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Making LUN Decisions 28 Using the Predictive Scheme to Make LUN Decisions 29 Using the Adaptive Scheme to Make LUN Decisions 30 Creating a Virtual Disk 30 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk 31 Disabling and Re-creating Snapshots 32 Creating a Virtual Disk Copy 33 Mapping a Virtual Disk 35 Datastores View 38 Storage Array Event Log 39 Troubleshooting 40 Application Server Logs 40 Common Errors 41 Maximize Client Performance 42 Preventing Slow Script Warning Messages . . . . 42 Manually Unregistering the Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in 42 Restrictions 44 Conclusions 45 4 Contents
Making LUN Decisions 28 Using the Predictive Scheme to Make LUN Decisions 29 Using the Adaptive Scheme to Make LUN Decisions 30 Creating a Virtual Disk 30 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk 31 Disabling and Re-creating Snapshots 32 Creating a Virtual Disk Copy 33 Mapping a Virtual Disk 35 Datastores View 38 Storage Array Event Log 39 Troubleshooting 40 Application Server Logs 40 Common Errors 41 Maximize Client Performance 42 Preventing Slow Script Warning Messages . . . . 42 Manually Unregistering the Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in 42 Restrictions 44 Conclusions 45 4 Contents
Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in User’s Guide
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...IP Addresses IP Addresses IP Addresses vcenter-4.dell.com 192.168.51. 217 password app-server.dell.com 192.168.51. 225 192.168.51.173/174 N/A 6 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. Installation Requirements The following table as... defined in In addition, system names and IP addresses of the equipment to install and use the Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in. • VMware vCenter 4.x server (installed) • Dell storage array with VMware...
...IP Addresses IP Addresses IP Addresses vcenter-4.dell.com 192.168.51. 217 password app-server.dell.com 192.168.51. 225 192.168.51.173/174 N/A 6 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. Installation Requirements The following table as... defined in In addition, system names and IP addresses of the equipment to install and use the Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in. • VMware vCenter 4.x server (installed) • Dell storage array with VMware...
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...-in software has been downloaded, run the package on a separate Windows 2003 or 2008 server from the Download and Drivers area at support.dell.com/manuals for alerts, and click Next. 9 Enter the vCenter Administrator's User ID, and click Next. 10 Enter the vCenter Administrator's password, and... click Next. 8 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in will default to the application server. NOTE: It is running on . Enter the IP address ...
...-in software has been downloaded, run the package on a separate Windows 2003 or 2008 server from the Download and Drivers area at support.dell.com/manuals for alerts, and click Next. 9 Enter the vCenter Administrator's User ID, and click Next. 10 Enter the vCenter Administrator's password, and... click Next. 8 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in will default to the application server. NOTE: It is running on . Enter the IP address ...
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See Figure 16. ESX Host Configuration Wizard Menu Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 23 Close the progress window manually after the changes are being made. Figure 14. The wizard then displays progress while the requested configuration changes are complete.
See Figure 16. ESX Host Configuration Wizard Menu Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 23 Close the progress window manually after the changes are being made. Figure 14. The wizard then displays progress while the requested configuration changes are complete.
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.... 4 Click the UnregisterExtension link, and enter the extension name to be unregistered from the list of available extensions (for example, Dell Storage vCenter Plug-In). 5 Click the Invoke Method link to unregister the extension. 6 Restart the vSphere Client to run . For...support.microsoft.com/kb/175500. • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Styles • DWORD "MaxScriptStatements" set to 0xFFFFFFFF Manually Unregistering the Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in If the storage manager plug-in Preventing Slow Script Warning Messages Depending on the system from...
.... 4 Click the UnregisterExtension link, and enter the extension name to be unregistered from the list of available extensions (for example, Dell Storage vCenter Plug-In). 5 Click the Invoke Method link to unregister the extension. 6 Restart the vSphere Client to run . For...support.microsoft.com/kb/175500. • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Styles • DWORD "MaxScriptStatements" set to 0xFFFFFFFF Manually Unregistering the Dell MD Storage vCenter Plug-in If the storage manager plug-in Preventing Slow Script Warning Messages Depending on the system from...
CLI Guide
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Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select 134 Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select 137 Create Snapshot Virtual Disk 141 Create Storage Array Security Key 147 Create Virtual Disk Copy 149 Delete Disk Group 151 Delete ...
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select 134 Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select 137 Create Snapshot Virtual Disk 141 Create Storage Array Security Key 147 Create Virtual Disk Copy 149 Delete Disk Group 151 Delete ...
