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martap
Level 2
13 years ago

VCS/GCO with SRDF

Hi All, We have a VCS/GCO setup running in two data centers with EMC MirrorView as the replication technology. We have just bought 2 Vmax' to replace the clariion's and I now need to switch the SRD...
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    mikebounds
    13 years ago

    VCS SRDF agent guide can be found at https://sort.symantec.com/agents/download_docs/1792/vcs_srdf_install

    VCS must control SRDF using the SYMCLI which must be installed on each cluster host.  For the SYMCLI to work on each host you have to zone gatekeepers to the cluster hosts.  A sample configuration is given in the doc:

     

    SRDF oradf_rdf (
    GrpName = "oracle_grp"
    )
     
    So you just need to give Device group name in "GrpName" attribute of SRDF resource.
    I "believe" (I could be wrong) a device group is just a file containing LUNs that are replicated and I have a feeling this needs to manually synchronised between the cluster hosts, but not sure how you do this (i.e whether you copy the file or run some import function)
     
    Mike
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AAlmroth
Level 6
13 years ago

SDRF is set up at storage level using the SymCLI commands. You really only need to know the name of the device group in SDRF and the installation path fo SymCLI. In the VCS agent you enter this, and then the agent will call the proper SymCLI commands on the device group you specify.

You can use the symdg command to list available groups: symdg list

More information is available on SORT. You don't mention OS platform, but check for instance the Windows product guides at https://sort.symantec.com/documents/doc_details/sfha/5.1%20SP2/Windows/ProductGuides/

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