Install Guide

Contents
About This Guide.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Revision History..................................................................................................................................................................5
Audience..............................................................................................................................................................................5
Related Publications...........................................................................................................................................................5
Storage Manager Documents.................................................................................................................................... 5
Storage Center Documents........................................................................................................................................ 6
FluidFS Cluster Documents........................................................................................................................................ 6
Dell TechCenter............................................................................................................................................................ 7
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1 Introduction to Storage Manager................................................................................................................... 9
Storage Manager Components........................................................................................................................................ 9
Management Compatibility............................................................................................................................................. 10
Software and Hardware Requirements..........................................................................................................................10
Data Collector Requirements.................................................................................................................................... 10
Storage Manager Virtual Appliance Requirements.................................................................................................12
Storage Manager Client Requirements.................................................................................................................... 12
Unisphere and Unisphere Central Requirements.................................................................................................... 13
Server Agent Requirements...................................................................................................................................... 13
Default Ports Used by Storage Manager.......................................................................................................................13
Data Collector Ports................................................................................................................................................... 14
Client Ports..................................................................................................................................................................15
Server Agent Ports.....................................................................................................................................................15
IPv6 Support..................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2 Planning and Preparation..............................................................................................................................17
Choose a Data Storage Method..................................................................................................................................... 17
Gather Required Installation Information....................................................................................................................... 18
Record Database Information....................................................................................................................................18
Prepare the Database.......................................................................................................................................................18
Prepare a Microsoft SQL Server Database............................................................................................................. 18
Prepare a MySQL Database...................................................................................................................................... 19
3 Installing and Conguring the Data Collector................................................................................................21
Install the Data Collector..................................................................................................................................................21
Migrating an Existing Data Collector to a New Data Collector.................................................................................. 22
Data Collector Migration Requirements.................................................................................................................. 23
Migrate an Existing Data Collector to a New Data Collector................................................................................23
4 Installing and Conguring the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance............................................................... 25
Virtual Appliance Requirements for vSphere................................................................................................................25
Deploying the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance...................................................................................................... 25
Deploy the Virtual Appliance.....................................................................................................................................25
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