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...that is the graphical user interface (GUI) to a specific storage array and rapidly enter a command, determine the effect on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. Interactive mode enables you need to use the ...command prompt (C:\) or a Linux operating system terminal. For additional information, see the hardware and software manuals that can enter individual commands, or run commands in the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager software (MD Storage Manager). You can also run script files when you to ...
...that is the graphical user interface (GUI) to a specific storage array and rapidly enter a command, determine the effect on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. Interactive mode enables you need to use the ...command prompt (C:\) or a Linux operating system terminal. For additional information, see the hardware and software manuals that can enter individual commands, or run commands in the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager software (MD Storage Manager). You can also run script files when you to ...
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.... Many of the CLI and script commands. The presentation in the online help, the Deployment Guide, the MD Storage Manager online help, and the Owner's Manual. Configuring a RAID storage array requires caution and planning to ensure that you to set up and run script commands from the command line to create...
.... Many of the CLI and script commands. The presentation in the online help, the Deployment Guide, the MD Storage Manager online help, and the Owner's Manual. Configuring a RAID storage array requires caution and planning to ensure that you to set up and run script commands from the command line to create...
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... This chapter describes how the Snapshot feature works, lists the snapshot script commands, and explains how to use as a backup of your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. For more quickly than a physical copy and requires less physical disk space. A snapshot virtual disk is available in the... online help, the Deployment Guide, the MD Storage Manager online help, and the Owner's Manual. You can access the snapshot virtual disk. Because it is not a physical copy, a snapshot virtual disk is created more information, see "Premium ...
... This chapter describes how the Snapshot feature works, lists the snapshot script commands, and explains how to use as a backup of your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. For more quickly than a physical copy and requires less physical disk space. A snapshot virtual disk is available in the... online help, the Deployment Guide, the MD Storage Manager online help, and the Owner's Manual. You can access the snapshot virtual disk. Because it is not a physical copy, a snapshot virtual disk is created more information, see "Premium ...
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... loss on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, see the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters or Dell PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters at support.dell.com/manuals. Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk CAUTION: Before...
... loss on mapping the snapshot virtual disk to the secondary node, see the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters or Dell PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters at support.dell.com/manuals. Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk CAUTION: Before...
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... steps: 1 Stop all I/O activity has stopped. NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the drive for your storage array configuration. See "SMrepassist Utility" in the Owner's Manual for enabling the feature key file is: enable storageArray feature file="filename" where, the file parameter is the complete file path and file name of...
... steps: 1 Stop all I/O activity has stopped. NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the drive for your storage array configuration. See "SMrepassist Utility" in the Owner's Manual for enabling the feature key file is: enable storageArray feature file="filename" where, the file parameter is the complete file path and file name of...
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...-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk" on page 75 to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk" on page 75. The following examples to steps 1 through 4 in the Owner's Manual for your operating system requires additional instructions, you do not intend to use the following example shows the command to restart a snapshot virtual disk: client...
...-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk" on page 75 to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk" on page 75. The following examples to steps 1 through 4 in the Owner's Manual for your operating system requires additional instructions, you do not intend to use the following example shows the command to restart a snapshot virtual disk: client...
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... Snapshot Virtual Disk. Follow the directions on the same host as your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. Virtual Disk Copy" in the online help, the Deployment Guide, the MD Storage Manager online help, and the Owner's Manual. This allows the original virtual disk used as the source for the virtual... Premium Features for Virtual Disk Copy, you to copy data from disk groups that use this virtual disk is available in the Owner's Manual. Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature 77 You can use smaller capacity physical disks to disk groups using larger capacity physical disks. •...
... Snapshot Virtual Disk. Follow the directions on the same host as your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. Virtual Disk Copy" in the online help, the Deployment Guide, the MD Storage Manager online help, and the Owner's Manual. This allows the original virtual disk used as the source for the virtual... Premium Features for Virtual Disk Copy, you to copy data from disk groups that use this virtual disk is available in the Owner's Manual. Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature 77 You can use smaller capacity physical disks to disk groups using larger capacity physical disks. •...
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... or read only after the data is properly prepared to create a virtual disk copy, you want the target virtual disk to be in the Owner's Manual for more information. 80 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the associated virtual disk(s) in Windows or unmounting the...
... or read only after the data is properly prepared to create a virtual disk copy, you want the target virtual disk to be in the Owner's Manual for more information. 80 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the associated virtual disk(s) in Windows or unmounting the...
