Refresh the Symmetrix director with VCMDB data

Update the Symmetrix array with the configuration changesby performing a director refresh operation.This causes the Symmetrix director to refresh its WWN/iSCSI-related profile tables in cache with the content data from the device masking VCMDB.

The symmaskdb refresh command is used to force a Symmetrix director to refresh its profile tables with the contents of the Device Masking VCMDB. The syntax for this command is:

symmask -sid SymmID refresh -noprompt

where:

SymmID= The ID of a specific Symmetrix the symmaskdb command is to be executed against.

For example, to force a Symmetrix director to refresh its profile tables with the contents of the Device Masking VCMDB for a Symmetrix with an ID of  000000012345, execute the followingcommand:

symmask –sid 12345 refresh –noprompt

When this command is executed, you should see a message that looks something like this:

Symmetrix FA directors updated with contents of SymMask Database 000000012345

! Caution: Before executing this command, make sure no HBAs are accessing devices in the masked channel (in other words, make sure that no application or user activity is taking place on the HBAs that are about to be refreshed). !