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Component | Requirement |
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Networking |
Two Cisco Nexus 5000/5500 or 7000 Series switches Two Cisco UCS 6100 or 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects Cisco Nexus 1000V switch |
Computing |
One or multiple Cisco UCS chassis with modules that have two Fabric Extenders per chassis |
Storage |
EMC VNX, VMAX, Vblock, or VSPEX storage systems |
Cisco UCS Director |
See the Compatibility Matrix for all supported versions. |
Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent |
See the Compatibility Matrix for all supported versions. |
Cisco UCS Director—resource reservation |
2 GB memory and minimum 3000-GHz CPU |
Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent—resource reservation |
2 GB memory and minimum 2000-GHz CPU |
VMware (vCenter Server/ESXI/ESXi/vSphere, or Microsoft Hyper-V Manager) server |
See the Compatibility Matrix for all supported versions. |
You must also create a pod with each VPLEX cluster (1 and 2).
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and click the cluster you want. |
Step 5 | Click Unassign Pod. |
Step 6 | In the Unassign Pod from Cluster dialog box, click Submit to unassign the pod from the cluster. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Engines tab. Information displays for the VPLEX engines, such as the serial numbers, engine IDs, and operational status. |
Step 5 | To view specific information about a specific engine, click on the engine and click View Details. Information about the director, director ID, port, hostname, cluster, and so on, is displayed. |
Rediscover a storage array to view recently zoned and masked storage that has been presented to VPLEX.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Storage Arrays tab. |
Step 6 | Click on a storage array. |
Step 7 | Click Rediscover. |
Step 8 | In the Rediscover Storage Array dialog box, click Submit. |
Storage volumes are logical unit numbers (LUNs) that are exported from an array. The claim process ensures that only relevant storage volumes can be processed when presented to the VPLEX cluster.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Storage Volumes tab. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click Claim. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Claim
Storage Volume dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
Storage volumes are logical unit numbers (LUNs) that are exported from an array. Unclaim storage volumes that are no longer relevant for processing by the VSPEX cluster.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Storage Volumes tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the storage volume that you want to unclaim. |
Step 7 | Click Unclaim. |
Step 8 | In the Unclaim Storage Volume dialog box, click Submit to unclaim the storage volume. |
VPLEX uses extents to divide storage volumes. Extents can be all or part of the underlying storage volume. VPLEX aggregates extents and applies RAID protection in the device layer. Devices are constructed using one or more extents and can be combined into more complex RAID schemes and device structures as wanted.
Note | Do not create smaller extents and then use devices to concatenate or stripe the extents. |
You can create an extent for a storage volume and specify its capacity.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Extents tab. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Click Create. | ||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Create
Extent dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Extents tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the appropriate extent to delete. |
Step 7 | Click Delete. |
Step 8 | In the Delete Extent dialog box, click Submit to confirm your deletion. |
RAID-0—Provides a performance-oriented striped or dispersed data mapping technique.
RAID-1—Provides a mirroring data mapping technique to keep two (or more) devices in an identical state at all times. If one device fails, the operating system (OS) can continue, using the remaining disk(s).
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Devices tab. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Create
Device dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
When a VPLEX storage device is mirrored, it creates a single view of storage data and makes this data accessible immediately to the host. This process eliminates the need for host-based mirroring, which saves the host CPU processing resources and increases high availability for critical applications.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||
Step 5 | Click the Devices tab. | ||||||
Step 6 | Click Attach Mirror. | ||||||
Step 7 | In the
Attach
Local/Remote Mirror dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Devices tab. |
Step 6 | Click View Details. |
Step 7 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Devices tab. |
Step 6 | Click Detach Mirror icon. |
Step 7 | In the Detach Local/Remote Mirror dialog box, click Select. In the Select dialog box, choose the name of the mirrored device and click Submit to remove it from the VPLEX storage device. |
You can delete a single block storage device that uses storage from the cluster.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Devices tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the appropriate device to delete. |
Step 7 | Click Delete. |
Step 8 | In the Delete Device dialog box, click Submit to confirm your deletion. |
Volumes are protected by consistency groups. If two data sets are dependent on one another (such as a database and a database log), they should be part of the same consistency group.
Virtual volumes are added to a consistency group when a consistency group is created. A consistency group ensures that there is application-dependent write consistency of application data on distributed virtual volumes within the system if a disaster occurs. The properties of the consistency group are then immediately applied to the added volumes.
Only volumes with visibility and storage-at-cluster properties that match those properties of the consistency group can be added to the consistency group.
The maximum number of volumes in a consistency group is 1000.
You should group together volumes used by the same application or host in a consistency group.
