EMC AX100i Release Notes - Page 36

VMware ESX Server guest OS installation instructions

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Installation VMware ESX Server guest OS installation instructions When installing the Navisphere Server Utility on a Windows guest OS virtual machine, it is important that you answer No to the question Do you want information about this server to be updated every time the server starts? Failing to do so can result in misleading server information in Navisphere Express displays. When installing the Navisphere Server Utility on a Linux guest OS virtual machine you will need to edit the Linux startup file to remove the following entry: "/opt/Navisphere/bin/naviserverutilcli update" Installing the CLARiiON VSS Provider (Navisphere Express only) The CLARiiON VSS Provider is supported on Windows Server 2003 and VMware ESX Server systems running Windows Server 2003 on the Virtual Machine. However, you can use only the ESX Server system as the production server. You cannot use it as the secondary server, and therefore it cannot access the copy. If you have Navisphere Manager installed on the AX storage system, refer to the EMC CX-Series Server Support Products for Windows Installation Guide (P/N 300-002-038) for information on how to install the VSS Provider. This guide ships on the CX-Series Server Support CD. Installation prerequisites Before you can install and use the CLARiiON VSS Provider, you must install the Navisphere Server Utility on the same server as the CLARiiON VSS Provider. All servers attached to the AX100-series storage system must have the server utility installed. To install the CLARiiON VSS Provider Note: The CLARiiON VSS Provider requires the Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI). When you install the CLARiiON VSS Provider, the Navisphere CLI will also be installed on the server. 1. Insert the AX-Series Server Support Products CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. From the main menu, select Install Products on Server. 3. From the Install Products page, select VSS Provider and follow the InstallShield wizard instructions. 36 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes

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Installation
EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes
VMware ESX Server guest OS installation instructions
When installing the Navisphere Server Utility on a Windows guest OS
virtual machine, it is important that you answer
No
to the question
Do
you want information about this server to be updated
every time the server starts?
Failing to do so can result in
misleading server information in Navisphere Express displays.
When installing the Navisphere Server Utility on a Linux guest OS
virtual machine you will need to edit the Linux startup file to remove the
following entry:
"
/opt/Navisphere/bin/naviserverutilcli update
"
Installing the CLARiiON VSS Provider (Navisphere Express only)
The CLARiiON VSS Provider is supported on Windows Server 2003 and
VMware ESX Server systems running Windows Server 2003 on the
Virtual Machine. However, you can use only the ESX Server system as
the production server. You cannot use it as the secondary server, and
therefore it cannot access the copy.
If you have Navisphere Manager installed on the AX storage system,
refer to the
EMC CX-Series Server Support Products for Windows Installation
Guide
(P/N 300-002-038) for information on how to install the VSS
Provider. This guide ships on the
CX-Series Server Support
CD.
Installation prerequisites
Before you can install and use the CLARiiON VSS Provider, you must
install the Navisphere Server Utility on the same server as the
CLARiiON VSS Provider. All servers attached to the
AX100-series storage system must have the server utility installed.
To install the CLARiiON VSS Provider
Note
: The CLARiiON VSS Provider requires the Navisphere Command
Line Interface (CLI). When you install the CLARiiON VSS Provider, the
Navisphere CLI will also be installed on the server.
1.
Insert the
AX-Series Server Support Products
CD in the CD-ROM
drive.
2.
From the main menu, select
Install Products on Server.
3.
From the
Install Products
page, select
VSS Provider
and follow the
InstallShield wizard instructions.