If youre a dellequallogic partner you can finally have access to a software version of a ps6000 iscsi array. Dell revamps equallogic storage lines, adds vmware storage. Dell storage sc series vmware vsphere virtual volumes part 1 duration. Download storage replication adapters for vmware vcenter. Virtual machine protection with dell equallogic virtual storage. The dell equallogic virtual storage manager appliance 4. When vsm creates replicas, it instructs the vcenter server to create quiesced vm snapshot before the replication, and then it deletes the vm snapshot after the. Dells chapter 2 with the equallogic storage management. Configuring and installing the equallogic multipathing extension module for vmware vsphere 4. San snapshots to provide an additional layer of data protection and recovery.
Dell equallogic san storage replication adapter sra once you have site recovery manager srm installed in your environment and you are using dell equallogic sans you will need the sra plugin on both your vcenter servers production and recovery. Hitve can only talk to a single instance of vcenter. When utilizing both a vmware and equallogic eql volume, in cases where both volumes are thinprovisioned, the size of the equallogic does not always match what is displayed in vmware. Storage replication adapters have separate end user license agreements eulas that are included within these downloads. Dell equallogic storage systems vmware documentation. Ps series iscsi san that enables fast online backups and quick restores of vmware virtual machines and vmfs file systems. The dell vsm is a virtual appliance that is downloaded as part of the allinclusive dell equallogic software support and. The dell poweredge me is a highdensity, energyefficient blade chassis that supports up to sixteen halfheight blade servers, or eight fullheight blade servers, and six. Equallogic provides a multipathing extension module that can be installed on esxi to provide additional capabilities. To understand why, you need to know about the other components of the equallogic management system. Dell equallogic host integration tools for vmware vsphere. Dell storage vsphere web client plugin is a plugin for vmware vcenter that provides storage administrators the ability to manage dell storage with the vmware vsphere client.
I did happen to try out the host integration tools for vmware hitve. Today i visited a customer to perform a health check. Introducing dell equallogic virtual storage manager 4. I got equallogic virtual storage manager to handle equallogic ps6000, running over vmware 5. Disaster recovery with dell equallogic ps series sans. Type the host name or ip address of the storage manager server in the dell storage manager server field. In todays datacenter, customers are utilizing vmware virtualization solutions and dell equallogic ps series san storage to consolidate servers and storage for better utilization, efficiency and ease of management. Vmware vsphere 5 standard now has ha and vmotion for smbs. By andrew gilman virtualizing microsoft applications with vmware vsphere on dell servers and dell. This has been available internally at dell since at least 2009 the date of the included documentation but its release to partners is very new new enough that i has to alert them to the fact that the download they initially made available on 2012 had expired. Configuring round robin psp when using dell equallogic storage. Support for the virtual volume vvol and vm storage profiles.
Dell equallogic storage for vmware vsphere vmware communities. Customer service for customer service support or questions please email us at equallogic. The volumes on the equallogic were thin provisioned and one of them were running almost full plus a good way beyond the warning limit. Dell equallogic provide a plugin that integrate deeply with vmwares vcenter management system. How to set up a dell equallogic configuration in a vmware.
I also saw a smattering of ps5x and psm4x series arrays on the hcl. The storage replication adapters below are software modules for site recovery manager that are developed and supported by storage partners of vmware and are distributed here by vmware with the permission of the storage partners. From the vsphere web client click on vcenter vcenter servers rp. Technical papers and demonstrations for vmware cloud foundation vcf, vsan, vsphere virtual volumes vvols, and site recovery manager srm. Last week ive installed some dell hosts with vmware vsphere 5. Installing and configuring the dell equallogic host integration tools for vmware. Dell equallogic virtual storage manager vsm for vmware is a vmware vcenter plugins that allows administrators to manage their equallogic groups and coordinate data protection and recovery within their vsphere environment. The firmware is qualified for use with vmwares vsphere 5. In case of disaster recovery, the dell equallogic sra can interact with srm to failover the virtual machine and revert to the snapshot, which improves the virtual machine survival rate. Hopefully this post on how to install equallogic multipath extension module mem in vmware esxi. However it is only aimed at small deployments for the following reasons.
Equallogic reclaim space from vmware esxi datastore. The equallogic mem kit driver is a great third party driver for extending and enhancing the multipathing functionality within vmware. Dells equallogic, compellent, and powervault storage lines are being integrated with a wide range of vmwarefocused storage. Optimize virtualization deployments with dell equallogic. The dell virtual storage manager has a lot of features, but it may not do everything you are looking for.