Only volumes with storage at both clusters (distributed volumes) are allowed in remote consistency groups.
If any of the specified volumes are already in the consistency group, these volumes are skipped.
When you initiate a detach rule for a consistency group, it takes 5 seconds to suspend the nonpreferred cluster and maintain input and output functions on the preferred cluster.
Consistency groups allow you to group volumes together and apply a set of properties to the entire group.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. | ||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Create
Consistency Group dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can add one or more virtual volumes to an existing consistency group.
Note | You can also add virtual volumes when you create a consistency group. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 6 | Click Add Virtual Volumes. |
Step 7 | In the Add Virtual Volume(s) to Consistency Groups dialog box, click Select. |
Step 8 | In the Select dialog box, choose the virtual volume(s) to add to the consistency group and click Select. |
Step 9 | Click Submit. |
You can remove one or more virtual volumes from an existing consistency group.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 6 | Click Remove Virtual Volumes. |
Step 7 | In the Remove Virtual Volume(s) from Consistency Groups dialog box, click Select. |
Step 8 | In the Select dialog box, choose the virtual volume(s) to add to the consistency group and click Select. |
Step 9 | Click Submit. |
A RecoverPoint can be enabled for a consistency group to provide any-point-in-time recovery for diversified storage environments both within and across pods to provide continuous data protection for operational and disaster recovery on VPLEX distributed virtual volumes within the VPLEX system. RecoverPoint can also be disabled for a consistency group.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 6 | Click Enable/Disable Recoverpoint. |
Step 7 | In the Enable/Disable Recoverpoint on Consistency Group dialog box, choose either Enable or Disable from the Select Option drop-down list. |
Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can view the virtual volumes that belong to a consistency group.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||
Step 5 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. | ||
Step 6 | Choose the
consistency group that you want to view.
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Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the consistency group that you want to delete. |
Step 7 | Click Delete. |
Step 8 | In the Delete Consistency Groups confirmation dialog box, click Submit. |
Creating a distributed device allows you to use storage from both clusters in a single VPLEX cluster (plex).
Each distributed device that spans two VPLEX clusters must have a RuleSet assigned to it. The RuleSet defines which cluster is declared a preferred cluster that maintains access to the volume and which cluster should be declared the nonpreferred cluster in a failure event. Once these roles are declared, the clusters' distributed devices detach so that they can resume normal input and output operations (I/O).
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Distributed Devices tab. | ||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create
Distributed Device dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Distributed Devices tab. |
Step 5 | Choose the distributed device that you want to delete. |
Step 6 | Click Delete. |
Step 7 | In the Delete Distributed Device dialog box, click Submit to confirm your deletion. |
An initiator is a host that is registered with a port so that it can access the VPLEX storage network.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Initiators tab. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click Register. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Register
Host Initiator dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can view an initiator host that has access to VPLEX storage:
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Initiators tab. |
Step 6 | Click the initiator you want and click View Details. |
You can delete an initiator that currently has VPLEX storage access.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||
Step 5 | Click the Initiators tab. | ||
Step 6 | Choose the name of the initiator host and click Delete. | ||
Step 7 | In the
Deregister Initiator Port confirmation dialog box,
click
Submit.
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VPLEX uses extents to divide storage volumes. Extents can be all or part of the underlying storage volume. VPLEX aggregates extents and applies RAID protection in the device layer. Devices are constructed using one or more extents.
At the top layer of the VPLEX storage structures are virtual volumes, which are created by underlying devices and inherit their size. A virtual volume can be a single contiguous volume that is distributed over two or more storage volumes.
VPLEX exposes virtual volumes to hosts that need to use them with its front-end (FE) ports, which are visible to hosts. Access to virtual volumes is controlled through storage views. Storage views act as logical containers that determine host initiator access to VPLEX FE ports and virtual volumes.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||
Step 5 | Click the Virtual Volumes tab. | ||||||
Step 6 | Click Create. | ||||||
Step 7 | In the
Create
Virtual Volume dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can allow remote access to a virtual volume for a host that needs to use it.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||
Step 5 | Click the Virtual Volumes tab. | ||||
Step 6 | Choose a virtual volume name from the list. | ||||
Step 7 | Click Remote Access. | ||||
Step 8 | In the
Remote
Access on Virtual Volume dialog box, complete the following field:
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Step 9 | Click Submit. |
A virtual volume is presented to a host that needs to use it.
