Administrator Guide
Managing Virtual Volumes With Storage Manager
VVols is VMware’s storage management and integration framework, which is designed to deliver a more ecient operational model for
attached storage. This framework encapsulates the les that make up a virtual machine (VM) and natively stores them as objects on an
array.
The VVols architecture enables granular storage capabilities to be advertised by the underlying storage. Storage containers, which dened
the available storage capabilities, can be created for vSphere Storage Policy-Based Management.
Topics:
• Conguring VVols in Storage Manager
• VMware Virtual Volume Concepts
• Setting Up VVols Operations on Storage Manager
• VASA Provider
• Managing Storage Containers
• Creating VVol Datastores
• Create a Datastore or Storage Container and Map it to VMware vSphere
• View VVol and Datastore Information
• Protocol Endpoint Monitoring
Conguring VVols in Storage Manager
Running VVols in a storage environment requires the following software and rmware:
• Storage Center 7.0 or later
• Storage Manager 2018 R1 connected to a Data Collector.
• VMware vSphere 6 or later
Requirements and Recommendations for Conguring VVols in
Storage Manager
The following requirements and recommendations apply to setting up Storage Manager to use VVols:
• Storage Manager must be installed on a clustered hypervisor of choice with high-availability (HA) enabled.
• Fault Tolerance is recommended.
• Storage Manager must not be deployed or moved to a VVol datastore on the managed Storage Center. Storage Manager must be
installed and remain on a traditional SAN volume
• Storage Manager must be installed on a separate management cluster.
• VVols is supported with the iSCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces only. FCoE and front end SAS are not supported for VVols.
• The network card must support the Secondary LUNID feature. For more information, search for I/O Devices with the Secondary LUNID
in the VMware Compatibility Guide, available from http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.
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