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S SO OP P V VL LU UN N M Mi ig gr ra at ti io on n





Author Gayathri Nakka
Version 1.0
Date of Creation December 29, 2010
Wipro Email gayathri.n72@wipro.com















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Change History:

Revision Date Author Comments
1.0 December
29,2010
Gayathri Nakka This technical note provides an in-depth look at the
Virtual LUN technology feature for Symmetrix
VMAX enterprise storage arrays and explains the
VLUN migration with examples using SYMCLI.
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1. Introduction

Virtual LUN technology, enhanced with Enginuity 5874 for the Symmetrix VMAX
Series, enables transparent, nondisruptive data mobility among storage tiers within the
same array and between RAID protection schemes without impacting local or remote
replication.

In each case, the migration provides users the ability to move data between high -
performance drives and high-capacity drives, or to populate newly added drives, with
full inter-RAID flexibility.

Symmetrix Virtual LUN technology is an important tool to ad dress this requirement by
providing the essential ability to migrate data throughout the array easily and without
downtime, thereby effectively merging storage consolidation with tiered storage.

Virtual LUN Technology:
Virtual LUN can be used to populate newly added drives or move devices between high
performance and high capacity drives, thereby delivering tiered storage capabilities
within a single Symmetrix array. Migrations are performed while providing constant
data availability and protection.

Virtual LUN can be used to migrate standard Symmetrix devices and metadevices of
any emulation FBA, CKD, and iSeries.

Migrations can be performed between all drive types including high -performance
enterprise Flash drives, Fibre Channel drives, and large capa city SATA drives.




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Virtual LUN migrations can be managed via the Symmetrix Management Console
(SMC) graphical interface, or the Solutions Enabler Command Line Interface
(SYMCLI).
To perform a Virtual LUN migration, the following are required:
Symmetrix VMAX
Enginuity 5874
Solutions Enabler 7.0
Symmetrix Management Console 7.0 (optional)
Symmetrix Optimization license key

Solutions Enabler 7.0 introduces a new SYMCLI command, symmigrate, which can be
used to perform and monitor Virtual LUN migrations.

Source criteria
The source devices for the Virtual LUN migration can be specified in one of four ways:
A device group
A source group
A source file (SYMCLI)
1. A single column of the devices to be migrated, or
2. Two columns of devices pairing the source and tar get device(s)

Manual selection (SMC)
1. Manual selection of source devices, or
2. Manual selection of exact source and target device pairs




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1.Migration to Unconfigured Space :
When migrating to unconfigured space the target storage is specified by the physic al
disk group, along with the desired RAID protection type.
In the case of the migration to unconfigured space, a target RAID group is created from
the free pool in the array and migrated to. When complete, the original RAID group is
deleted and the storage returned to the free pool.

Unconfigured space
To list all physical drives, and the free space on each drive, grouped by physical
disk group, in the array, run:
root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symdisk -sid 1234 list -by_diskgroup

Symmetrix ID : 000192601234
Disks Selected : 540

Disk Group : 0
Disk Group Name : DISK_GROUP_000
Technology : N/A
Speed (RPM) : N/A

Capacity(MB)
Ident Symb Int TID Vendor Type Hypr Total Free Actual
------ ---- --- --- ---------- ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- ----------
DF-9A 09A C 8 SEAGATE HUC3015 0 0 0 279140
DF-11A 11A C 8 SEAGATE HUC3015 0 0 0 279140
DF-5B 05B C 7 SEAGATE HUC3015 0 0 0 279140


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Disk Group : 1
Disk Group Name : DISK_GROUP_001
Technology : EFD
Speed (RPM) : 0

Capacity(MB)
Ident Symb Int TID Vendor Type Hypr Total Free Actual
------ ---- --- --- ---------- ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- ----------
DF-7A 07A C 10 STEC STC0400 128 381470 1480 381470
DF-9A 09A C 10 STEC STC0400 128 381470 1480 381470
DF-8C 08C D 10 STEC STC0400 128 381470 148 0 381470

Disk Group : 2
Disk Group Name : DISK_GROUP_002
Technology : FC
Speed (RPM) : 15000

