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Final Lab Guide VNX Unified Storage Management Lab Guide Rockies GAplus30 PDF
Final Lab Guide VNX Unified Storage Management Lab Guide Rockies GAplus30 PDF
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January 2014
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Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT............................................................................................................. 2
DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY.............................................................................. 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. 4
PRE-LAB EXERCISES INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 7
LAB EXERCISE: INTRODUCTION TO EMC UNISPHERE ............................................. 11
LAB: PART 1 UNISPHERE GENERAL NAVIGATION ............................................................13
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 1 ........................................................................................24
LAB: PART 2 UNISPHERE FOR FILE NAVIGATION ..............................................................25
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 2 ........................................................................................30
LAB: PART 3 UNISPHERE FOR BLOCK NAVIGATION..........................................................31
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 3 ........................................................................................41
LAB: PART 4 INVOKING A CLI COMMAND FROM UNISPHERE.............................................42
END OF LAB EXERCISE...................................................................................................45
THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ............................................................... 46
LAB EXERCISE: IMPLEMENTING UNISPHERE SECURITY .......................................... 47
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY DOMAIN SECURITY .......................................................................49
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 1 ........................................................................................50
LAB: PART 2 CREATE LOCAL FILE ACCESS FOR GLOBAL USER ............................................51
END OF LAB EXERCISE...................................................................................................56
LAB EXERCISE: VERIFY VNX SYSTEM CONFIGURATION .......................................... 57
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY SP CACHE SETTINGS .....................................................................59
LAB: PART 2 VERIFY SP NETWORK CONFIGURATION.......................................................60
LAB: PART 3 VERIFY HARDWARE AND STORAGE PROCESSOR PORTS...................................63
LAB EXERCISE: STORAGE CONFIGURATION ........................................................... 65
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY STORAGE FOR VNX FILE ................................................................67
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 1 ........................................................................................68
LAB: PART 2 VERIFY BLOCK STORAGE POOL AND RAID GROUPS .......................................69
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 2 ........................................................................................69
LAB #: PART 3 CREATE CLASSIC LUNS .........................................................................70
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 3 ........................................................................................72
LAB: PART 4 CREATE THICK AND THIN LUNS.................................................................73
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 4 ........................................................................................76
LAB: PART 5 VERIFY HOT SPARE POLICY .......................................................................77
END OF LAB EXERCISE...................................................................................................77
This is a diagram of the lab equipment setup you will use for completing the exercises. The setup has
two halves; an A-side has odd-numbered equipment and a B-side that has even-numbered
equipment. Each student will be assigned to a Student Desktop system and will have access to a VNX
system and three other systems which will receive storage from the VNX; A Windows server, a Linux
server and an ESXi server. The setup also includes a Windows Active Directory environment for
Windows users to access CIFS storage from the VNX. It also includes a Linux LDAP environment for
users to access NFS storage from the VNX. The Windows AD and Linux LDAP user and group
environment are detailed in the lab guide Appendix. The setup includes multiple networks and
network services for the VNX to operate in.
Access to the lab setup is achieved through the EMC Virtual Data Center (VDC). The instructor will
provide each student with a unique VDC account credential to use for completing the lab exercises.
The specific VDC account is used to login to the VDC. The login will provide access to a user-specific
Student Desktop system.
Student Desktop
Each student will be automatically redirected to the Metro view of their specific Student Desktop
Windows 8 system. Access the Desktop charm to get to the Desktop view. The Desktop view and its
Task bar have been pre-configured with all the needed application icons needed for the lab exercises.
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Tasks:
References:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Action
Your instructor will provide to you the information for connecting to the EMC
Virtual Data Center (VDC). The VDC connection information includes a Web
URL for the VDC and account credentials. The account provides you access to
your Student Desktop system. You will use your Student Desktop system to
access your VNX system and the other systems in the lab setup.
Ask your instructor for assistance if you are having any difficulty connecting to
the VDC or accessing your Student Desktop system.
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Step
1
Action
Secure Connection to Unisphere:
From your Student Desktop, open a web browser. In the URL address
section enter the VNX Address (Control Station) to access Unisphere.
Note: You may encounter a series of browser and Java messages on initial
Unisphere session establishment. Please refer to the Appendix section of
this lab guide to see instructions for handling the messages.
Note: By default, the VNX uses a self-signed certificate to establish a secure
HTTP session between it and your browser. Self-signed certificates are not
trusted by browsers and will issue a Security/Warning dialogue for the user
to take action to proceed.
Click Continue to this website (not recommended)
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Step
2
Action
Confirm the execution of any Java Applets:
Unisphere is a Java-based web application and pop-up Java messages could
be encountered. The user will need to take action to proceed.
Note: You may encounter a series of browser and Java messages on initial
Unisphere session establishment. Please refer to the Appendix section of
this lab guide to see instructions for handling the messages.
Note: Do Not update the version of Java installed on your Student Desktop.
The version is maintained to ensure interoperability with the browser and
the VNX OE code.
Check the Do not show this again option and click Run to accept the
execution of the Java Applet
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Step
3
Action
Accept the Software Terms and Conditions:
In Unified or File configurations, a dialogue box will be displayed with the
Terms and Conditions to use the VNX Control Station operating environment.
Click Accept to agree and continue.
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Step
4
Action
Unisphere Login:
At the EMC Unisphere login screen, login using the following settings:
Name: sysadmin
Password: sysadmin
Use LDAP: unchecked
Scope: Global
Click Login
The Unisphere Interface is launched and the Home Page displayed with the
Dashboard screen.
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Step
5
Action
The EMC Unisphere Title bar of the Unisphere interface has basic and
advanced object Search options, a General Tab with options to set interface
preferences, log and exit, and retrieve Unisphere Help.
The Top Navigation bar has Previous and Next Icons to allow navigation back
and forth, a Home Icon that shows the Dashboard screen, a System Dropdown menu to switch between VNX storage systems registered to the
domain, and a context-Sensitive Menu Bar which varies depending on the
system being managed: VNX for File/Unified and VNX for Block.
Panels in a Dashboard screen display information about the storage
system(s).
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Step
6
Action
Remove Panel from Dashboard:
On the Alerts by Severity panel, click the X (close) button from the menu
on the top right corner of the panel.
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Step
9
Action
Restore the Dashboard to its default view:
Click on the Restore Defaults button to
Observe that the edit mode has closed and the Dashboard appearance has
returned to the default configuration.
10
Observe that the systems that are part of the storage domain are listed here.
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Step
11
Action
Explore the Domains page:
Click on the Domains option.
A list of managed domains is displayed, including the local domain and any
remote domains.
Select the Local domain.
The systems that are part of this domain are displayed on the lower panel.
From the menu on the top right corner of the panel select the Tools icon,
and select the Choose Columns option.
Uncheck the boxes for the Status, Software Revision, and Client Revision
columns, and click OK.
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Step
12
Action
Explore the Alerts page:
Click on the Alerts option.
Observe that a description of the alert is displayed with the option to save it
to a text file on the client machine.
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Step
13
Action
Verify the Certificates that were accepted for the session:
Double-click the Certificates label on the bottom of the Unisphere
Interface Home page.
Select one Certificate and click the Properties button. Click Details.
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Step
14
Action
Explore some of the top Navigation options:
From the Top Navigation select the left arrow
Observe that the interface will launch the previous visited page (Domains).
Click the Home icon on the Top Navigation menu.
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Action
In this exercise you will perform basic tasks to become more familiar with
VNX for File operations using Unisphere. Some of the tasks can be completed
in more than one way.
Select your assigned storage system:
Select your VNX from the drop-down list
Note: The same operation can be performed by clicking on the system link at
the Systems by Severity panel
Observe that the context-Sensitive Menu Bar on the Top Navigation has
changed based on the choice of object.
