Release Notes

16 Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection | 2079-BP-V-VSM
1. From the vSphere Web Client Home screen, click the Dell VSM icon to view the VSM Home page.
2. On the PS Groups menu, select the Objects tab, and click the Add Groups icon.
3. In the Add PS Series Group dialog box, enter the group name or IP address and credential with grpadmin
privileges, and then click Add.
4. Repeat step 3 for each group that will be managed by this VSM, then click OK to continue.
5. VSM connects to each of the groups, and begins to populate VSM with information about the groups. The time
it takes for this to occur depends on the configuration of the groups, and the number of volumes and VMs that
are stored on them.
VSM can now be used to manage these PS Series groups, enabling the creation of VMFS and vVol datastores, and the
protection of VMs through SmartCopy Snapshots and SmartCopy Replication.
2.5.2 Access control for VMFS datastores
The ability for a VMware ESXi™ host to access a particular volume on a PS Series SAN is restricted by the volume access
controls. Controls are vital for the integrity of the data because serious issues can arise if any server can access any
volume. VSM enables the creation of datastores, and their underlying volumes, directly from the vSphere Web Client,
and will create the access controls based on user input.