HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration

HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration

HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration 1 VMAX 10K "Hands On Lab" Exercises 1.1 Introduction 4 2 Exercise 1: Entry-Level VMAX Provisioning Storage and Configuring FAST VP 2.1 2.2 2.3 Provisioning Storage 6 Configuring FAST VP 14 Conclusion 17 3 Exercise 2: Entry-Level VMAX TimeFinder VP Snap 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Create A Device Group 19 Create a device pair for the TimeFinder/Clone Operation 25 Perform the TimeFinder/Clone operation 29 Obtaining More Information 33 Conclusion 34 4 Exercise 3: Entry-Level VMAX Integration With A Virtual Environment 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Provision VMAX 10K LUN to ESXi5 Host Using SMC 36 Add New Storage to Host Using the VMware vcenter Add Storage wizard 41 VMware Integration and EMC Virtual Storage Integrator 45 Return to SMC for View Of Newly Provisioned Storage 46 Conclusion 48 5 End of "Hands On Lab" Exercises 5.1 Wrap Up 50

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Introduction Welcome to the VMAX 10K Hands-on lab exercises. This is a series of exercises providing an introduction to the latest features of Enginuity 5876 using a virtual environment. This environment provides each lab user exclusive use of a VMAX 10K, permitting a range of operations without interference to other labs. Virtual Enginuity has limitations and this is most obviously seen with small device sizes however all lab exercises have been tested and verified. It is still possible that operations outside exercise boundaries will cause errors. If this occurs, a user need only raise a hand to request assistance whereb y the environment can b e reset and the exercise restarted. The following exercises are available for you to experience. Each exercise can be executed in order or independently. 1. - Entry-Level VMAX Storage Provisioning Configuring FAST VP 2. - Entry-Level VMAX TimeFinder and VP SNAP 3. - Entry-Level VMAX Integraion With A Virtual Environment HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 4

Exercise 1: Entry-Level VMAX Provisioning Storage and Configuring FAST VP HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 5

Provisioning Storage This document demonstrates how to use Symmetrix Management Console to provision storage and configure FAST VP to automate the tiering of data. Version 7.3.3 of the Symmetrix Management Console is used for the lab exercise of this demonstration. EMC Symmetrix Management Console (SMC) provides a simple, integrated experience for managing EMC Symmetrix VMAX 10K storage systems through both a storage and VMware lens. It s designed to provide simplicity, flexibility, and ease-of-use. All are key requirements for the journey to the private cloud. Built with simplicity and ease-of-use in mind, the VMAX 10K is 100 percent virtually provisioned, with storage tiering managed automatically by EMC Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools (FAST VP). Flash, FC, and SATA drives are all supported, as well as RAID 1, 5, and 6 protection options. Login to SMC From the Desktop, double-click the icon labeled SMC 7.3.3. Bypass the Security Certificate Warning Click the Continue to this website link to continue. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 6

Enter smc for the User Name and Password, and then click Login to continue. Provision Storage to New Host Examine the Symmetrix Dashboard and find the VMAXe ending in 01 and view the used and free Virtual Pool Capacity. Click the "Right Arrow" button next to Virtual Pool Capacity and view the used and free Physical Capacity. 100% of the physical capacity of the VMAXe has been factory pre-configured for the default thin pools and tiers. Here we will walk through the Add New Host Wizard to show how easily we can provision stroage to a newly added host. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 7

Add New Host Wizard Click Add New Host in the Common Tasks pane. Add New Host Wizard Welcome Page Examine the welcome page of the Add New Host wizard. The Add New Host wizard will guide you through the process of adding a new host, provisioning Thin storage, and putting the storage under control of FAST VP. Click the Next button on the welcome page. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 8

Select Initiators Page Complete the Create Host page as follows: Host name: Production Symmetrix: 01 Initiator to add: Select iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:vc-w8-01a.corp.local Select Ports Page Examine the Select Ports page of the wizard. The ports which are visible to the host have been pre-selected. If you wish to include ports which are not visible to the host select the "include hosts not visible to this host" checkbox. Click the Next button to continue to the next page in the Add New Host wizard. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 9

Select Storage Page Complete the Define Storage page as follows. Number of Thin devices: 1 Capacity for each Thin device: 2 GB Select a pool: Select the FC_R1 Virtual Pool Select the check box next to Put under FAST Control Select FAST VP policy: DEFAULT from the pulldown Click Next when finished HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 10

Summary page Examine the Summary page of the Add New Host wizard, click Finish when done, and wait for the wizard to complete the operation. When the wizard has completed you will see this dialog box. Click the Close button to complete this wizard. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 11

Navigate to masking view The Add New Host wizard created a masking view which holds information about the host, storage, and ports. To view this data, click the properties button and expand the navigation tree to the Masking Views folder. Select the Masking View that has the name that you specified in the previous step. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 12

Masking View Properties Screen Examine the Storage Groups, Port Groups, and Initiator Groups tab pages. These pages contain the storage, ports, and initiators that were configured using the Add New Host wizard HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 13

Configuring FAST VP Create a FAST VP Policy Expand the FAST folder on the Navigation Tree and examine the contents. The Symmetrix Tier folder holds the Virtual Pool Tiers which were factory pre-configured. Depending on the configuration of your array you may have one to three tiers. Select Create Policy To create a FAST VP Policy, right-click on the Policies folder and traverse the context menu through FAST, then FAST Policy Management, and select Create Policy. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 14

Create FAST Policy Complete the Create FAST Policy dialog as follows. Policy Name: Production Tier: EFD_R1, 3% Tier: FC_R1, 30% Tier: SATA_R1, 100% This FAST Policy will tell the FAST feature that at any one time a maximum of 3% of the storage can reside on Enterprise Flash Drives, 30% on Fibre Channel drives, and 100% on SATA drive techology. Navigate to the Storage Group To apply the policy to the Storage Group which we created as part of Step 4, expand the Navigation Tree to Production_SG by expanding Symmetrix Masking folder and then Storage Groups folder. A storage group is a collection of volumes which will be presented to a host when the storage group is associated to an initiator group and port group as part of a masking view. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 15

Select Associate FAST Policy Right-click on Production_SG and navigate the context menu through FAST, then Fast Policy Management. Click Associate FAST Policy. FAST Policy Association In the Associate a FAST Policy with Storage Group dialog, select the FAST VP Policy that you created in Step 3. Click the OK button when complete and Yes to the confirmation dialog. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 16

Conclusion Conclusion You can navigate to any exercise of VMAX 10K Hands On Lab here: 1. - Entry-Level VMAX Storage Provisioning and Configuring FAST VP 2. - Entry-Level VMAX TimeFinder and VP SNAP 3. - Entry-Level VMAX Integraion With A Virtual Environment References Refence documentation is available on EMC Powerlink by perfoming a title search: Best Practices for FAST, Simple Capacity Allocation with EMC Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning FAST VP for EMC Symmetrix VMAX Theory and Best Practices for Planning and Performance Storage Provisioning with Symmetrix Autoprovisioning Groups Implementing Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools (FAST VP) for EMC Symmetrix VMAX Series Arrays HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 17

Exercise 2: Entry-Level VMAX TimeFinder VP Snap HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 18

Create A Device Group The purpose of this lab is to show the use of ease configuring VP Snap sessions on a VMAX 10K system. Using SMC, muliple VP Sessions can be setup in a matter of minutes. Version 7.3.3 of the Symmetrix Management Console is used for the lab exercise of this demonstration. VP Snap leverages TimeFinder/Clone technology and adds the ability to share capacity allocation for track groups originating from the same source volume, similarly to how TimeFinder/Snap copies share tracks today on the VMAX. This new ability makes a VP Snap the best of both worlds in terms of cache and storage efficiency. EMC Symmetrix Management Console (SMC) provides a simple, integrated experience for managing EMC Symmetrix VMAXe storage systems through both a storage and VMware lens. It s designed to provide simplicity, flexibility, and ease-of-use. All are key requirements for the journey to the private cloud. Built with simplicity and ease-of-use in mind, the VMAX 10K is 100 percent virtually provisioned, with storage tiering managed automatically by EMC Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools (FAST VP). Flash, FC, and SATA drives are all supported, as well as RAID 1, 5, and 6 protection options. Login to SMC From the Remote Desktop, double-click the icon labeled SMC. Bypass the Security Certificate Warning Click the Continue to this website link to continue. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 19

