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
RSW (continued)
initialize an array 28
launch 26
launch on the host 25
PS Series array
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 30
command syntax 29
commands help 29
discover an uninitialized array 30
entering commands 30
exclude a subnet that MPIO uses 34
include a subnet for use by MPIO 33
initialize an array 30
list MPIO settings 31
modify MPIO settings 31
MPIO Subnets
lists included and excluded 32
remote setup 29
syntax 29
S
SAN 43
SCSI unmap
effect if disabled 63
support 63
SCVMM
configure 9
configuring PS Series groups 49
create a VM template 53
create storage classification 47
migrate Rapid-Provisioned VMs 55
migrate storage 56
operations supported 10
support 9
troubleshooting 57
VM rapid provisioning 51
session
distributed session 37
Sharepoint
administrative component index file
change location 23
best practices 24
farm 11
index file locations
modify 22
installation
index file locations 21
SharePoint
central administration
change Index File locations 23
SharePoint (continued)
SPSearch index file
change location 23
silent installation
log file 21
SMP
configuration 9
configure with SCVMM 46
host service (EqlSMPHost) 9
import through the SCVMM GUI 47
infrastructure 9
Windows Server 2012 9, 20
SMP provider
Windows Server 2012 46
snapshot
importing from VSS 44
Snapshot Settings 43
SQL Server
clone and restore a database as new 11
SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017
backup 10
database restore options 11
restore 10
restore all database(s) 11
restore all databases as new 11
restore named databases 11
supported features 10
status
MPIO DSM 39
Storage Manager for SANs
start 44
Storage Manager Provider, See SMP
Storage Pools 43
subnet
dedicated subnet 37
subnets
excluded 37
included 37
syntax
CLI, See RSWCLI
MPIOExclude subcommand 34
verify subcommand 30, 32, 33
System Center Virtual Machine Management, See SCVMM
System Center Virtual Machine Manager, See SCVMM
T
target
friendly name 44
iSCSI name 44
LUN naming conventions 44
LUN simple target 43
topology
changing SAN 37
trace log daemon, See eqltrace.log
troubleshoot
array initialization failure 28
troubleshooting
SCVMM issues 57
U
unattended installation
HIT 19