The Dashboard screen has also changed to display the information about the
chosen storage system: system alerts, system information, and storage
capacity.
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Step
2
Action
Explore the Hardware for File components
On Top Navigation bar, click Systems > Hardware > Hardware for File.
Note: If you position the mouse over the menu option, and wait for 2
seconds, a sub-menu will open with the options for the choice.
The Hardware for File inventory is displayed with the list of components.
Select one of the components, and click Properties.
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Step
3
Action
Check the Control Station Properties:
From the System Management Task Pane on the right of the screen
select the Control Station Properties link
Note: The screen above is displayed when the user log in using a global scope
authentication. If the user is authenticated to the VNX Control Station using
the local domain scope the screen below is presented.
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Step
4
Action
Check the status of the VNX Data Movers:
On the top of screen, select Hardware from the page bread-crumb links.
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Step
5
Action
Explore the Event Logs for File:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
(Or click the System option from the Top Navigation bar).
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Step
6
Action
Explore the Background Tasks for File:
On the top of screen, select Monitoring and Alerts from the page breadcrumb links.
Select Background Tasks for File.
The Background Tasks for File page is displayed.
Select one task from the list.
Click on Properties.
Read the logged information and click Cancel to close the window.
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Action
In this exercise you will perform basic tasks to become more familiar with Unisphere
operations involving VNX for Block components. Some of the tasks can be completed
in more than one way.
Navigate to the Home Page displaying the All Systems Dashboard screen:
Click the Home Page icon or select All Systems from the drop-down list.
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Step
2
Action
Open the System List page to view information about the VNX systems that are part of
the storage domain:
Click the System List option.
The page will display the list of systems with information about S/N, Model, and
Software Revision.
Select your assigned VNX system from the list and click Properties
Observe that the General tab will display information about the zoning Unique ID,
iSCSI IQN, and the IP address configuration of the storage processors.
Explore the other tabs of the properties dialogue box. Observe that some of the
block configuration can be done on this dialogue box.
Click Cancel to close the properties dialogue box.
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Step
3
Action
Open Dashboard screen for your assigned storage system:
Click on the link of the VNX from the System List
Observe that the context-Sensitive Menu Bar on the Top Navigation has changed
based on the choice of object.
The Dashboard screen has also changed to display the information about the chosen
storage system: system alerts, system information, and storage capacity.
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Step
4
Action
Storage Hardware page:
Navigate to System > Hardware > Storage Hardware
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Step
5
Action
Explore the Block Storage hardware components page:
Click the column arrow that divides the main pane and the Task pane.
This will hide the Task Pane and expand the main pane this will provide a better
visualization of the hardware component graphics.
Explore the components on the left pane of the page.
Click and expand the different components and observe the changes on the
graphic on the main pane.
Observe that Unisphere will highlight the component on the graphic.
Expand the SPs > SP A component by clicking the + icon next to them.
Click on the SPA component
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Step
6
Action
Storage Processor Properties:
Click the Properties button
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Step
8
Action
I/O module Description:
Click the Properties button
A window will open with a description of the type of I/O module and status.
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Step
9
Action
Explore the Event Logs for Block:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links. (Or click the
System option from the Top Navigation bar).
The Event Viewer dialogue box opens with the events for all periods and categories.
Observe that this view can be saved in a text file, printed or filtered.
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Step
10
Action
Creation of Reports with information about VNX for Block:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
Select Reports.
The Reports page is displayed.
Select the Reports Wizard.
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Step
11
Action
Launch the Report in the web browser:
Click Finish
Unisphere spawns a new page for displaying the report. The browser displays an
ActiveX message. Click the Allow blocked content button to display the report.
Refresh the browser page if the ActiveX message disappears before clicking the
button.
The web page captures the information and generates a report in a XML format. The
report can be automatically launched or the user can click the View button to retrieve
it.
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Step
12
Action
Change the Report View on the XML page:
Click the System Profile option and select the SP Summary
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Action
Note
There may be events that require invoking a CLI command. This exercise
provides you with the ability to invoke a VNX OE for File CLI command via
Unisphere. The use of 3rd party applications for command line entry is also
acceptable. In order to illustrate a comparison you will view information via
Unisphere and then view the information via the command line output.
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Step
2
Action
Opening Unisphere Command page:
From the Task pane click Run Command
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Step
3
Action
Displaying Data Movers CLI:
Inside the Command: box enter the following command:
nas_server list
The command will provide the output on the same window
Where:
Id
type
acl
slot
groupID
state
over=2.
name
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Step
5
Action
Unisphere and CLI output differences CLI output:
Click Systems on the top Navigation bar
And click the Run Command link on the Task pane.
Inside the Command: box enter the following command:
nas_fs list
You see many file systems listed in the task page. This is because Unisphere
does not display the root file systems but the CLI does.
Close the Control Station CLI window.
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Tasks:
References:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Global User:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Action
Note (If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to your Student
Desktop via your VDC connection.
Ask your instructor for assistance if you are having any difficulty
1
Unisphere login:
From your Student Desktop, open a web browser and enter the VNX Address
(Control Station) in the URL address section.
At the EMC Unisphere login screen, login using the following settings:
Name: sysadmin
Password: sysadmin
Use LDAP: unchecked
Scope: Global
Click Login
Domain Configuration:
From the right-side Tasks Pane, in the Local Domain section, click the Select
Domain Master link.
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Step
4
Action
Domain Master:
Observe the IP address listed in the Master Node IP Address field.
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Action
Manage License for File
In order to demonstrate the creation of a user-defined role on the next lab step,
the license for some VNX features must be enabled on the VNX storage system.
From the navigation bar drop-down, select your assigned VNX system.
Click the Settings option on the navigation bar.
From the right-side Tasks pane in the More Setting section, select Manage
Licenses for File.
Verify that all the licenses are checked.
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Step
2
Action
Create a user-defined role:
In this step, you will create a new administrative role with the privileges that are
described in your class configuration sheet.
Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > User Customization
for File and select the Roles tab.
Click the Create button.
Create a role with the information you recorded in Preparing for the Lab:
Role Name: User-Defined Role Name
Description : User-Defined Role Description
Privileges : User-Defined Role Privileges
(Expand the Privileges Category in order to select the privilege object and
access level)
Click OK when you are done.
Look at the List of Roles Observe that the role that was just created appears
under the Roles tab in the User Customization for File window.
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Step
3
Action
Create a Local Group:
From the User Customization for File window, select the Groups tab.
Click the Create button.
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Step
4
Action
Create a Global User Account:
Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > Global Users.
Click Add
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Step
5
Action
Assign the group role to the new user
Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > User Customization
for File and select the Users tab.
Select the Global User you have created and click Properties.
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Step
6
Action
Unisphere Login for Role-based user:
Logout from Unisphere and log back in as the Global User (case sensitive)
with the following settings:
Name: Global User
Password: sysadmin1
Use LDAP: unchecked
Scope: Global
Click Login
Verify that the new user account is able to log into the system.
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In this lab, you will verify the VNX storage system SP (Storage
Processor) cache settings, networking and port configuration.
Tasks:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Action
Access SP network settings:
From the navigation bar select Settings. From the right-side Tasks pane
Network Settings section click the Edit Network Settings SPA link.
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Step
2
Action
Verify SP network configuration:
Click the Network tab.
From Management Port Settings section, notice that the Requested
Settings: drop-down list is grayed out. This is due to the VNX Unified
system having its SP Management ports cabled into the systems internal
network. Review the Link Status settings for network speed and duplex.
From the Virtual Port Properties window, verify that virtual port 0 displays
the VNX Address (SPA).
Click on Virtual Port 0 and select Properties.
Verify that the settings are as follows:
IP Addess: VNX Address (SPA)
Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Please notify your instructor if the settings are not correct.
