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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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The plug-in will allow for the creation of Dell MD Storage Arrays within the environment. Overview The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in is a VMware vCenter 4.0 plug-in that provides integrated management of hardware Snapshots, and Virtual Disk Copies, if these premium features are enabled ...vCenter administrator to configure ESX hosts to Dell MD Storage Arrays, create, map, delete storage virtual disks from the Dell MD Storage Array to the ESX host, and view the vCenter datastores to Dell storage array virtual disks. Communication Detail Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in ...
The plug-in will allow for the creation of Dell MD Storage Arrays within the environment. Overview The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in is a VMware vCenter 4.0 plug-in that provides integrated management of hardware Snapshots, and Virtual Disk Copies, if these premium features are enabled ...vCenter administrator to configure ESX hosts to Dell MD Storage Arrays, create, map, delete storage virtual disks from the Dell MD Storage Array to the ESX host, and view the vCenter datastores to Dell storage array virtual disks. Communication Detail Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in ...
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... Objects per array (Virtual Disks, Virtual Disk Copies, or Snapshots) Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . Configuration Worksheet Example (continued) vCenter Server Name VCENTER-4 Storage Administrator User ID DNS Name IP Address vcenter-4.dell.com 192.168.51. 217 Recommended Configurations The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . The following are the...
... Objects per array (Virtual Disks, Virtual Disk Copies, or Snapshots) Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . Configuration Worksheet Example (continued) vCenter Server Name VCENTER-4 Storage Administrator User ID DNS Name IP Address vcenter-4.dell.com 192.168.51. 217 Recommended Configurations The Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in . The following are the...
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Create Disk Group Making LUN Decisions Plan your storage set up for resizing virtual disks, doing snapshots, and so on. • Fewer VMFS datastores to manage. 28 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in virtual machines that use it. • One LUN must contain only one VMFS datastore. • If multiple virtual machines...
Create Disk Group Making LUN Decisions Plan your storage set up for resizing virtual disks, doing snapshots, and so on. • Fewer VMFS datastores to manage. 28 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in virtual machines that use it. • One LUN must contain only one VMFS datastore. • If multiple virtual machines...
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...source virtual disk that will be used, and click the Create Snapshot link to place the repository. These commands are available only if the Snapshot premium feature is re-established with the Recreate Snapshot link. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 31 These commands let you can... change the default name of the snapshot, the default name of the repository virtual disk, the...
...source virtual disk that will be used, and click the Create Snapshot link to place the repository. These commands are available only if the Snapshot premium feature is re-established with the Recreate Snapshot link. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in 31 These commands let you can... change the default name of the snapshot, the default name of the repository virtual disk, the...
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... disks. This will stop the snapshot process, but will maintain the relationship of the source virtual disk that may be used . Figure 21. NOTE: Re-creating a snapshot disables the original snapshot before creating a new snapshot. 32 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in... the Virtual Disks tree, and click the Delete link under the Commands box. Snapshot Wizard Disabling and Re-creating Snapshots To temporarily deactivate a snapshot, that may be ...
... disks. This will stop the snapshot process, but will maintain the relationship of the source virtual disk that may be used . Figure 21. NOTE: Re-creating a snapshot disables the original snapshot before creating a new snapshot. 32 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in... the Virtual Disks tree, and click the Delete link under the Commands box. Snapshot Wizard Disabling and Re-creating Snapshots To temporarily deactivate a snapshot, that may be ...
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... Figure 22. From this wizard, select the source volume to the source virtual disk from the Commands box, which launches the Virtual Disk Copy wizard. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in , the Virtual Disk Copy tab is displayed on next to . To create a new virtual disk copy, select the ... . This tab lets the management of the source virtual disk before the virtual disk copy is initiated and the Virtual Disk Copy operation uses the Snapshot virtual disk to establish the virtual disk copy with the current status of the Virtual Disk Copy, the source virtual disk is read-only to...
... Figure 22. From this wizard, select the source volume to the source virtual disk from the Commands box, which launches the Virtual Disk Copy wizard. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in , the Virtual Disk Copy tab is displayed on next to . To create a new virtual disk copy, select the ... . This tab lets the management of the source virtual disk before the virtual disk copy is initiated and the Virtual Disk Copy operation uses the Snapshot virtual disk to establish the virtual disk copy with the current status of the Virtual Disk Copy, the source virtual disk is read-only to...
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... Type 57 Setting Modification Priority 58 Assigning Global Hot Spares 59 4 Using the Snapshot Feature 61 Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk 63 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk 64 Enabling the Snapshot Virtual Disk Feature . . . . 65 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with User-Assigned Physical Disks 65 Preparing Host Servers to Create an...
