Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 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 2012 R2 Core Machine
- Install HIT on a Windows Server 2012 R2 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
Use the VDS Provider
The Dell EqualLogic Virtual Disk Service (VDS) provider enables you to use VDS version 1.1 and Storage Manager for SANs to create and
manage volumes in a PS Series group.
Topics:
• VDS Provider Requirements
• VDS Provider Guidelines and Restrictions
• Simple Target and LUN Naming
• Import VSS Snapshots
• Adjustments After Access Control Modifications
• Create a Volume Using Storage Manager for SANs
VDS Provider Requirements
To use VDS, you need:
• A PS Series group running the minimum supported revision
• A supported version of Windows Server (see the Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Release Notes)
• On the computer, a supported version of the iSCSI Software Initiator (see the Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Release Notes)
• On the computer, you must install the VDS provider, as described in Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft.
• Access to the PS Series group by Microsoft services (VDS and VSS) running on the computer. See the Dell EqualLogic Auto-
Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition User’s Guide for more information.
VDS Provider Guidelines and Restrictions
Use the VDS provider in conjunction with VDS v1.1 and Storage Manager for SANs to create and manage volumes in a PS Series group.
Guidelines and details about these configurations are listed below:
• Storage Pools—The Dell EqualLogic VDS provider provides support for storage pools on Windows Server 2012 and later platforms.
This support enables you to use a VDS management application such as DiskRAID to enumerate and create LUNs in storage pools
other than the default pool.
• Provisioning Volumes—Dell recommends that you select a method by which to provision volumes and use that method consistently to
create and manage volumes, with the exception of activities that explicitly require a particular method. For example, if you create a
volume using Storage Manager for SANs, use that method to manage the volumes, except when you must use Group Manager to
modify snapshot settings and configure replication.
• Access controls—If you are using Storage Manager for SANs to create a volume in a PS Series group, it automatically creates access
controls for the volume. If CHAP is used, the user name is always the iSCSI initiator name (as required by VDS rules). You can also
specify a password. Storage Manager for SANs then automatically creates a corresponding access control record and local CHAP
account, if CHAP is used in the group. Always use Storage Manager for SANs to manage these access controls. However, for a
volume created with Storage Manager for SANs, you can use the Group Manager GUI or CLI to create additional access controls in
the group. Always use Group Manager to manage these access controls.
• Snapshot Settings—A volume created with Storage Manager for SANs inherits the groupwide snapshot settings (snapshot reserve,
warning percentage, and space recovery policy).
• VDS Volumes in Group Manager—Volumes created by using Storage Manager for SANs appear in the Group Manager Volume Access
window with Yes in the VDS column.
Simple Target and LUN Naming
The VDS provider implements the simple target configuration. When you use Storage Manager for SANs to create a LUN, the VDS
provider automatically creates an iSCSI target and associates that target with the LUN. When you delete a LUN, VDS deletes the
associated iSCSI target. You cannot independently manage LUNs and targets.
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