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

Table 6 Configuring the VSA for Hyper-V using the installer wizard
DefinitionInstaller Step
One or more Microsoft hotfixes that must be installed before installing the VSA for Hyper-V.Hotfix required
The type of virtual machine to install. Choices include the StoreVirtual VSA or the Failover Manager
(FOM). The Virtual Storage Appliance (StoreVirtual VSA) is the storage system. The Failover
Type
Manager is a specialized version of the LeftHand OS software designed to operate as a manager
and provide automated failover capability. See the HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide for
information about installing the Failover Manager (FOM).
If choosing the StoreVirtual VSA, you can also choose whether the StoreVirtual VSA should be
Adaptive Optimization-capable and use multiple tiers of storage.
Locations for the virtual machine and the virtual disks.Destination
Includes the following network information:Network
• Host name for the VSA for Hyper-V.
• IP address.
Reserved IP address is recommended. DHCP is available. If you use DHCP, be sure to reserve
statically assigned IP addresses for all storage systems on the DHCP server.
• The virtual network designated for the virtual machines. Select the appropriate network from
the list.
NOTE: The VSA for Hyper-V only supports one NIC.
Information for creating the virtual machine, including the following:Virtual machine
• Name for the virtual machine in Hyper-V
• Type of hard drives, virtual or physical
• Check box to power on the VSA for Hyper-V after it is installed
Virtual or physical drive requirementsHard drives, either
virtual or physical
• Maximum of 7 drives
• Minimum size: 5 GB
• Maximum size: 2040 GB or 64 TB in Windows Server 2012
One of two windows opens, depending on which type of drives were selected in the Virtual
machine window.
Virtual hard drives window
Select up to 7 virtual hard drives and designate the size.
If configuring tiered storage, assign a tier to each drive. Tier 0 is the fastest tier.
Physical Drives window
Select up to 7 physical drives that you have prepared, and which are offline. 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 total amount of configured storage on the VSA for Hyper-V cannot exceed 50 TB or RAID
Stripe 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.
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