HP 6100 HP StorageWorks EVA Virtualization Adapter administrator guide (5697-0 - Page 14
Creating vdisks for datastores, Presenting LUNs, Creating and configuring datastores - software
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NOTE: Snapclones, mirrorclones, and the ability to choose different disk group for clones are not currently supported with SRM or HP EVA Virtualization Adapter. Creating vdisks for datastores Vdisks (vdisks) need to be created for virtual machine datastores. Create the vdisks on the protected HP EVA disk array, using HP StorageWorks Command View EVA or HP StorageWorks Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU) Command Line Interface. Once vdisks have been created on the local EVA, create data replication groups containing the vdisks. Data replication groups are created on the local HP EVA disk array and provide vdisk failover between two HP EVA disk arrays. You can create data replication groups using HP StorageWorks Command View EVA or SSSU. For more information on these tasks, see the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA user guide and the HP StorageWorks Storage Software Scripting Utility Reference. Presenting LUNs Once vdisks have been created and put into a data replication group local LUNs should be presented to local ESX server. When you put a vdisk into a data replication group, it will be replicated to the remote EVA. At the remote data center, you then need to present the replica vdisk to the ESX servers that are hosts to the remote EVA. After you present the vdisks to both local and remote ESX servers, log into the local ESX servers and do a rescan. There is no need to rescan for LUNs on the remote ESX servers, since SRM does this during failover. You can present LUNs using HP StorageWorks Command View EVA or SSSU. For more information on these tasks, see the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA user guide and the HP StorageWorks Storage Software Scripting Utility Reference. Creating and configuring datastores The following tasks need to be done on protected and recovery ESX servers after LUN presentation: On protected ESX servers • Create datastores on ESX server • Install virtual machines onto the datastores • Create resource pools and folders as needed On recovery ESX servers • Rescan to make sure LUNs can be seen from protected site For more information on these tasks, see the VMware Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide. Installing HP EVA Virtualization Adapter To install HP EVA Virtualization Adapter, see Chapter 3 14 Configuring SRM and the HP EVA disk array