How to create or rename aliases for server WWPNs in CLI in V-MAX

How to create/rename alias for server WWPNs in CLI in V-MAX

    • Identify anyone of storage port to which server’s WWPN is zoned.
    • List the logins on the port or list logins on entire v-max and search of WWPN
symaccess list logins –wwn XXXXXXXXXX
DSP12SAPL_C>symaccess -sid xxxx list logins -dirport 14h:1

Symmetrix ID            : 00019260xxxx

Director Identification : FA-14H
Director Port           : 1

                            User-generated                      Logged On
Identifier       Type  Node Name        Port Name        FCID   In     Fabric
---------------- ----- --------------------------------- ------ ------ ------
50000972082c49fd Fibre NULL             NULL             290011 No     Yes
500110a00086268c Fibre 500110a00086268c 500110a00086268c 3000e9 Yes     Yes
5001438000c55ae8 Fibre DSD02BKUP        5001438000c55ae8 040001 Yes    Yes
5001438000c56fa6 Fibre DSP18DB03        5001438000c56fa6 30005f Yes    Yes
251100059b2c2440 Fibre NULL             NULL             fffc28 No     Yes
2511000dec3ac9c0 Fibre Cisco            MDSBDC04         fffc2a No     Yes

To create/rename alias for WWPN

 symaccess -sid xxxx rename -wwn 200110a000xxxxxx -alias DSP12SAPL/200110a000xxxxxx
DSP12SAPL_C> symaccess -sid xxxx rename -wwn 500110a00086268c -alias DSP12SAPL/500110a00086268c

DSP12SAPL_C> symaccess -sid xxxx list logins -dirport 14h:1

Symmetrix ID : 00019260xxxx

Director Identification : FA-14H
Director Port : 1

User-generated Logged On
Identifier Type Node Name Port Name FCID In Fabric
---------------- ----- --------------------------------- ------ ------ ------
50000972082c49fd Fibre NULL NULL 290011 No Yes
500110a00086268c Fibre DSP12SAPL 500110a00086268c 3000e9 Yes Yes
5001438000c55ae8 Fibre DSD02BKUP 5001438000c55ae8 040001 Yes Yes
5001438000c56fa6 Fibre DSP18DB03 5001438000c56fa6 30005f Yes Yes
251100059b2c2440 Fibre NULL NULL fffc28 No Yes
2511000dec3ac9c0 Fibre Cisco MDSBDC04 fffc2a No Yes

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