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Step
3
Action
Verify DNS configuration:
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select All Systems. Click on the
navigation bar Domains option.
From the right-side Task pane Local Domain section, click the Configure
DNS link.
Verify the following DNS settings:
DNS Domain Suffix: hmarine.test
DNS Server IP Address: 192.168.1.50
Domain Search List: hmarine.test
Click OK to close the window.
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Action
Explore Storage Hardware:.
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
Navigate to System > Hardware > Storage Hardware
From the Storage Hardware Component tree, expand the SPs container
and then expand SP A > IO Modules > Slot A1.
Starting at the top of the tree, click SP A. View the picture on the right side
of the window. It should highlight the selected component in green.
Continue to highlight objects from the tree structure and view the
components on the right.
Select Port 1 and click Properties to view the port details.
What is the actual port speed listed? ___________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
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64
In this lab, you will verify and provision storage for a VNX
Unified system in preparation for configuring file systems and
attaching block hosts.
Tasks:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
3
Action
Verify Pool LUN assignment:
Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups
Select the ~filestorage storage group and click Properties (This is the
Storage Group for the File storage of the VNX)
Select the LUNs tab
You should see several LUNs starting with the word File in the list of
Selected LUNs. These LUNs have been added from the File storage pool.
These LUNs have also been discovered by the VNX OE for File, notice that
each LUN ends in a d and a number. These are the disk volumes that are
associated with each LUN.
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Action
Verify Storage Pool:
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools
Verify that there is a storage pool created with the name of Block Pool
which is made up of mixed disks
Select Block Pool and click Properties to answer the following questions
What Drive Types are used for this storage pool?
___________________________________
Which RAID configurations are used for this pool?
__________________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Action
Create LUNs on RAID Group 5:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs
From the LUNs tab click Create
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: RAID Group
RAID Type: RAID5: Distributed Parity (High Throughput)
Storage Pool for new LUN: 5
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: RG5 LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 6
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your RG5 LUN Name
Starting ID: RG5 LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Use SP Write Cache: checked
FAST Cache: unchecked
No Initial Verify: unchecked
Set Default Owner: Auto
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created six (6) 5 GB LUNs
with a LUN ID range starting with the RG5 LUN ID. If the LUNs you created do
not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct the settings
before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the LUNs created
to be as specified.
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Step
2
Action
Create LUNs on RAID Group 10:
From the LUNs tab click Create
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: RAID Group
RAID Type: RAID1/0: Mirrored Redundant Individual Access
Storage Pool for new LUN: 10
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: RG10 LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your RG10 LUN Name
Starting ID: RG10 LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Use SP Write Cache: checked
FAST Cache: unchecked
No Initial Verify: unchecked
Set Default Owner: Auto
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created created four (4) 5
GB LUNs with a LUN ID range starting with the RG10 LUN ID. If the LUNs you
created do not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct
the settings before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the
LUNs created to be as specified.
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Step
3
Action
Create LUN Folder for RG5 LUNs:
Select the Folders tab in the LUNs page.
Click Create and in the Name field enter your RG5 LUN Folder name. This
folder will hold all of your RAID Group 5 LUNS. Click OK, Yes, and OK to
complete the operation.
Once created, select your RG5 LUN Folder and click Properties. Then select
the LUNs tab.
From the Available LUNs window, expand the tree for SPA and SPB. Locate
and select your six previously created RG5 LUN Names and click Add to
move them to the Selected LUNs window. Then click OK, Yes, and OK to
complete the operation.
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Action
Create Thick LUNs on the Block Pool:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs
From the LUNs tab click Create
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: Pool
RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: UNCHECKED
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: Thick LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thick LUN Name
Starting ID: Thick LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Set Default Owner: Auto
Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked
Note: The Thin checkbox is unchecked so the LUNs you are creating will be
Thick LUNs.
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created four (4) 5 GB
Thick LUNs with a LUN ID range starting with the Thick LUN ID. If the LUNs you
created do not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct
the settings before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the
LUNs created to be as specified.
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Step
2
Action
Create Thin LUNs on the Block Pool:
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: Pool
RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: CHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: Thin LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thin LUN Name
Starting ID: Thin LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Set Default Owner: Auto
Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created four (4) 10 GB
Thin LUNs with a LUN ID range starting with the Thin LUN ID. If the LUNs you
created do not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct
the settings before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the
LUNs created to be as specified.
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Step
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Action
LUN Properties:
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools and select
the Pools tab.
Select the Block Pool and click the Properties button.
Select the General tab.
How much physical capacity has been allocated on the Pool?
_________________________
Click the Cancel button to close the properties page.
From the Pools tab select the Block Pool. From the Details section, select
the LUNs tab. From the Usage drop-down list, select ALL User LUNs.
Select one of your Thick LUN Names and click the Properties button.
Record the details listed from the General tab in the LUN Capacity section.
________________________________________________________________
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Step
Action
Click the Cancel button to close the properties window.
Select one of your Thin LUN Names and click the Properties button.
Record the details listed from the General tab in the LUN Capacity section.
_______________________________________________________________
Note: User Capacity is the size of the LUN that is presented to the host.
Consumed Capacity is user capacity to which the host has written data. Thin
LUN consumed capacity and rate of consumption can vary depending on the
attached host file system or application using the LUN. This is a normal
condition typical of most thin provisioning services.
Click the Cancel button to close the properties window.
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Action
Hot Spare Policy:
VNX systems use unused, or unbound, disks as hot spares. The table below
displays the number of unused disks that is recommended in order to
accommodate a hot spare.
SAS FLASH
SAS
NL-SAS
2
SAS_______
NL-SAS________
Close all open windows and application on your Student Desktop system.
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Lab Exercise: Verifying Windows Host Software and Configuring Host Access to VNX
LUN
Purpose:
Tasks:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Windows host:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Thick LUNs:
__________________________________________________
Thin LUNs:
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that is
available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
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Step
2
Action
Verify Powerpath version and secure CLI installation:
On your Windows host, open a Command window which is available from
the Desktop view or its task bar.
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Step
3
Action
Verify host agent installation and iSCSI initiator:
On your Windows host, open the Services tool which is available from the
Desktop view or its task bar.
Verify that the host agent and the iSCSI initiator services are up and
running. Look for Navisphere_Agent, which is the host agent service,
and the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service.
The host has two networks in the Active Connection list. The Unidentified
network is a non-routed network that connects to the configured iSCSI
ports of your VNX.
Close the Network and Sharing Center.
Leave your RDP Plus session to your Windows host open on your Student
Desktop system. You will return to the session in a later part of the lab
exercise.
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Action
Verify Automanage:
In the Setup display scroll down until you find the Turn Automanage
On/Off button. Click it to enter the settings.
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Lab: Part 3 Create and Populate Storage Groups with EMC Unisphere -Windows
Step
1
Action
System Login:
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
4
Action
Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:
Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your Pool
LUN Folder, locate the two Thick LUNs and the two Thin LUNs and add
them to your Windows Storage Group.
Click the Host tab, select your Windows host from the Available Hosts
pane and click the to move the hosts to the Hosts to be Connected
pane.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have selected and added the
correct Thick LUNs and Thin LUNs to your Windows Storage Group. If the
LUNs added are not the correct LUNs specified, with instructor assistance
correct the configuration before proceeding Subsequent lab exercises depend
upon the specified LUNs being given to the host.
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Action
System Login:
On your Student Desktop system, return to your open RDP Plus session to
your Windows host.
Right-click each one of the offline disks and select the Bring Online option.
The disk status may not change immediately; you may need to Refresh the
disk table from the TASKS drop down menu.
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Step
3
Action
Create New Volume on each disk:
Right-click one of the iSCSI disks and select New Volume.
