1.Begin the installer one of the following ways:

Insert the HP StoreVirtual Management Software DVD in the DVD drive.

Double-click the executable that you downloaded to start the installation.

2.Click Install VSA for VMware vSphere to begin the wizard.

3.In the Meta Launcher command line window that opens, enter 1 to run the installer CLI, or enter 2 to run the installer GUI. Both versions require the same information and perform the same installation.

If you selected the GUI installation in the Meta Launcher CLI window, the GUI installer window opens again and you click Install VSA for VMware for vSphere again to begin the wizard.

4.If necessary, enter the login credentials to allow the installer to configure the VSA for vSphere on the vSphere server, and click Yes.

5.Accept the terms of the License Agreement again.

6.Work through the wizard to configure the parameters of the virtual machine on the network, including the hard drives. See Table 2 (page 7).

NOTE: Run the wizard again to configure another VSA for vSphere using the same parameters as appropriate.

7.Finish the installation, reviewing the configuration summary, and click Deploy.

When the installer is finished, the VSA for vSphere is ready to be used in the HP StoreVirtual Storage.

8.Next, use the Find function in the CMC to discover the VSA for vSphere, and then add it to a management group.

Installing the VSA OVF version

Import the VSA for vSphere OVF version as a virtual appliance through the Virtual Infrastructure Client. Download the .ovf files from the website:

http://www.hp.com/go/StoreVirtualDownloads

When you import the VSA for vSphere you must perform the following tasks:

Configure the data disk(s).

Power on the VSA for vSphere and set the IP address and host name of the VSA for vSphere.

Configuring a data disk

When you configure the data disk, use Table 3 (page 8) to determine the proper size for the disk. The maximum disk size on the ESX Server is limited by the block size used to format the datastore.

Table 3 Relationship of disk size to datastore block size

Block Size

Max VMDK

VMFS5 only

 

1 MB (default)

up to 2 TB

VMFS3 only

 

1 MB

256 GB

2 MB

512 GB

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HP TA688-96138 Installing the VSA OVF version, Configuring a data disk, Relationship of disk size to datastore block size

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