeded.