HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.0 User's Guide Abstract This guide provides information for installing and using HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.0. This guide is intended for VMware vSphere administrators who are responsible for installing VMware vSphere and overseeing the operation of HP 3PAR Storage Systems.
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Contents 1 Introduction...............................................................................................4 Related Documentation..............................................................................................................4 Typographical Conventions........................................................................................................4 Advisories......................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This chapter provides an introduction to using this guide, including information on the target audience, related documentation, and typographical conventions. The HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in Software for VMware vSphere 5.0 enables SCSI primitives that allow HP 3PAR Storage Systems to take advantage of several VMware virtual machine operations at the meta data level to improve performance.
2 Overview and Features This chapter provides an overview of the VMware VAAI extensions and describes the benefits provided by HP 3PAR VMware VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for vSphere 5.0. About VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) VMware has identified several primitives that will enable an ESXi host to convey virtual machine operations to storage hardware at a meta level instead of at the traditional data level.
Hardware Assisted Locking (ATS) Rather than locking the entire LUN, Hardware Assisted Locking (ATS) only locks the blocks on the LUN that are allocated to the VMDK. This enhanced capability is intended to help virtualized data centers in at least two important ways. • If you are already using or want to use larger size LUNs and place multiple VMDKs on a single LUN, you can now do so and still make clones of individual VMDK files without negatively impacting other VMDKs also located on that LUN.
System Requirements The following components are required: • VMware ESXi 5.0. • VMware vSphere Infrastructure Management 5.0 (vCenter, vClient). • For package installation and deinstallation for ESXi: VMware Update Manager plug-in (VUM) or vSphere CLI (vCLI) Supported InForm OS Versions and Features The following table lists the VMware VAAI features that are supported by the HP 3PAR plug-in for a given InForm OS version. Table 1 HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.
3 Installation and Deinstallation This chapter describes how to install and verify installation of HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.0. Instructions for deinstalling the software are also provided. NOTE: HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software is only intended for VMware vSphere 5.0 and does not support any other VMware vSphere releases. NOTE: HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.0 supports InForm OS 2.3.1. InForm OS 3.1.
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. On the upper right corner, click Import Patches. Select 3PAR_vaaip_InServ-220.zip from your local directory, then click Next. From the Confirm Import section, choose Finish. Click the Baselines and Groups tab. In the Baselines section, click Create… In the Baseline Name and Description section, type in a name for your baseline. For example: 3PAR baseline. 13. In the Baseline Type section, click Host Extension for Host Baselines, then click Next. 14.
3. From the vSphere CLI command prompt, issue the following command with appropriate server name: esxcli --server software vib install -d /root/tmp/3PAR_vaaip_InServ-220.zip 4. Place the ESXi server into maintenance mode with the following command: vicfg-hostops.pl --server -o enter NOTE: Entering Maintenance Mode may initiate a shutdown, pause, or migration of Virtual Machines in some system environments.
4 Troubleshooting This chapter lists error messages and provides tips for solving common problems. Run Time Error Messages For run time problems, check the following log file and then consult the description and suggested actions for each message as described in this section: /var/log/vmkernel.log or /var/log/vmkernel.
DESCRIPTION An inquiry into the customer page C0 data has failed. vmkstatus indicates the VMware kernel status. SUGGESTED ACTION Use the information provided by this message in conjunction with any information provided by the following InquiryC0Data error message, then check the HP 3PAR Storage System log for related information that might be helpful in resolving this problem.
NOTE: Consult the HP 3PAR Configuration Matrix for details on what specific XCOPY/ATX/WRITE_SAME primitives are supported on a given InForm OS. To obtain a copy of this documentation, go to http://www.hp.com/go/3par/, navigate to your product page, click Support for your product, and then click Manuals. MESSAGE 3parvaai:ERR tpd_claim_device(Out of memory claiming device %s) DESCRIPTION An out of memory error has occurred while HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.