... Type 57 Setting Modification Priority 58 Assigning Global Hot Spares 59 4 Using the Snapshot Feature 61 Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk 63 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk 64 Enabling the Snapshot Virtual Disk Feature . . . . 65 Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with User-Assigned Physical Disks 65 Preparing Host Servers to Create an...
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... Disk 75 Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk 75 Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk 76 5 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature . . . . 77 Creating a Virtual Disk Copy 78 Enabling the Virtual Disk Copy Feature 79 Determining Virtual Disk ... a Virtual Disk 85 Recopying the Virtual Disk 86 Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy 87 Removing Copy Pairs 88 Interaction With Other Features 88 Storage Partitioning 89 Snapshot Virtual Disks 89 6 Maintaining a Storage Array 91 Routine Maintenance 91 Contents 5
... Disk 75 Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk 75 Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk 76 5 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature . . . . 77 Creating a Virtual Disk Copy 78 Enabling the Virtual Disk Copy Feature 79 Determining Virtual Disk ... a Virtual Disk 85 Recopying the Virtual Disk 86 Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy 87 Removing Copy Pairs 88 Interaction With Other Features 88 Storage Partitioning 89 Snapshot Virtual Disks 89 6 Maintaining a Storage Array 91 Routine Maintenance 91 Contents 5
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... Commands 109 Host Topology Commands 109 iSCSI Commands 110 Physical Disk Commands 110 RAID Controller Module Commands 111 Session Command 112 Show String Command 112 Snapshot Commands 112 Storage Array Commands 112 Virtual Disk Commands 114 Virtual Disk Copy Commands 115 Commands Listed Alphabetically 115 Activate Storage Array Firmware 115 Autoconfigure...
... Commands 109 Host Topology Commands 109 iSCSI Commands 110 Physical Disk Commands 110 RAID Controller Module Commands 111 Session Command 112 Show String Command 112 Snapshot Commands 112 Storage Array Commands 112 Virtual Disk Commands 114 Virtual Disk Copy Commands 115 Commands Listed Alphabetically 115 Activate Storage Array Firmware 115 Autoconfigure...
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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 Host 152 Delete Host Group... Enable RAID Controller Module Data Transfer 165 Enable Storage Array Feature 165 Recopy Virtual Disk Copy 166 Recover RAID Virtual Disk 168 Re-create Snapshot 170 Remove Virtual Disk Copy 173 Remove Virtual Disk LUN Mapping 173 Repair Virtual Disk Consistency 174 Replace Physical Disk 175 Reset RAID Controller ...
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 Host 152 Delete Host Group... Enable RAID Controller Module Data Transfer 165 Enable Storage Array Feature 165 Recopy Virtual Disk Copy 166 Recover RAID Virtual Disk 168 Re-create Snapshot 170 Remove Virtual Disk Copy 173 Remove Virtual Disk LUN Mapping 173 Repair Virtual Disk Consistency 174 Replace Physical Disk 175 Reset RAID Controller ...
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Set Session 204 Set Snapshot Virtual Disk 205 Set Storage Array 207 Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions 211 Set Storage Array ICMP Response 212 Set Storage Array iSNS Server IPv4 ...
Set Session 204 Set Snapshot Virtual Disk 205 Set Storage Array 207 Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions 211 Set Storage Array ICMP Response 212 Set Storage Array iSNS Server IPv4 ...
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Stop Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics 258 Stop Snapshot 259 Stop Storage Array Blink 259 Stop Storage Array iSCSI Session 259 Stop Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware Download 260 Stop Virtual Disk Copy 260 Validate Storage Array Security Key 261 A Sample Script Files 263 Configuration Script Example 1 263 Configuration Script Example 2 266 B CLI Command Updates 269 Updated Commands 269 Index 271 12 Contents
Stop Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics 258 Stop Snapshot 259 Stop Storage Array Blink 259 Stop Storage Array iSCSI Session 259 Stop Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware Download 260 Stop Virtual Disk Copy 260 Validate Storage Array Security Key 261 A Sample Script Files 263 Configuration Script Example 1 263 Configuration Script Example 2 266 B CLI Command Updates 269 Updated Commands 269 Index 271 12 Contents
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... 2-2. To perform a command on a specific object, use a blank space as the delimiter. Object Types and Identifiers Object Type controller physicalDisk physicalDiskChannel host hostChannel hostGroup hostPort snapshot storageArray enclosure virtualDisk Identifier 0 or 1 Enclosure ID and the slot ID Physical disk channel identifier User label Host channel identifier User label User label Virtual...
... 2-2. To perform a command on a specific object, use a blank space as the delimiter. Object Types and Identifiers Object Type controller physicalDisk physicalDiskChannel host hostChannel hostGroup hostPort snapshot storageArray enclosure virtualDisk Identifier 0 or 1 Enclosure ID and the slot ID Physical disk channel identifier User label Host channel identifier User label User label Virtual...
