EMC CONFIDENTIAL

EMC SAN Copy and Open Replicator

Migration Between EMC Symmetrix
VMAX and EMC VNX Storage Systems
Technical Notes
Rev A01

December 5, 2013

These technical notes contain information on migrating EMC SAN Copy

and Open Replicator Between EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX
Storage Systems. Topics include:
Introduction...................................................................................................... 2
SAN Copy migration from the VMAX to the VNX storage system......... 4
Open Replicator migration from VNX to VMAX ..................................... 14

Document prepared by: EMC E-Lab

Author: Benjamin Heydary

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Introduction

Introduction
This section includes the following information:
Purpose on page 2
Limitations on page 2

Purpose
This technical note, prepared by EMC E-Lab, provides best
practices for migrating EMC SAN Copy and Open Replicator
between two EMC storage systems, EMC Symmetrix VMAXand
EMC VNX. The source disk arrays used in this document are EMC
arrays. The destinations included are the EMC Symmetrix VMAX
and EMC VNX storage systems.
Perform migration using the following two procedures.
SAN Copy migration from the VMAX to the VNX storage
system on page 4
Open Replicator migration from VNX to VMAX on page 14

Limitations
This section discusses limitations you must be aware of:
Data migration to EMC VMAX or EMC VNX storage systems
need to use data device. Thin device is not supported in these
data migrations.
For maximum LUN size and LUN numbers, refer to EMC Online
Support at http://support.emc.com, for EMC SAN Copy and
Open Replicator documentation. Contact PSE for the maximum
size of migration volume and number of maximum concurrent
migrations.
Servers using LUNS from a storage array are only permitted to
see those LUNs that should be used and do not see those LUNs
that should not be used. Limitations on the functionality of EMC
SAN Copy or EMC Open Replicator migrations to VMAX or
VNX are outlined below:
On the VNX, storage groups are created.

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On the VMAX, a device file created contain both initiators and

LUNs, with rules to prevent duplicate access.
SAN Copy and Open Replicator migration cannot do incremental
pull copies from a remote source, such as VMAX.

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SAN Copy migration from the VMAX to the VNX storage system
This technical note assumes that the user knows how to access and
use EMC Unisphere for either the Symmetrix VMAX or VNX setup
for SAN Copy and Open Replicator migrations.
This section provides the following information to migrate disk data
from an EMC Symmetrix VMAX storage system to a VNX storage
system using SAN Copy is included in this section:
Step 1: Create switch zoning on page 4
Step 2: Create VNX target LUNs on page 5
Step 3: Create SAN Copy session on page 7
Step 4: Activate the SAN Copy session on page 9
Step 5: Fix SAN Copy session failure on page 12
Step 6: Clean up session after SAN Copy data migration on
page 13
Figure 1 shows an example of the topology used in this section.

Figure 1 SAN Copy migration from VMAX to VNX example

Step 1: Create switch zoning

Figure 1 shows typical topology requirements between the VMAX
and VNX. SAN Copy requires creating zones on the SAN switch so
that the server initiators that use the LUNs on the VMAX can access
the migrated LUNs on the VNX. This zoning also allows VNX FC

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ports to access the VMAX ports for the SAN Copy migration. When
the zones become effective on the switch, the server HBA initiators
should appear in the Unisphere GUI.
Register initiators from server HBAs to Unisphere so storage groups
containing these initiators can be created on the VNX. It is expected
for the servers to have access to the LUNs immediately after zoning.

Step 2: Create VNX target LUNs

Complete the following steps to configure the VNX target LUNs:

Using Unisphere 1. Ensure that you have SAN Copy enablers installed.
2. Use Unisphere to manage the target VNX system.
3. On the system page, go to Storage System Properties on the
right. When the Storage System Properties dialog box opens,
click the Software tab. You can see what is enabled, as shown in
Figure 2.

Figure 2 Storage System Properties dialog box, Software tab

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4. On the VNX, if needed, create RAID groups or pools to contain

target LUNs.
5. Verify that the migration-target LUNs were created on the VNX.
Based on information previously gathered from the VMAX,
ensure that the VNX LUNs are the same size or slightly larger
than the corresponding VMAX LUNs.
6. For each LUN, look up the properties in the Unisphere GUI in the
LUN Properties > General tab, as shown in Figure 3, and note the
unique LUN WWN for possible use in later CLI commands.
However, you do not have to use this ID for SAN Copy creation.

