EMC Proven Professional – XtremIO Solutions Expert — Question 12

An administrator implemented SYMACLs on a VMAX3 using hardware-based Access IDs. The administrator is not able to run SYMCLI commands against the volumes belonging to a host. The volumes were originally provisioned using the host in which the host in which the administrator experienced issues.
What is a possible reason for this issue?

Answer options

• A. SYMAPI options file was manually modified with the wrong host ID
• B. symacl ""unique ""passphrase was run using a different passphrase
• C. Host is not in the eMgmt Access Group
• D. Host network interface card was replaced

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because using a different passphrase when running the symacl command can prevent access to the volumes associated with that host. The other options either pertain to configuration errors (A and C) or hardware changes (D) that would not specifically cause issues with SYMACLs if the correct passphrase is used.