11.0 HP StoreVirtual Storage VSA Installation and Configuration Guide (TA688-96141, September 2013)

Table 4 Configuring the VSA for vSphere using the installer wizard (continued)
DefinitionInstaller step
If configuring tiered storage, assign a tier to each drive. Tier 0 is the fastest tier.
Raw Disk window
Select up to 7 raw disks that you have prepared, and which are available. These drives must have
no partitions or volumes on them, or the installer will not list them.
If configuring tiered storage, assign a tier to each drive. Tier 0 is the fastest tier.
IMPORTANT:
• The raw disk size can be greater than 2 TB in VMware. However, the total amount of configured
storage on the StoreVirtual VSA cannot exceed 50 TB or the RAID Stripe configuration will fail.
• Be sure to plan the disk capacity in conjunction with the licensing for the StoreVirtual VSA.
Storage capacity can be added but not removed. The purchased license controls the amount
of storage that can be used regardless of the disk capacity. See Table 1 (page 5).
• Every virtual disk should be RAID-protected and not configured with RAID 0. The RAID Stripe
that is configured on the StoreVirtual VSA operates like RAID 0, and creates a pool of storage
that has no redundancy across the drives.
1. Begin the installer one of the following ways:
• Unzip the files if you downloaded a .zip file, and then double-click the executable to start
the installation.
• Double-click the downloaded executable to start the installation.
• If you downloaded the HP StoreVirtual VSA Software .iso image, either mount the .iso to
a virtual drive, or use a DVD created from the .iso image, and navigate to autorun.exe.
2. Click Install VSA for VMware vSphere to begin the wizard.
3. In the command line window that opens, enter 1 to run the installer CLI, or enter 2 to run the
installer GUI. Both versions require the same information and perform the same installation.
NOTE: If you selected the GUI installation, the GUI installer window opens again and you
click Install VSA for VMware for vSphere again to begin the wizard.
4. If necessary, enter the login credentials to allow the installer to configure the VSA for vSphere
on the vSphere server, and click Yes.
5. Accept the terms of the License Agreement again.
6. Work through the wizard to configure the parameters of the virtual machine on the network,
including the hard drives. See Table 4 (page 13).
7. (Optional) Configure another VSA for vSphere using the same parameters as appropriate.
8. Finish the installation, reviewing the configuration summary, and click Deploy.
When the installer is finished, the VSA for vSphere should be started on the vSphere hosts
and should be discoverable in the CMC.
9. Use the Find function in the CMC to discover the VSA for vSphere, and then add it to a
management group.
Installing the StoreVirtual VSA OVF version
Import the VSA for vSphere OVF version as a virtual appliance through the Virtual Infrastructure
Client. Download the .ovf template from the website:
http://www.hp.com/go/StoreVirtualDownloads
When you import the VSA for vSphere you must perform the following tasks:
• Configure the virtual machine disk(s). See Table 2 (page 5) for memory requirements for
StoreVirtual VSA disks.
• Power on the VSA for vSphere and set the IP address and host name of the VSA for vSphere.
14 Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere