Users Guide

5. Make sure that storage resources on the library shares are accessible.
a. Open an iSCSI session from Server Manager of VMM.
b. Make sure the iSCSI targets for the template volumes are shown as connected; if not, reconnect them.
c. Open Disk Management. Click Administrative Tools → Computer Management → Disk Management and make
sure the disk corresponding to the active iSCSI target is currently online. Set the disk online if needed.
d. Make sure that the volumes still have the correct access paths (mount points) under the library shared folder.
e. Refresh the library shares in the VMM Library workspace view. Click Library → Library Servers.
6. In the Library workspace view, right-click VM Templates, then select Refresh from the menu.
7. Confirm that both the VHD and VM template resources are enabled for SAN operations in the SAN Copy Capable property
field. If correctly configured, this property says Yes. This setting ensures that rapid provisioning is enabled for these
resources.
To troubleshoot connectivity on the managed hosts, make sure that PS Series group access is correctly configured (for
example, by running the PowerShell Tools cmdlet Get-EqlGroupAccess) and make sure the iSCSI targets for volumes
deployed to these hosts are correctly connected.
Supported SMP PowerShell Cmdlets
PowerShell cmdlets in the following table invoke Dell EqualLogic SMP functionality. Refer to your Microsoft PowerShell
documentation for full details.
Table 14. Supported PowerShell Cmdlets for EqualLogic SMP
Cmdlet Description
Get-StorageProvider Retrieves provider information
Get-StorageSubSystem Retrieves storage subsystem information. Reports group information as well as
features supported in EqualLogic provider implementation.
Get-StoragePool Retrieves storage pool information
Get-VirtualDisk Retrieves particular volumes or snapshots
Get-MaskingSet Retrieves particular masking sets
Get-InitiatorId Retrieves particular initiator Id objects
Get-TargetPort Retrieves target port information for volumes
Get-TargetPortal Retrieves target portal information for a subsystem (EqualLogic group)
Get-PhysicalDisk Retrieves physical disk information from the group. List the physical disks in
individual members.
Get-ResiliencySetting Retrieves resiliency setting for a storage pool (mapped to RAID setting on a
member)
Get-VirtualDiskSupportedSize Retrieves information regarding supported volume sizes in a particular storage
pool
New-VirtualDisk Creates a volume
New-VirtualDiskSnapshot Creates a snapshot for a volume, or creates a thin clone for a template volume
New-VirtualDiskClone Clones a volume
New-StorageSubsystemVirtualDisk Creates a volume on a particular storage subsystem (group)
New-MaskingSet Creates a new masking set for a volume. Creates a new ACL table for the
volume.
Remove-VirtualDisk Sets the volume offline and deletes it. This cmdlet is also valid for snapshots
because they are represented by VirtualDisk objects
Show-VirtualDisk Adds ACL entries to a MaskingSet associated with a volume
Hide-VirtualDisk Removes ACL entries from a masking set associated with a volume
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