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Lab Answer Key: Module 3: Implementing enterprise

storage solutions

Lab: configuring storage technologies

and

Exercise Planning storage requirements

Task 1: Read the supporting documentation

• Read the supporting documentation in the lab exercise scenario.

Task course of action

1. plan evaluate iSCSI, Fibre Channel, solutions to meet the

requirements. Which solution do you expect to select?

You would not use InfiniBand because the requirements call for reasonable
performance and low cost. InfiniBand is for high-performance solutions, and it is
the two remaining closely
reasonable performance you
an iSCSI solution locations
infrastructure and that requires

2. do you plan to implement databases, block-

level storage or file-level storage?

Based on the requirements alone, you could use either type, because each has

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advantages and disadvantages. SQL databases can run SMB file shares since
the release of SMB 3.0, and the overall performance is similar to that of block-
level storage. The answer might depend on whether you have an existing highly
available SMB file server infrastructure and whether the server team or the
storage team will manage the storage.

3. minimize administrative storage

avoid the complexities InfiniBand

iSCSI solution requires less
these choices reduce the administrative overhead for the
storage administrators.

4. Which server role(s) do you plan to use for the provisioning of VMWare
ESX/ESXi virtual machines?

for NFS role to create VMWare

machines support.

5. in Windows Server 2012 NFS or

The Hyper-V virtual machines can run on SMB, but NFS does not support them.
As a result, you will need to run the virtual machines on SMB.

6. Which file sharing protocol will you use for UNIX clients that require access?

Historically, NFS was the protocol of choice for UNIX clients to access file
most UNIX clients equally SMB
can use either of the an
deployment, you would you have
sharing deployment, you SMB.

7. How do you plan to disable legacy SMB access for existing SMB file shares?

a. First, you need to locate all the existing file servers that have legacy SMB

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shares. You can check for legacy shares on the current host by using the
following command at a Windows PowerShell prompt:

Get-SmbServerConfiguration | Select EnableSMB1Protocol

a Windows PowerShell legacy

servers.

located all of the existing legacy SMB

need to disable the SMB access. disable the SMB 1
protocol on each server by using the following command:

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableSMB1Protocol $false

a Windows PowerShell legacy SMB

your servers.

Result completing this exercise, you should successfully planned a

storage solution that will meet your organization’s requirements.

Exercise 2: Configuring iSCSI storage

Task target feature

1. Manager, click the click Add

Features.

2. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, on the Before you begin page, click

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Next.

3. On the Select installation type page, click Next.

4. On the Select destination server page, ensure that Select a server from the
server pool is selected, and then click Next.

5. roles page, expand File Services (2 of 12

and iSCSI Services ( the
check box, and then click

6. page, click Next.

7. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Install.

8. When the installation completes, click Close.

Task an iSCSI target

1. Manager, in the navigation and

2. In the File and Storage Services pane, click iSCSI.

3. In the iSCSI VIRTUAL DISKS pane, click TASKS, and then click New iSCSI
Virtual Disk.

4. Disk Wizard, on the disk

Storage location, click click Next.

5. virtual disk name page, type

then click Next.

6. On the Specify iSCSI virtual disk size page, in the Size text box, type 5,
ensure that GB is selected, and then click Next.

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7. On the Assign iSCSI target page, ensure that the New iSCSI target option is
selected, and then click Next.

8. On the Specify target name page, in the Name box, type LON-DC1, and then
click Next.

9. On the Specify servers page, click Add

10. identify the initiator Enter a value

the Type list, click text box,
then click OK.

11. access servers page, click

12. In the Select a method to identify the initiator dialog box, click Enter a value
for the selected type, in the Type list, click IP Address, in the Value text box,
type 10.200.100.3, and then click OK.

13. servers page, click

14. Authentication page, click

15. selections page, click Create

16. On the View results page, wait until the virtual disk is created, and then click
Close.

17. In the iSCSI VIRTUAL DISKS pane, click TASKS, and then click New iSCSI
Virtual Disk.

18. Disk Wizard, on the disk

Storage location, click click Next.

