NetApp and MPIO

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• NetApp and VCB

  I am building a new server of vmware VCB for vmware environment. I'm confused about the best way to manage multiple paths.

  Currently,.

  I have the VCB Server zoned on all 8 ports on my file server. I don't have

  one of my cluster vmware LUN presented to the VCB server for test

  purposes.

  In Device Manager, I see 8 drive of NetApp devices with the following ID:

  Bus, target, LUN

  0,2,16

  0,3,16

  0,4,16

  0,5,16

  0,0,16

  0,1,16

  0,2,16

  0,3,16

  Should I just manually turn off 7 devices? How can I determine that we're in a primary path?

  Thanks in advance...

  Jason

  VCB 1.5 supports MPIO. Just install the driver MPIO of NetApp.

  Check out my Guide to proven practices VCB on VI:OPS thus, it can be useful-> http://viops.vmware.com/home/docs/DOC-1392

  Dave Convery

  VMware vExpert 2009

  http://www.dailyhypervisor.com

  Prudent. We do not want to make of this.

  Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes".

• NetApp and SRM

  Hi, I have the following questions - can you help please:

  1. What is the latest version of vSphere in version 4, including any update (not the version 5)?

  2. What is the latest SRM version 4, including any update (not the version 5)?

  3. If you use NetApp SRA version is usable with both (1) and (2) above? and where can I find the download location.

  Thank you

  1 vSphere 4.1 update 2

  2 MRS. 4.1.2

  3. I believe that SRA 1.4.3. More info at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/srm_storage_partners.pdf. You can download it from http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/srm412/ZCVwYnRocHBidGR0cA== (under components, click on "Show details")

  Michael.

• Questions of NetApp and vSwap...

  Should I create a separate data store for each ESX host for the vSwap file? Is this beneficial to our design with SnapMirror. If we do that, are there ramifications when MRS. using?

  It is certainly a good idea to set up a data bank in a Volume separate from Netapp for files vSwap.  It's because you don't want or need SnapMirror these data to your Destination of SM.  It is anyway the temporary data and would not be at the other end.  And since you can only set SM Sources at the volume level, you must make separate volumes.

  If you haven't done so already, take a look on the NetApp VMWare best practices document:

  http://www.NetApp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3428.html

  He describes this among many other best practices.

  I'm not an expert on SRM, so maybe someone who knows better can comment on that.

• Question of NetApp and SRM

  Hello

  We have a main and remote site and SRM with 2 6080 NETapp helps snapmirror for replication of 2 volumes.

  Used SRM ver 1.0.0

  ESX 3.5u1

  Everything seems to work properly, but during the wizaed Array Manager when to get us to the last screen and restart the analysis for arrays there not all tables in repicated.

  NetApp admin has checked the 2 LUNS are being replicated.

  We have a virtual machine running on each replicated LUN.

  Look at the journal suggests he sees 1 2 tables being replicated, but it does not appear.

  Here's what I think is the relevant section of the newspaper. Any help would be appreciated.

  The complete log file is attached.

  Found 1 replicated pairs of LUNS

  Find replica LUNs:

  {(dr.san.Lun)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  Info = {(dr.san.Lun.Info)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  arrayId = "BIS-NETAPP6080-1."

  ID = "/ flight/bri_vm_vol200/lun01,"

  WWN = & lt; unset & gt;

  number = [(dr.san.Lun.Number)

  {(dr.san.Lun.Number)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  value = 200,

  initiatorGroupId = "bis - srm01.corp.int."

  targetId = & lt; unset & gt;

  }

  ],

  consistencyGroupId = & lt; unset & gt;

  },

  peerInfo = {(dr.san.Lun.PeerInfo)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  arrayKey = "NB-NETAPP6080-1."

  lunKey = ' / flight/nbdr_vm_vol200/lun01, "

  },

  }

  No lun group established since there is no storage of replicated data

  Hello

  Newspaper SRM attached at the beginning of the thread, I see datastore PROD-SRM01 with vmhba1:0:200 a measure corresponding to the 200 device with

  Initiator ID: 50:06:0 b: 00:00:6 b: 1 b: 54

  Number: 200

  target ID: 50:0's: 09:88:87:69:82:a1

  Target ID matches one of the storage ports returned by the ASR:

  Could you check volume access definitions on the Board? What initiator includes the volume is actually raised before?