Figure 3 LUN Properties dialog box, General tab

Using CLI Alternatively, you can obtain the LUN IDs through navicli, if
required:
1. Install Naviseccli on a workstation with access to the VNX.
2. Issue the following command:
naviseccli -h 10.246.52.140 -user xxxx -password yyyy -scope 0 getlun -uid

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The following output displays:

C:\> naviseccli -h 10.246.52.140 -user xxxx -password yyyy -scope 0 getlun -uid

LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 16 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:75:3D:32:FA:AA:CC:E2:11

LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 17 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:76:3D:32:FA:AA:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 18 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:77:3D:32:FA:AA:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 19 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:78:3D:32:FA:AA:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 20 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:34:7E:EE:03:AB:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 21 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:35:7E:EE:03:AB:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 22 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:4A:71:1D:0A:AB:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 23 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:4B:71:1D:0A:AB:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 24 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:4C:71:1D:0A:AB:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 25 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:4D:71:1D:0A:AB:CC:E2:11
LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER 26 UID:60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:4E:71:1D:0A:AB:CC:E2:11

Step 3: Create SAN Copy session

If the zoning has been correctly created, the VNX array accepts the
VMAX as a server-initiator. This is an important requirement for SAN
Copy to create a session. This also binds to the VMAX LUN for the
SAN Copy access.

Using CLI To create a SAN Copy session, a navicli command can be used in
following format:
sancopy -create -name <name> -destlunnumber Networkadmin <VNX lun #> -srcportwwn
<EMC VMAX WWPN> <EMC VMAX LUN #>

Using the above command, create a session which connects a 10 G

VMAX LUN with VNX LUN 16, which is also 10 G.
To execute the navicli command, security needs to be set and the
storage network name needs to be identified:
C:\> naviseccli -h 10.246.52.140 -addusersecurity -user xxxx -password yyyy -scope 0
C:\> naviseccli -h 10.246.52.140 -user xxxx -password yyyy -scope 0 networkadmin -get
Storage Processor: SP A
Storage Processor Network Name: A-IMAGE
Storage Processor IP Address: 10.246.52.140
Storage Processor Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Storage Processor Gateway Address: 10.246.52.1

C:\>naviseccli -h 10.246.52.140 -user admin -password admin -scope 0 sancopy

-create -name pull -destlunnumber A-IMAGE 16 -srcwwn
60:00:09:70:00:01:95:70:16:49:53:30:30:36:33:38

Make sure that all destination LUNs are not less than the source LUN in size.
Do you want to create a copy descriptor now? (y/n) y

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Verify that all destination LUNs are not less than the source LUN in
size.
When SAN Copy is successfully executed and created, the session
name will appear in the Unisphere GUI. You may need a screen
refresh in the GUI. Refer to Figure 4 and Figure 5, Storage System
Unisphere window, after SAN Copy session, on page 9.
Figure 4 shows the Storage System Unisphere window before
creating a SAN copy session:

Figure 4 Storage System Unisphere window, before SAN copy session

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Figure 5 shows the Storage System Unisphere window after creating

a SAN Copy session:

Figure 5 Storage System Unisphere window, after SAN Copy session

Step 4: Activate the SAN Copy session

The SAN Copy run will be a full copy directly from the source.
Therefore, in order for it to be a consistent copy, all buffers of servers
that write to the LUN should be flushed.
The best and the safest best practice is to remove all LUNs from the
host storage in Unisphere during the SAN Copy data transfer before
activating the session. However, it is also possible to unmount LUNs
in UNIX hosts and stop all applications on the Windows
environment.

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Using Unisphere Figure 6 shows the status details and session progress in the SAN
Copy Session Status, Copy tab before the SAN Copy session begins.

Figure 6 SAN Copy Session Status dialog box, session not started

Figure 7 shows the status details and session progress in the SAN
Copy Session Status, Copy tab during the data transfer.

Figure 7 SAN Copy Session Status dialog box, during data transfer

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Figure 8 shows that the SAN Copy session was successful.

