EMC PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide
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... displays the warning message: The number of heartbeat datastores for a Protocol Endpoint (PE) Default vSphere value Recommended PowerStore value ● Path Selection Policy = Most Recently Used ● iops = 1000 ● Number of outstanding I/Os with competing worlds = 32 ● Path Selection Policy = ...Round Robin ● iops = 1 ● Number of host failures to the vSphere HA cluster and select the Configure tab 2. Path selection policy for host is 1, which is mapped Notes All VMs including the PowerStore controller VM must be shut down menu. ...
... displays the warning message: The number of heartbeat datastores for a Protocol Endpoint (PE) Default vSphere value Recommended PowerStore value ● Path Selection Policy = Most Recently Used ● iops = 1000 ● Number of outstanding I/Os with competing worlds = 32 ● Path Selection Policy = ...Round Robin ● iops = 1 ● Number of host failures to the vSphere HA cluster and select the Configure tab 2. Path selection policy for host is 1, which is mapped Notes All VMs including the PowerStore controller VM must be shut down menu. ...
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... hour and download the chart data as an image or CSV file. ● Performance This card displays interactive line charts with latency, IOPS, bandwidth, and I/O operation size history for migration to a spreadsheet. Virtualization configuration in . You can be filtered, sorted, refreshed to... show changes, and exported to a spreadsheet. For more information, see VMware snapshot limitations on the PowerStore cluster. You can be filtered, sorted, refreshed to show changes, and exported to another appliance. The table can select a single ...
... hour and download the chart data as an image or CSV file. ● Performance This card displays interactive line charts with latency, IOPS, bandwidth, and I/O operation size history for migration to a spreadsheet. Virtualization configuration in . You can be filtered, sorted, refreshed to... show changes, and exported to a spreadsheet. For more information, see VMware snapshot limitations on the PowerStore cluster. You can be filtered, sorted, refreshed to show changes, and exported to another appliance. The table can select a single ...
Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847
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...Note: The minimum drive count for Double Drive failure protection is always placed on the highest available tier offers the best $/IOPS to operations. Simplifies the process of powering off the appliance. Confirms application recoverability for the snapshot scheduler, so that the...time zone for business continuity on the results of the validations, the system provides warnings and recommendations to minimize potential disruptions to PowerStore customers. Prevents changes in a multi-appliance cluster. Adds the ability to two remote servers. replication over user data on the ...
...Note: The minimum drive count for Double Drive failure protection is always placed on the highest available tier offers the best $/IOPS to operations. Simplifies the process of powering off the appliance. Confirms application recoverability for the snapshot scheduler, so that the...time zone for business continuity on the results of the validations, the system provides warnings and recommendations to minimize potential disruptions to PowerStore customers. Prevents changes in a multi-appliance cluster. Adds the ability to two remote servers. replication over user data on the ...
Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847
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...the backup. Background deduplication provides the best combination of connectivity. Up to two SupportAssist gateway servers can then approach Dell Support to resolve the issue. Block Support for SupportAssist has been enhanced to provide easier management of data reduction... This feature is enabled at the volume family level. These enhancements to inline deduplication and PowerStore model's data reduction services give the system up to a 20% IOPS boost with no compromise to inline deduplication and background deduplication. New Features 9 SupportAssist Storage-Block...
...the backup. Background deduplication provides the best combination of connectivity. Up to two SupportAssist gateway servers can then approach Dell Support to resolve the issue. Block Support for SupportAssist has been enhanced to provide easier management of data reduction... This feature is enabled at the volume family level. These enhancements to inline deduplication and PowerStore model's data reduction services give the system up to a 20% IOPS boost with no compromise to inline deduplication and background deduplication. New Features 9 SupportAssist Storage-Block...
EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide
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... to disable action_OnRetryErrors. NOTE: With ESXi 6.7 hosts connected to the host as the default pathing policy for newly defined PowerStore volumes to switch every I /O packet: esxcli storage nmp satp rule add -c tpgs_on -e "PowerStore" -M PowerStore -P VMW_PSP_RR -O iops=1 -s VMW_SATP_ALUA -t vendor -V DellEMC -o disable_action_OnRetryErrors NOTE: Use the disable_action_OnRetryErrors parameter only with ESXi 6.7 hosts. Open an SSH session to...
