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HOL09-Entry Level VMAX:
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Snap, and VMware Integration
HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware
Integration
VMAX 10K "Hands On Lab" Exercises 1
Introduction 4 1.1
Exercise 1: Entry-Level VMAX Provisioning Storage and Configuring FAST VP 2
Provisioning Storage 6 2.1
Configuring FAST VP 14 2.2
Conclusion 17 2.3
Exercise 2: Entry-Level VMAX TimeFinder VP Snap 3
Create A Device Group 19 3.1
Create a device pair for the TimeFinder/Clone Operation 25 3.2
Perform the TimeFinder/Clone operation 29 3.3
Obtaining More Information 33 3.4
Conclusion 34 3.5
Exercise 3: Entry-Level VMAX Integration With A Virtual Environment 4
Provision VMAX 10K LUN to ESXi5 Host Using SMC 36 4.1
Add New Storage to Host Using the VMware vCenter Add Storage wizard 41 4.2
VMware Integration and EMC Virtual Storage Integrator 45 4.3
Return to SMC for View Of Newly Provisioned Storage 46 4.4
Conclusion 48 4.5
End of "Hands On Lab" Exercises 5
Wrap Up 50 5.1
HOL09-Entry Level VMAX: Provisioning, FAST VP, TF VP Snap, and VMware Integration - 3
VMAX 10K "Hands On Lab"
Exercises
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
whereby the environment can be 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
Exercise 1: Entry-Level VMAX
Provisioning Storage and
Configuring FAST VP
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.
Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
TimeFinder VP Snap
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. Its
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.
Click the Continue to this website link to continue.
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.
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
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
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".
The Successful creation message confirms the creation of the Device Group. Click Ok
Expand the Navigation Tree and select the LocalCopy Device Group.
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.
Select Local TGT in the Clone Type
Select Set Exact Pairs to autoselect the devices 48 (source) and 49 (replica)
Hit Next.
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
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".
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Conclusion
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
Integration With A Virtual
Environment
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.
Click the Continue to this website link to continue. (say "yes" if prompted to let the website close
the previous page)
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.
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.
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Conclusion
3. - Entry-Level VMAX Integration With A Virtual Environment
End of "Hands On Lab"
Exercises
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.

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