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... data to an initial state. About the Script Commands 33 repair object {statement-data} Repairs errors found by using an existing snapshot virtual disk. General Form of an error recovery procedure. disable object {statement-data} Prevents a feature from between objects. Table.... recopy object {statement-data} Restarts a virtual disk copy operation by the check command. recreate object {statement-data} Restarts a snapshot operation using an existing virtual disk copy pair. You can change attributes before the operation is restarted. reset object {statement-data} Returns...
... data to an initial state. About the Script Commands 33 repair object {statement-data} Repairs errors found by using an existing snapshot virtual disk. General Form of an error recovery procedure. disable object {statement-data} Prevents a feature from between objects. Table.... recopy object {statement-data} Restarts a virtual disk copy operation by the check command. recreate object {statement-data} Restarts a snapshot operation using an existing virtual disk copy pair. You can change attributes before the operation is restarted. reset object {statement-data} Returns...
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...-data} Displays information about the object. You can use in "Script Commands" on page 105. stop some operations. Recurring Syntax Elements Recurring Syntax raid-level snapshot-repository-raid-level capacity-spec segment-size-spec boolean user-label user-label-list create-raid-vol-attr-value-list Syntax Value (0 | 1 | 5| 6) (1 | 5 | 6) integer-literal [KB...
...-data} Displays information about the object. You can use in "Script Commands" on page 105. stop some operations. Recurring Syntax Elements Recurring Syntax raid-level snapshot-repository-raid-level capacity-spec segment-size-spec boolean user-label user-label-list create-raid-vol-attr-value-list Syntax Value (0 | 1 | 5| 6) (1 | 5 | 6) integer-literal [KB...
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... {physical disk-channel-identifier} host-channel-identifier (01 | 02 | 11 | 12) physical disk-type (Serial Attached SCSI [SAS] | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment [SATA]) feature-identifier (snapshot | virtualDiskCopy) repository-spec instance-based-repository-spec | count-based-repository-spec ethernet-port-options IPV4Address=ipv4-address| IPV4ConfigurationMethod=[(static | dhcp)] | IPV4GatewayIP=ipv4-address| IPV4SubnetMask=ipv4...
... {physical disk-channel-identifier} host-channel-identifier (01 | 02 | 11 | 12) physical disk-type (Serial Attached SCSI [SAS] | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment [SATA]) feature-identifier (snapshot | virtualDiskCopy) repository-spec instance-based-repository-spec | count-based-repository-spec ethernet-port-options IPV4Address=ipv4-address| IPV4ConfigurationMethod=[(static | dhcp)] | IPV4GatewayIP=ipv4-address| IPV4SubnetMask=ipv4...
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... with an existing configuration, you must ensure that runs under Windows: [\"Engineering\"] For a Linux system when used in a script file, the name appears as the Snapshot feature). When you must determine which a host can maximize data availability by the disk group RAID level and the segment size settings. The commands described...
... with an existing configuration, you must ensure that runs under Windows: [\"Engineering\"] For a Linux system when used in a script file, the name appears as the Snapshot feature). When you must determine which a host can maximize data availability by the disk group RAID level and the segment size settings. The commands described...
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... card to obtain a key file and to enable the feature. Snapshot virtual disks allow you would have received a Premium Features Activation card shipped in time. • Use only a small amount of your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. The application reads the data while the source... virtual disk remains online and user accessible. For more quickly than a physical copy and requires less physical disk space. The Snapshot feature creates a snapshot virtual disk that an application, ...
... card to obtain a key file and to enable the feature. Snapshot virtual disks allow you would have received a Premium Features Activation card shipped in time. • Use only a small amount of your Dell PowerVault MD storage array. The application reads the data while the source... virtual disk remains online and user accessible. For more quickly than a physical copy and requires less physical disk space. The Snapshot feature creates a snapshot virtual disk that an application, ...
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... describes what the commands do . Table 4-1 lists the components that contains snapshot metadata and copy-on -write operation by using an existing snapshot virtual disk. Table 4-2. re-create snapshot Starts a fresh copy-on -write data for a particular snapshot virtual disk Table 4-2 lists the snapshot virtual disk commands and brief descriptions of virtual disks supported by...
... describes what the commands do . Table 4-1 lists the components that contains snapshot metadata and copy-on -write operation by using an existing snapshot virtual disk. Table 4-2. re-create snapshot Starts a fresh copy-on -write data for a particular snapshot virtual disk Table 4-2 lists the snapshot virtual disk commands and brief descriptions of virtual disks supported by...