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Using EMC VNX Storage with Vmware Vsphere Techbook CONTENTS Using EMC® VNX® Storage with VMware vSphere Version 4.0 TechBook P/N H8229 REV 05 Copyright © 2015 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Published in the USA. Published January 2015 EMC believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. The information in this publication is provided as is. EMC Corporation makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Use, copying, and distribution of any EMC software described in this publication requires an applicable software license. EMC2, EMC, and the EMC logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. For the most up-to-date regulatory document for your product line, go to EMC Online Support (https://support.emc.com). 2 Using EMC VNX Storage with VMware vSphere TechBook CONTENTS Preface Chapter 1 Configuring VMware vSphere on VNX Storage Technology overview................................................................................... 18 EMC VNX family..................................................................................... 18 FLASH 1st.............................................................................................. 18 MCx multicore optimization................................................................... 19 VNX performance .................................................................................. 20 VNX compounded efficiencies............................................................... 20 VNX protection ...................................................................................... 20 File system management....................................................................... 21 VNX availability..................................................................................... 21 VNX family software .............................................................................. 22 Management tools ...................................................................................... 23 EMC Unisphere ..................................................................................... 23 EMC VSI for VMware vSphere................................................................. 25 VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration ........................................... 29 VMware vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness ....................................... 29 Installing VMware vSphere on VNX.............................................................. 29 Installing the ESXi hypervisor ................................................................ 31 Installing vSphere ................................................................................. 31 Configuring vSphere with VNX ..................................................................... 35 Host connectivity .................................................................................. 35 Configuring the Network........................................................................ 41 iSCSI connectivity options for ESXi and VNX .......................................... 43 Provisioning VNX storage for vSphere.......................................................... 51 Creating an NFS datastore using VSI...................................................... 51 Provisioning block storage for VMFS datastores and RDM volumes........ 54 Unified storage considerations.................................................................... 56 Datastore virtual machine density ......................................................... 57 Best practices for extending a datastore................................................ 57 Solid state volumes for VNX OE for File .................................................. 58 General recommendations for storage sizing and configuration............. 58 Storage multipathing ............................................................................ 59 vSphere storage considerations .................................................................. 70 Dead space reclamation (Unmap) ......................................................... 70 VMFS-5 ................................................................................................. 72 vStorage API for Storage Awareness ...................................................... 80 Network considerations .............................................................................. 89 Network I/O Control .............................................................................. 89 Virtual machine considerations................................................................... 91 Virtual machine disk partition alignment............................................... 91 Virtual machines resiliency over NFS ..................................................... 98 Monitoring and managing storage............................................................... 99 Monitoring datastores using vCenter..................................................... 99 Configuring VNX file-system storage usage notification ....................... 103 Thinly provisioned storage .................................................................. 108 LUN compression ................................................................................ 115 File deduplication and compression.................................................... 116 Using EMC VNX Storage with VMware vSphere TechBook 3 Contents VNX storage options.................................................................................. 117 VNX supported disk types ................................................................... 118 Disk grouping...................................................................................... 118 Chapter 2 Cloning Virtual Machines Introduction.............................................................................................. 128 Using EMC VNX cloning technologies ........................................................ 128 Replicating virtual machines with VNX SnapView ................................ 129 Replicating virtual machines on VMFS datastores with SnapView clones.... 129 Replicating virtual machines on VMFS datastores with SnapView Snapshot 131 ESXi volume signatures....................................................................... 132 Replicating virtual machines with SnapView clones of RDM LUNs........ 134 Cloning virtual machines on VNX NFS datastores with VNX SnapSure .. 135 Cloning virtual machines with native vCenter cloning and VAAI ........... 136 Cloning individual virtual machines on NFS datastores........................ 137 Summary .................................................................................................. 138 Chapter 3 Backup and Recovery Options Introduction.............................................................................................. 142 Virtual machine data consistency.............................................................. 142 VNX native backup and recovery options................................................... 143 File system logical backup and restore using VNX SnapSure................ 144 Physical backup and restore using VNX File Replicator ........................ 145 Snapshot backup and recovery of a VMFS datastore.................................. 145 Backup and recovery of RDM volumes ....................................................... 148 AppSync ............................................................................................. 148 VSI AppSync Management .................................................................. 151 Replication Manager ................................................................................. 154 Backup and recovery of a VMFS with VNX Advanced Snaps........................ 157 vStorage APIs for Data Protection .............................................................. 164 Backup and recovery using VMware Data Protection.................................. 165 Local data protection with vSphere Data Protection............................. 167 Installing VDP...................................................................................... 168 Creating a backup job ......................................................................... 170 Local Data Protection with vSphere Data Protection Advanced ............ 172 Configuring replication sessions ......................................................... 173 VDP Emergency Restore....................................................................... 182 Backup and recovery using Avamar ........................................................... 183 Architectural view of the Avamar environment..................................... 184 Backing up data using Avamar ............................................................ 184 Recovering data using Avamar ............................................................ 186 Backup and recovery using NetWorker....................................................... 189 VNX storage devices for NetWorker...................................................... 190 Using NetWorker to backup and restore VNX NAS file system NDMP .... 192 Summary .................................................................................................. 193 Chapter 4 Using VMware vSphere in Data
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