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EMC VSI VMware Integration

EMC VSI VMware Integration. Introduction and Installation Unified Storage Manager SRA Utilities Storage Viewer Path Manager Access Control References. Agenda. Introduction and Installation. Mapping vCenter Objects Self-service Provisioning VM Storage Optimization

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EMC VSI VMware Integration

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  1. EMC VSIVMware Integration

  2. Introduction and Installation Unified Storage Manager SRA Utilities Storage Viewer Path Manager Access Control References Agenda

  3. Introduction and Installation

  4. Mapping vCenter Objects Self-service Provisioning VM Storage Optimization Centralized Path Management SRDF SRA for SRM Failback VMware vCenter Management APIEMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) DB2 z/OS VMAX VNX(e) VPLEX

  5. VSI vSphere Plug-in Celerra EMC plug-in for vCenter solutions Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) • Plug-in framework for VMware vSphere • Consists of several optional features: • Unified Storage Management • Provision VMAX and VNX Series storage • Compress and clone VMs on VNX/VNXe Storage Pool Management • Provision Symmetrix VMAX and VMAXe • Storage Viewer • View storage mapping and connectivity details for VMAX, VNX Series and VPLEX devices • Monitor performance of VNX and VMAX storage • Path Management • Manage multipath policies for VMAX, VMAXe, VPLEX, VNX and CLARiiON • Symmetrix SRA Utilities • Manage vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) configurations in Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (RDF) environments

  6. Features packaged individually 4.0.1.168 4.0.1 4.0.1.108 4.0.1.180 4.1.0.201 EMC VSI Feature Manager

  7. EMC VSI 5.3 Details Framework Features packaged individually Each contains all the necessary components for the feature Install what you need – pick and choose Provides a consistent look and feel across all features Storage Viewer Support for VMAX, VNX, VNXe, and VPLEX devices Drill down to device on back-end array Path Management PowerPath Remote Tools kit for Windows required for PowerPath/VE SRA Utilities Consistency Group Creation Diagnostic Capability Gold Copy Configuration Edit of Global Options

  8. EMC VSI 5.3 Details (cont’d) Unified Storage Management Provision Storage (all VMAX models, VNX, VNXe, Celerra and CLARiiON) Extend Storage VM Clones with or without VMware View / Citrix XenDesktop Integration De-duplication and Compression Properties Unified Storage options are under a nested right-click menu EMC > Unified Storage Access Control Utility for VNX and VMAX series LDAP Authentication for LDAP series

  9. EMC VSI 5.3 Installation Installed as separate exe files: Each feature installs separately but will contain any necessary components Storage Viewer Feature includes Solutions Enabler 7.3.1 Only libraries are installed if no SE exists (no symcli binaries) SRA Utilities Feature must be installed on SRM server Includes Storage Viewer Feature and hence Solutions Enabler Available as free download on EMC Powerlink as individual files

  10. EMC VSI Tab & Alert Panel Tab identified by the name “EMC VSI” New Alert Panel notifies the user of important events or errors Double-click panel to hide the display during session

  11. EMC VSI 5.3 Features Uninstall & Disable Each feature can be uninstalled or disabled separately No dependencies between features

  12. Unified Storage Management

  13. Unified Storage Management Celerra Increase storage efficiency while maintaining operational integrity Unified Storage Management • Provision VMAX, VNX/VNXe and Clariion storage • Create VMFS datastores • Create RDM volumes • Create NFS datastores • Enable Virtual Provisioning • Configure FAST-VP Tiering Policies (VNX / Clariion) • Legacy support for Celerra and CLARiiON • Requires a SMI-S server for VMAX models • Clone virtual machines (VNX, Celerra) • Full Clone • Array-accelerated copy • Fast Clone • Space-optimized copy (file-level snapshot) • Provision cloned VMs to VMware View • Refresh desktops in VMware View • Compress virtual machines (VNX, Celerra) • Reduce the storage space for VMs through VNX File Deduplication and Compression • Uncompress VMs on demand

  14. EMC Prerequisites File VNX for file Operating Environment version 7.0.5-0 or later VNXe Operating Environment version 2.0.0.12400 or later installed Celerra Network Server version 5.6.48.7 or later, NFS license enabled DHSM enabled and configured (for cloning and compression) Network configured Storage pools created Block VNX for block Operating Environment version 05.31 or later installed VNXe Operating Environment version 2.0.1 or later installed For VMAX SMI-S provider 4.4 or later with 6 gatekeepers per array FLARE version 04.29 or later installed, Navisphere Secure CLI(v7.30) Storage pools/RAID groups created ESX servers added to storage groups Network configured

  15. SRA Utilities

  16. Device Discovery- Consistency Groups • Consistency groups are required for all devices! • Devices will be show up as individual datastore groups if they do not belong to a group • Create a group on the protection AND recovery side • If a group is only created at protection side the SRA will report errors for those devices • Even single devices without dependencies must be in a group • New requirement from SRM 5.0 • Match the consistency groups to protection groups • Use VSI 5.3 SRA Utilities to create groups

