Page 5 - Planning for the VSA; VSA directories, host names and IP addresses.; Planning the clustered storage configuration
1 Planning for the VSA Careful planning of the virtual network configuration, the VSA configuration, and the configurationof the clusters and volumes for data storage ensures that you can take full advantage of the featuresand benefits of the HP StoreVirtual Storage. Planning the virtual network con...
Page 6 - Supported versions of VMware; Table 1 Reserve physical memory for VSA for vSphere disks; Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere
2 Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere The VSA is pre-formatted for use with HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere. If you are usingan evaluation copy, and you want to continue using the VSA after the trial period has ended, youmust purchase a license key. After you apply the licen...
Page 7 - “Getting started with HP
NOTE: If a prior version CMC is installed on a management computer on the network, the VSA for vSphere installer updates the CMC to the current version in the same location. The user-specifiedlocation entered in the installer wizard is ignored. NOTE: You cannot run concurrent installations of VSA wi...
Page 8 - Installing the VSA OVF version; Table 3 Relationship of disk size to datastore block size
1. Begin the installer one of the following ways: • Insert the HP StoreVirtual Management Software DVD in the DVD drive. • Double-click the executable that you downloaded to start the installation. 2. Click Install VSA for VMware vSphere to begin the wizard. 3. In the Meta Launcher command line wind...
Page 9 - Finishing up with VI Client
Table 3 Relationship of disk size to datastore block size (continued) Max VMDK Block Size 1024 GB 4 MB 2048 GB 8 MB To configure the data disk:1. In the VI Client, navigate to the Inventory Panel. 2. Click Add at the bottom of the Hardware tab. 3. Select Hard Disk as the type of device to add and cl...
Page 11 - Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V; Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core; Prerequisites; Applicable memory reserved based on total disk capacity (; Two virtual CPUs with at least 2000 MHz reserved.
3 Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V The HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V is pre-formatted for use with Microsoft® Windows®Server Hyper-V™. Install the VSA for Hyper-V on a Windows server configured with redundantRAID. If you are using an evaluation copy and want to co...
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Best practices HP recommends installing Hyper-V Server on top of a redundant RAID configuration with a RAIDcontroller that has battery-backed cache enabled. Do not use RAID 0. Unsupported configurations • Running VSA for Hyper-Vs on top of existing HP StoreVirtual Storage is not recommended. • The h...
Page 13 - Table 5 Configuring the VSA for Hyper-V using the installer wizard; Begin the installer one of the following ways:; Troubleshooting; Table 6 Troubleshooting the VSA for Hyper-V installation
Table 5 Configuring the VSA for Hyper-V using the installer wizard (continued) Definition Installer Step Information for creating the virtual machine, including the following: Virtual machine • Name for the virtual machine in Hyper-V • Type of hard drives, virtual or physical • Check box to power on...
Page 14 - Installing the CMC; Prerequisite; All Programs; Installing the CMC in Linux; Getting started with the CMC
4 Getting started with HP StoreVirtual Storage Installing the CMC Install the CMC on the computer or virtual machine that you use to administer the HP StoreVirtualStorage. You administer the entire network of VSAs from this CMC. To obtain the CMC, downloadthe CMC installer from the following website...
Page 15 - Verify the hardware configuration
2. Click Find Systems on the Getting Started Launch Pad. In the Find Systems window, use these features to control the list of systems: • Clear Auto Discover by Broadcast to prevent the entire subnet of systems from appearingin the navigation pane. • Add individual IP addresses of systems that you w...
Page 16 - Virtual NICs; Figure 2 Configuring the hardware; Configuring RAID; RAID and the VSA for Hyper-V Server
Virtual NICs Figure 2 Configuring the hardware 1. Configure RAID and the network from these categories Configuring RAID Configure RAID after powering on the VSA. If you power off the VSA and add disks, you mustre-configure RAID when you power on the VSA. RAID and the VSA for Hyper-V Server If you cr...
Page 17 - Best Practice Summary; Navigate to the SAN Status Page in the CMC.