In the New Volume Wizard, click Next to start the wizard.
Select one of the disks and click Next. Keep the default value for size, but
make sure the volume size matches the available capacity.
Keep all other defaults for Drive Letter and File Systems Settings. Click
Create.
Repeat the above steps for the other three iSCSI disks.
You should now havefour (4) iSCSI disks that are Partitioned and have 0.00 GB
in the Unallocated column. You may now close the Server Manager window.
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Step
4
Action
Verify the Volumes are seen by the VNX:
From your Student Desktop Unisphere session, navigate to Hosts and in
the right side Tasks pane Host Management section, select Connect Host.
Type in your Windows host Address in the Enter Host IP Address field.
Click Go.
In the lower Volumes on Block Storage Systems section, verify that your
mount volumes are present.
Click OK to close the window.
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Tasks:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Linux host:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
RG5 LUNs:
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop system, launch the PuTTY application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
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Step
3
Action
Verify host agent status:
Run the following command to change directory:
cd /etc/init.d
Run the following command to verify the Host agent is running:
./hostagent status
The Host agent status can also be verified with the following command:
ps -ef | grep hostagent
If its not running, start the agent with the command:
./hostagent start
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Lab: Part 2 Create and Populate Storage Groups with EMC Unisphere -Linux
Step
1
Action
System Login:
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
4
Action
Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:
Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your RG5
LUN Folder, locate and add three RG5 LUNs to your Linux Storage Group.
In the Host LUN ID, enter 50 51 52 for the LUNs respectively. The
Host IDs are used by the Linux server to see the LUNs. If you leave them
blank, default values will be assigned.
Click the Host tab, select your Linux host from the Available Hosts pane
and click the to move the host to the Hosts to be Connected pane.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
Return to your PuTTY session to the Linux host and reboot the system by
running the following command:
reboot
A connection error message for you PuTTY session will be displayed. Close
it and the orphaned PuTTY session.
The Linux host will reboot in a moment. To verify its reboot, open a
Command Prompt on your Student desktop system and issue a ping
command to your Linux host. When the host replies to the ping, continue
to the next part of the lab.
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Action
Run levels for iSCSI Daemon:
Open another PuTTY session to your Linux host.
Run the following commands:
chkconfig --list iscsi
chkconfig --level 0123456 iscsi on
These commands will check and set the run levels for the iSCSI daemon to
automatically start at boot and to shut down when the server is brought
down.
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Step
2
Action
View PowerPath devices for your Linux host:
From your PuTTY session to your Linux host, run the following command:
powermt display dev=all
What is the name of the pseudo-device given to each LUN?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
What is the Failover Mode set to?
______________________________________________
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Step
3
Action
Partition the disk and create a file system on the pseudo-device:
The fdisk command will be run next to create disk partitions for the host
on the assigned VNX LUNs. The command is menu drive. Run the following
command and follow the listed menu options:
fdisk /dev/emcpowera
A warning message will appear, Type n to continue
Create a Primary Partition. Type p
For the number of Partitions type 1
For the first cylinder, accept the default of 1 by pressing Enter
For the last cylinder, accept the default last cylinder value by pressing
Enter
Type w to write Table to disk and exit
Next, create a file system on the disk partition by running the following
command:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/emcpowera1
Create a mount point for the new file system by running the following
command:
mkdir /mntA1
Optional: You may repeat the same tasks listed here to partition the other
two pseudo-devices, emcpowerb and emcpowerc. Use /mntB1 and
/mntC1 for the mount points.
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Step
4
Action
Mount and verify the device:
Mount your emcpowera1 device to the newly created mntA1 directory.
mount /dev/emcpowera1 /mntA1
If you have partitioned the other two pseudo-devices, you also need to
mount them.
mount /dev/emcpowerb1 /mntB1
mount /dev/emcpowerc1 /mntC1
Change directory to /mntA1 and write some data using the touch
command
touch test
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Step
5
Action
Verify the Volumes are seen by the VNX:
From your Student Desktop Unisphere session, navigate to Hosts and in
the right side Tasks pane Host Management section, select Connect Host.
Type in your Linux host Address in the Enter Host IP Address field. Click
Go.
In the lower Volumes on Block Storage Systems section, verify that your
mount volumes are present.
Click OK to close the window.
Close your PuTTY session to your Linux host.
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Tasks:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
ESXi host:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Thick LUN:
__________________________________________________
Thin LUN:
__________________________________________________
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Lab: Part 1 Create and Populate Storage Groups with EMC Unisphere -ESXi
Step
1
Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
4
Action
Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:
Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your Pool
LUN Folder, locate and add the Thick LUN and the Thin LUN to your ESXi
Storage Group.
Click the Host tab, select your ESXi host from the Available Hosts pane and
click the to move the hosts to the Hosts to be Connected pane.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
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Action
System Login:
From your Student Desktop system, launch the VMware vSphere
Client application that is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
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Step
3
Action
Rescan ESXi server for LUNs:
Next, select Storage Adapters from the Hardware table and right-click
iSCSI Software Adapter.
Select Rescan to make the LUNs visible to the ESXi server. Once the
Rescan is completed, the LUNs will appear in the Details pane.
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Tasks:
Migrate a LUN
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Windows host:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Thick LUN:
__________________________________________________
Thin LUN:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Source LUN:
__________________________________________________
Destination LUN:
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to your
Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on your
assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
4
Action
Extend the volume onto the expanded LUN size:
On your Windows Server, click on the Server Manager icon.
From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
In the Server Manager Disks pane, locate the expanded drive; it should
display 5 GB in the Unallocated column. Select the disk.
When the disk is selected, the Volumes pane of Server Manager displays the
volume associated with the disk. Right click the volume and select Extend
Volume.
The Extend Volume dialog opens. In the New Size field, enter the Maximum
Size number displayed in the dialog. Click OK.
The volume will extend to the new Maximum Size.
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Step
6
Action
Extend the volume onto the expanded LUN size:
Access your Remote Desktop session to your Windows host.
From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
In the Server Manager Disks pane, locate the expanded drive; it should
display 5 GB in the Unallocated column. Select the disk.
When the disk is selected, the Volumes pane of Server Manager displays the
volume associated with the disk. Right click the volume and select Extend
Volume.
The Extend Volume dialog opens. In the New Size field, enter the Maximum
Size number displayed in the dialog. Click OK.
The volume will extend to the new Maximum Size.
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Action
Renaming a LUN:
From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to Storage >
LUNs.
From the LUNs window, right-click on your RG5 Base LUN and select
Properties. Note: to help locate your LUN, in the Filter field input your
Student number.
From LUNs name, rename the LUN to the Base LUN Name and click OK, Yes
and OK to complete the operation.
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Step
4
Action
Add the MetaLUN to your Windows host:
Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.
Select your Windows Storage Group and click Properties.
In the Storage Group Properties window, select LUNs tab and expand the
MetaLUNs container.
Locate your Base LUN Name and click Add.
Click OK, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Access your Remote Desktop session to your Windows host.
From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
Your disk should appear as Offline. Right click on the drive and select Bring
Online.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
Verify that the drive is Online.
Right click on the drive and select Initialize.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to continue. Click Yes.
Right click on the drive and select New Volume.
The New Volume Wizard will appear. Click Next.
For the Specify the Size of the Volume click Next.
For Assign to a drive letter or folder select Drive Letter M and click Next.
For Select file system settings use the defaults.
Review your configuration and click Create.
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Action
Navigate to LUNs:
In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > LUNs.
LUN Migration moves data from a source LUN to a destination LUN of the same
size or larger within a single storage system. This migration is accomplished
without disruption to the applications running on the host. LUNs can be the
target or source of LUN migration operations. LUN Migration can enhance
performance or increase disk utilization for your changing business needs and
applications by allowing the user to change LUN type and characteristics, such as
RAID type or size, while their Production volume remains online. LUNs can be
moved between pools or to a Classic LUN in another RAID group. This exercise
will migrate a RAID Group LUN to a Pool-based thin LUN.
