HowtorebuildSYMAPIdatabaseand

BaseDaemondatabase
Question:WhenwemayneedtorebuildSYMAPIdatabase?
Answer:
1.)InconsistentorinaccurateoutputsfromSolutionsEnabler.
2.)Errorsinstorapid.logorstorwatchd.logindicatingissuesdiscovering
topology.
3.)Errorsinstorapid.logindicatinggatekeeperissues.
4.)SYMCLIshowingLocallyattachedSymmetrixasremote.
5.)EMCCorpSymInitemcSymDBLoadfailedfilename:
(/var/symapi/db/symapi_db.bin)Code:1000053(UnknownCode)

Thefollowingwillrebuildconfigurationandtopologyofenvironmentinformationbyregenerating
symapi/db/symapi_db.binfileand/symapi/ldbdirectory:
1.Exportdevicegroupsandcompositegroups(symdgexportallf<filename>
and/orsymcgexport<CGname>f<filename>).
2.Determinewhichdaemonsarerunning(stordaemonlist).

3.Shutdownalldaemons(stordaemonshutdownallimmediate).

4.UNIXRename/var/symapi/db/symapi_db.binto/var/symapi/db/symapi_db.bin.old
WindowsRenameProgramFiles/emc/symapi/db/symapi_db.bintoProgram
Files/emc/symapi/db/symapi_db.bin.old
5.ForSE6.x(below6.5)
UNIXRename/var/symapi/ldbdirectoryto/var/symapi/ldb.old
WindowsRename/ProgramFiles/emc/symapi/ldbto/Program
Files/emc/symapi/ldb.old
ForSE6.5and7.x
Renamestorapid_topology.xml(locatedinthesamefolderasthe
symapi_db.bin)
6.Runsymcfgdiscover.Thiswillgeneratea
newsymapi_db.binandsymapi/ldbdirectory/storapid_topology.xmlfileandrestartthe
storapid,andthestorwatchddaemons.Anyotherdaemonsthatareusedwillhavetoberestarted
manually.
Note:ThestorwatchddoesnotrunonWindows.

7.Checktoseeifdaemonsarestarted,ifnotthenstartusingstordaemonutility(stordaemon
start<daemonname>).

8.Importdeviceandcompositegroups(symdgimportallf<filename>and/orsymcgimport<CGname>f
<filename>).