How to Reclaim a THIN LUN from VMAX Author: Dinesh Punyani

xxxx- means SYM/VMAX IDs last 4 digit AAAA-SYM Dev ID of the LUN

NOTE: STEP-1 to STEP-8 are for reclaiming storage from a Server/Storage Group Step-9 to Step-10 are for reclaiming UNUSED space from THIN LUN to the parent pool

NOTE: Storage Reclaim from a Server will delete all Data on the LUN which is being reclaimed. 1. Create a List of THIN LUNS that needs to be reclaimed. 2. LUN should be un-mounted from HOST/SERVER and make sure No IO operation are happening on these LUNs. 3. List Down the storage group to which these luns are allocated Symaccess sid xxxx list type storage dev AAAA 4. Remove the LUN from all Storage Group and FAST Storage GROUP. And Make sure LUN is not being USED. Symaccess sid XXXX name SERVER_SG remove dev AAAA -unmap Symaccess sid xxxx name FAST_SG remove dev AAAA -unmap

5. After completion of above command. Make the Device in Not Ready State. symdev -sid xxxx not_ready AAAA

6. Unbind the Device from the Parent Pool Symconfigure sid xxxx f Unbind.txt v preview Or else Symconfigure sid xxxx cmd unbind tdev AAAA from pool Tier3_SATA_POOL v preview

Unbind.TXT Content is unbind tdev AAAA from pool Tier3_SATA_POOL; Symconfigure sid xxxx f Unbind.txt v commit (After above step all your data is permanently lost) 7. Dissolve Meta LUN to disassociate meta members from Meta Head after UNBINDING the LUN from POOL. Symconfigure sid xxxx cmd dissolve meta dev AAAA ; v preview Symconfigure sid xxxx cmd dissolve meta dev AAAA; v commit

8. If require you can create Meta TDEVs which are freed up in above steps. But there is no harm in keeping these TDEVs as thes can be re-used later for new allocations. Symconfigure sid xxxx cmd delete dev AAAA raidset=false; v preview Symconfigure sid xxxx cmd delete dev AAAA raidset=false; v commit

9. If you want to reclaim unused space to pool from a THIN LUN without losing data on that LUN then follow below Procedure: Symconfigure sid xxxx f Reclaim.txt v preview Reclaim.TXT Content is Start free on tdev AAAA start_cyl=0 and end_cyl=last_cyl type =reclaim; Example: start free on tdev 20C7 start_cyl=0 end_cyl=last_cyl type=reclaim; Or else Symconfigure sid xxxx cmd Start free on tdev AAAA start_cyl=0 and end_cyl=last_cyl type =reclaim; v preview Symconfigure sid xxxx f Reclaim.txt v commit

10. To know the current reclaim status you can run below command. Symcfg sid xxxx thin pool TIER3_SATA_POOL detail GB |FIND /I Reclaim