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[-h | --help]
--verbose
Arguments
Optional arguments Description
[-h | --help]
Displays the usage for this command.
[-d| --detailed]
Details are displayed first, followed by the summary.
--verbose
Provides more output during command execution. This may not have any effect for some commands.
Description
This provides a summary analysis of the back-end connectivity information displayed by connectivity director if connectivity
director was executed for every director in the system. It checks the following:
● All directors see the same set of storage volumes.
● All directors have at least two paths to each storage-volume.
● The number of active paths from each director to a storage volume does not exceed 4.
NOTE: If the number of paths per storage volume per director exceeds 8 a warning event, but not a call home is
generated. If the number of paths exceeds 16, an error event and a call-home notification are generated.
On metro node Metro systems where RecoverPoint is deployed, run this command on both clusters.
If the connectivity director command is run for every director in the metro node prior to running this command, this command
displays an analysis/summary of the back-end connectivity information.
Examples
Entering the connectivity validate-be command without any arguments provides a summary output as shown.
VPlexcli:/> connectivity validate-be
Cluster cluster-1
0 storage-volumes which are dead or unreachable.
0 storage-volumes which do not meet the high availability requirement for storage volume
paths*.
0 storage-volumes which are not visible from all directors.
0 storage-volumes which have more than supported (4) active paths from same director.
*To meet the high availability requirement for storage volume paths each storage volume
must be accessible from each of the directors through 2 or more metro node backend
ports, and 2 or more Array target ports, and there should be 2 or more ITLs.
Cluster cluster-2
0 storage-volumes which are dead or unreachable.
0 storage-volumes which do not meet the high availability requirement for storage volume
paths*.
5019 storage-volumes which are not visible from all directors.
0 storage-volumes which have more than supported (4) active paths from same director.
*To meet the high availability requirement for storage volume paths each storage volume
must be accessible from each of the directors through 2 or more metro node backend
ports, and 2 or more Array target ports, and there should be 2 or more ITLs.
Display a summarized validation for back-end connectivity on an unhealthy system:
VPlexcli:/> connectivity validate-be
Summary
Cluster cluster-1
0 storage-volumes which are dead or unreachable.
0 storage-volumes which do not meet the high availability requirement for storage volume
paths*.
0 storage-volumes which are not visible from all directors.
0 storage-volumes which have more than supported (4) active paths from same director.
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