How to mount the vSphere ESXi6.0 file storage standard¶
Index
Introduction¶
Purpose of This Guide¶
This document is written for customers who have subscription of Enterprise Cloud 2.0 ( which will be called ECL2.0 hereinafter) and have some prior experience of using VMware vSphere products.rrThe following steps are assumed to be have been pre-configured before starting the configuration explained in this guide :
Preliminary Items Needed¶
•Customers are advised to prepare a ECL2.0 network having access to Internet.
Inquire NetAppNasPlugin with a ticket and prepare the latest version.
Service Descriptions For Reference¶
Customers are advised to read the following service descriptions for reference:
File storage standard tutorial (VAAI plugin)
File storage service instruction manual
•Service Description: Dedicated Hypervisor vSphere ESXi
•Service Description:Dedicated Hypervisor Guest Image
At the Usage of This Guide¶
This section describes the procedure actually used for setup in Service Provider, as an example. The procedure does not necessarily assure that it works for the environment and configuration of a customer.
•This guide focuses on deployment procedure unique to vSphere ESXi configuration in ECL2.0. This guide will not cover general and overall deployment process of vSphere ESXi.
This guide does not cover general operations or instructions for customers to configure Logical Network , Managed UTM or virtual servers utilized in this guide. For general operations related to these product customers are advised to refer to Enterprise Cloud 2.0 service descriptions and other such tutorials available online.
•Customers are advised that any published details available in this guide can be changed, modified, or revised without prior notice.
Warning
Procedures of Configurations¶
How to install NetAppNasPlugin for each host¶
Use the procedure to install the plugin needed for use of VAAI, through the VMware ESXi server.
Binary acquisition of the VAAI plugin¶
Category |
Datacenter / Enterprise Cloud 2.0 Service Providermunications Support /General Inquiry |
Type |
Inquary |
Content |
File storage standard VAAI plugin provision request |
Service menu |
File Storage |
Tebant ID |
<Corresponding tenant ID> |
Region |
JP1/JP2 |
(For failure occurrence) Date when the problem occurred |
No description |
(For failure occurrence) Is the operation history present? |
No description |
(For failure occurrence) Is the problem currently occurring? |
No description |
Details |
Provide the VAAI plugin. |
Urgency |
Low |
Influence rate |
Normal request |
Attached file |
None |
Plugin installation on ESXi¶
Checking whether the VAAI of the ESXi server has been enabled.¶
# esxcfg-advcfg -g /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedMove
Value of HardwareAcceleratedMove is 1
# esxcfg-advcfg -g /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedInit
Value of HardwareAcceleratedInit is 1
# esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedInit
Value of HardwareAcceleratedInit is 1
# esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /DataMover/HardwareAcceleratedMove
Value of HardwareAcceleratedMove is 1
Installation of the VAAI plugin¶
1. Copying the acquired VAAI plugin to the ESXi host
**2. Checking information on the VAAI plugin to be installed
# esxcli software sources vib list -d <上記手順1で保存したファイルパス>
Name Version Vendor Creation Date Acceptance Level Status
--------------- ------- ------ ------------- ---------------- ------
NetAppNasPlugin 1.1.2-3 NetApp 2016-11-03 VMwareAccepted New
3. Installation of the VAAI plugin
# esxcli software vib install -n NetAppNasPlugin -d <上記手順1で保存したファイルパス>
Installation Result
Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
Reboot Required: true
VIBs Installed: NetApp_bootbank_NetAppNasPlugin_1.1.2-3
VIBs Removed:
VIBs Skipped:
4. Reboot of the ESXi host
# reboot
5. Checking after the installation
# esxcli software vib list | grep NetApp
NetAppNasPlugin 1.1.2-3 NetApp VMwareAccepted 2017-03-16
File storage mount method for each cluster¶
**On vSphere Web Client, right-click the cluster name, and click “Storage” then “New Datastore...”. **
**After the “Location” screen is displayed, merely click “Next”. **
**For [Type], select “NFS”, then click “Next”. **
**For [NFS Version], select “NFS 4.1” (this time), then click “Next”. **
**For [Name and configuration], enter needed information, then click “Next”. **
In this section, NFS is set with the following.
Items |
Setting value |
Datastore Name | NFS |
Folder | /v+ (Created volume ID) |
Server(s) | 192.168.201.10 (IP address assigned to the created volume) |
Access Mode | The default value is to be left. |
**For “Configure Kerberos authentication”, uncheck the checkbox (due to absence of an authentication server this time), then click “Next”. **
**Select a host server to be connected with [Host Accessibility]. **
**Check the settings in [Ready to complete], then click “Finish”. **