Enter smc for the User Name and Password, and then click "Login" to continue. From the Dashbaord, select the VMAX 10K system running the latest 5876 code by clicking on the serial number 000194900001 Create a Device Group Select the Properties tab at the top of the page and find the Device Groups folder in the Navigation Tree. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 20

Right-click the "Device Groups" folder and navigate the menu to Create Group. Creating a unique device group is beneficial to keep your replication pairs distinct. It is also useful when creating consistency groups and want to add pairs to that group, you can operate at the device group level instead of individual pair level. Device Group Name: LocalCopy Symmetrix ID: 0001949000001 Device Group Type: REGULAR Device Type: STD Available Device: 048 HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 21

As you can see there are several "available" devices. For this lab, device 48 is picked as the STD device. Click on Add to add the device 48 to the Device Group Complete the Device Group Management dialog as follows: Device Type: TGT HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 22

Device: 049 Click on Add to add the device 49 to the Device Group As you can see after adding the devices, device 48 is the STD device and device 49 is the TGT device Click OK. After clicking OK, will see a Progress Montior for "Configuring STDs in Device Group". HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 23

The Successful creation message confirms the creation of the Device Group. Click Ok Expand the Navigation Tree and select the LocalCopy Device Group. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 24

Create a device pair for the TimeFinder/Clone Operation Create the pair Right-click the LocalCopy Device Group and navigate the menu to select TimeFinder/Clone. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 25

Select Local TGT in the Clone Type Select Set Exact Pairs to autoselect the devices 48 (source) and 49 (replica) Hit Next. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 26

Unselect "Copy" and "Differential". Select the VP Snap option and then click Finish Will be asked to confirm if you want to perform the Timefinder Clone action, click OK. Will see a Progress Montior for the Timefinder Clone request just submitted HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 27

Will get a successful completion message. Click OK. Navigate to the Clone Pairs folder on the Navigation Tree under Replication Views to view the status of the device pair. The device pair has the status of Created and VSE indicates "VP Snap". HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 28

Perform the TimeFinder/Clone operation Perform the TimeFinder/Clone operation Navigate to the LocalCopy Device Group. Right-click the group and navigate the menu to select TimeFinder/Clone. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 29

The default action for Clone Type is Activate and the select all the device pairs in the Device group (in this example only one pair). Click Next when complete. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 30

1. Click FINISH to complete the TimeFinder/Clone operation. Click OK to the question if you want to perform the Timefinder Clone operation Will see a Progress Monitor for the Timefinder Clone operation just requested HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 31

After clikcing Finish, will get a successful Completion message. Navigate to and select the Clone Pairs folder. Navigate to Replication Views -> Clone Pairs. Observe the CopyOnWrite state of the device pair and "VSE" indicates VP Snap. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 32

Obtaining More Information Cache Savings using Timefinder VP Snap The purpose of this lab was to show the ease of use of setting up a Timefinder VP Snap pair. VP Snap has a smaller cache footprint than Timefinder Clone. There is a comprehensive Timefinder VP Snap Lab for VMAX using the Command Line Iterface that demonstrates these savings. Please refer or run that lab if interested. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 33

Conclusion You can navigate to any exercise of VMAX 10K Hands On Lab here: 1. - Entry-Level VMAX Storage Provisioning Configuring FAST VP 2. - Entry-Level VMAX TimeFinder and VP SNAP 3. - Entry-Level VMAX Integraion With A Virtual Environment Resources Product documentation For additional information, see the EMC product documents listed below. EMC Replication Manager Administration Guide EMC Symmetrix Timefinder Guide for VMAX 10K EMC Replication Manager Product Guide HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 34

Exercise 3: Entry-Level VMAX Integration With A Virtual Environment HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 35

Provision VMAX 10K LUN to ESXi5 Host Using SMC Login to SMC (if not already logged in from a previous exercise) From the Remote Desktop, double-click the icon labeled SMC. Bypass the Security Certificate Warning Click the Continue to this website link to continue. (say "yes" if prompted to let the website close the previous page) HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 36

Enter smc for the User Name and Password, and then click to continue. Provision Storage to New Host Examine the Symmetrix Dashboard and find the VMAX 10K ending in 001 and view the used and free Virtual Pool Capacity. Click the button next to Virtual Pool Capacity and view the used and free Physical Capacity. Note that the physical capacity of the VMAX 10K has been factory pre-configured for the default thin pools and tiers. Click Add New Host in the Common Tasks pane. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 37

