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Technical white paper | HP Enterprise Virtual Array Storage and VMware vSphere 4.x and 5.x configuration best practices
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Best practices for deploying Command View EVA in a VM with VMDirectPath I/O
• Deploy Command View EVA on the local datastore of the particular vSphere server.
• If a SAN-based Command View EVA deployment is required, then deploy instances on multiple arrays within the
infrastructure to ensure the management interface remains available in the event the array hosting the VM for the
primary Command View EVA instance becomes inaccessible.
For information on configuring VMDirectPath for use with Command View EVA, refer to Appendix E: Configuring
VMDirectPath I/O for Command View EVA in a VM. For supported hardware and software components please refer to
VMware’s KB for Command View EVA at
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1025641
Using the Storage Module for vCenter
HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server seamlessly integrates the manageability features of HP ProLiant, HP
BladeSystem, HP Virtual Connect, and HP Storage inside VMware vCenter Server. Administrators gain insight and control of
their HP infrastructure supporting their VMware virtualized environment from a single pane of glass – reducing the time it
takes to make important decisions, increase capacity, and manage planned and unplanned downtime. The single download
includes three modules:
• Recovery Manager for VMware (RMV): Manages recovery sets of HP 3PAR StoreServ storage systems
• Server module: Licensed with HP Insight Control and manages HP ProLiant servers, HP BladeSystem, and HP Virtual
Connect.
• Storage module: Free to use with HP Storage and leverages deep capabilities of HP’s portfolio of storage arrays while
providing a consistent view, regardless of the HP storage type. The following HP Storage families of storage systems are
supported (see the HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website (HP Passport credentials are needed to
access the site) for the complete list):
– HP 3PAR StoreServ
– HP StoreVirtual Storage and StoreVirtual VSA
– HP EVA
– HP XP
– HP MSA
– HP StoreOnce Backup and StoreOnce VSA
Use the Storage module to:
• Monitor the status and health of HP storage systems
• View detailed storage configuration including thin-provisioning, replications, and paths data
• View relationships between the virtual and physical environment
• Provision datastores and virtual machines easily:
– Create, delete and expand datastores
– Create new virtual machines onto new datastores in one easy step
– Clone virtual machines using array-based snapshot and snap clone technologies
– Delete orphan volumes
Figure 1 shows a storage summary screen for a host that provides a quick, at-a-glance view of HP storage systems and
datastores.