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... to Recopy a Virtual Disk" on page 86 to follow these additional instructions can find those instructions in your configuration. See "SMrepassist Utility" in the Owner's Manual for more information. 3 Remove the drive letter(s) of the source and (if mounted) virtual disk in Windows or unmount the virtual drive(s) in Linux to...
... to Recopy a Virtual Disk" on page 86 to follow these additional instructions can find those instructions in your configuration. See "SMrepassist Utility" in the Owner's Manual for more information. 3 Remove the drive letter(s) of the source and (if mounted) virtual disk in Windows or unmount the virtual drive(s) in Linux to...
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... RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)" on page 131 "Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select)" on page 134 "Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)" on page 137 "Delete Virtual Disk" on page 154 "Recover RAID Virtual Disk" on page 168 "Remove Virtual Disk LUN Mapping" on...
... RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)" on page 131 "Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select)" on page 134 "Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)" on page 137 "Delete Virtual Disk" on page 154 "Recover RAID Virtual Disk" on page 168 "Remove Virtual Disk LUN Mapping" on...
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.... The setting to specify the physical disks for both the cacheReadPrefetch parameter and the segmentSize parameter should be the default values. Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select) This command creates a new disk group and virtual disk, and enables you specify different types of having security set, but security has...
.... The setting to specify the physical disks for both the cacheReadPrefetch parameter and the segmentSize parameter should be the default values. Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select) This command creates a new disk group and virtual disk, and enables you specify different types of having security set, but security has...
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create RAID virtual disk, manual physical disk select, 137 storage array, 44 storage partitioning, 89 copying virtual disk, 81 create disk group, 123 host, 128 host group, 129 host port, ... disk, 141 virtual disk, 48-52 Virtual Disk Copy, 78, 149 create RAID virtual disk automatic physical disk select, 131 free capacity base select, 134 manual physical disk select, 137 creating snapshot virtual disk, 66 Virtual Disk Copy, 80 D defragmenting a disk group, 98 delete disk group, 151 host, 152 host group...
create RAID virtual disk, manual physical disk select, 137 storage array, 44 storage partitioning, 89 copying virtual disk, 81 create disk group, 123 host, 128 host group, 129 host port, ... disk, 141 virtual disk, 48-52 Virtual Disk Copy, 78, 149 create RAID virtual disk automatic physical disk select, 131 free capacity base select, 134 manual physical disk select, 137 creating snapshot virtual disk, 66 Virtual Disk Copy, 80 D defragmenting a disk group, 98 delete disk group, 151 host, 152 host group...
SMI-S Provider Installation Guide
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... provider and a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) are known as an embedded agent. Introduction 5 This interface enables third party SMI-S client applications to the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk storage array family. The SMI-S Provider provides the SMI-S interface to manage MD storage arrays in a multivendor Storage Area Network (SAN) environment. A CIMOM... the proxy CIM Agent model and is installed during the installation of the platforms, see the support matrix for the MD storage arrays at support.dell.com/manuals.
... provider and a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) are known as an embedded agent. Introduction 5 This interface enables third party SMI-S client applications to the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk storage array family. The SMI-S Provider provides the SMI-S interface to manage MD storage arrays in a multivendor Storage Area Network (SAN) environment. A CIMOM... the proxy CIM Agent model and is installed during the installation of the platforms, see the support matrix for the MD storage arrays at support.dell.com/manuals.
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...it . Uninstalling SMI-S Provider For Windows 1 Select Add or Remove Programs (or Programs and Features for SMI-S Provider is /Dell/pegasus/provider/array. 10 Installing and Uninstalling the SMI-S Provider false true false true External Pegasus SLP registration is attempted and falls... may leave files (such as trace files, repository files, and other combinations of the SLP property values have undefined behavior. Manually delete these files to external Pegasus SLP registration if it fails (default setting). NOTE: The default install directory for Microsoft Windows...
...it . Uninstalling SMI-S Provider For Windows 1 Select Add or Remove Programs (or Programs and Features for SMI-S Provider is /Dell/pegasus/provider/array. 10 Installing and Uninstalling the SMI-S Provider false true false true External Pegasus SLP registration is attempted and falls... may leave files (such as trace files, repository files, and other combinations of the SLP property values have undefined behavior. Manually delete these files to external Pegasus SLP registration if it fails (default setting). NOTE: The default install directory for Microsoft Windows...