  17. Automated Consistency Group Creation with VSI 5.3 SRA Utilities • Only supported to create groups for SRDF/A and SRDF/S devices • STAR consistency groups must be created manually • First group on workload site created manually • Secondary and tertiary groups, on Sync and Async site SYMAPI servers respectively, are easily created using “symstarbuildcg” command • For SRDF/A pairs, the RDF Daemon must be enabled on both SYMAPI servers • Also set “SYMAPI_USE_RDFD” to ENABLE on both in options file • Ensure local VSI Solutions Enabler server and the remote VSI Solutions Enabler server is configured within VSI on both SRM servers • Must respectively be the same SE servers used by the SRDF SRA array managers

  18. Automated Consistency Group Creation with VSI 5.3 SRA Utilities • SRDF/A Algorithm and considerations • Very similar to SRDF/S with some special considerations • RDF operations cannot be performed on a subset of devices contained in a single RA group with SRDF/A. This means, all of the devices within an RA group must be part of any RDF operation. • Non-VMware associated Symmetrix devices may be affected if they are in the same RA group • Avoid this when possible—dedicate certain RA groups to only VMware devices when using SRDF/A

  19. Automated Consistency Group Creation with VSI 5.3 SRA Utilities • Perform consistency group creation logged into the Protected (R1) side

  20. Automated Consistency Group Creation with VSI 5.3 SRA Utilities • Wizard to connect to remote vCenter and SRM server • Can be the same or different server but must use credentials with access to both

  21. Automated Consistency Group Creation with VSI 5.3 SRA Utilities

  22. Configuration Diagnostics with VSI 5.3 SRA Utilities

  23. Test Failover

  24. Test Failover • Requires Virtual Storage Integrator 5.3 SRA Utilities • TimeFinder configuration pairing saved to options file • Located: • The registry key "Common Application Data" under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer • sion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Common AppData“is queried for location of logs. • Applicable for both Windows 2008 and Windows 2003. • Windows 2008 typical default is: • %ProgramData%\EMC\EmcSrdfSra\Config\EmcSrdfSraTestFailoverConfig.xml • To use R2 devices for Failover instead of TimeFinder copies set the following global option to “yes”: • “TestFailoverWithoutLocalSnapshots” • Must still log on to Recovery site to create pairings with VSI. • Notwithstanding the new architecture of SRM 5 user interface

  25. EMC VSI 5.3 Logging

  26. Storage Viewer

  27. Storage Viewer: VNX and VNXe • Storage mapping within the VI Client • Datastores • Storage Pools and LUNs on FC, iSCSI • NFS file systems • Maps vCenter objects to storage • Types of storage • Specific arrays and devices • Storage paths • Individual storage characteristic • Support for LDAP authentication

  28. Storage Viewer Performance Monitoring • Integrated Monitoring • View VMware metrics and array metrics in a single pane of glass • Monitor storage system performance for VMFS/NFS datastores on VMAX/VMAXe/VNX • Displays current, minimum, average and peak values • Integrated Alerting • Enable VM latency alerts with editable thresholds for every VM on a datastore with a single click • Context-Sensitive Views • Datastore View • VM View • Host View

  29. Path Management

  30. Path Management Feature Configure the Multipathing Policy Menu available at cluster or host level Change done at array device level PowerPath/VE (if installed) or NMP

  31. Access Control

  32. Access Control Utility (ACU) for VMAX and VNX Series • Standalone utility for Storage Admin • Allows Storage Admin to grant array access without revealing password • Provides multi-tenancy by isolating storage pool access to specific VM Admins • Creates an Access Profile that is given to VM Admin(s) to import into VSI • Access Profile controls use of provisioning, extension, compression and cloning features • VM Admins who are also Storage Admins can enter storage system credentials directly into the plug-in for unrestricted array access

  33. 1) Create encrypted Access Profile VMware Administrator vSphere Client with VSI Plug-in 3) Send Access Profile and encryption passphrase to Vmware Admin SAN 5) Provision storage according to restrictions in Access Profile ESX Servers 4) Upload Access Profile using passphrase 2) Validate login credentials and get pool info Access Control Utility - Workflow Storage Administrator Windows Client with Unified Storage Access Control Utility vCenter Server Unified Storage

  34. LDAP Authentication • Allows plug-in to use LDAP and Active Directory users to connect to arrays • Requires an array configured for LDAP access and an LDAP user with permission to manage array • LDAP-enabled user credentials can be added to the plug-in directly or included in an Access Profile • Username formats: • VNX/CLARiiON: • Username has no domain component • Select scope=LDAP • VNX-File/Celerra: • username@domainname • VNXe • domainname/username

  35. References • Product guides for all features of the VSI • Home > Support > Technical Documentation and Advisories > Software ~ T-Z ~ Documentation > Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) > Virtual Storage Integrator for vSphere > Installation/Configuration

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