TransientLinkRecoveryUsingSRDF/Star_sym001

Transient Link Recovery Using SRDF/Star

Overview
This procedure provides the steps required recover from a PathFail condition between the
workload site and either target site.
This procedure is based on content from the following EMC technical documentation:

EMC Solutions Enabler Symmetrix SRDF Family CLI

White Paper: Implementing EMC SRDF/Star Composite Groups on Open Systems
Applied Technology
EMC Solutions Enabler Using SYMCLI to Implement SRDF/Star Technical Notes

These documents can be obtained from the EMC Powerlink website at:
http://Powerlink.EMC.com

Note: For this procedure, the primary workload site is named SiteA, the synchronous target
site is SiteB, and the asynchronous target site is SiteC, as shown in the following illustration:

1.

Log in to a control server at the primary workload site (SiteA) and query
the state of the 1st Target site (SiteB) and the 2nd Target site (SiteC) by
executing a command similar to the following:
symstarcgtrain125query

When this command is executed, you should see output similar to the following:
SiteName:SiteA
WorkloadSite:SiteA
1stTargetSite:SiteB
TransientLinkRecoveryUsingSRDF/Star_sym001

2ndTargetSite:SiteC
CompositeGroupName:train125
CompositeGroupType:RDF1
WorkloadDataImageConsistent:Yes
SystemState:
{
1st_Target_Site:PathFail
2nd_Target_Site:Protected
STAR:Tripped
ModeofOperation:Concurrent
}
...

Identify the site in the PathFail state.

2.

From a control server for the primary workload site (SiteA), reset the links
for the identified PathFail site by executing a command similar to the
following.
symstarcgtrain125resetsiteSiteB

When this command is executed, you should see output similar to the following:
ASTARResetoperationisinprogressforcompositegrouptrain125.Please
wait...
Reset_SiteB................................................Started
MSCCleanup................................................Notneeded
SettingStardataconsistencyindicators...................Started
SettingStardataconsistencyindicators...................Done
DisableSTARprotection....................................Started
DisableSTARprotection....................................Done
DeactivateSTARtarget.....................................Notneeded
DeactivateSTARtargetSID:000194900093....................Started
DeactivateSTARtargetSID:000194900093....................Done
DeactivateSTARtargetSID:000194900106....................Started
DeactivateSTARtargetSID:000194900106....................Done
DisableRDFConsistencyprotection.........................Started
DisableRDFConsistencyprotection.........................Done
SetModeAdaptiveCopySID:000194900095RDFG:189...........Started
SetModeAdaptiveCopySID:000194900095RDFG:189...........Done
Reset_SiteB................................................Done

3.

Protect the data at the site that was reset using SRDF/Star by executing a
set of commands similar to the following (from the primary workload site):
symstarcgtrain125connectsiteSiteB
symstarcgtrain125protectsiteSiteB
symstarcgtrain125enable

Once these commands have been executed, verify that SRDF/Star protection is enabled by
executing a command similar to the following:
symstarcgtrain125query

When this command is executed, you should see output similar to the following:
TransientLinkRecoveryUsingSRDF/Star_sym001

SiteName:SiteA
WorkloadSite:SiteA
1stTargetSite:SiteB
2ndTargetSite:SiteC
CompositeGroupName:train125
CompositeGroupType:RDF1
WorkloadDataImageConsistent:Yes
SystemState:
{
1st_Target_Site:Protected
2nd_Target_Site:Protected
STAR:Protected
ModeofOperation:Concurrent
}

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