  -Masha

• Name of list and MPIO policy data store

  How to add the name of data instead of the CanonicalName store using the used below command:

  Get-vmhost | Get-Datastore. Get-ScsiLun | SELECT VMHost, Multipathpolicy, seller, model CanonicalName

  Try something like that.

  For each extension of a data store, the script lists the LUN properties.

  $report =@()
  
  foreach($esx in get-vmhost){
      foreach($lun in (Get-ScsiLun -VmHost $esx -LunType disk)){
          foreach($ds in (Get-Datastore -VMHost $esx)){
              $ds.ExtensionData.Info.Vmfs.Extent | %{
                  if($_.diskName -eq $lun.CanonicalName){
                      $row = "" | Select Host,DS,CanonicalName,Vendor,Model,CapacityMB,MultiPathPolicy
                      $row.Host = $esx.Name
                      $row.DS = $ds.Name
                      $row.CanonicalName = $lun.CanonicalName
                      $row.Vendor = $lun.Vendor
                      $row.Model = $lun.Model
                      $row.CapacityMB = $lun.CapacityMB
                      $row.MultiPathPolicy = $lun.MultipathPolicy
                      $report += $row                }
              }
          }
      }
  }
  $report
  

• Backup exec 2012, issue of mpio san backup and ALA

  We have a 4 TB File Server 2008, BONE is a physical server with hba to san volume where the files are located on.
  so far, our backup exec server has an hba double iscis, with only using a port in the San.
  in backup exec, I have created 8 jobs that run at the same time and creates 8 snapshots on the san to back up the file server.
  on the side of san when snapshots are created, I can see that snapshots are assigned to the different ethernet ports, eth0, eth1, eth2, eth3, etc..
  and start broadcasting our backup exec Server iscsi hba data, but since it is only using 1 connection her bottleneck through 1 Gbps.

  If I install mpio on the backup exec server and configure the ports and mpio on the hba settings, when the san creates snapshots, the TI separate backups between the two connections of 1 GB on the hba iscis on the backup exec Server?

  what I have to do all the other configurations on the San or switch layer2 (48 1 Gbps connections) that we use for our San?
  I read somewhere that you would have to do something on the switch if you did 'aggregation of links' or 'bonding' but that mpio is completely different, and I wouldn't have to do something for her.

  any comments would be appreciated.

  Hello

  Re: Collage/circuits only is not supported by the MS. iSCSI initiator  It's in the guide to iSCSi Ms.

  RE: iSCSI hba.   What is a Broadcom iSCSI unloading mode or Qlogic iSCSI HBA?

  So once you configure the other port on the DRUNK to be on the same SAN subnet, you can use MPIO.

  You should already have installed the EQL HIT the DRINK server, is that correct?     If so, then run the Remote Setup Wizard in the Equallogic program folder.   There is an option "configure mpio.   Game to use only the iSCSI subnet, and you will see a checkbox for MPIO enabled shadow copy.  Which is enabled by default.

  Kind regards

• Storage circuits and dot1q FCoE

  We have live from Netapp for the FIs storage configured as storage fcoe ports, the FIs are in mode switch CF. I see the netapp in FIs flogied so the CF part looks good. On the side of netapp, we have a 10 g interface, e1a, with an IP on this subject.  We have another interface of 10g, e1b, with VLAN attached to it for this interface sends and receives frames dot1q tag.

  Documentation seems to imply that the ip traffic does not at all on an FCOE storage port.  Yet, e1a works very well is not the case of e1b.

  Question 1: My theory is the plain ethernet on e1a works well but the dot1q tagging on e1b, is what actually does work on the FCOE storage port.  Am I wrong?

  Question 2: I think to operate dot1q that I need to change to change the type of port FI FCOE destocking at the port of the unit.  Is it as simple as chaning the port enter through the UCS Manager?  Who takes the FCOE link offline or anything?

  Hi Tod,

  Please make sure you have dot1q on Netapp and necessary FCoE VLAN are marked as native on FI and Netapp.

  Below the docs can serve as a reference.

  Guide to zoning Local UCS

  http://www.Cisco.com/en/us/products/ps10281/products_configuration_example09186a0080c09983.shtml

  Flexpod Deployment Guide (instead of connecting to N5K, we are Netapp directly to UCS FI connection. NetApp configuration would be similar)

  http://www.Cisco.com/en/us/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/virtualization/flexpod_deploy.html

  Padma

• vSphere 5.1. NetApp Flash Accel tips

  Hi all

  Got a crowd 4 live / 3 vSphere installation 5.1 Dr. host with back end on both Netapp and am a student to deploy Netapp Flash Accel

  Host servers are HP Pro DL380P Gen 8.  Undecided on whether to use the SSD in a Setup raid1 or dedicated PCI-E to somehow flash card.  Sought to use Kingston SSD E100 100 GB disks

  Whoever did this or similar already and is there anything I need to look out for gotcha general?

  See you soon

  I can make the decision easy for you.

  Marked NetApp Flash Accel as end of availability on March 13. If you do not have the ability to deploy it not more. Downloads are no longer available and existing facilities will not be supported after this year.

  It's funny because he had released a new version (1.3) only a few weeks before and have been strongly touting it as central to their level of virtual storage.

  No explanation or warning and for customers like me who just bought tens of thousands of dollars of value of SSDS with a goal from the use of this technology, a pill bitter to swallow.

  http://support.NetApp.com/info/communications/ECMP1516733.html

• Netspp old storage and issues of Cluster VMWARE

  Hello

  I saw a former NETAPP FAS 2020 connected storage and confiigured with the cluster of 4.1

  Customer is polanning to install new vcenter and ESXi 5 new hosts and want to migrate virtual machines to new Cluster and get rid of the old because of some problems of old hosts

  I heard some mouth sharing old storage Netapp Storage can cause some strange problems and can cause some virtual machines get corrupted

  is that correct? strange problems known?

  Sharing storage should be the correct way to migrate virtual machines safely to the news of ESXi

  It's exactly the way I use to migrate virtual machines to a cluster. I've done a couple of times (also with 3.5/4.x/5.0 storage Netapp and ESXi) and never had corrupted VMs. what VMFS is designed for.

  Of course, I would not share a LUN to ESXi hosts between different vCenters as final configuration but for migration, it is reasonable.

  Just know that:

  -Do not upgreade to VMFS5 until all ESXi4 hosts are disconnected.

  -Storage i/o Control does not work across multiple vCenters.

  -migrate does not mean "vMotion" but: power off > remove inventory > add to the inventory > voltage (of course...)

• Storage - EMC or NetApp training? -What is the opinion which continue to increase identification of Collect information?

  Storage - EMC or NetApp training? -What is the opinion which continue to increase identification of Collect information?

  I get a lot of job opportunities for VCPs with storage capacities. I work with the directors of storage on all commitments but don't go or experience. Which storage certification I should continue to allow me to work as a PCV with extra storage responsibilities? My experience has been with EMC, NetApp and 3Parr on fiber, NFS, and iSCSI. What training and certification provider would be better or at least the first to continue?

  Thxs

  Both are huge players in the world of virtualization and thus increase your VCP - I would lean more towards the EMC cert just because of the VCE (VMware, CIsco and EMC) company

• NetApp ONTAP simulate 8.0.1 SRA 7-Mode, SRM, issue

  Up1 vSphere 4.1 process run with MRS 4.1.1 with NetApp Simulator 8.0.1 7-Mode.  Using the NFS protocol.  Have a volume reproducing with snapmirror and a virtual machine inside the VMFS volume on the protected site.  Everything is good.  However, when I try to configure the SRA it fails with 'unable to connect to address management system when executing command discoverArrays.  Here is a part of the log with the error file: by the way the firewall on the SRM server where the SRA is installed is DISABLED.

  [2011-06-20 21:49:15.012 03924 trivia "PrimarySanProvider"] Windir = C:\Windows environment will be defined for the script

  [21:49:15.012 03924 verbose 'SysCommandLineWin32' 2011-06-20] From process: "C:\\Program Files (x 86) \\VMware\\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\\external\\perl-5.8.8\\bin\\perl.exe" "C:/Program Files (x 86) / VMware/VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager/scripts/SAN/ONTAP/command.pl.

  [2011 06-20 03924 trivia 'PrimarySanProvider' 21:49:16.402] discoverArrays output:

  [#1] < response >

  [#1]  Discover the paintings began

  [#1]  Collects information about all

  [#1] in Zapi::invoke, unable to connect to the socket

  [#1]  Discover the tables completed with errors

  [#1] < / answer >

  [2011 06-20 03924 info 'PrimarySanProvider' 21:49:16.402] discoverArrays came out with exit code 0

  [2011-06-20 21:49:16.402 03924 trivia "PrimarySanProvider"] 'discoverArrays' returned <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"? >

  [#1] < response >

  [#1] < ReturnCode > 2 < / ReturnCode >

  [#1] < / answer >

  [#1]

  [2011-06-20 21:49:16.402 03924 info "PrimarySanProvider"] Return the code for discoverArrays: 2

  [21:49:16.402 03924 error 'PrimarySanProvider' 2011-06-20] The script returned an error, leaving the temporary "C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\dr-sanprovider3924-0" file

  [21:49:16.402 03924 error 'PrimarySanProvider' 2011-06-20] Address incorrect table reported by the script management system

  [2011-06-20 21:49:16.402 03924 info 'ArrayManagerImpl.QueryInfoTask - Task'] Work function threw MethodFault: dr.san.fault.InvalidAddressFault

  [2011-06-20 21:49:16.402 03924 info 'ArrayManagerImpl.QueryInfoTask - Task'] Fault:

  [#1] {(dr.san.fault.InvalidAddressFault)

  [#1] dynamicType = < unset >

  [#1] faultCause = (vmodl. NULL in MethodFault),

  the command [#1] = "discoverArrays."

  [#1] msg = ","

  [#1] }

  [2011-06-20 21:49:16.402 03924 verbose "PropertyProvider"] ASSIGN RecordOp: info.error, ArrayManagerImpl.QueryInfoTask - 68

  [2011-06-20 21:49:16.402 03924 verbose 'ArrayManagerImpl.QueryInfoTask - Task'] Error value {(dr.san.fault.InvalidAddressFault)

  [#1] dynamicType = < unset >

  [#1] faultCause = (vmodl. NULL in MethodFault),

  the command [#1] = "discoverArrays."

  [#1] msg = ","

  I followed the instructions of these sites to find a solution:

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/1269985#1269985

  https://KB.NetApp.com/support/index?page=content & ID = 2011278

  https://KB.NetApp.com/support/index?page=content & ID = 1010829

  http://www.vmwareinfo.com/2011/05/VMware-site-recovery-Manager-error.html

  http://www.Scribd.com/doc/50714545/3/NetApp-Simulator-network-configuration

  Also I tried the SRA NFS both the unified version, the two play the same mistakes.

  Your help is appreciated as I'm learning NetApp, SRM before delivering the real deal in a few weeks.

  Thanks - Tom Miller

  Hi Tom, looks like that give it refuses your connection request.  Maybe a few things:

  You do not have the options httpd.admin.access or httpd.admin.enable the value is.  These can prevent access api http Basic.

  If you try to make the https connection, you may have set the SRA use SSL (in ontap_config.txt on the srm server) but you don't have ssl turned on the netapp and have not followed the instructions to https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=1012531 , I doubt that is your problem, since you mention any you want ssl.

  This problem might come after you go beyond the above, based on the errors you got you connect not even on the go.  With ontap 8.0.x you MUST give an address addresses IP of NFS field when you configure the SRA if you use NAS storage.  The IP addresses you put that there should be the addresses you want the ESX hosts to connect to on table when they do NFS to go up, could this be private IP addresses that are different from the IP address of the administration.  If you don't have a single IP (common when you play with SIM cards) and then with ontap 8.0.x you must put the admin IP in IP of NFS field addresses too.  In ontap 8.0.x you must use the field addresses IP NFS, even if your file server has one IP address, because it forces the SRA to ignore the other treats local loopback that exist in ontap 8, which does not exist in previous versions.

