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POWERMAX FAMILY

ADMINISTRATION –
MANAGEMENT IN A
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

PARTICIPANT GUIDE

PARTICIPANT GUIDE
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Table of Contents

Unisphere Support for vCenter and ESXi Servers 4


Register vCenter and ESXi 4
View vCenter and ESXi Details 6
Monitor Performance of vCenter and ESXi 7
Explore ESXi With Unisphere for PowerMax – Activity 8

Overview of vSphere and VSI 9


vSphere Client Overview 9
Dell Virtual Storage Integrator 10
VSI Dashboard 11
Create Datastore With VSI 12
Datastore Administration – Storage Settings 13
Datastore Administration – Snapshots 14
Create a Snapshot of a Datastore Using Dell VSI – Activity 15
VSI Administration for ESXi Hosts 16

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Unisphere Support for vCenter and ESXi Servers

Unisphere Support for vCenter and ESXi Servers

Register vCenter and ESXi

Unisphere for PowerMax can be used to discover and present details for a
virtual environment. Unisphere provides information about storage-to-
server relationships for registered VMware vCenter and ESXi servers.
This information is helpful when using Unisphere to troubleshoot and
investigate potential storage-related issues for the environment.

To register VMware servers, locate and launch registration for vCenter


and ESXi servers in Unisphere for PowerMax:

• Use the VMware vCenters and ESXi menu option from the Unisphere
Home screen.
• Select Register and provide a server name or IP address and login
credentials for the vCenter or ESXi server in the dialog box.

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Unisphere Support for vCenter and ESXi Servers

Important: A valid Certificate Authority (CA) signed


certificate is required to register hosts in Unisphere. If the
server has a self-signed certificate or its trust chain
cannot be verified, the self-signed certificate must be
imported as if it were trusted. This process is known as
certificate pinning, which is not recommended and does
not adhere to Dell security guidelines.

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Unisphere Support for vCenter and ESXi Servers

View vCenter and ESXi Details

Server details that are available in Unisphere for registered vCenter and
ESXi servers include version information, CPU cores, memory, and
number of Virtual Machines. Selecting the server name or clicking the
View all Details link provides more information about Masking Views
(MVs), Virtual Machines (VMs), and performance statistics.

• Masking View path details display hosts, ports, storage, and volumes
associated with the MV.
• Virtual Machine details provide names, power status, CPUs, memory,
Operating System, and advanced details for physical disk information
about the virtual system.
• Performance details for the selected server include Storage Group,
Front-End director, and Front-End port statistics.

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Unisphere Support for vCenter and ESXi Servers

Monitor Performance of vCenter and ESXi

Monitor the performance of registered vCenter and ESXi servers with


Unisphere for PowerMax.

Viewing all details for a selected server includes a Performance tab to


display:

• Storage Group performance


• Front-End director details
• Front-End port details
• Related Storage Group information

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Unisphere Support for vCenter and ESXi Servers

Explore ESXi With Unisphere for PowerMax – Activity

The Online Course Contains an Interaction Here.

The online version of this course includes an interaction to explore an


ESXi host with Unisphere for PowerMax.

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Overview of vSphere and VSI

vSphere Client Overview

VMware vSphere Client® is used to connect to the vCenter server and


manage vSphere environments.

Manage the vSphere environment—including hosts, Virtual Machines


(VMs), storage, and networking—with the vSphere Client by connecting to
vCenter Server.

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Dell Virtual Storage Integrator

Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for vSphere Client is a plug-in that
enables vSphere administrators to perform Dell storage-related tasks from
vCenter. VSI supports Dell storage arrays including PowerMax, Unity,
PowerStore, and PowerFlex systems. Tasks that administrators can
perform with VSI include storage provisioning, storage mapping,
managing data protection systems, and viewing information such as
capacity utilization.

Selecting the Dell VSI menu option displays the VSI Dashboard.

Deep Dive: For more information about deploying and


using VSI, view VSI for VMware vSphere Client
downloads and drivers and documentation on Dell
Support.

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VSI Dashboard

The VSI Dashboard in vSphere Client provides an overview of VSI plug-in


details, storage resources, and capacity information. The menu provides
access to Resource Administration for viewing, adding, or removing
storage resources such as storage systems and storage groups. Plug-in
settings can be viewed and modified from the Plug-in Administration menu
option.

Storage resources can also be added from the Dashboard by clicking the
+ symbol for the resource in the Registered Storage Resources panel.

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Create Datastore With VSI

VSI enables the creation of a datastore from vSphere using PowerMax


storage. Right-clicking an ESXi host opens an actions menu for
administration of the host which includes Dell VSI options.

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Datastore Administration – Storage Settings

Select a datastore in vSphere to use the Dell VSI Configure Storage


option to monitor and manage Storage Settings for datastores.

From the Storage Settings tab:

• Rename the datastore and synchronize the volume name under the
General section.
• Scroll down to:

− Increase and refresh capacity in the Allocated % section.


− View Snapshots in the Snapshots section.
− Monitor and refresh performance statistics from the Performance
section.

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Datastore Administration – Snapshots

Select a datastore in vSphere to use the Dell VSI Configure Storage


option to monitor and manage Snapshots for datastores.

From the Snapshots tab:

• View configured snapshots.


• Create and delete snapshots using the + and x icons.
• Edit configured snapshots using the pencil icon.
• Link, restore, and terminate configured snapshots using the More
Actions dropdown selections.

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Create a Snapshot of a Datastore Using Dell VSI –
Activity

The Online Course Contains an Interaction Here.

The online version of this course includes an interaction to create a


Snapshot of a datastore with Dell VSI.

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VSI Administration for ESXi Hosts

Select an ESXi host in vSphere to use the Dell VSI plug-in to monitor and
manage storage resources for that host.

The Configure tab includes a menu for configuring storage, networking,


VMs, System, Hardware, Virtual Flash, and Dell VSI.

From the Dell VSI menu, storage configuration information and applying
host best practices options are available.

• Configure Storage provides details on mapped datastores, devices,


available devices, and configured hosts.
• Host Best Practices scans the host for configured settings, and
recommends options that can be set to meet best practices.

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