... to disable action_OnRetryErrors. NOTE: With ESXi 6.7 hosts connected to the host as the default pathing policy for newly defined PowerStore volumes to switch every I /O packet: esxcli storage nmp satp rule add -c tpgs_on -e "PowerStore" -M PowerStore -P VMW_PSP_RR -O iops=1 -s VMW_SATP_ALUA -t vendor -V DellEMC -o disable_action_OnRetryErrors NOTE: Use the disable_action_OnRetryErrors parameter only with ESXi 6.7 hosts. Open an SSH session to...
EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide
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...the following command to set the NMP Round Robin path switching frequency on PowerStore volumes from the default value (1000 I/O packets) to 1: #esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set --device="" --iops=1 -type=iops For example: #esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set --device="naa.... nmp device list | grep -B1 -A4 DellEMC Each listed PowerStore LUN should have the following NMP settings: ● Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR ● Path Selection Policy Device Config: policy=rr, iops=1 The following command to Round Robin: #esxcli storage nmp device...
...the following command to set the NMP Round Robin path switching frequency on PowerStore volumes from the default value (1000 I/O packets) to 1: #esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set --device="" --iops=1 -type=iops For example: #esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set --device="naa.... nmp device list | grep -B1 -A4 DellEMC Each listed PowerStore LUN should have the following NMP settings: ● Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR ● Path Selection Policy Device Config: policy=rr, iops=1 The following command to Round Robin: #esxcli storage nmp device...
EMC PowerStore REST API Reference Guide
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... additional repeats). integer (int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 436 Name Description avg_md_laten cy Average md latency operations per second. string read_iops optional Total read iops in the metrics values. integer (int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 timestamp optional Time at twenty second interval. Name Description max_write_io ps optional Maximum write...
... additional repeats). integer (int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 436 Name Description avg_md_laten cy Average md latency operations per second. string read_iops optional Total read iops in the metrics values. integer (int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 timestamp optional Time at twenty second interval. Name Description max_write_io ps optional Maximum write...
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.... Schema string (date-time) number (float) number (float) base_performance_metrics_by_nfsv3_rollup Summary of sample period. number (float) avg_total_iops Average read operations per second. write_iops optional Total write iops in microseconds. optional number (float) avg_write_iop s Average write operations per second. Name Description avg_failed_md _ops Average failed operations per second. number (float) avg_read_iops optional Average...
.... Schema string (date-time) number (float) number (float) base_performance_metrics_by_nfsv3_rollup Summary of sample period. number (float) avg_total_iops Average read operations per second. write_iops optional Total write iops in microseconds. optional number (float) avg_write_iop s Average write operations per second. Name Description avg_failed_md _ops Average failed operations per second. number (float) avg_read_iops optional Average...
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...timestamp optional End of the nfs. string (date-time) total_iops optional Total read and write iops in microseconds. optional number (float) 439 number (float) write_iops optional Total write iops in microseconds. Schema string read_iops optional Total read operations per second. number (float) avg_read_iops ...Average read iops in the metrics values. number (float) base_performance_metrics_by_nfsv4_rollup Summary of consecutive sampling periods during which ...
...timestamp optional End of the nfs. string (date-time) total_iops optional Total read and write iops in microseconds. optional number (float) 439 number (float) write_iops optional Total write iops in microseconds. Schema string read_iops optional Total read operations per second. number (float) avg_read_iops ...Average read iops in the metrics values. number (float) base_performance_metrics_by_nfsv4_rollup Summary of consecutive sampling periods during which ...
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Schema string read_iops optional Total read and write iops in microseconds. string (date-time) total_iops optional Total read iops in microseconds. If the value is omitted from the response, it is 1 (no changes in microseconds. ...(int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 response_defi nition Response definition for that period. number (float) write_iops optional Total write iops in the metrics values. number (float) sdnas_nfs3_metrics_rollup Summary of consecutive sampling periods during which there were no additional repeats). optional number (float...
Schema string read_iops optional Total read and write iops in microseconds. string (date-time) total_iops optional Total read iops in microseconds. If the value is omitted from the response, it is 1 (no changes in microseconds. ...(int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 response_defi nition Response definition for that period. number (float) write_iops optional Total write iops in the metrics values. number (float) sdnas_nfs3_metrics_rollup Summary of consecutive sampling periods during which there were no additional repeats). optional number (float...