Install dell equallogic storage replication adapter. Providing not just status and monitoring information about the storage, but enabling the vsphere administrator to leverage the capailities of the equallogic array, to provide local and remote data protection. Dell upgrades equallogic storage arrays network computing. The vasa provider is included with dells virtual storage manager vsm 4. If you dont plan to use vmotion or storage vmotion then you dont need any vmware licensing and what you have will be just fine. And perhaps noteworthy, is that the expirationdate of the certificate for me is also thu aug 15 09. Equallogic storage installation guide 1 rack mounting the array rack requirements eia310d compliant, fourpost 19 inch rack with universal square hole or unthreaded round hole spacing. Do i need vmware license for a dell equallogic san deployment. The equallogic host integration tools include several easyto use hostbased tools that tightly integrate equallogic storage area networks sans with hosts and applications, delivering advanced data protection, high availability and performance, and simplified management of application data and virtual machines for microsoft, vmware and. Unregister dell virtual storage manager from vmware vcenter. Find answers to equallogic replication of entire virtual sqlserver and its data in vsphere from the expert community at experts exchange. Dell has recently upgraded its virtual storage manager appliance, allowing for direct integration of most of the necessary tasks into the vsphere. This update can be applied to any equallogic ps4x or ps6x array shipped since 2009. Dell equallogic san storage replication adapter sra.
November 12, 2014 sam perrin equallogic, vmware read the first blog post here about dell mem and esxi 5. To install the dell storage vsphere web client plugin on a vmware vcenter server, see. We used 21 load generator client virtual machines for the host evacuation. A datastores manager this tool allows administrators to provision, expand, delete andread more. If not click the rescan icon circled in the screenshot above. As you can see the usage is exceeding the warning limit a lot. The vsm plugin is a serverside plugin and does not need to be installed vsphere client endpoints.
After much troubleshooting with dell prosupport we found the issue was related to expired certificates in the java services used by vmware. Dell revamps equallogic storage lines, adds vmware storage integration. Ive never implemented and designed equallogic storage for vmware vsphere. Install equallogic multipath extension module mem in. Dells first foray into operational analytics for storage kicked off 2014 with a vcenter operations management pack for compellant storage. Virtualizing microsoft applications with vmware vsphere on. The vmware hardware capability list hcl for dell arrays shows that more than 45 equallogic arrays now support vvols.
Reference architecture for vmware vsphere 4 in a 10. Dell equallogic virtual storage manager vsm for vmware is a. Technical support for technical support cases please login to techdirect or call 18009453355 us only. Multiple iscsi hbas or nics can connect to the same target or lun on the storage side. Dell storage manager virtual appliance demo video duration. For those of you who dont know or havent seen the dell virtual storage manager vsm appliance, it is a virtual appliance provided by dell which extends the functionality of vcenter to have better control and functionality over their equallogic environment. In step 3 connect to a volume on ps series san on page 32 of the configuring iscsi connectivity with vmware vsphere 5 and dell equallogic ps series storage it steps you through the process of changing the psp from the vmware default of fixed to round robin. Dell equallogic vsm introduction vinfrastructure blog. Theres a simpler way to manage storage in your virtual. Admin account password can be up to 64 ascii characters.
Type the port number for the storage manager in the dell storage manager port field. For information about the custom multipathing configuration packages, contact dell equallogic. It will all depend on what youre planning to do with your vmware vms. At the base level, you have group manager, the webbased, javariddled configurator for individual array groups. Feature dell equallogic ps4000x product configurations storage controllers dual controllers with a total of 4 gb batterybacked memory batterybacked memory provides up to 72 hours of data protection hard disk drives sixteen 16 sas hotpluggable hard disk drives drive capacities 10,000 rpm sas drives available in 450 gb and 600 gb system capacities from. Dell equallogic virtual storage manager vsm hangs on. This can be applied at both the hypervisor level as well as the storage area network level. Autosnapshot managervmware edition asmve is a unique and innovative data protection feature of the dell equallogic ps series iscsi san that enables fast online backups and quick restores of vmware virtual machines and vmfs file systems.
After the installation completes, click ok to set the administrator password. At the end of the steps is this key note highlighted in bold. Reference architecture for vmware vsphere 4 in a 10 gigabit iscsi environment dell inc 7 3. Dell equallogic storage solutions to learn more about dell equallogic products and new. As of this release, admin account passwords can be up to 64 ascii characters long. Equallogic replication of entire virtual sqlserver and. Virtual machine protection with dell equallogic virtual. To configure the connection between host and storage optimal ive used the dell equallogic multipathing extension witch is supported for vsphere 5. This is an equallogic virtual appliance that communicates with the equallogic sans and vcenter. Equallogic virtual storage manager for vmware note. Equallogic sra for vmware srm vinfrastructure blog. Also in the vmware realm, dell announced that the new.
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