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Step
2
Action
Migrate a LUN:
Locate and select the Source LUN and click Properties. Note: to help locate
your LUN, in the Filter field input your Student number.
Fill in the following information:
o Unique ID (WWN): __________________
o RAID Type: ________________________
o RAID Group: _______________________
o User Capacity: _____________________
o Current Owner: ____________________
Click Cancel to close the properties window.
Locate and select the Destination LUN and click Properties. Note: to help
locate your LUN, in the Filter field input your Student number.
Fill in the following information:
o Unique ID (WWN): __________________
o RAID Type: ________________________
o Pool: _____________________________
o User Capacity: _____________________
o Current Owner: ____________________
Click Cancel to close the properties window.
Right-click the Source LUN and select Migrate. This will launch the Start
Migration window.
For a Migration Rate select Low.
From the Available Destination LUNs section, expand Thin_LUNs and select
the Destination LUN for the destination LUN. Click OK, Yes, Yes, OK.
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Step
3
Action
View Migration:
Select Source LUN and click Properties. Click the Migration tab to view the
migration progress.
Can the migration rate be changed while the migration is taking place?
_____________
Click Cancel.
Navigate to Storage > LUNs > LUN Folders. Under LUN Folders select the
Private LUNs folder.
Is the Destination LUN shown under details? _______________________
o Note: If the migration has completed the LUN will not be shown.
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Successful Migration:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs > Select Source LUN and click Properties.
Select the Migration tab. Set the migration rate to ASAP and click Apply, Yes,
OK.
Wait until the migration completes.
Once completed, fill in the following information:
o Unique ID (WWN): __________________
o User Capacity: _____________________
o RAID Type: ________________________
o RAID Group: _______________________
o Current Owner: ____________________
Click Cancel.
Compare this information to the Source LUN information you wrote down in
step 2 of this exercise.
What changed? _______________________________________________
In the LUNs window search for LUN Destination LUN.
Does LUN Destination LUN still exist?
________________________________________
On the Windows host, close all open windows and application.
Disconnect from the Remote Desktop session by accessing the Logoff
Session icon which is available from the Windows host Desktop view or its
taskbar.
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Tasks:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Windows host:
__________________________________________________
RG10 LUN:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
SnapViewVol:
__________________________________________________
SnapView Snap:
__________________________________________________
SnapView Session:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
SnapView Session 2:
__________________________________________________
SnapView Session_R:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
SnapView CS1:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
SnapView CS2:
__________________________________________________
Consistent Session:
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to your
Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on your
assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Action
Add LUN to the Storage Group:
Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups. Select your Windows Storage Group
and click Properties.
Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your RG10
LUNs Folder, locate and add the RG10 LUN to your Windows Storage Group.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
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Step
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Action
Bring disk Online:
Click the Server Manager icon on the taskbar of your Windows host.
From the Server Manager window, expand the File and Storage Services
container on the left-side panel and select Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
Disks that were previously allocated to the host will still be present.
Your disk should appear as Offline. Right click on the drive and select
Bring Online.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring the disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
Verify that the drive is now Online.
Initialize Disk:
Right click on the drive and select Initialize.
A message will appear asking if you are sure that you want to continue. Click
Yes.
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Step
6
Action
Create a folder and a text file on the new volume:
Open File Explorer from the taskbar. In File Explorer click the Computer icon.
Open your SnapViewVol volume, right click the empty space and select New
> Folder.
Name the folder SnapView.
Open the SnapView folder.
Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
Name the file SnapView.txt.
Open SnapView.txt file and add some text into the file, such as your student
number, date and time and save it.
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Step
9
Action
Start a SnapView Session:
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Step
12
Action
Add snapshot to your peer (Secondary) Windows Host Storage Group:
In Unisphere, click Hosts > Storage Groups from the navigation bar.
From the Storage Groups window locate your Peer Storage Group.
If the Peer Storage Group is not present, click Create to create it, adding
your Peer Windows host to it.
Click Properties.
Select the LUNs tab on the Storage Group Properties dialog.
Expand the SnapView Snaps container, select SnapView Snap and click Add.
Then click OK, Yes, OK.
13
Navigate to the Server Manager menu on your peer (Secondary) Windows host
and verify Snapshot:
From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that is
available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
Connect to your Peer Windows host according to the following information:
Computer(s): Enter your Peer Windows host
User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!
Click Connect.
On the peer Windows Server, click on the Server Manager icon.
From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
Your disk should appear as Offline. Right click on the drive and select
Bring Online.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
Verify that the drive is Online.
When the scan is complete, select your disk and verify that the drive letter is
present below in the volume section. If no, assign one.
Open the File Explorer and select the SnapViewVol drive. You should see the
SnapView.txt file you deleted on your primary Windows host.
Close Server Manager.
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Step
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Action
Create a text file on the Snapshot:
From your Peer Windows host, open your SnapViewVol (Snapshot) volume,
right click the empty space and select New > Folder. Name the folder
SnapView_Snapshot.
Open the SnapView_Snapshot folder.
Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
Name the file SnapView_Snapshot_file.txt.
Open SnapView_Snapshot_file.txt and add some text into the file, such as
your student number, date and time and save it.
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Step
1
Action
Trespass LUNs:
From you Student Desktop system, in the Unisphere session, navigate to
Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots. Click OK to clear any
message that appears.
Click the SnapView Snapshots tab, and then click the Source LUNs tab.
Right click RG10 LUN, and choose Trespass. Click Yes, OK.
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Step
1
Action
Create a second Snapview Session:
In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots.
Click OK to dismiss any informational dialog that appears.
Click the SnapView Snapshots tab, and then click the Source LUNs tab.
Right-click RG10 LUN and click Snapview > Start Snapview Session. Name
the new session SnapView Session 2 and click OK, Yes, OK.
Expand RG10 LUN. It should now be populated with two sessions:
o SnapView Session 2
o SnapView Session (created previously)
Using Admsnap:
Open the Command Prompt on your Windows host.
Change to the directory containing admsnap by typing the following:
o cd \Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server Utility\
Type the following command:
o admsnap_win2k12.exe clone_deactivate o <SnapViewVol drive
letter>:
The command should look similar to this when finished:
C:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\admsnap_win2k12.exe clone_deactivate o E:
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Step
4
Action
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Action
Create SnapView snapshot of RG10 LUN CS1:
Right-click RG10 LUN CS2 and select SnapView > Create Snapshot.
Name the Snapshot SnapView CS2.
Do not assign the Snapshot to a Storage Group.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
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Step
6
Action
Verify Consistent Session:
Close applications:
Close all applications and open windows on the RDP sessions to your host
systems.
Disconnect your RDP sessions to your Windows host systems
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Tasks:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Windows host:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Clone Group 1:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Source LUN 1:
__________________________________________________
Clone LUN1:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Clone Group 2:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Source LUN 2:
__________________________________________________
Clone LUN 2:
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to your
Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on your
assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
Verify that Clone Private LUNs are configured on your VNX system:
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
Navigate to Data Protection > Clones.
From the Protection menu on the right side of the screen, select Configure
Clone Settings.
The Clone Private LUNs CPL_LUN_2042 and CLP_LUN_2043 have already
been configured and are located here in the Clone Private LUNs section.
Verify that the Protected Restore checkbox is enabled. If not, check it.
Click Cancel once you have answered the question below.
What is the capacity of the CPLs? ___________________________________
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Action
Create Thin LUNs on the Block Pool:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs and Click Create. Create three (3) LUNs in the
General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: Pool
RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: CHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: Thin LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 3
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thin LUN Name
Starting ID: Thin LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Set Default Owner: Auto
Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation. Three Thin LUNs are
created having ascending IDs starting with the Thin LUN ID.
