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HP S to r e V irtual S tor age VS A Ins tallati on and C onf i gur ati o n Guide Abstract This gui de pro vides inf ormatio n about installing and conf iguring the HP S tore Virtual VSA f or VMwar e vSpher e and the HP Stor e Virtual VS A for M icr osoft Hy per- V .
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C onte nts 1 P lanning f or the VS A...................................................................................5 P lanning the virtual netw ork conf igur ation....................................................................................
7 Support and other r es our ces......................................................................29 Con tacting HP........................................................................................................................29 Subs cr iption serv ice.
1 P lanning f or the VS A Car ef ul planning of the v ir tual netw ork conf igur ation , the VS A confi gurati on, and the conf igur atio n of the c luster s and volume s for data s tor age ensure s that you can t ake f ull adv antage of the f eatures and benef its of the HP St ore Virtual Stor age .
2 Inst alling the HP S tor e V ir tual VS A f or VMw ar e vS pher e The VS A is pr e -fo rmatted fo r use w ith HP Sto re Virtual VS A f or VMwar e vSpher e . If y ou ar e using an e valuatio n copy , and y ou want t o continue using the VS A after the tr ial per iod ha s ended, y ou mus t purc hase a li cense k ey .
NO TE: If a pr ior v ersio n CMC is installed on a manageme nt computer o n the networ k, the VS A fo r vSpher e installer updat es the CMC to the c urr ent v ersi on in the same location . The u ser -spec ifi ed location e nter ed in the installer w i z ard is i gnor ed.
1 . Begin the installe r one of the fo llow ing w ay s: • Insert the HP St ore Virtual Management So ft w are D VD in the D VD dri ve . • Double -c lick the e x ecut able that you do w nloaded to start the installati on. 2. C lick Install VS A for VMwar e vSphere to begin the wi z ar d.
T able 3 Relationship of disk si ze to datastor e bloc k siz e (con tinued) Max VMDK Block Size 1 02 4 GB 4 MB 204 8 GB 8 MB T o conf igur e the data disk: 1 . In the VI Cli ent , nav igate to the In ven tory P anel . 2 . Cli ck Add at the bottom o f the Hard war e tab .
NO TE: If VMwar e T ools sho w out of date or Unmanaged , the n they ar e running cor rec tly . The se statu ses ar e not a pr oblem, beca use the tools ar e a vailable and r unning. VMw ar e tools ar e updated w ith each L eftHand OS s oft w are u pgrade .
3 Inst alling the HP S tor e V ir tual VS A f or Mi c r o so f t Hy per - V The HP S tor e V irtual VS A for Mi cr os oft Hype r- V is pr e -for matted for us e with M icr o soft® Windo w s® Serve r Hy per- V™. Inst all the VSA f or Hy per - V on a Windo w s server conf igur ed w ith redundan t RAID.
Bes t pr acti ces HP r ecommends installing H yper - V Serve r on top of a r edundant RAID configur ati on with a RAID contr oller that has battery-bac ked cac he enabled . Do not use RAID 0. Unsu ppor ted conf i gur ations • R unning VS A for Hy per - Vs on top of ex isting HP S tor e V irtual Stor age is not r ecommended.
T able 5 Configuring the VS A for Hy per- V using the installer wiz ard (continued) Definition Installer Step Infor mation f or cr eating the virtual machine , including the f ollo wing: Virtual mac h.
4 Getting started w ith HP S tor e V ir tual S tor age Inst alling the CMC Install the CM C on the computer o r virtual machine that y ou us e to administer the HP S tor e V irtual Sto rage . Y ou administer the entir e netw ork of VS As f ro m this CMC.
2 . Cli ck F ind Sy stems o n the Getting Started Launc h P ad. In the F ind S ys tems w indow , use the se featur es to contr ol the lis t of sy ste ms: • Clear A uto Disco ve r by Br oadcast t o pre ven t the entir e subnet of s y stems fr om a ppearing in the nav igati on pane .
V ir tual NICs Figur e 2 Configuring the hard ware 1 . Conf igur e R AID and the networ k fr om these categor ies Co nfigur ing RAID Conf igur e RAID after pow er ing on the VS A. If y ou pow er off the VS A and add disks , yo u must r e -configur e RAID when y ou po w er on the VS A.
