Veritas InfoScale™ Virtualization Guide - Linux on ESXi

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4)
Platform: VMware ESX
  1. Section I. Overview
    1. About Veritas InfoScale solutions in a VMware environment
      1.  
        Overview of the Veritas InfoScale Products Virtualization Guide
      2. How Veritas InfoScale solutions work in a VMware environment
        1.  
          How Veritas InfoScale product components enhance VMware capabilities
        2.  
          When to use Raw Device Mapping and Storage Foundation
        3.  
          Array migration
        4.  
          Veritas InfoScale component limitations in an ESXi environment
        5.  
          I/O fencing considerations in an ESXi environment
      3.  
        About Veritas InfoScale solutions support for the VMware ESXi environment
      4.  
        Virtualization use cases addressed by Veritas InfoScale products
  2. Section II. Deploying Veritas InfoScale products in a VMware environment
    1. Getting started
      1.  
        Storage configurations and feature compatibility
      2.  
        About setting up VMware with Veritas InfoScale products
      3.  
        Veritas InfoScale products support for VMware environments
      4.  
        Installing and configuring storage solutions in the VMware virtual environment
    2. Understanding Storage Configuration
      1.  
        Configuring storage
      2.  
        Enabling disk UUID on virtual machines
      3.  
        Installing Array Support Library (ASL) for VMDK on cluster nodes
      4.  
        Excluding the boot disk from the Volume Manager configuration
      5.  
        Creating the VMDK files
      6.  
        Mapping the VMDKs to each virtual machine (VM)
      7.  
        Enabling the multi-write flag
      8.  
        Getting consistent names across nodes
      9.  
        Creating a file system
  3. Section III. Use cases for Veritas InfoScale product components in a VMware environment
    1. Application availability using Cluster Server
      1.  
        About application availability with Cluster Server (VCS) in the guest
      2.  
        About VCS support for Live Migration
    2. Multi-tier business service support
      1.  
        About Virtual Business Services
      2.  
        Sample virtual business service configuration
    3. Improving storage visibility, availability, and I/O performance using Dynamic Multi-Pathing
      1.  
        Use cases for Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) in the VMware environment
      2. How DMP works
        1. How DMP monitors I/O on paths
          1.  
            Path failover mechanism
          2.  
            I/O throttling
          3.  
            Subpaths Failover Group (SFG)
          4.  
            Low Impact Path Probing (LIPP)
        2.  
          Load balancing
        3.  
          About DMP I/O policies
      3.  
        Achieving storage visibility using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
      4.  
        Achieving storage availability using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
      5.  
        Improving I/O performance with Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
      6.  
        Achieving simplified management using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor and guest
    4. Improving data protection, storage optimization, data migration, and database performance
      1.  
        Use cases for Veritas InfoScale product components in a VMware guest
      2. Protecting data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About point-in-time copies
        2.  
          Point-in-time snapshots for Veritas InfoScale products in the VMware environment
      3. Optimizing storage with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About SmartTier in the VMware environment
        2.  
          About compression with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        3.  
          About thin reclamation with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        4.  
          About SmartMove with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        5.  
          About SmartTier for Oracle with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
      4. Migrating data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          Types of data migration
      5. Improving database performance with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About Veritas InfoScale product components database accelerators
    5. Setting up virtual machines for fast failover using Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability on VMware disks
      1.  
        About use cases for InfoScale Enterprise in the VMware guest
      2.  
        Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability operation in VMware virtualized environments
      3.  
        Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix
      4. About setting up Storage Foundation Cluster File High System High Availability on VMware ESXi
        1.  
          Planning a Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) configuration
        2.  
          Enable Password-less SSH
        3.  
          Enabling TCP traffic to coordination point (CP) Server and management ports
        4. Configuring coordination point (CP) servers
          1.  
            Configuring a Coordination Point server for Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA)
          2.  
            Configuring a Coordination Point server service group
          3.  
            Configuring a Cluster Server (VCS) single node cluster
        5.  
          Deploying Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) software
        6.  
          Configuring Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA)
        7.  
          Configuring non-SCSI3 fencing
  4. Section IV. Reference
    1. Appendix A. Known issues and limitations
      1.  
        Prevention of Storage vMotion
    2. Appendix B. Where to find more information
      1.  
        Veritas InfoScale documentation
      2.  
        Service and support
      3.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Installing Array Support Library (ASL) for VMDK on cluster nodes

In order for the cluster file system to work properly with the VMDK files, an ASL must be installed in the virtual server. The ASL package (VRTSaslapm) version that contains the VMDK ASL is 6.0.100.100.

Note:

Any future updates to the VMDK ASL will be published in http://sort.veritas.com and will have a higher revision than 6.0.100.100.

To download the ASL package

  1. Go to http://sort.veritas.com.
  2. Under Downloads, click ASL/APM/DDI/DDL.
  3. Select the ASL package by appropriately filtering the array information.
  4. Click Download in the Array Support Library (ASL)/Array Policy Module (APM) Details page.

On each clustered file system node, perform the following steps. The steps are illustrated with the example installation and your details may vary.

To install the ASL package

  1. To install the package, follow the instructions outlined in the Readme file (VRTSaslap_readme.txt) which is displayed towards the end of the Array Support Library (ASL)/Array Policy Module (APM) Details page.

    You can also save this Readme file by selecting the Save As… option.

  2. Follow the steps outlined in the Installation Procedure section of the Readme.

In the case of the example installation, the version for RHEL 6.

After installing the ASL, you will notice that the disk has been renamed from disk_0 to vmdk0_0. Before ASL:

# vxdisk list
DEVICE         TYPE         DISK         GROUP         STATUS
disk_0         auto:none    -            - online      invalid

After ASL has been deployed:

# vxdisk list
DEVICE         TYPE         DISK         GROUP         STATUS
vmdk0_0        auto:none    -            - online      invalid

vmdk0_0 is the boot disk that is to be excluded from Volume Manger configuration.