Capacity(MB)
Ident Symb Int TID Vendor Type Hypr Total Free Actual
------ ---- --- --- ---------- ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- ----------
DF-5A 05A C 8 SEAGATE HUC3015 16 279140 29 279140
DF-5A 05A C A SEAGATE HUC3015 16 279140 29 279140
DF-5A 05A C C SEAGATE HUC3015 16 279140 29 279140
DF-5A 05A D 9 SEAGATE HUC3015 16 279140 29 279140
DF-5A 05A D B SEAGATE HUC3015 16 2791 40 29 279140
DF-6A 06A C 9 SEAGATE HUC3015 16 279140 29 279140
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DF-6A 06A C B SEAGATE HUC3015 16 279140 29 279140

To list all physical drives in a particular disk group on the array, r un:

root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symdisk -sid 1234 list -disk_group 1

Symmetrix ID : 00019260 1234
Disks Selected : 4
Disk Group : 1
Disk Group Name : DISK_GROUP_001
Technology : EFD
Speed (RPM) : 0

Capacity(MB)
Ident Symb Int TID Vendor Type Hypr Total Free Actual
------ ---- --- --- ---------- ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- ----------
DF-7A 07A C 10 STEC STC0400 128 381470 1480 381470
DF-9A 09A C 10 STEC STC0400 128 381470 1480 381470
DF-8C 08C D 10 STEC STC0400 128 381470 1480 381470
DF-10C 10C D 10 STEC STC0400 128 381470 1480 381470
---------- ---------- ----------
Total 1525879 5919 1525879






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2.Migration to Configured Space:

When migrating to configured space, an existing, but unused, Symmetrix device is
specified as a target and the source device migrated to the physical storage occupied by
the target device.
This target device can either be specified by the user or automatically selected by the
Symmetrix. Following the migration, the device specified as the target will occupy the
storage originally associated with the device being migrated.

Note: In the case of migrating to configured space, the targ et device specified must be
of the same size and configuration as the source device being migrated.
If migrating a metadevice, a metadevice of the same size and configuration must be
specified, or a number of individual devices equal in size and quantity of the
metamembers being migrated.

Solutions Enabler 7.0 introduces a new filtering option, -migr_tgt, to the symdev list
command to display all potential target devices of the required RAID protection type,
capacity, and in the correct disk group.










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To display all unallocated devices in a particular disk group, run:
root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symdev -sid 1234 list -disk_group 1 -migr_tgt

Symmetrix ID: 000192601234

Device Name Directors Device
--------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------------
Cap
Sym Physical SA :P DA :IT Config Attribute Sts (MB)
--------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------------

0282 Not Visible ???:? 09A:C10 RAID-5 N/Grp'd RW 8766
0283 Not Visible ???:? 07A:C10 RAID-5 N/Grp'd RW 8766
0284 Not Visible ???:? 10C:D10 RAID-5 N/Grp'd RW 8766
0285 Not Visible ???:? 08C:D10 RAID-5 N/Grp'd RW 8766
0286 Not Visible ???:? 09A:C10 RAID-5 N/Grp'd RW 8766
0287 Not Visible ???:? 07A:C10 RAID-5 N/Grp'd RW 8766

To display all unallocated devices of a particular RAID protection type in the same disk
group, and that are 8631 MB in size, run:
symdev list sid 1234 disk_group1 raid5 protection 7+1 cap 18045 migr_tgt




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Migrations are submitted and managed as sessions a session name is specified when
establishing the migration. Symmetrix supports up to 16 concurrent active and passive
sessions.
An active session is defined as a migration that has been established but has not yet
completed.
A passive session is a migration that has completed, but has not yet been terminated.
The Symmetrix supports up to four concurrent active Virtual LUN migrations, although
only one migration can be submitted at a given time. Once a migration has been
established another migration can then be submitted.

Each migration session can have up to a maximum of 128 Symmetrix devices per
Symmetrix VMAX Engine. A total of 128 devices per Symmetrix VMAX Engine can
be part of active migration sessions on the Symmet rix at any given time.

