HP TA688-96138 Using the VMware VSA laptop demo, Requirements for the demo, Installing the VSA

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6 Using the VMware VSA laptop demo

The VMware VSA laptop demo is the smallest and most portable version of the LeftHand OS software virtual appliance. Use this demo to create HP StoreVirtual Storage, complete with storage clusters.

NOTE: There is not a separate demo version of the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V Server.

The VSA can be used for free indefinitely as a single system iSCSI target with snapshots. If a configuration is deleted and recreated, the trial period of licensed features starts again.

To use the VSA fully featured on an ESX Server, purchase a license and follow the instructions in “Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere” (page 6) to set up virtual HP StoreVirtual Storage.

The VSA runs a full-featured version of the LeftHand OS software, and provides the following capabilities:

•Use of the LeftHand OS software without requiring physical storage devices.

•Use of advanced LeftHand OS software features such as Clustering and Virtualization, Managed Snapshots, Remote Copy and Multi-Site SAN during an evaluation period.

The demo is available at www.hp.com/go/tryvsa.

Requirements for the demo

•The demo VSA is supported on 64–bit systems only

•Minimum of 3 GB of RAM

•One virtual CPU with 2GHz reserved

•A dedicated gigabit virtual switch

•5 GB to 2 TB of disk space per virtual disk, up to 10 TB total per virtual storage appliance

•VMware Player, Workstation, or Server

•IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the virtual machine

Planning the demo installation

Before you install the VSA, plan the virtual network configuration. Then, when you install the CMC, plan and configure the hardware features before configuring the virtual storage system for data storage.

•Virtual appliance directories, host names and IP addresses. Create a directory for each virtual machine on the hard drive you will use as the storage system.

•Network configuration. Plan the subnet and IP address for the virtual machines as well as for the VIPs required for storage clusters.

•Storage configuration. Install the CMC on a Linux or Microsoft Windows OS. Then use the CMC to find storage systems, create storage, and connect to application servers.

Installing the VSA

When you start the VSA for the first time with a VMware console, you will:

•Unzip to the prepared directory and start the virtual machine.

•Direct the Ethernet port to NAT (default), Host-only, or bridged.

•Set the IP address and host name of the VSA.

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Contents Abstract Acknowledgements Contents Documentation feedback Support and other resourcesPlanning the virtual network configuration Planning the clustered storage configurationPlanning for the VSA Prerequisites Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphereInstalling the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere Supported versions of VMwareInstaller step Definition Host Setup Configuring the VSA for vSphere using the installer wizardInstalling the VSA OVF version Configuring a data diskRelationship of disk size to datastore block size Finishing up with VI Client Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere Supported versions of Microsoft Windows Server Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-VBest practices Unsupported configurationsInstalling the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V Configuring the VSA for Hyper-V using the installer wizardTroubleshooting the VSA for Hyper-V installation TroubleshootingInstalling the CMC Getting started with HP StoreVirtual StorageGetting started with the CMC Editing Find Systems to control the systems displayed Verify the hardware configurationRAID and the VSA for Hyper-V Server Configuring the hardwareBest Practice Summary Creating the iSCSI SANRun CMCInstaller.bin again Documentation available Configuration requirements Designing a virtual SANDesigning your virtual SAN Best practices Unsupported configurationsControllers and hard drives Virtual switch or networkHardware design for VSA MemoryUsing VSAs with HP StoreVirtual Storage Virtual network designAdding storage capacity to a VSA Memory requirements for VSA disks Create additional disksSample configurations Single system configurationTwo-system configuration Two-system configuration Three-system-plus configurationRequirements for the demo Using the VMware VSA laptop demoPlanning the demo installation Installing the VSANAT Customer self repair Support and other resourcesContacting HP Rack stabilityHP websites Related informationDocumentation feedback

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