Note | A virtual volume can be expanded to include either extents or local devices. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Virtual Volumes tab. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Click Expand. | ||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Expand
Virtual Volume dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can view a single virtual volume from the cluster.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Virtual Volumes tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the appropriate virtual volume to view. |
Step 7 | Click View. Information about the virtual volume appears in a new view that describes the virtual volume attributes. |
You can delete a single block storage device that uses storage from the cluster.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Virtual Volumes tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the appropriate virtual volume to delete. |
Step 7 | Click Delete. |
Step 8 | In the Delete Virtual Volume dialog box, click Submit to confirm your deletion. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Target Ports tab. |
Step 6 | Click View Details to see more detailed information about an individual target port. |
VPLEX allows host access to virtual volumes through storage views. Storage views act as logical containers that determine host initiator access to VPLEX front-end (FE) ports and virtual volumes.
You can create a storage view that includes virtual volumes, and VPLEX ports to control host access to the virtual volumes.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. | ||||||
Step 6 | Click Create. | ||||||
Step 7 | In the
Create
Storage View dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. | ||
Step 6 | Click Delete. | ||
Step 7 | In the
Delete
Storage View confirmation dialog box, click
Submit.
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can create a storage view that includes one or more initiator ports.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the storage view you want from the Storage Views panel. |
Step 7 | Click Add Initiator. |
Step 8 | In the Add Initiators to Storage View dialog box, click Select. In the Select dialog box, choose one or more initiator host accounts to add to the storage view and click Select. |
Step 9 | Click Submit. |
You can remove one or more initiator ports from a storage view.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the storage view you want from the Storage Views panel. |
Step 7 | Click Remove Initiator. |
Step 8 | In the Remove Initiators from Storage View dialog box, click Select. In the Select dialog box, choose one or more initiator host accounts to remove from the storage view and click Select. |
Step 9 | Click Submit. |
You can create a storage view that includes virtual volumes.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. | ||||||
Step 6 | Choose the storage view you want from the Storage Views panel. | ||||||
Step 7 | Click Add Virtual Volume. | ||||||
Step 8 | In the
Add
Virtual Volume to Storage View dialog box, complete the following
fields:
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Step 9 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the storage view you want from the Storage Views panel. |
Step 7 | Click Remove Virtual Volume. |
Step 8 | In the Remove Virtual Volume from Storage View dialog box, click Select from the Virtual volume field. |
Step 9 | In the Select dialog box, choose a virtual volume and click Select. |
Step 10 | Click Submit. |
You can create a storage view that includes target ports. Target ports are front-end (FE) ports where the director port is connected to host initiators. These ports are visible to hosts and contain such information as their name, node worldwide number (WWN), port WWN, whether they are enabled, their Director IDs, and so on.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the storage view you want from the Storage Views panel. |
Step 7 | Click Add Port. |
Step 8 | n the Add Target Ports to Storage View dialog box, click Select. |
Step 9 | In the Select dialog box, choose one or more target ports to add to the storage view and click Select. |
Step 10 | Click Submit. |
You can remove target port(s) from a storage view.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Storage Views tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the storage view you want from the Storage Views panel. |
Step 7 | Click Remove Port. |
Step 8 | n the Remove Target Ports from Storage View dialog box, click Select. |
Step 9 | In the Select dialog box, choose one or more target ports to remove from the storage view and click Select. |
Step 10 | Click Submit. |
VPLEX uses logging volumes to track changes during a loss of connectivity or loss of a volume (mirror in a distributed device). You should create a logging volume on each cluster. Each logging volume must be large enough to contain one bit for every page of distributed storage space (approximately 10 gigabytes of logging volume space for every 320 terrabytes of distributed devices). The logging volumes can experience a lot of input and output during and after-link outages, so each logging volume should be striped across many disks for speed, and have a mirror on another fast disk to secure this information.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Logging Volumes tab. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Create
Logging Volume dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click theLogging Volumes tab. |
Step 6 | Choose a logging volume from the list. |
Step 7 | Click Add Mirror. |
Step 8 | In the Select dialog box, choose a storage volume and click Select. |
Step 9 | Click Submit. The mirror is added to the logging storage volume. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and double-click the cluster you want to expand. |
Step 5 | Click the Logging Volumes tab. |
Step 6 | Choose the appropriate logging volume to delete. |
Step 7 | Click Delete. |
Step 8 | In the Delete Logging Volume dialog box, click Submit to confirm your deletion. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC VPLEX to expand the connected VPLEX device(s) and click the VPLEX device you want. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the System Tasks tab. | ||||||||
Step 5 | Double-click the EMC VPLEX Tasks folder icon. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Choose a VPLEX task and click Manage Task. | ||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Manage
Task dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. | ||||||||
Step 9 | If you want to run this VPLEX task, click Run Now. | ||||||||
Step 10 | If you want to view this VPLEX task, click View Details. |