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SRDFCommands
December2nd,2008DevangPanchigarLeaveacommentGotocomments
ThefollowingareSRDFCommandsandwhattheyareusedfor.
CompositeSRDFcommands
1.Failover:
1.Actions:
1.Writedisables(WD)R1
2.SetslinktoNotReady(NR)
3.WriteenablesR2
2.Command:
symrdfg${group}failover
2.Update:Helpstospeedupthefailbackoperationbycopyinginvalidtracksbeforewritedisablinganydisks.
1.Actions:
1.Leavesservicestateasis.
2.Mergesthetracks

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3.Copiesinvalidtracks
2.Command:
symrdfg${group}update
3.Failback:
1.Actions:
1.WritedisablesR2
2.SuspendsRDFlink
3.Mergesthedisktracks.
4.Resumesthelink
5.WriteenablesR1
6.Copiesthechangeddata
2.Command:
symrdfg${group}failback
4.Split:LeavesbothR1&R2inwriteenabledstate.
1.Actions:
1.Suspendstherdflink.
2.WriteenablesR2
2.Command:
symrdfg${group}split
5.Establish:
1.Actions:
1.WritedisablesR2
2.Suspendstherdflink
3.CopiesdatafromR1toR2
4.Resumestherdflink.
2.Command:
symrdfg${group}[full]establish
6.Restore:CopiesdatafromR2toR1
1.Actions:
1.WritedisablesbothR1&R2
2.Suspendstherdflink.
3.Mergesthetracktables
4.Resumestherdflink.
5.WriteenablesR1
2.Command:
symrdfg${group}[full]restore
SingularSRDFcommands
1.Suspend:symrdfg${group}suspend
2.Resume:symrdfg${group}resume
3.Setmode:symrdfg${group}setmodesync
symrdfg${group}setdominoon
symrdfg${group}setacp_diskskew1000
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GiuseppeMonardo4yearsago

IsupposethebestevolutiononSRDF(starconfigurationorasyncconfiguration)ittherecentmodeto
adddeviceinadevicegroup(orSTARconsistencygroup)withthecommand"symstarcgCG_name
modifycgaddsid".In"twosites"configuration,Youcanusethe"cons_exemptnowd"optionforthe
samereason.Maybenoteveryoneknowsthisoperation!It'sabigfootaheadinmyopinionforEMC
users.Bye
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