Migration states
There are six possible migration states:

CreateInProg Indicates that the migration has been submitted to the
Symmetrix and the initial configuration change creating or moving the
destination RAID group is in progress.

SyncInProg The data transfer from source RAID group to target is underway.

Synchronized The data transfer process has completed.

MigrInProg The second configuration change is being performed to promote
the target RAID group to primary and repurpose the original storage.

Migrated The data has been migrated and all configuration changes have
completed. From this state the migration can be terminated.

Failed The Symmetrix-based script responsible for managing the migration
has failed and is no longer executing. In this state, customers should contact EMC
support personnel for further assistance.


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VMAX LUN Migration:

Example using configured space :LUN migration from RAID5 device to 2 -way
mirrir device

1A8F - RAID-5
19A3 - 2-Way Mir

LUN Migration from Raid-5 to 2-WAY:
1) Create Device Pair:
Creating the device pair file testpair.txt with the Source devices and the Target devices.
testpair.txt
1A8F 19A3

2) Validate:
There are two uses for the symmigrate validate command.
The first use is the ability to perform a positive/negative test to determine whether a
migration will succeed.
Secondly, the command can be used to generate a device file containing exact pairings
of source and target devices that can be used with the symmigrate est ablish command
when performing a migration to configured space. The target volumes included in the
output file are automatically selected by Enginuity as being the most suitable targets for
the source volumes to be migrated to.






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root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symmigrate -name test -sid 1234 -f testpair.txt
validate -v

Execute 'Validate' operation execution for
the device list in device file 'testpair.txt' (y/[n]) ?y

'Validate' operation execution is in progress for
the device list in device file 'test pair.txt'. Please wait...

STARTING a Migrate 'VALIDATE' operation.

PAIRING of Source and Target Devices:

Devices: 1A8F-19A3

Validate Migration..............................................Started.
Validate Migration........................... ...................Done.

The Migrate 'VALIDATE' operation SUCCEEDED.

'Validate' operation successfully executed for
the device list in device file 'testpair.txt'.

Note: The file output is only a listing of what the system chose to do at the time the
validate command was run. To guarantee that the exact pairs that were returned are
used, run the symmigrate establish command with the file that was output by the
validate command.

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3) Establish the Migration Session:

symmigrate -name test -sid 1234 -f testpair.txt establish -v

root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symmigrate -name test -sid 1234 -f testpair.txt
establish -v

Execute 'Establish' operation execution for
the device list in device file 'testpair.txt' (y/[n]) ?y

'Establish' operation execution is in pro gress for
the device list in device file 'testpair.txt'. Please wait...

STARTING a Migrate 'ESTABLISH' operation.

PAIRING of Source and Target Devices:

Devices: 1A8F-19A3

Establish Migration.............................................Started.
Establish Migration.............................................In Progress.
Establish Migration.............................................Done.

The Migrate 'ESTABLISH' operation SUCCEEDED.

'Establish' operation successfully executed for
the device list in device file 'testpair.txt'.

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4) Query the session:
symmigrate -name test -sid 1234 query -i 10 -c 100
The symmigrate query command returns information on all the devices being migrated
within a specified migration session. The command can be ru n with the detail option to
provide more information about the migration, including target disk group and target
RAID protection.
The command can also be used with the optional i (interval) flag to specify a repeat
interval, in seconds, at which to run the query automatically.

root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symmigrate -name test -sid 1234 query -i 10 -c
100
Symmetrix ID: 000192601234

Invalid Status Done
Src Tgt Tracks SRC => TGT (%) Session Name
---- ---- -------- ------------ ---- ----------------
1A8F 19A3 279229 SyncInProg 3 test

Total --------
Tracks 279229
MB(s) 17451.8
Done(%) 3
Symmetrix ID: 000192601234

Invalid Status Done
Src Tgt Tracks SRC => TGT (%) Session Name
---- ---- -------- ------------ ---- ----------------
1A8F 19A3 276370 SyncInProg 4 test

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Total --------
Tracks 276370
MB(s) 17273.1
Done(%) 4
Copy rate : 13.7 MB/S
Estimated time to completion : 00:20:56