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Step
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Action
Add a Clone LUN to your Clone Group:
Select the Source LUN 1 and select Add Clone.
Expand the SP and Thin LUN containers to view a list of available LUNs
(remember only LUNS of the same size are eligible).
Select the Clone LUN 1 and apply the following parameters:
Check the Initial Sync Required checkbox (should be checked by default)
Check the Use Protected Restore checkbox.
Recovery Policy: Automatic
Synchronization Rate: High
Click Apply, Yes, Yes, OK, Cancel.
Clone Properties:
Click the Clone LUNs tab.
Select the Clone LUN 1 and click Properties.
Note the Clone ID ________________________
Click Cancel.
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Step
5
Action
Identify Source LUN Drive letter:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs.
Locate your Source LUN 1. Note: Enter your Student number into the Filter
field to help locate the LUN.
In the Host Information column your Windows host Drive letter for the LUN
will be displayed.
Record the Source LUN 1 Drive letter:
____________________________________
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Step
7
Action
Flush the host buffers:
Open a Command Prompt on your on your Windows host.
Change directories to Admsnap to by typing the following:
cd \Program Files<x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\
Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:
admsnap_win2k12
Fracture Clone:
From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to Data
Protection > Clones and select the Clone LUNs tab.
o Select the Clone LUN 1 and click Fracture, Yes, OK. The Clone state
will change to Consistent.
Select the Clone LUN 1 and click Properties.
What is displayed after Is Fractured? _____________________
Click Cancel
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Step
10
Action
Make the Clone visible to the secondary host, and add a text file:
Launch the RDP Plus application and establish an RDP session to your Peer
Windows host according to the following information:
Computer(s): Enter your Peer Windows host
User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!
On your Peer Windows host, click on the Server Manager icon.
From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
Your disk should appear as Offline. Right click on the drive and select
Bring Online.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
Verify that the drive is Online.
Server Manager will assign a non-conflicting drive letter to the new volume.
Record the Drive letter assigned.
____________________________________________
Launch File Explorer and open the drive for the new volume.
Create a new folder named Fractured, and then a new file named
Fractured.txt. Add some text into the file, such as your student number, date
and time.
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Step
11
Action
Deactivate the Clone from your peer Windows host:
Open the Command Prompt on your peer Windows.
Change to the directory where admsnap is found by typing the following:
cd c:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\
Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:
admsnap_win2k12
The drive letter is the drive letter of the source recorded in step 5.
Deactivate the source LUN with admsnap:
admsnap_win2k12
The drive letter is the drive letter of the source LUN recorded in step 5.
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Step
14
Action
Activate the Volume:
From the existing RDP session to your Windows host, open a Command
Prompt.
Change to the directory that contains admsnap
Type the following command:
admsnap_win2k12.exe clone_activate
The command should look something like this when finished:
C:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\admsnap_win2k12.exe clone_activate
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Action
Add second source LUN to Storage Group:
From the Unisphere session on your Student Desktop system, navigate to
Hosts >Storage Groups.
Select your Windows Storage Group and click Connect LUNs.
Expand the Thin LUN container, and select Source LUN 2 and click Add. Click
OK, Yes, OK.
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Step
4
Action
Create a text file on the second source LUN:
Add a Clone:
Select Source LUN 2 and select Add Clone.
Expand the Thin LUNs container to view a list of available LUNs (remember
only LUNS of the same size are eligible).
Select Clone LUN 2 and apply the following parameters:
Check the Use Protected Restore checkbox.
Recovery Policy: Automatic
Synchronization Rate: High
Click Apply, Yes, Yes, OK, Cancel.
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Step
8
Action
Consistently Fracture two Clone Groups:
Click the Clone LUNs tab.
Verify if both Clone Groups Clone Group 1 and Clone Group 2 are
synchronized.
Hold the Control key and highlight both Clone Groups Clone Group 1 and
Clone Group 2.
Click Fracture, Yes, OK to complete the fracture of the Clone Groups.
Look at the fracture time of each clone from the Properties button.
Are the fracture times the same? Why or why not?
____________________________________
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148
Tasks:
149
Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Windows host:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Thick LUN:
__________________________________________________
Snapshot Folder:
__________________________________________________
VNX Snapshot:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
CG LUN ID:
__________________________________________________
CG LUN Name:
__________________________________________________
Snap CG:
__________________________________________________
CG LUNs:
__________________________________________________
CG Snapshot:
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to your
Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on your
assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
3
Action
Create a Thick LUN on the Block Pool:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs and Click Create. Create a LUN in the General tab
with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: Pool
RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: UNCHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: Thick LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 1
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thick LUN Name
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Set Default Owner: Auto
Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation. One Thick LUN is created.
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Action
Host disk access preparation:
In Unisphere, navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.
Select your Windows Storage Group and click Connect LUNs.
From the Selected LUNs section, select all the LUNs you added in previous
steps and click the Remove button.
Click OK, Remove LUNs from storage group, OK.
This operation removes LUNs previously assigned to the host.
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Step
5
Action
Create New Simple Volume:
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Step
8
Action
Create a snapshot mount point:
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Step
10
Action
Create a file on the VNX Snapshot from your Peer Window host:
Rescan disks on your Peer Windows host.
You should now see a 10 GB disk. Bring the disk online if it is offline.
The disk will have the same data content as primary LUN (Thick LUN).
Record the drive letter assigned. ______________________________
Verify that the file Snapshot_file.txt is present on the volume.
Create a new file, name it Snapshot_file_new.txt , and add text to it as
before.
Verify that the new file is not present on the primary LUN (on your Windows
host).
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Step
1
Action
Flush host buffers on your Peer Windows host, and detach the Snapshot:
From the RDP session to your Peer Windows host, flush the host buffers for
the snapshot.
Change to the directory where admsnap is found by typing the following:
cd c:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\
Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:
admsnap_win2k12
In Unisphere, select VNX Snapshot copy and click Detach. Leave the Retain
checkbox checked, and click Yes, OK.
How has the status of VNX Snapshot copy
changed?_________________________________
2
Take the primary LUN offline, and restore VNX Snapshot copy:
Open a Command Prompt on your Windows host.
Change to the directory where admsnap is found by typing the following:
cd c:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\
Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:
admsnap_win2k12
In Unisphere, select VNX Snapshot copy and click the Restore button. Click
Yes, OK, OK.
Verify that a new VNX Snapshot has been taken of the primary LUN.
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Step
3
Action
Verify that the primary LUN has been restored:
Activate the primary LUN with admsnap:
admsnap_win2k12
clone_activate
Confirm that the primary LUN is visible to your Windows host. It will likely have a
different drive letter.
Verify that the primary LUN has the same files as the VNX Snapshot.
Why are files Snapshot_file.txt and Snapshot_file_new.txt both present on the source
LUN?
_______________________________________________________________________
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Step
1
Action
Create Thick LUNs on the Block Pool:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs and Click Create. Create two LUNs in the General
tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: Pool
RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: UNCHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: CG LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 2
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your CG LUN Name
Starting ID: CG LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Set Default Owner: Auto
Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation. Two Thick LUNs are
created with IDs in ascending order.
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Step
3
Action
Scan for new disk on your Windows host:
Establish an RDP session to your Windows host.
On your Windows host, click on the Server Manager icon.
From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services > Volumes >
Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
Your disks should appear as Offline. Right click on each drive and select Bring
Online.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk online on the
server. Click Yes.
Verify that each drive is Online.
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Step
7
Action
Create a Consistency Group with 2 member LUNs:
In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots. From the
right side tree, in the Consistency Group section, click Create Snapshot Consistency
Group. Read the Welcome dialog, and click Next.
Name the Consistency Group Snap CG. Add a description if desired, and click Next.
Select the 2 CG LUNs created in the previous step. Click Next.
Read the Summary screen, verify that the information is correct, and click Finish.
Read the Results screen, and click Finish if the operation succeeded.
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Step
10
Action
Create a snapshot mount point:
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Step
12
Action
Verify that the Peer Windows host can access the point in time copies:
Rescan disks on your Peer Windows host.
Verify that the 2 Snapshots are visible.
Do the Snapshots have the same volume names as the primary LUNs?
____________________
Do the Snapshots have the same drive letters as the primary LUNs?
____________________
Explain your answers.
__________________________________________________________
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164
Tasks:
References:
165
Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Data Mover:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Interface Name:
__________________________________________________
Gateway Address:
__________________________________________________
Routed Interface:
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
3
Action
Configure a network interface for the physical network device on the Data
Mover:
In the Settings for File window select the Interfaces tab.
Click Create and create a new interface according to the following
information:
Data Mover: Data Mover
Device Name: Network Device Name
Address: Data Mover Address
Name: Interface Name
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
The Broadcast Address is calculated automatically
Do not enter the MTU value
Do not enter the VLAN ID value
Click OK.
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Step
5
Action
Test remote network access:
Test the network interface by pinging the IP address of your DNS server.
From the right-side Task pane, under Network Settings, click the Ping
Data Movers link.
From the Data Mover drop-down list, select your Data Mover.
From the Interface drop-down list, select your Data Mover Address.
In the Destination: field input 192.168.1.50.
Click OK.
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Step
6
Action
Checking Data Mover DNS configuration:
From the Settings > Network > Settings for File page, select the DNS tab.
From the Show DNS Domains for: drop-down menu, select Data
Mover.
The Data Mover DNS settings have already been configured on your VNX
system.
Confirm that the information from the DNS Settings table matches the
information below.
DNS Domain: hmarine.test
Data Mover: Data Mover
DNS Servers: 192.168.1.50
Protocol: tcp
If the information above does not match what is displayed in Unisphere, ask
your instructor for assistance.
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Tasks:
References:
171
Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Data Mover:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
4
Action
Analyze file system volume structure:
The VNX volume manager, AVM, is used to construct the file system. AVM
first creates a stripe volume from five available disk volumes. It then makes
a slice volume from the stripe. A metavolume is created from the slice that
is used by the file system.
Record the meta volume that your file system resides on.
_________________________________________________________
Record the slice volume used to create the meta Volume.
_________________________________________________________
Record the disk volumes that AVM used to create your stripe volume.
_________________________________________________________
5
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Step
6
Action
Analyze file system volume structure:
Navigate back to Storage> Storage Configuration >Volumes and filter for
your file system once again
AVM extends the file system size by creating another slice volume from the
existing stripe volume. A new metavolume is created from the new slice. The
new metavolume is added to the existing metavolume that the file system is
constructed from.
Record the name of the new metavolume created.
_____________________________________
Record the name of the new slice volume that the new metavolume uses.
______________________________________
Close Unisphere
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176
In this lab exercise, you will export a file system and assign
root privileges to your Linux host.
NOTE: The screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant
to be used as examples. You may have different values/data
on your VNX system.
Tasks:
References:
177
Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Data Mover:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
File System 1:
__________________________________________________
File System 2:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Action
Login to Unisphere:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
3
Action
Mount the file system:
From your Student Desktop, use PuTTY to open an SSH to the Linux Host
Address.
Log into the host with the following credentials:
logon as: root
password: emc2Local!
From the terminal window, create a local directory to mount the file
system that you have exported via NFS. Type the following:
cd /
mkdir /fs1
/fs1
ls al
The directory listing should show that the new directory is empty. In a
subsequent lab step the directory will be used as a mountpoint for mounting
the top-level of an exported file system from the VNX.
NFS mount this directory to the exported file system on your Data
Mover. Type the following:
cd /
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 1 /fs1
df (confirm that the mount is listed)
cd
/fs1
ls al
Note: By default a new directory is empty. Therefore, when you created your
/fs1 directory on the client it was empty. However, after NFS mounting it to
your Data Mover, /fs1 is now being redirected to a file system showing
lost+found and .etc (hidden) directories.
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Step
4
Action
Create user directory on file system
Confirm that you are at /fs1 directory using pwd command.
pwd
/fs1
List the content of the directory by running the following command:
ls la
The directory is no longer empty. When in the directory you are redirected
to the remote file system mounted to the directory. Notice that the .etc
and lost+found directories are present. These directories are structure
present on the top of the VNX file system and should not be disturbed.
Create a new directory and name it engineering.
mkdir engineering
Change the permissions on this directory to 775. This means read, write,
and execute for the owner and group, and read and execute for others.
chmod 775 engineering
Change the owner of engineering directory to epallis.
chown -R epallis engineering
Change the group of engineering directory to engprop.
chgrp -R engprop engineering
Verify the new permissions on the directory.
ls l
drwxrwxr-x. 2 epallis engprop
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Step
5
Action
Export a file system at sub-directory level:
Go back to your Unisphere session.
Navigate to Storage >Shared Folders > NFS Create NFS and click Create.
Create a new NFS export using the following information:
Choose Data Mover: Data Mover
Choose File System: File System 1
Path: /File System 1/engineering
Read / Write Hosts: Linux Host Address
Click OK.
From the SSH session, mount the new file system export following the
steps shown below. Remember you should be logged in as root in order
to mount a file system.
cd /
mkdir /engdir (this directory will be used as a mountpoint)
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 1/engineering /engdir
df
ls l | grep engdir
drwxrwxr-x.
2 epallis engprop
Notice that the permissions on the new directory engdir are the permissions
you setup earlier: 775 read, write, and execute for the owner and group. And
Read and execute for others.
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Step
7
Action
Test directory permissions -owner:
Using PuTTY, open another SSH session to the Linux Host address and
login with the following credentials:
login as: epallis
password: emc2Admin!
Change directory to engdir.
cd /engdir
ls al
Can you see the directories .etc and lost+found? _______________
You should not see them because the file system has been exported on the
sub-directory level.
Create a new file and name it ownerfile and obtain a listing of the
directory.
touch ownerfile
ls -l
Were you able to create a new file? __________________
You should be able to create the new file because epallis is the owner of this
directory.
From the ls output, who is the file owner? _______________
What group is associated to the file? ____________________
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Step
8
Action
Test directory permissions - group:
Using PuTTY, open another SSH session to the Linux Host address and
login with the following credentials:
login as: eplace
password: emc2Admin!
Change directory to engdir and create a new file. Name it groupfile and
obtain a listing of the directory.
cd /engdir
touch groupfile
ls -l
Were you able to create a new file? ______________
You should be able to create the new file because eplace belongs to the
engprop group which is the directory group.
From the ls output, record the owner and group associated to the groupfile.
_____________________________________________________________
Using PuTTY, open another SSH session to the Linux Host address and
login with the following credentials:
login as: swoo
password: emc2Admin!
Change directory to engdir. Create a new file and name it swoofile.
cd /engdir
touch swoofile
ls -l
Were you able to create a new file? _____________________
Were you able to obtain a listing? ___________________
You should not be able to create the new file because the user swoo is
neither the directory owner nor belongs to the engprop group. However,
swoo still can read and execute.
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Step
9
Action
Lab cleanup:
Exit the SSH sessions to the Linux Host address for users: swoo, eplace,
and epallis by running the exit command. Leave the existing SSH session
for the root user open.
exit
From the SSH session for the root user, unmount and delete
mountpoints. Then exit the SSH session.
cd /
umount /fs1
umount /engdir
rmdir /fs1
rmdir /engdir
exit
From Unisphere, unexport the file system by navigating to Storage >
Shared Folders > NFS.