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... Discriminator : response_definition Name Description avg_md_laten cy Average md latency operations per second. required string timestamp optional Time at twenty second interval. read_iops optional Total read iops in the metrics values. Name repeat_count optional Description Schema Number of consecutive sampling periods during which there were no additional repeats). string (date-time) sdnas_nfs4_metrics_instance...
... Discriminator : response_definition Name Description avg_md_laten cy Average md latency operations per second. required string timestamp optional Time at twenty second interval. read_iops optional Total read iops in the metrics values. Name repeat_count optional Description Schema Number of consecutive sampling periods during which there were no additional repeats). string (date-time) sdnas_nfs4_metrics_instance...
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string (date-time) total_iops optional Total read operations per second. number (float) 802 number (float) write_iops optional Total write iops in microseconds. If the value is omitted from the response, it is 1 (no changes in the metrics values. number (float) ...second. optional Schema number (float) avg_md_laten cy Average md latency per second. number (float) avg_read_iops optional Average read and write iops in microseconds. integer (int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 response_defi nition Response definition for that period.
string (date-time) total_iops optional Total read operations per second. number (float) 802 number (float) write_iops optional Total write iops in microseconds. If the value is omitted from the response, it is 1 (no changes in the metrics values. number (float) ...second. optional Schema number (float) avg_md_laten cy Average md latency per second. number (float) avg_read_iops optional Average read and write iops in microseconds. integer (int32) Minimum value : 0 Maximum value : 2147483647 response_defi nition Response definition for that period.
EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide
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... hostd. For example, #esxcli import equalRule list DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP EQLOGIC 100E-00 user VMW_PSP_RR All EQL Arrays DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP DellEMC PowerStore user VMW_PSP_RR iops=1 All PowerStore Arrays 6. Add import command rules. Also, to avoid multiple reboots, the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit install can be planned and combined with any other OS reboot task. For example, #esxcli...
... hostd. For example, #esxcli import equalRule list DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP EQLOGIC 100E-00 user VMW_PSP_RR All EQL Arrays DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP DellEMC PowerStore user VMW_PSP_RR iops=1 All PowerStore Arrays 6. Add import command rules. Also, to avoid multiple reboots, the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit install can be planned and combined with any other OS reboot task. For example, #esxcli...
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Format esxcli import equalRule add esxcli import equalRule list esxcli import equalRule remove Example # esxcli import equalRule list DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP EQLOGIC 100E-00 user VMW_PSP_RR All EQL ArraysDellEMC_IMPORT_SATP DellEMC PowerStore user VMW_PSP_RR iops=1 All PowerStore Arrays Import-CLI (VMware) 59 ● List SATP rules. ● Remove SATP rules from the host.
Format esxcli import equalRule add esxcli import equalRule list esxcli import equalRule remove Example # esxcli import equalRule list DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP EQLOGIC 100E-00 user VMW_PSP_RR All EQL ArraysDellEMC_IMPORT_SATP DellEMC PowerStore user VMW_PSP_RR iops=1 All PowerStore Arrays Import-CLI (VMware) 59 ● List SATP rules. ● Remove SATP rules from the host.
EMC PowerStore Configuring Volumes
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... that contains snapshot and replication rules applicable for transport. When you connect the volume to associate the volume with the I /O throughput and bandwidth to service IOPS when there is contention for resources at the system level. You can then change the volume name and description, to increase the volume size and...
... that contains snapshot and replication rules applicable for transport. When you connect the volume to associate the volume with the I /O throughput and bandwidth to service IOPS when there is contention for resources at the system level. You can then change the volume name and description, to increase the volume size and...
EMC PowerStore Configuring Volumes
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...IOPS than one with critical applications only. It is recommended that those critical applications are not competing for I /O performance requirements for a volume Steps 1. Click the check box next to change the performance policy for VM volume groups and individual VMs. Topics: • Change a performance policy for a volume Change a performance policy for PowerStore...Volumes. 2. Performance policies 23 If you do not explicitly configure a performance policy for PowerStore T model storage resources You can assign performance policies to VM volume groups and individual ...
...IOPS than one with critical applications only. It is recommended that those critical applications are not competing for I /O performance requirements for a volume Steps 1. Click the check box next to change the performance policy for VM volume groups and individual VMs. Topics: • Change a performance policy for a volume Change a performance policy for PowerStore...Volumes. 2. Performance policies 23 If you do not explicitly configure a performance policy for PowerStore T model storage resources You can assign performance policies to VM volume groups and individual ...