Figure 8 Successful SAN Copy session

Using CLI The same information can be confirmed by looking at the responses
to the navicli sancopy -info command to see No Failure displayed.
The following -info example uses -all since there was more than one
SAN Copy session. The session created is called "pull" in the
following SAN Copy sessions.
C:\>naviseccli -h 10.246.52.140 -user xxxx -password yyyy -scope 0 sancopy -info
-all

Copy Descriptor Name: Pull

Copy Descriptor ID: 24
Owner: SPA
Copy Descriptor Type: Full
Source LUN WWN: 60:00:09:70:00:01:95:70:16:49:53:30:30:36:33:38
Source PortWWN and LUN: N/A
Number of Blocks to Copy: 17018880
Number Of Destinations: 1
Destination LUN WWN: 60:06:01:60:04:A0:32:00:75:3D:32:FA:AA:CC:E2:11
Destination PortWWN and LUN: N/A
Session Status: Complete
Initial Throttle: 10
Current Throttle: 10
Transfer Count: 17018880
Percent Complete: 100
Start Time: 07/18/13 21:46:21
Completion Time: 07/18/13 21:47:08
Duration: 47 sec

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Failure Status: No Failure

Requested Connection Type: Fibre Preferred
Actual Connection Type: Fibre

The Unisphere screen will display the SAN Copy result as successful.
If not, the issue needs to be investigated.

Step 5: Fix SAN Copy session failure

It is possible for the SAN Copy session to fail for a variety of reasons.
The following are some examples of SAN Copy session failures:
The source and destination LUN size are mismatched. For
example, if the VNX LUN was 8.0 G for migration, which could
actually be smaller than the 8.0 G VMAX LUN in terms of actual
bytes of capacity, the migration will be successful only up until
just before the end. Then, you will see an error in the Session
Status window on Unisphere.
To obtain a successful SAN Copy session, the destination LUN
must be larger than the source LUN. If the VNX LUN is made
larger than the VMAX LUN, the SAN Copy session will complete
without error. However, the session will copy what is there. It
will not extend the primary Windows partition containing the
NTFS filesystem on that LUN. This will result in having
unallocated space in the disc seen on the Windows server.
For other cases, even creating a SAN Copy session will not be
possible because one of the destination LUNs is not owned by the
SP, which has the SAN connection. It is perfectly possible for a
server (initiator) to mount a LUN that is owned by one SP
through a FC connected to the other one. However, the SAN
Copy connected SP must be the owning LUN.
There could also be a genuine SAN or remote port access
problem. To fix the problem of mismatched SP connection and
ownership, trespass the LUN to the SP that has the FC connection
and issue the SAN Copy command to that SP.

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Step 6: Clean up session after SAN Copy data migration

Right after a SAN Copy successful operation, remount LUNs on the
UNIX hosts. If the host is Windows, make sure Windows sees the
LUN. Some UNIX servers require a reboot if a different LUN is
mounted to a previously used mount point with same drive letters as
before.
When all the migrations are complete, you can remove the SAN Copy
zone from SAN switches.

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Open Replicator migration from VNX to VMAX

This section provides steps for migrating EMC Open Replicator from
VNX to the EMC Symmetrix VMAX storage system. The following
information is included:
Step 1: Create switch zoning on page 15
Step 2: Create VMAX target LUNs on page 15
Step 3: Create VMAX device file on page 16
Step 4: Create Rcopy session (Open Replicator session) on
page 18
Step 5: Query Rcopy session prior to activation on page 19
Step 6: Activate the Rcopy session on page 20
Step 7: Query Rcopy session after activation on page 20
Step 8: Verify Rcopy session on page 22
Step 9: Terminate Rcopy session on page 23
Figure 9 shows an example of the topology used in this section.

Figure 9 Open Replicator Session example

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Step 1: Create switch zoning

Figure 9 shows typical topology requirements between a VMAX
storage system and any third-party array. Open Replicator requires
creating zones on the SAN switch so that the server initiators that use
the LUNs on the VNX can access the migrated LUNs on the VMAX.
This zoning also allows VMAX FC ports to access the VNX ports for
the Open Replicator. It is expected for the servers to have access to the
LUNs immediately after zoning.

Step 2: Create VMAX target LUNs

Complete the following steps to configure the VMAX target LUNs:
1. Use a tool, such as the EMC Symmetrix Management Console
(SMC), to created VMAX devices for this migration.
2. Install Solution Enabler v7.x on a workstation with access to the
VMAX.
3. Complete the following steps to make sure VMAX is visible:
a. Check the version of symcli.
b. Discover the VMAX.
C:\>Symcli
Symmetrix Command Line Interface (SYMCLI) Version V7.6.0.0 (Edit Level: 1707)
built with SYMAPI Version V7.6.0.0 (Edit Level: 1707)

C:\>symcfg disc

This operation may take up to a few minutes. Please be patient...

C:\>symcfg list

S Y M M E T R I X

Mcode Cache Num Phys Num Symm

SymmID Attachment Model Version Size (MB) Devices Devices

000195700919 Local VMAX40K 5876 258048 19 7284

000195701649 Local VMAX40K 5876 258048 19 8696
000192600883 Remote VMAX20K 5876 57344 0 3134
000195700491 Remote VMAX40K 5876 86016 0 2742
000198700132 Remote VMAX10K 5876 129024 0 5682

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Step 3: Create VMAX device file

Define one or more control/remote device pairings in a text file.
Complete the following steps to obtain all the LUN information from
remote arrays (third-party or EMC) to create the device file.
1. Verify zoning and obtain the remote LUN information (remote
LUN's WWN) using the symsan command. The command shows
all the zoning with control symm (sid 649).
C:\>symsan -sid 649 list -sanports -dir 6g -p 1
Symmetrix ID: 000195701649

Flags Num
DIR:P I Vendor Array LUNs Remote Port WWN
----- ----- -------------- ---------------- ---- --------------------------------
06G:1 . EMC CLARiiON FNM00124500484 5 5006016408600318

Legend:
Flags: (I)ncomplete : X = record is incomplete, . = record is complete.

Left row (DIR:P) for control symm FA and port numbers.

Right row for Remote Port WWN.

2. Obtain all the LUNs information (WWN) for the destination

VMAX devices.
C:\>syminq -wwn
Device Device
------------------------------ ---------------- --------------------------------
Name Num Array ID WWN
------------------------------ ---------------- --------------------------------
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 00F0 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030304630
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 0638 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363338
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 0639 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363339
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE3 063A 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363341
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4 063B 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363342
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE5 063C 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363343
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE6 063D 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363344
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE7 063E 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363345
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE8 063F 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363346
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE9 0640 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363430
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE10 0641 000195701649 60000970000195701649533030363431
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE11 1197 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313937
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE12 1198 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313938
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE13 1199 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313939
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE14 119A 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313941
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE15 119B 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313942
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE16 119C 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313943
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE17 119D 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313944
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE18 119E 000195701649 60000970000195701649533031313945

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\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE19 0016 FNM00124500484 6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211

\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE20 0017 FNM00124500484 6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE21 0018 FNM00124500484 6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE22 0019 FNM00124500484 6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE23 0020 FNM00124500484 6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE24 N/A N/A N/A

3. Obtain all the LUNs information (WWN) for migration. This

example uses symm 6g and Port 1 and it is connected with VNX
array and its WWN # 5006016408600318.
C:\>symsan list -sid 649 -sanluns -wwn 5006016408600318 -6g -p 1 -detail

Symmetrix ID: 0001957001649

Remote Port WWN: 5006016408600318

ST
A
T Flags Block Capacity LUN Dev LUN
DIR:P E ICRTHS Size (MB) Num Num WWN
----- -- ------- ----- ----------- ----- ----- --------------------------------
06G:1 RW ...F.. 512 10240 0 00016 6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211
06G:1 RW ...F.. 512 10240 1 00017 6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211
06G:1 RW ...F.. 512 10240 2 00018 6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211
06G:1 RW ...F.. 512 10240 3 00019 6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211
06G:1 RW ...F.. 512 10240 4 00020 6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211

Legend:
Flags: (I)ncomplete : X = record is incomplete, . = record is complete.
(C)ontroller : X = record is controller, . = record is not controller.
(R)eserved : X = record is reserved, . = record is not reserved.
(T)ype : A = AS400, F = FBA, C = CKD, . = Unknown
t(H)in : X = record is a thin dev, . = record is not a thin dev.
(S)ymmtrix : X = Symmetrix device, . = not Symmetrix device.

4. Create the device file for migration (using Open Replicator).

Example From Windows host: cat VNX7600-Pull.txt:
Symdev=000195701649:063D wwn=6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211
Symdev=000195701649:063E wwn=6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211
Symdev=000195701649:063F wwn=6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211
Symdev=000195701649:0640 wwn=6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211
Symdev=000195701649:0641 wwn=6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211

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Example Performing a hot pull operation:

The symrcopy create command creates online copy sessions
so that data on the remote devices specified in file
VNX7600-pull.txt can be copied to the control devices when
the copy operation is activated.
The -pull parameter specifies that the VMAX control array is
pulling the data to it.
The -hot parameter indicates that the VMAX remains online
during the operation.
The -name option gives these sessions the label name Ben_1.
The -donor_update parameter indicates that all writes to the
control device from the host will also be copied to the remote
device.

Step 4: Create Rcopy session (Open Replicator session)

C:\>symrcopy create -copy -name Ben_1 -pull -hot -donor_update -file VNX7600-pull.txt -nop
'Create' operation execution is in progress for the device list in device file
'VNX7600-Pull.txt'. Please wait...

'Create' operation successfully executed for the device list in device file
'VNX7600-Pull.txt'.
STARTING a REMOTE Copy CREATE (PULL) (HOT) (NODIFFERENTIAL) (COPY) (DONOR UPDATE)

SELECTING Control device - Remote devices:

(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 0063D - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211 - [SELECTED]

(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 0063E - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211 - [SELECTED]
(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 0063F - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211 - [SELECTED]
(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 00640 - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211 - [SELECTED]
(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 00641 - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211 - [SELECTED

STARTING a RCOPY 'CREATE' operation.

SELECTING Control device - Remote devices:

(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 0063D - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211 - [CREATED]

(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 0063E - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211 - [CREATED]
(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 0063F - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211 - [CREATED]
(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 00640 - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211 - [CREATED]
(Ctl)Sym: 000195701649 Device: 00641 - LUN WWN: 6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211 - [CREATED]

The Rcopy 'CREATE' operation SUCCEEDED.

'Create' operation successfully executed for the device list
in device file 'VNX7600_pull.txt'.

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If a case arises where you need to force a copy from a larger device to
a smaller device (for example, you initially copied data to a larger
device and now want to copy the same data back to the smaller
device), you must include the -force_copy option with the symrcopy
create command.

Step 5: Query Rcopy session prior to activation

The symrcopy query command indicates that the sessions for the
control/remote device pairs in the file VNX7600-pull.txt are in the
Created state and are considered to be active sessions. When the
control host can see the remote devices (in this case, a remote
Symmetrix array), Open Replicator converts the remote device LUN
WWN identifier (specified in file VNX7600-pull.txt) to the array
ID:device format.
C:\>symrcopy query -file VNX7600-pull.txt -detail
Device File Name : VNX7600-Pull.txt
Control Device Remote Device Flags Status
Done Pace Name
-------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------
Protected Modified
SID:symdev Tracks Tracks Identification RI CDSHUTZ CTL <=> REM (%)
------------------ --------- --------- ----------------------------------- --
000195701649:063D 163840 0 6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Created N/A 5 Ben_1
000195701649:063E 163840 0 6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Created N/A 5 Ben_1
000195701649:063F 163840 0 6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Created N/A 5 Ben_1
000195701649:0640 163840 0 6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Created N/A 5 Ben_1
000195701649:0641 163840 0 6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211 CW X..XXS. Created N/A 5 Ben_1

Total ---------
Track(s) 819200
MB(s) 51200.0
Legend:
R: (Remote Device Vendor Identification)
S = Symmetrix, C = Clariion, . = Unknown.

I: (Remote Device Specification Identifier)

D = Device Name, W = LUN WWN, World Wide Name.

Flags:
(C): X = The background copy setting is active for this pair.
. = The background copy setting is not active for this pair.
(D): X = The session is a differential copy session.
. = The session is not a differential copy session.
(S): X = The session is pushing data to the remote device(s).
. = The session is pulling data from the remote device(s).
(H): X = The session is a hot copy session.
. = The session is a cold copy session.
(U): X = The session has donor update enabled.
. = The session does not have donor update enabled.
(T): M = The session is a migration session.
R = The session is a RecoverPoint session.

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S = The session is a standard ORS session.

(Z): X = The session has front-end zero detection enabled.
. = The session does not have front-end zero detection enabled.
(*): The failed session can be reactivated.

Step 6: Activate the Rcopy session

The symrcopy activate command activates the copy sessions for the
pairings in the file VNX7600-pull.txt. Copying from the remote array
to the control array begins. At this point, you can begin accessing the
migrated data on the VMAX array. You do not need to wait for the
copy operation to complete.
C:\>symrcopy activate -file VNX7600-pull.txt -nop

'Activate' operation execution is in progress for the device list

in device file 'VNX7600-pull.txt'. Please wait...

'Activate' operation successfully executed for the device list

in device file 'VNX7600-pull.txt'

Step 7: Query Rcopy session after activation

The symrcopy query command with the detail option indicates that
the sessions for the device pairs defined in the file are in the
CopyInProg state and the percent (%) completion. The display also
contains other details, such as the pace. The default pace value of 5
provides relatively fast copy time with only a moderate impact on the
application.

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In the following example, the completion percentage is about 30%.

