Administrator Guide

User Interface for Storage Center Management...................................................................................................... 30
Unisphere Views.......................................................................................................................................................... 30
Unisphere Central Pages and Views........................................................................................................................31
Chapter 4: Storage Center Deployment....................................................................................... 33
Initialize a Storage Center...............................................................................................................................................33
Open the Initialize Storage Center Wizard............................................................................................................33
Install Tab...................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Configure Tab...............................................................................................................................................................36
Connect Tab................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Unisphere Discovery Utility..............................................................................................................................................41
Introduction to Storage Center Initial Configuration.......................................................................................... 42
Discover Storage Centers......................................................................................................................................... 42
Welcome to the Storage Center..............................................................................................................................42
Configure the Management Network Settings.................................................................................................... 43
Set a Password............................................................................................................................................................ 43
Confirm the Storage Center Configuration...........................................................................................................43
Complete the Installation...........................................................................................................................................44
Chapter 5: Storage Center Administration.................................................................................. 45
Adding and Organizing Storage Centers..................................................................................................................... 45
Storage Center User Privileges and User Groups............................................................................................... 45
User Privilege Levels.................................................................................................................................................. 46
Adding and Removing Storage Centers.................................................................................................................46
Organizing Storage Centers..................................................................................................................................... 48
Managing Volumes............................................................................................................................................................ 49
Attributes That Determine Volume Behavior........................................................................................................49
Creating Volumes........................................................................................................................................................ 49
Modifying Volumes......................................................................................................................................................52
Copying Volumes......................................................................................................................................................... 56
Creating and Managing Volume Folders................................................................................................................ 58
Creating and Managing Volume Snapshots.......................................................................................................... 59
Mapping Volumes to Servers....................................................................................................................................62
Deleting Volumes and Volume Folders................................................................................................................... 65
Migrating Volumes............................................................................................................................................................ 67
Migrate a Volume.........................................................................................................................................................67
Migrating Volumes With Live Migrate.................................................................................................................... 67
Migrate a Volume Using One Time Copy ..............................................................................................................75
Reset a Controller to Factory Default.......................................................................................................................... 76
Run the Space Reclamation Wizard..............................................................................................................................76
Managing Virtual Volumes With Unisphere Central.................................................................................................. 77
Configuring VVols in Unisphere Central................................................................................................................. 77
VMware Virtual Volume Concepts.......................................................................................................................... 78
Setting Up VVols Operations on Unisphere Central........................................................................................... 78
VASA Provider..............................................................................................................................................................79
Managing Storage Containers........................................................................................................................................82
Create a Storage Container...................................................................................................................................... 82
Edit a Storage Container........................................................................................................................................... 82
Delete a Storage Container.......................................................................................................................................83
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