  You must download and use the adapter version NetApp 1.4.3P1, you can get it on the site now by scrolling through the end of the list of software downloads and select the DRA and then typing in the 1.4.3P1 version.  None of the issues described above have been fixed for the release of P1, but it might help you to miss other problems once you are connected correctly.

  Larry

• Change of Machine virtual Swapfile location and impact on vMotion?

  Hello

  I have a DRS and HA permit 2 Server ESXi 4.1 cluster. We are having a problem with the issue of disk space on the LUN for which we intend to change the location of the pagefile to a different SAN LUNS on each host ESXi virtual machine. I'll create 2 SAN LUNs, one for each host store the VM swap file. I want to know is what I SAN LUNS as a single server or servers in the area? If I do not these 2 LUNS for both servers then it will affect the vMotion? VMotion will be able to migrate a VM from one host if SAN LUN on which swapfile resides is not accessible from another host?

  Thanks in advance!

  Please note what file is located on datastore (unshared) local when you vMotion, virtual machine from one esx host to another host esx, vMotion time increases because during vMotion swapfile even is migrated as it has the memory of the virtual machine state. So this explains why there is an impact.

  Arrived at the point of storing VM Swap file on the shared storage. In fact, it's best practices for two reasons.

  1. you don't finish save swap files

  2. your storage space is used efficiently

  3. If you are replicating LUNS on remote site, you can exclude this LUN

  If you want more details please see this white paper from NetApp.

  NetApp and VMware vSphere best practices storage (TR-3749)

  It may be useful

  Thank you

  Preetam Zare

• vSphere Host can't see NetApp storage

  Experts in expensive storage...

  We have recently installed vSphere (ESX 4.0) on a blade server that connects via the Cisco MDS switches to a NetApp 3140.  I believe all zoning is configured from the MDS switches I can FC Ping both the ESX box and the NetApp.  However, the NetApp does see not all CF developers even if they are in response to a Ping FC of the MDS.

  Initiators connected on adapter 0c:

  None connected.

  Initiators connected on adapter 0d:

  None connected.

  Initiators connected to adapter 0:

  None connected.

  Initiators connected on adapter 0b:

  None connected.

  I have connected a call with NetApp, but does anyone have information on what I need to check?

  Thank you

  Damon

  Emulex two ports connect you successfully cloth, but no any NetApp targets found,

  could you please a recheck both ports target NetApp and Emulex ports added to the fc switch even area? Thank you

  usually says it below the successful.

  ~ # cat/proc/scsi/lpfc820/6

  Emulex LightPulse Fiber Channel SCSI driver 8.2.1.30.56vmw

  EMC LPe11002 - E 4 GB 2-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter on PCI bus 0000: 08 01 irq 168 port 1 device

  BoardNum: 1

  Firmware version: 2.72A2 (Z3F2.72A2)

  PortName: 10:00:00:00:c9:82:97:e7 Nodename: 20:00:00:00:c9:82:97:e7

  SLI Rev: 3

  NPIV supported: max 100 VPIs VPIs used 0

  SRIP max 512 ISPR used 6

  VPORT list:

  Link Up - ready:

  PortID 0 x 10500

  Fabric

  Current speed 4G

  Physical port discovered nodes: count 2

  T00 FACT State 06 WWPN 010000 WWNN 50:06:01:60:c1:e0:d2:22 50:06:01:61:41:e0:d2:22<---target>

  T01 FACT State 06 WWPN 010400 WWNN 50:06:01:60:c1:e0:d2:22 50:06:01:69:41:e0:d2:22<---target>

  ~ #

  Binoche, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA

• The ESX of NetApp SAN startup...?

  I'm new to NetApp and my Director wants us to start our SAN NetAapp ESX host.

  What should I do from a point of view ESX 4.0?

  What are the benefits that they hope to achieve by having the option of SAN boot?  If thye want servers without hard drive, so I'd say go with a Flash drive and running ESXi on that... should provide the same benefit for performance and reliability.

  You will need to to boot from SAN ISCSI or HBA Fiver and when it comes to the use of netapp I'll never anything other than NFS to ESX... unless someone is holding a gun to my head.