C:\>symrcopy query -file VNX7600-Pull.txt -detail
Device File Name : VNX7600-Pull.txt

Control Device Remote Device Flags Status

Done Pace Name
-------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
Protected Modified
SID:symdev Tracks Tracks Identification RI CDSHUTZ CTL <=> REM (%)
------------------ --------- --------- -------------------------------- --
000195701649:063D 113091 0 6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. CopyInProg 30 5 Ben_1
000195701649:063E 113208 0 6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. CopyInProg 30 5 Ben_1
000195701649:063F 113337 0 6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. CopyInProg 30 5 Ben_1
000195701649:0640 114200 0 6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. CopyInProg 30 5 Ben_1
000195701649:0641 113922 0 6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211 CW X..XXS. CopyInProg 30 5 Ben_1

Total ---------
Track(s) 567758
MB(s) 35484.9
Legend:
R: (Remote Device Vendor Identification)
S = Symmetrix, C = Clariion, . = Unknown.

I: (Remote Device Specification Identifier)

D = Device Name, W = LUN WWN, World Wide Name.

Flags:
(C): X = The background copy setting is active for this pair.
. = The background copy setting is not active for this pair.
(D): X = The session is a differential copy session.
. = The session is not a differential copy session.
(S): X = The session is pushing data to the remote device(s).
. = The session is pulling data from the remote device(s).
(H): X = The session is a hot copy session.
. = The session is a cold copy session.
(U): X = The session has donor update enabled.
(T): C = The session is a continuous session.
M = The session is a migration session.
R = The session is a RecoverPoint session.
S = The session is a standard ORS session.
(Z): X = The session has front-end zero detection enabled.
. = The session does not have front-end zero detection enabled.
(*): The failed session can be reactivated.

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Step 8: Verify Rcopy session

A subsequent symrcopy query command indicates that the sessions
for the device pairs defined in the file VNX7600_Pull.txt are now in
the Copied state and that copying is 100% complete.
C:\>symrcopy query -file VNX7600_pull.txt -detail

Device File Name : VNX7600-pull.txt

Control Device Remote Device Flags Status
Done Pace Name
-------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
Protected Modified
SID:symdev Tracks Tracks Identification RI CDSHUTZ CTL <=> REM (%)
------------------ --------- --------- -------------------------------------------- --
000195701649:063D 0 0 6006016004A03200753D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Copied 100 5 Ben_1
000195701649:063E 0 0 6006016004A03200763D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Copied 100 5 Ben_1
000195701649:063F 0 0 6006016004A03200773D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Copied 100 5 Ben_1
000195701649:0640 0 0 6006016004A03200783D32FAAACCE211 CW X..XXS. Copied 100 5 Ben_1
000195701649:0641 0 0 6006016004A03200347EEE03ABCCE211 CW X..XXS. Copied 100 5 Ben_1

Total ---------
Track(s) 0
MB(s) 0.0

Legend:
R: (Remote Device Vendor Identification)
S = Symmetrix, C = Clariion, . = Unknown.

I: (Remote Device Specification Identifier)

D = Device Name, W = LUN WWN, World Wide Name.

Flags:
(C): X = The background copy setting is active for this pair.
. = The background copy setting is not active for this pair.
(D): X = The session is a differential copy session.
. = The session is not a differential copy session.
(S): X = The session is pushing data to the remote device(s).
. = The session is pulling data from the remote device(s).
(H): X = The session is a hot copy session.
. = The session is a cold copy session.
(U): X = The session has donor update enabled.
. = The session does not have donor update enabled.
(T): M = The session is a migration session.
R = The session is a RecoverPoint session.
S = The session is a standard ORS session.
(Z): X = The session has front-end zero detection enabled.
. = The session does not have front-end zero detection enabled.
(*): The failed session can be reactivated.

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Step 9: Terminate Rcopy session

The symrcopy terminate command ends all copy sessions defined in
the file VNX7600-pull.txt. This step requires the following two
commands:
turn donor update off
terminate the session
C:\>symrcopy -file VNX7600-pull.txt set donor_update off -consistent -nop

'Set Donor Update Off' operation execution is in progress for the device list
in device file 'VNX7600-pull.txt'. Please wait...

'Set Donor Update Off' operation successfully executed for the device list
in device file 'VNX7600-pull.txt'.

C:\>symrcopy -file VNX7600-pull.txt terminate -nop

'Terminate' operation execution is in progress for the device list

in device file 'VNX7600-pull.txt'. Please wait...

'Terminate' operation successfully executed for the device list

in device file 'VNX7600-pull.txt'.

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