HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform administrator guide (5697-0204, January 2010)

2. Follow the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager user guide for
instructions on how to create a storage pool.
3. Follow the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager user guide for
instructions on how to create a virtual disk from that storage pool.
4. Follow the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager user guide for
instructions on how to configure a UDH for the VMware server (choose VMware for the OS type).
5. Configure the SCSI personality.
A SCSI personality defines the way in which the DPM (acting as storage system controllers) reacts
to certain SCSI commands coming from the ESX server, especially with regard to virtual disk
failover. The correct SCSI personality to use with VMware ESX Server is the HP EVA personality.
6. Assign the virtual disk with the same LUN number to all ESX servers that are part of the VMware
cluster (or to a specific standalone ESX server in not in the VMware cluster).
VMware ESX server
After configuring the appropriate zones, create the virtual disks on the VSM and assign them to the
VMware ESX servers. The VMware ESX server can now scan these virtual disks and use them as
DATASTORES or raw (RDM) VM virtual disks. Before scanning and creating the DATASTORE there
are some advanced configurations steps:
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