Figure 3 Adding additional disks to RAID in the VSA for Hyper-V Server RAID and the VSA for vSphere Server If you have trouble configuring RAID now, you may have made a mistake when configuring avirtual disk earlier. On the ESX Server, verify that the VSA has at least one virtual disk. The firstvirt...
Page 19 - Help
Documentation available For detailed instructions about using the CMC and the VSA, see the following resources. You canfind these documents on the HP StoreVirtual Management Software DVD and on the Manuals pageof the HP Business Support Center website: http://www.hp.com/support/StoreVirtualManuals •...
Page 20 - Figure 4 Example of a virtual SAN using the VSA; Designing your virtual SAN; Configuration requirements; , and then search for “Hyper-V” as an additional
5 Designing a virtual SAN The VSA enables full featured use of the LeftHand OS software in a virtualized environment. Whendeployed correctly, HP LeftHand SANs are scalable, highly available, and fully redundant. Figure 4 Example of a virtual SAN using the VSA Designing your virtual SAN The design of...
Page 21 - Virtual disks for VSA for Hyper-V must be fixed, not dynamic.; Best practices; Each VSA should meet the following conditions, if possible.; Unsupported configurations; Use of any ESX Server configuration that VMware does not support.
is not accessible from more than one physical server. (Note that the LeftHand OS softwareconsumes a small amount of the available space.) ◦ For ESX Server, the first virtual disk must be connected to SCSI address 1:0. ◦ For Hyper-V Server, the first virtual disk must be connected to the first SCSI C...
Page 22 - Hardware design for VSA; CPU
• Use of any Hyper-V Server configuration that Microsoft does not support. • Booting physical servers off of a VSA cluster. • Extending the data virtual disk(s) (ESX Server SCSI 1:x or in Hyper-V, the first SCSI Controller)of the VSA while in a cluster. • Co-location of a VSA and other virtual machi...
Page 23 - Cloning VSAs; Adding storage capacity to a VSA
network adapters. Platforms that will host VSAs and other virtual machines should have four ethernet(minimum 1 GB) network adapters so that two adapters can be dedicated to the VSA and iSCSItraffic. Virtual network design The virtual switch or virtual network that is used for VSA should be at least ...
Page 24 - “Using VSAs with HP StoreVirtual Storage” (page 23); Create additional disks; Requirements; Table 10 Memory requirements for VSA disks; Adding disks to RAID; Disk Setup
systems in the cluster. See “Using VSAs with HP StoreVirtual Storage” (page 23) for information about storage capacity and platforms in a cluster. The following steps describe how to add disks after the VSA has been added to a managementgroup and cluster. However, you can add the disks to the VSA wh...
Page 25 - Single system configuration; Figure 5 Single system configuration; Two-system configuration
Sample configurations Some sample configurations and their uses and benefits are described below. Single system configuration A single system configuration is useful for implementing a simple iSCSI target that can scale up toa redundant iSCSI SAN of any size. A single system configuration has only t...
Page 27 - Using the VMware VSA laptop demo; “Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere” (page 6)
6 Using the VMware VSA laptop demo The VMware VSA laptop demo is the smallest and most portable version of the LeftHand OSsoftware virtual appliance. Use this demo to create HP StoreVirtual Storage, complete with storageclusters. NOTE: There is not a separate demo version of the HP StoreVirtual VSA ...
Page 29 - Support and other resources; Subscription service; Rack stability
7 Support and other resources Contacting HP For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.com/support Before contacting HP, collect the following information: • Product model names and numbers • Technical support registration number (if applicable) • Product ...
Page 30 - Insight Remote Support; Related information; HP websites
initiate a fast and accurate resolution, based on your product’s service level. Notifications may besent to your authorized HP Channel Partner for on-site service, if configured and available in yourcountry. The software is available in two variants: • HP Insight Remote Support Standard: This softwa...
Page 31 - Documentation feedback; when submitting your feedback.
8 Documentation feedback HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve thedocumentation, send any errors, suggestions, or comments to Documentation Feedback( [email protected] ). Include the document title and part number, version number, or the URL when subm...
