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IBM SVC – svcinfo Basics – Part 2

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In part 2 in a series of posts on random informational commands you can type into the SVC, here’s a few more commands you may find helpful.

First one is lsiogrp. The lsiogrp command returns a concise list or a detailed view of I/O groups visible to the cluster. More information can be found here.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lsiogrp -delim ,
id,name,node_count,vdisk_count,host_count
0,io_grp0,2,408,244
1,io_grp1,0,0,240
2,io_grp2,0,0,240
3,io_grp3,0,0,240
4,recovery_io_grp,0,0,0

Another useful command is lshost. The lshost command generates a list with concise information about all the hosts visible to the cluster and detailed information about a single host. More information can be found here.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lshost
id               name              port_count     iogrp_count
0                dc1-0031esx      2              4
1                dc1-0032esx      2              4
2                dc1-0024d        2              4
3                dc1-0025d        2              4
4                dc1-0026d        2              4
5                dc1-0027dq       2              4
6                dc1-0028d        2              4
7                dc1-0029d        2              4
8                dc1-0001esx      2              4
9                dc1-0002esx      2              4
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239              dc1-0071esx      2              4
240              dc1-0072esx      2              4
241              dc1-0073esx      2              4
242              dc1-0048iwsuat   2              1
243              dc1-0047iwsuat   2              1

Want to find out some more information on a particular host? Use lshost again, but specify the hostname.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lshost dc1-0001esx
id 148
name dc1-0001esx
port_count 2
type generic
mask 1111
iogrp_count 4
WWPN 2101001B32BF64F1
node_logged_in_count 2
state active
WWPN 2100001B329F64F1
node_logged_in_count 2
state active

Need to know what I/O Groups a given host is a member of? The lshostiogrp command displays a list of all the I/O groups that are associated with a specified host. More information can be found here.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lshostiogrp dc1-0001esx
id               name
0                io_grp0
1                io_grp1
2                io_grp2
3                io_grp3
IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>

IBM SVC – svcinfo Basics – Part 1

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I was doing an Exchange 2010 storage health check recently and needed some information some volumes presented to the environment from our SVC. My colleague gave me some commands to get the information I needed. I also found a useful website with pretty much identical commands listed. Check out the “SAN Admin Newbie — My notes on Useful Commands” blog, the post I looked at was “Commands to look around the SVC -> svcinfo”, located here. This is basic stuff for the seasoned SVC admin, but I’m really new to it, so I’m putting it up here.

The first order of business was to identify the vdisks that were mapped to one of the hosts I was looking at. To do this I used lshostvdiskmap. The lshostvdiskmap command displays a list of volumes that are mapped to a given host. These are the volumes that are recognized by the specified host. More info can be found here. 

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lshostvdiskmap dc1-0041esx
id               name              SCSI_id        vdisk_id       vdisk_name        vdisk_UID
148              dc1-0041esx      4              56             b3-003vol_4R1     60050768018E82BD3800000000000247
148              dc1-0041esx      5              57             b3-003vol_5R2     60050768018E82BD3800000000000248
148              dc1-0041esx      6              58             b3-003vol_6R3     60050768018E82BD3800000000000249
148              dc1-0041esx      7              59             b3-004vol_7R1     60050768018E82BD380000000000024A
148              dc1-0041esx      8              60             b3-004vol_8R2     60050768018E82BD380000000000024B
148              dc1-0041esx      9              61             b3-004vol_9R3     60050768018E82BD380000000000024C
148              dc1-0041esx      10             129            dc1C2T3L010       60050768018E82BD3800000000000253
148              dc1-0041esx      11             130            dc1C2T3L011       60050768018E82BD3800000000000254
148              dc1-0041esx      72             106            B3_3vol_72R0      60050768018E82BD3800000000000233
148              dc1-0041esx      73             127            B3_4vol_73R0      60050768018E82BD3800000000000234

So now I know the vdisks, but what if I want to check the capacity or find out the IO Group or MDisk name? I can use lsvdisk to get the job done. The lsvdisk command displays a concise list or a detailed view of volumes that are recognized by the clustered system. More information on this command can be found here. 

