Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 Installation and User's Guide
- About This Guide
- Introduction to Host Integration Tools
- Installation
- Obtain the Installation Kit
- Installation Considerations
- Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft
- Install HIT/Microsoft on a Windows Server Core Machine
- Install HIT on a Windows Server Core Cluster
- About Remote Host Installations
- Install HIT on a Failover Cluster
- About Silent Installations
- Using HIT With a SharePoint Farm
- Remote Setup Wizard
- Remote Setup Command Line Utility
- Using the Multipath I/O Component
- Use the VDS Provider
- Use SCVMM With the Dell EqualLogic SMP
- Install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Configure the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Create a Classification for Dell EqualLogic Storage Resources
- Import the SMP Through the SCVMM GUI
- Configure PS Series Groups
- Configure Group Access on Managed Hosts and Clusters
- Configure Storage for VM Rapid Provisioning
- Create a VM Template From a VHD
- Migrate the Rapid-Provisioned VMs
- Migrate Storage of a Deployed VM to Another Location
- Troubleshoot SCVMM Issues
- Supported SMP PowerShell Cmdlets
- Use the HPC iSCSI Provider
- Tools and Utilities
- Index
RSW (continued)
PS Series array (continued)
initialize 26
PS Series Array
RSW initialization requirements 26
PS Series Array initialization requirements 26
PS Series group requirements 25
troubleshoot
array initialization failure 28
uninitialized arrays
search 26
uninitialized arraysuninitialized arrays
discovery 26
Windows system requirements 25
RSWCLI
bin folder 31
command syntax 30
commands help 30
discover an uninitialized array 31
entering commands 31
exclude a subnet that MPIO uses 35
include a subnet for use by MPIO 34
initialize an array 31
list MPIO settings 33
modify MPIO settings 33
MPIO Subnets
lists included and excluded 33
remote setup 30
syntax 30
S
SAN 45
SCSI unmap
effect if disabled 66
support 66
SCVMM
configure 9
configuring PS Series groups 51
create a VM template 55
create storage classification 49
migrate Rapid-Provisioned VMs 57
migrate storage 58
operations supported 10
support 9
troubleshooting 59
VM rapid provisioning 53
session
distributed session 39
SharePoint
administrative component index file
change location 23
best practices 24
central administration
change Index File locations 23
farm 11
index file locations
modify 23
installation
index file locations 22
SPSearch index file
change location 24
silent installation
log file 21
SMP
configuration 9
configure with SCVMM 48
host service (EqlSMPHost) 9
import through the SCVMM GUI 49
infrastructure 9
Windows Server 9, 21
SMP provider
Windows Server 48
snapshot
importing from VSS 46
Snapshot Settings 45
SQL Server
backup 11
restore 11
supported features 11
status
MPIO DSM 41
Storage Manager for SANs
start 47
Storage Manager Provider, See SMP
Storage Pools 45
subnet
dedicated subnet 39
subnets
excluded 39
included 39
syntax
CLI, See RSWCLI
MPIOExclude subcommand 35
verify subcommand 31, 33, 34
System Center Virtual Machine Management, See SCVMM
System Center Virtual Machine Manager, See SCVMM
T
target
friendly name 46
iSCSI name 46
LUN naming conventions 46
LUN simple target 46
topology
changing SAN 39
trace log daemon, See eqltrace.log
troubleshoot
array initialization failure 28
troubleshooting
SCVMM issues 59
U
unattended installation
HIT 20
uninitialized arrays
discover 31
uninstall
HIT component 14
V
VDS
create a volume 46
guidelines 45
requirements 45