Symmetrix ID: 000192601234

Invalid Status Done
Src Tgt Tracks SRC => TGT (%) Session Name
---- ---- -------- ------------ ---- ----------------
1A8F 19A3 274131 SyncInProg 5 test

Total --------
Tracks 274131
MB(s) 17133.2
Done(%) 5
.....
Symmetrix ID: 000192601234

Invalid Status Done
Src Tgt Tracks SRC => TGT (%) Session Name
---- ---- -------- ------------ ---- ----------------
1A8F 19A3 0 Synchronized 100 test

Total --------
Tracks 0
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MB(s) 0.0
Done(%) 100

...
Symmetrix ID: 000192601234

Invalid Status Done TGT
Src Tgt Tracks SRC => TGT (%) Dsk Grp TGT Protection Session Name
---- ---- -------- ------------ ---- ------- -------------- ----------------
1A8F 19A3 0 MigrInProg 100 02 RAID-1 test

Total --------
Tracks 0
MB(s) 0.0
Done(%) 100

....

Symmetrix ID: 000192601234

Invalid Status Done
Src Tgt Tracks SRC => TGT (%) Session Name
---- ---- -------- ------------ ---- ----------------
1A8F 19A3 0 Migrated 100 test

Total --------
Tracks 0
MB(s) 0.0
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Done(%) 100
output:

root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symdev -sid 1234 show 1A8F

Device Physical Name : Not Visible

Device Symmetrix Name : 1A8F
Device Serial ID : N/A
Symmetrix ID : 00019260 1234

Number of RAID Groups : 1

Attached BCV Device : N/A

Attached VDEV TGT Device : N/A

Vendor ID : EMC
Product ID : SYMMETRIX
Product Revision : 5874
Device WWN : 6000097000019260 1234533031413846
Device Emulation Type : FBA
Device Defined Label Type: N/A
Device Defined Label : N/A
Device Sub System Id : 0x0019
Cache Partition Name : DEFAULT_PARTITION

Device Block Size : 512
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Device Capacity
{
Cylinders : 19248
Tracks : 288720
512-byte Blocks : 36956160
MegaBytes : 18045
KiloBytes : 18478080
}
Device Configuration : 2-Way Mir //(Raid-5 changed to 2-WAY)//

5) Terminate:
symmigrate -name test -sid 1234 terminate
The symmigrate terminate command is used to acknowledge the successful completion
of the migration, and to clear the session information from the Symmetrix. The
terminate action can only be performed when all devices in the session are in a Migrated
state.

root@pbtsmdby:/home/nex6dwc> symmigrate -name test -sid 1234 terminate
Execute 'Terminate' operation execution for
the session named 'test' (y/[n]) ? y
'Terminate' operation execution is in progress for
the session named 'test'. Please wait...

Terminate Migration.............................................Started.
Terminate Migration.............................................Done.

'Terminate' operation successfully executed for
the session named 'test'.
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Limitations

The following considerations apply to Virtual LUN migrations:
Once submitted, a LUN migration cannot be canceled or aborted; however the
migration can be effectively paused (see the following Performance
section).
Migration of Virtual Provisioning devices (Data or Thin devices) is not
supported.
Migration of TimeFinder/Snap devices (VDEV or SAVE devices) is not
supported.
Migration of SAVE devices for SRDF/A Delta Set Extension is not supported.
Migration of internal devices such as SFS or Vault devices is not supported.
The control host for the migration must be locally connected to the Symmetrix
on which the migration is being performed.
When migrating to configured space there must be sufficient
unmapped/unmasked devices of the desired RAID protection type to complete
the migration.
When migrating to unconfigured space there must be sufficient unallocated
space available to create the hypers of the desired RAID protection type.
CKD striped metadevices can only migrate to other CKD striped metadevices, and that
target protection type is restricted to RAID 1.










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Reference:
Go to powerlink.emc.com
1.Best Practices for Nondisruptive Tiering via EMC Symme trix Virtual LUN.
2. EMC Symmetrix Optimizer and Fully Automated Storage Tiering
for Symmetrix DMX Series Arrays.
3. EMC Solutions Enabler Symmetrix CLI Version 7.1.1 Quick Reference
.