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How to generate HEAT report from EMC website link, what is the use of HEAT report The Host Environment Analysis Tool (HEAT) is a Web-based application that Processes the output of the EMCReports script for the Windows Hosts. In order to generate a HEAT report login to the EMC POWERLINK website: https://powerlink.emc.com Once you are successfully logged into the site with the valid user name and password, kindly follow the below link: Home ==> Support ==> Product and Diagnostic Tools ==> Environment Analysis Tools ==> Host Environment Analysis Tool (HEAT) Visit the Host Environment Analysis Tool (HEAT) Website https://servicetools.emc.com/heat.php Upload the latest EMC grab report and then you will find the complete HEAT report. You could also send the same file to your registered mail id.

From SAN Surfer and if you have HP SIM installed on your server, can also check from there. You can uses one of the following ways to view WWNs: HBAnyware utility ( Emulex HBA only) SANsurfer utility ( Qlogic HBA only) SAN switch’s name server output If none of the above mentioned tools are accessible you can try Fibre Channel Information Tool utility FCINFO.EXE available for download from Microsoft Download web site. It works on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 systems and comes in a form of MSI package for x86, IA64 or x64 platforms. However, as stated in the Release Notes the Fibre Channel Information Tool does not have to be installed to work correctly. Three core files must be copied in a common folder if the Fibre Channel Information Tool is not installed using the MSI installer: FCINFO.EXE, HBAAPI.DLL, HBATAPI.DLL. Fibre Channel Information Tool utility is also included in the Microsoft Product Support Reporting Tool and other v...

Today I'm gonna publish a tip which relates to the Symmetrex storage devices which are connected to the Servers through fibre channel go to command line --> go to root c:\ type c:\inq -et (inq.exe should be available in your server / machine) EMC providing a little tool for Windows Servers called INQ.EXE. It will show you all the SAN storage that a server can currently see, no matter what vendor it is from. Great for mixed SAN environments. Example Screenshot:  

I ran into this error whilst trying to delete a snapshot created by SME. I found this page: http://www.oneandonemakesthree.com/?q=node/50 Which states: When you clone a LUN, you are left with snapshots that won't be deleted even after you delete the cloned LUN. These snapshots will start to consume huge amounts of space. If you try to delete the snapshot, it will say that the snapshot is busy and can't be deleted. You have to delete any snapshots that were taken while that LUN clone existed as the LUN clone exists in those snapshots. Issue the command: lun snap usage volume_name snapshot_name The will be the snapshot that is currently busy that you are trying to delete. The results of the command will be a list of snapshots that you have to delete before the busy snapshot can be deleted, and you can reclaim all that space.

Auto-provisioning requires Enginuity 5874 or later. It simplify Symmetrix provisioning by allowing you to create group of devices like storage group in CLARiiON, Front-End Port Group and Host Initiators Group and then associate these groups with each other in a masking view. The following are the basic steps for provisioning Symmetrix using Auto-Provisioning:- 1) Create a Storage Group 2) Create a Port Group 3) Create an Initiator Group 4) Associate the groups in a Masking View. Creating Storage Group:- It is component of Auto-Provisioning group and FAST ( Will discuss about FAST in later post), both require Enginiuity 5874. The maximum number of storage group allowed per array is 8192. A storage group can contain up to 4096 devices. A Symmetrix device can belong to more than one storage group. Note:- By default Dynamic LUN addresses will assigned to each device. If can manually assign the host LUN addresses for the device you are adding to the group by clicking Set LUN Addr...