19. virtual disk name page,

then click Next.

20. On the Specify iSCSI virtual disk size page, in the Size box, type 5, ensure

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that GB is selected, and then click Next.

21. On the Assign iSCSI target page, click LON-dc1, and then click Next.

22. On the Confirm selections page, click Create.

23. On the View results page, wait until the virtual disk is created, and then click

Task

1. On LON-SVR1, click Start, and then click Server Manager.

2. In Server Manager, click the Manage menu, and then click Add Roles and
Features.

3. Features Wizard, on page, click

4. installation type page, click

5. destination server page, ensure server from the

server pool is selected, and then click Next.

6. On the Select server roles page, click Next.

7. On the Select features page, click Multipath I/O and then click Next

8. installation selections page,

9. complete, click Close.

10. and then sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the

password Pa55w.rd.

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11. Click Start, and then click Server Manager.

12. In Server Manager, on the menu bar, click Tools, and then click iSCSI Initiator.

13. In the Microsoft iSCSI dialog box, click Yes.

14. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Targets tab, in the Target
and then click Quick

15. box, click Done.

16. Properties dialog box, click OK.

17. In Server Manager, on the menu bar, click Tools, and then click MPIO.

18. In the MPIO Properties dialog box, on the Discover Multi-Paths tab, select
Add support for iSCSI devices, and then click Add.

19. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes

20. restarts, sign in to LON-SVR1 Adatum\Administrator

rd.

21. Server Manager

22. In Server Manager, on the menu bar, click Tools, and then click MPIO.

23. In the MPIO Properties dialog box, on the MPIO Devices tab, notice that
Device Hardware Id MSFT2005iSCSIBusType_0x9 has been added to the
list.

24. dialog box, to close

Task iSCSI target

1. On LON-SVR1, in Server Manager, on the menu bar, click Tools, and then click

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iSCSI Initiator.

2. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Targets tab, click
Disconnect.

3. In the Disconnect From All Sessions dialog box, click Yes.

4. Properties dialog box, Connect.

5. dialog box, select check box,

connection to the check box
Advanced.

6. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, on the General tab, change the Local
adapter from Default to Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.

7. In the Initiator IP list, select 10.100.100.3.

8. list, click 10.100.100.

9. Settings dialog box, click

10. dialog box, click

11. Initiator Properties dialog box, tab, click Connect.

12. In the Connect To Target dialog box, click Enable multi-path, verify that the
Add this connection to the list of Favorite Targets check box is selected,
and then click Advanced.

13. Settings dialog box, on the Local

Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

14. select 10.200.100.3.

15. IP list, select 10.200.100.

16. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, click OK.

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17. In the Connect To Target dialog box, click OK.

18. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Volumes and Devices tab,
click Auto Configure.

19. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Targets tab, in the Targets
list, select iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:LON-dc1-LON-dc1-target and then

20. click MPIO.

21. balance policy, Round

22. Under This device has the following paths, notice that two paths are listed.
Select the first path, and then click Details.

23. Note the IP address of the source and target portals, and then click OK.

24. and then click Details

25. using another network,

26. dialog box, click OK.

27. dialog box, click OK.

28. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, click OK.

Task disks

1. Manager, click File and then

Disks.

2. In the right pane, right-click an offline disk with a bus type of iSCSI, and then
click Bring Online.

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3. In the Bring Disk Online dialog box, click Yes to bring the disk online.

4. Right-click the iSCSI disk that you brought online, and then click New Volume.

5. In the New Volume Wizard, on the Before you begin page, click Next.

6. On the Select the server and disk page, ensure that your iSCSI disk is
Next.

7. Uninitialized Disk dialog box, a GPT

8. size of the volume page, default of using the

entire disk size for the volume, click Next.

9. On the Assign to a drive letter or folder page, in the Drive letter list, select J,
and then click Next.

10. settings page, in box, type

click Next.

11. selections page, to finish Create.

12. created, on the Completion Close.

13. In Server Manager, in the right pane, right-click the remaining offline disk with a
bus type of iSCSI, and then click Bring Online.

