Administrator Guide

Download the Server Agent......................................................................................................................................169
Install and Register the Server Agent........................................................................................................................169
Manage the Server Agent with Server Agent Manager............................................................................................. 171
Uninstalling the Server Agent....................................................................................................................................173
Space Recovery on Windows..........................................................................................................................................173
Guidelines for Space Recovery..................................................................................................................................173
General Space Recovery Requirements.................................................................................................................... 173
Space Recovery Requirements for Virtual Environments...........................................................................................174
Enabling Automated Space Recovery........................................................................................................................174
Running Manual Space Recovery for a Volume......................................................................................................... 176
Viewing Space Recovery Results.............................................................................................................................. 176
7 Managing Virtual Volumes With Storage Manager........................................................179
Conguring VVols in Storage Manager............................................................................................................................179
Requirements and Recommendations for Conguring VVols in Storage Manager.....................................................179
Safeguarding VVols Data...........................................................................................................................................179
VMware Virtual Volume Concepts.................................................................................................................................. 180
Setting Up VVols Operations on Storage Manager.......................................................................................................... 181
Virtual Volumes Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 181
VASA Provider................................................................................................................................................................ 182
VASA Provider Restrictions.......................................................................................................................................182
Register the VASA Provider...................................................................................................................................... 182
Unregister a VASA Provider...................................................................................................................................... 182
Using Storage Manager Certicates With VASA Provider.........................................................................................183
Managing Storage Containers.........................................................................................................................................184
How Storage Container Options Aect vCenter Advertised Capabilities...................................................................184
Data Reduction Options for VVols.............................................................................................................................184
Create Storage Containers Using the Storage View..................................................................................................188
Edit Storage Containers............................................................................................................................................189
Delete Storage Containers........................................................................................................................................ 189
View Storage Container Information......................................................................................................................... 189
Creating VVol Datastores................................................................................................................................................190
Create a Datastore or Storage Container and Map it to VMware vSphere .....................................................................190
View VVol and Datastore Information.............................................................................................................................. 191
Protocol Endpoint Monitoring......................................................................................................................................... 192
8 PS Series Storage Array Administration.......................................................................195
About Groups................................................................................................................................................................. 195
Adding PS Series Groups.......................................................................................................................................... 196
Organizing PS Series Groups.................................................................................................................................... 197
Remove a PS Series Group.......................................................................................................................................198
Launch Group Manager............................................................................................................................................ 199
About Volumes............................................................................................................................................................... 199
Create a Volume....................................................................................................................................................... 201
Modify a Volume....................................................................................................................................................... 201
Create a Volume Folder............................................................................................................................................ 202
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