Examine the welcome page of the Add New Host wizard. The Add New Host wizard will guide you through the process of adding a new host, provisioning Thin storage, and putting the storage under control of FAST VP. Click the Next button on the welcome page. Complete the Create Host page as follows. Host name: ESXi5 Symmetrix: 001 Initiator to add: Click on the ESX_IG in the display Click Next to continue to the Select Ports page of the wizard. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 38

The ports which are visible to the host have been pre-selected as the defaults ports. Accept the defaults and click Next to continue to the next page in the Add New Host wizard. Complete the Define Storage page as follows. Number of Thin devices: 1 Capacity for each Thin device: 2.0 Select a pool: SATA_R1 HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 39

Put under FAST control: Select checkbox FAST VP policy: DEFAULT Click the Next button when completeto advance toi the Summary page. Summary page Examine the Summary page of the Add New Host wizard, click Finish when done, and wait for the wizard to complete the operation. Note that the Wizard has completed, and click Show Details. Click OK, then click Close to return to the SMC dashboard. Minimize the SMC window HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 40

Add New Storage to Host Using the VMware vcenter Add Storage wizard Log into VMware vcenter using the vsphere Client icon on the desktop User name: Administrator Password: VMware1! HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 41

Integrate VMware Log into VMware vcenter, select the esx-01a.corp.local host, and then select the Configuration tab of vcenter, choose -> Storage Adapters -> Rescan all Click OK to rescan for both New Storage Devices and New VMFS Volumes HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 42

Note that the iscsi Software Adapter has recognized the newly created device with the Runtime Name vmhba33:c0:t0:l0 and a Capacity of 2.00 GB Add New Storage To VMware Choose the vcenter Configuration tab and click Storage, Add Storage to run the VMware Add storage wizard. Choose DISK/LUN, then click Next. Select the EMC iscsi Disk, and create a VMware Datastore on the LUN by accepting the defaults. Select VMFS 5, inspect the current disk HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 43

layout. Choose any Datastore name you wish, for example, "Hands On Lab". Choose the Maximum available space, and click Finish to complete the Add Storage wizard. The vcenter display will automatically refresh after a few seconds, and the Hands on Lab datastore will appear in the list HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 44

VMware Integration and EMC Virtual Storage Integrator From the vcenter display, click the EMC VSI tab, which defaults to the Storage Viewer feature and the Datastores View. Select the new Datastore, view details about the storage by using the Storage Details buttons Common and Paths. Use the slider bar to display detailed information about the storage "behind" the datastore Choose the LUNs and then the Targets view. Use the slider bar to gain additional information about the LUNs and array target ports associated with vmhba33 by highlighting each in turn. Minimize the vcenter diaply, and return to the SMC interface to examine the corresponding storage-to-vmware view of the Symmetrix VMAX 10K device which includes information about the ESXi host, its datastores, and VMs HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 45

Return to SMC for View Of Newly Provisioned Storage SMC View Re-open the Symmetrix Management Console interface, choose the Tasks menu, and select Manage Virtual Server Storage in the lower left hand corner of the display HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 46

From the Manage Virtual Server Storage screen, choose Load All Servers, and then select the ESXi5 server that is displayed, 192.168.110.51. Use the General and Server Devices tab to view ESXi, Datastore, and LUN details from within SMC. Note that the Server Devices tab displays corresponding information about the Symmetrix device, its associated Datastore, and any virtual machines present on the Datastore. Also choose the VM tab within the display for further information. This concludes the VMware Integration portion of the VMAX 10K Hands on Lab. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 47

Conclusion You can navigate to any exercise of VMAX 10K Hands On Lab here: 1. - Entry-Level VMAX Storage Provisioning Configuring FAST VP 2. - Entry-Level VMAX TimeFinder and VP SNAP 3. - Entry-Level VMAX Integration With A Virtual Environment HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 48

End of "Hands On Lab" Exercises HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 49

Wrap Up Thank you for taking the time to complete the VMAX 10K Hands-on lab session. We hope the lessons spark an interest in you to learn more about the new features in Enginuity 5876 for the VMAX family. HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 50