14. In the Bring Disk Online dialog box, to bring the disk online, click Yes.

15. that you brought online, Volume.

16. Wizard, on the Before Next.

17. and disk page, ensure is

click Next.

18. In the Offline or Uninitialized Disk dialog box, to initialize the disk as a GPT

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disk, click OK.

19. On the Specify the size of the volume page, click Next to accept the default
of using the entire disk size for the volume.

20. On the Assign to a drive letter or folder page, in the Drive letter list, select K,
and then click Next

21. settings page, in select NTFS.

22. box, type NFSShares

23. selections page, to finish creating click Create.

24. After the volume is created, on the Completion page, click Close.

25. On the taskbar, click File Explorer, browse to This PC, and then verify that the
SMBShares and NFSShares volumes are displayed.

Result exercise, you should configured an

iSCSI for redundancy.

Exercise 3: Configuring and managing the share infrastructure

Task 1: Create an SMB share on iSCSI storage

1. Manager, in the navigation and

then click Shares.

2. click TASKS, and then

3. Wizard, on the Select the profile share page, in the

File share profile box, click SMB Share – Quick, and then click Next.

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4. On the Select the server and path for this share page, select LON-SVR1,
click Select by volume, click J:, and then click Next.

5. On the Specify share name page, in the Share name box, type Data, and then
click Next.

6. On the Configure share settings page, select the Enable access-based

and then click Next

7. permissions to control access Customize

8. Security Settings for Data Permissions tab,

click Add.

9. In the Permission Entry for Data window, click Select a principal, type
Domain Users, and then click OK.

10. area, select the Modify then click

11. Security Settings for Data

12. permissions to control access Next.

13. On the Confirm selections page, click Create.

14. When the creation of the share is complete, click Close.

Task on iSCSI storage

1. the SHARES area, click TASKS click New Share.

2. In the New Share Wizard, on the Select the profile for this share page, in the
File share profile box, click NFS Share – Quick, and then click Next.

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3. On the Select the server and path for this share page, click LON-SVR1, click
Select by volume, click K:, and then click Next.

4. On the Specify share name page, in the Share name box, type LinuxData,
and then click Next.

5. On the Specify authentication methods page, select Kerberos v5

and then click Next.

6. permissions page,

7. window, click All Machines.

8. In the Share permissions box, select Read / Write, and then click Add.

9. On the Specify the share permissions page, click Next.

10. On the Specify permissions to control access page, click Next.

11. selections page, click Create

12. page, click Close.

Task 3: Use Windows PowerShell to view share information

1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click File Explorer.

2. address bar, type \\LON-SVR1\Data press

3. New item, and then

4. then press Enter to rename

5. Double-click NewFile.txt to open it in Notepad.

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6. Leave Notepad open for later in the task.

7. On LON-SVR1, right-click Start, and then click Windows PowerShell (Admin).

8. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then
press Enter:

9. command, and then press

Get-NfsShare LinuxData | FL *

10. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

11. command, and then press

Get-SmbShare Data | FL *

12. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

13. command, and then press

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Get-SMBSession -ClientUserName Adatum\Administrator | FL *

14. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

entries for Adatum\Administrator Explorer

Notepad creates the not
because the file connection only for brief
periods when you open the file initially or save it. If you do not see two
entries, switch to LON-DC1, close Notepad, and then double-click
NewFile.txt. Then, on LON-SVR1, repeat step 14.

15. PowerShell prompt open

Task SMB1 protocol

1. On LON-SVR1, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following

command, and then press Enter:

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -AuditSmb1Access $true

2. then press Enter.

3. command, and then press

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Get-SmbServerConfiguration | FL enable*

4. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableSMB1Protocol

5. then press Enter.

6. command, and then press

Get-WindowsFeature *SMB*

7. command, and then press

Remove-WindowsFeature FS-SMB1

8. Close the Windows PowerShell prompt.

Task 5: Prepare for the next module

After the virtual machines completing

the following

1. computer, switch to the Hyper-V

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2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20740C-LON-DC1, and then click

Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20740C-LON-SVR1.

Result exercise, you should created SMB

and

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