Figur e 3 Adding additional disks to RAID in th e VS A for Hy per- V Ser ver RAID and the VSA f or vSpher e Serv er If y ou hav e tr ouble conf igur ing R AID no w , you ma y hav e made a mistak e w hen conf iguring a v ir tual disk earli er . On the E SX Server , ve rify that the VS A has at least one v irtual disk.
T r oublesh ooting T able 7 T roubleshooting installation—HP S tore Virtual VSA for VMw are vSphere Solution Pr oblem Y ou want to r eins tall the VSA 1 . Close y our CMC ses sion. 2. In the VI Cli ent, po w er off the VS A. 3. R ight-cli ck and selec t Delete from Disk .
Doc ument ation a v ailable F or detailed ins tructi ons about using the CMC and the VS A, see the f ollow ing r esour ces . Y ou can f ind these doc uments on the HP St ore Virtual Managemen t Softwar e D VD and on the Manuals page of the HP Bu siness Support Ce nter w ebsite: http://www .
5 Desi gning a v ir tual S AN The VS A ena bles full f eatured u se of the Le ftHand OS softw are in a v irtuali z ed env ir onment . When deplo yed cor rec tly , HP LeftHand S ANs ar e scalable , highl y av ailable , and fully r edundant .
is not acces sible fr om mor e than one ph ysi cal server . (Note that the L eftHand OS so ft w are consumes a small amoun t of the av ailable space .) ◦ F or E SX Serv er , the fir st v ir tual disk mus t be connected to S C SI addr ess 1 : 0.
• Use o f any H yper - V Serve r configur ati on that Mic r osoft does no t support. • Booting ph ysi cal serve rs off of a VS A c luster . • Extending the data v irtual disk(s) (E SX Server S C SI 1 :x or in Hy per - V , the firs t SC SI C ontr oller) of the VS A w hile in a clus ter .
netw ork adapter s. P latf orms that w ill host VS As and othe r virtual machine s should hav e four e thernet (minimum 1 GB) netw ork ada pters so that tw o adapter s can be dedicated to the VS A and iS CS I tr affi c.
s ys tems in the clus ter . See “Using VS As w ith HP Sto re Virtual St orage ” (page 23) f or infor mation about s tor age capacity and platf orms in a c luster . The f ollo w ing steps des cr ibe how t o add disks after the VS A has been added to a management gr oup and clu ster .
Sample co nfi gur atio ns Some s ample confi gurati ons and their us es and benef its ar e descr ibed belo w . Single s y stem conf i gurati on A single s yst em confi gurati on is use ful fo r implementing a simple iS CS I tar get that can scale up to a r edundant iS CSI S AN o f any si z e .
Figur e 6 T wo-s ystem configur ation T hr ee -s ys tem-plus co nfi gur ation All conf igur ations gr eater than tw o sy ste ms can be redundant , and do not r equir e a Virtual Manager or F ailo ver Manager . A confi gurati on gr eater than two s y stems inc ludes the items list ed.
6 Using the VMw ar e VS A laptop demo The VMw ar e VS A laptop demo is the smallest and mo st portable v ersio n of the LeftHand O S softw are v irtual appliance . Use this demo to c r eate HP Stor e Virtual Sto rage , complet e with s tor age clu sters .
Y ou only need to conf igur e each v irtual machine once . 1 . Cop y or do wnload the VS A .zip f ile. 2 . Cop y or unzip the VS A file s to the virtual mac hine direc tory . Cop y the file s to multiple dir ector ies f or multiple VS As . Co nfi gur ing the VS A w ith VMw are P lay er , VMw ar e Server , or VMw are W or kstatio n 1 .
7 Suppo r t and other r es our ces C ontac ting HP F or w orld wi de techni cal support info rmation , see the HP suppo r t w ebsite: http://www .hp .com/support Bef or e contacting HP , collect the f.
initiate a f ast and acc ur ate re soluti on, bas ed on yo ur produc t’s serv ice le vel . Notif ications ma y be sent t o your a uthor iz ed HP Channel P ar tner f or on -site se r v ice , if confi gured and a vaila ble in your country .
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