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lsvdisk B3_4vol_73R0
id 127
name B3_4vol_73R0
IO_group_id 0
IO_group_name io_grp0
status online
mdisk_grp_id 4
mdisk_grp_name G00304ST100007
capacity 700.00GB
type striped
formatted no
mdisk_id
mdisk_name
FC_id
FC_name
RC_id
RC_name
vdisk_UID 60050768018E82BD3800000000000234
throttling 0
preferred_node_id 1
fast_write_state not_empty
cache readwrite
udid 0
fc_map_count 0
sync_rate 50
copy_count 1
copy_id 0
status online
sync yes
primary yes
mdisk_grp_id 4
mdisk_grp_name G00304ST100007
type striped
mdisk_id
mdisk_name
fast_write_state empty
used_capacity 700.00GB
real_capacity 700.00GB
free_capacity 0.00MB
overallocation 100
autoexpand
warning
grainsize

Great, so what about the MDisk group that that vdisk sits on? Let’s use lsmdiskgrp for that one. The lsmdiskgrp command returns a concise list or a detailed view of MDisk groups visible to the cluster. More information can be found here. 

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lsmdiskgrp G00304ST100007
id 4
name G00304ST100007
status online
mdisk_count 32
vdisk_count 136
capacity 57.3TB
extent_size 2048
free_capacity 454.0GB
virtual_capacity 56.85TB
used_capacity 56.85TB
real_capacity 56.85TB
overallocation 99
warning 0
IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>

Now let’s find out all the vdisks residing on a given MDisk group. In this example I’ve filtered by
mdisk_grp_name as well as adding the -delim , so that I can dump the output in a csv file and work with it in a spreadsheet application.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lsvdisk -delim , -filtervalue mdisk_grp_name=G00304ST100007
id,name,IO_group_id,IO_group_name,status,mdisk_grp_id,mdisk_grp_name,capacity,type,FC_id,FC_name,RC_id,RC_name,vdisk_UID,fc_map_count,copy_count,fast_write_state
0,dc1_418D_0,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,1000.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD380000000000022A,0,1,not_empty
1,B3-01MITMBX_5R0,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,300.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000236,0,1,not_empty
5,dc1-0027dq_1,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,150.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000180,0,1,not_empty
10,CL7dc1_000,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,550.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000181,0,1,not_empty
11,B3-01RMSQCL_1R1,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,1.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000182,0,1,empty
16,dc1-0001LMF_R0,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,350.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000010,0,1,not_empty
24,dc1-0006svm_0,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,50.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000018,0,1,not_empty
25,dc1-0006svm_1,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,20.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000019,0,1,not_empty
29,dc1-0001vdq_1,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,100.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD380000000000001D,0,1,not_empty
33,dc1-WIC864DQ_0,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,200.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000021,0,1,empty
36,dc1-0051dp_r9,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,50.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000024,0,1,empty
39,dc1-0052dq_0,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,50.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000027,0,1,empty
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440,dc1-0006qcl_1,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,270.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD38000000000001FE,0,1,empty
444,dc1-0006qcl_5,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,150.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000202,0,1,empty
448,dc1-0006qcl_9,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,380.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD3800000000000206,0,1,empty
452,dc1-0006qcl_13,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,300.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD380000000000020A,0,1,empty
454,dc1-0006qcl_15,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,50.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD380000000000020C,0,1,empty
455,dc1-0006qcl_16,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,2.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD380000000000020D,0,1,empty
456,dc1-0006qcl_17,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,2.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD380000000000020E,0,1,empty
457,b3-0007iwsuat_1,0,io_grp0,online,4,G00304ST100007,100.00GB,striped,,,,,60050768018E82BD380000000000020F,0,1,not_empty
IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>

 

IBM – SAN Volume Controller Information Center

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This is just a quick one for my own reference. The SVC Information Center is a great starting point if you’re new to SVC and need to get up to speed quickly. The link can be found here. Of particular interest to me was the information on the CLI – this can be found here. There are also some Flash and non-Flash tutorials that I found quite useful – these can be found here. I also recommend you check out some of the Redbooks available from IBM, particularly “Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller V6.1“. Enjoy!