Multiple select the /File System 1 and the /File System 1/engineering
exports and click the Delete button. Click OK to complete the operation.
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185
Action
Create a new file system:
In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems
Click Create and enter the following information:
Create From: Storage Pool
File System Name: File System 2
Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 10 GB
Auto Extend Enabled: unchecked
Thin Enabled: unchecked
Slice Volumes: checked
File-level Retention: off
Deduplication Enabled: unchecked
Vmware VAAI nested clone support: unchecked
Data Mover (R/W): Data Mover
Mount Point: Default
Click OK.
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Step
3
Action
Mount file system:
From your Student Desktop, use PuTTY to open an SSH to the Linux Host
Address.
Log into the host with the following credentials:
logon as: root
password: emc2Local!
From the command prompt, make a local directory to mount the
exported file system. Type the following:
cd /
mkdir /fs2
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 2 /fs2
df
From the df output verify that the VNX File System 2 export is mounted on
the Linux host fs2 directory.
Change to the /fs2 directory and create a new directory called student.
cd /fs2
mkdir student
chmod 777 student
cd student
echo THIS IS A TEST > File
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Step
4
Action
Export the file system at the sub-directory level:
Go back to your Unisphere session and export the File System 2 file system at
the sub-directory level.
Navigate to Storage > Shared Folder > NFS and click Create. Define the
export as follows:
Choose data Mover: Data Mover
File System: File System 2
Path: /File System 2/student
Read-only Hosts Peer Linux Host Address
Read/Write Hosts: Linux Host Address
Click Ok to complete the operation.
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Step
6
Action
Mount NFS export to a directory in the Peer Linux Host:
From your Student Desktop, open another PuTTY session to the Peer
Linux host (Peer Linux Host Address) and login with the Peer Linux Root
Credentials.
Create a new directory on the Peer Linux host named Student number.
cd /
mkdir /Student number
Mount the above directory to the file system that you exported in the
previous step.
mount Data Mover IP Address:/File System 2/student /Student
number
df (Confirm that your export is visible)
Unmount the directory and logout from the Peer Linux host:
Unmount /Student number and exit from the your PuTTY ssh session to the Peer
Linux host.
cd /
umount /Student number
rmdir /Student number
exit
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Step
9
Action
Create a user file in the mounted directory in the primary Linux host:
From the PuTTY ssh session to the Linux Host Address create a user file in
the student directory.
cd /student
touch newfile
Do you have write permissions? _____________. You should be able to
create a new file because the file system has been export as read write to
this particular host.
10
Lab Cleanup:
Umount and delete mountpoints and exit from the PuTTY ssh session to
the Linux Host (Linux Host Address).
cd /
umount /student
rmdir /student
umount /fs2
rmdir /fs2
exit
From Unisphere delete the exports for File System 2 by navigating to Storage >
Shared Folders > NFS.
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Tasks:
References:
191
Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Data Mover:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
VDM:
__________________________________________________
File System:
__________________________________________________
192
Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
3
Action
Unload the Virtual Data Mover:
Select your VDM and click Properties. Note: You can use the Filter field
on the page to help locate your VDM. Input your student number into the
field to display your VDM.
From the Data Mover drop-down list select Unloaded.
Click OK.
A confirmation window is displayed about the unload operation. Review
the displayed message. Click the details link in the message.
Review the details of the unload operation. Click OK to close the window.
Review the information displayed in the VDMs tab for your VDM.
Confirm its status is permanently unloaded.
4
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Step
5
Action
Create and mount a file system to a VDM:
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems.
Click Create to create a new file system according to the following
information:
Create From: Storage Pool
File System Name: File System
Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 5 GB
Auto Extend Enabled: unchecked
Thin Enabled: unchecked
Slice Volumes: checked
File-level Retention: Off
Deduplication Enabled: unchecked
VMware VAAI nested clone support: unchecked
Data Mover (R/W): VDM
Mount Point: Default
Click OK.
Review the information displayed in the File Systems tab for your File
System. Confirm your VDM is shown as R/W in the Data Mover column.
If the information is incorrect, select your File System and click Properties and
make the needed corrections. Ask your instructor if you need assistance.
Review the information displayed in the VDMs tab for your VDM.
Confirm it is assigned to your Data Mover and its status is OK.
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Step
7
Action
Verify the file system is mounted:
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems.
Review the information displayed in the File Systems tab for your File
System. Confirm your VDM is shown as R/W in the Data Mover column.
196
Tasks:
References:
197
Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Data Mover:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
VDM:
__________________________________________________
File System:
__________________________________________________
Network Device:
__________________________________________________
CIFS interface:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
CIFS Server:
__________________________________________________
Windows Server:
__________________________________________________
198
Action
System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
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Step
3
Action
Verify Data Mover NTP configuration:
Active Directory uses Kerberos for user authentication. Kerberos requires a
time tolerance between all domain computers therefore NTP is commonly
used for time synchronization in the domain.
Navigate to System > Hardware > Data Movers.
Select you Data Mover and click Properties.
Confirm the NTP configuration matches the information below.
NTP Servers: 192.168.1.50
If the information is incorrect, inform your instructor before proceeding.
Click Cancel.
Repeat the verification for your Peer Data Mover.
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Step
5
Action
Configure Data Mover Interface Name:
You will be moving the VDM containing your CIFS Server from your Data
Mover to your Peer Data Mover. CIFS Servers bind to network device interface
names. Therefore the Data Movers need to have identical interface names for
your CIFS server.
Navigate to Settings > Network > Settings for File and select the Interfaces
tab.
Select your Data Mover Address and click Properties.
Modify the interface Name: to the CIFS interface. Leave all other
interface settings unchanged. Click OK.
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Action
Create a CIFS Server:
Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the CIFS Servers
tab.
Click Create to create a CIFS Server according to the following information:
Data Mover: Select your VDM
Server Type: Active Directory
Computer Name: Enter your CIFS Server
Aliases: Leave blank
NetBIOS Name: Leave blank
Domain: hmarine.test
Join the Domain: checked
Domain Admin User Name: Administrator
Domain Admin Password: emc2Admin!
Organizational Unit: Leave at default value
Enable local users: unchecked
Interfaces: Checked for your Data Mover Address
Click OK.
Review the information for the newly created CIFS Server. Verify it has been
created with the correct information detailed above. If the information is
incorrect, select the CIFS Server and click Properties to make the needed
corrections. Ask your instructor if you need assistance.
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Action
Create a CIFS Share at the top-level of a VNX file system:
Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the Shares tab.
Click Create to create a CIFS Share according to the following information:
Choose a Data Mover: Select your VDM
CIFS Share Name: Top$
File System: Select your File System
Path: Leave at the default
NetBIOS Name: Leave blank
CIFS Servers: Checked for your CIFS Server
User limit: Leave blank
Comment: Leave blank
Click OK.
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Step
3
Action
Access your CIFS Share:
From the Windows server, launch the Run application that is available
from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
In the Open: field input the path to your top level share. The format of the
path is:
\\<server>\<share>
Where <server> is your CIFS Server and <share> is Top$
Click OK.
The share opens to the .etc and lost+found folders. These folders are at the
top-level of all the VNX file systems and should not be disturbed. To prevent
inadvertent modifications to these folders by users, it is a best practice to
create a lower-level share in the file system for users to access.
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Step
5
Action
Create a CIFS Share with Computer Management tool:
On the left side tree, expand System Tools and Shared Folders containers.
Right-click Shares and select the New Share option.
In the Folder Path window, click the Browse button. A Browse window
opens.
In the Browse window, expand the tree for your File System. Select the
hmarine_data folder in the tree. Click OK.
The Name, Description, and Settings window opens. In the Share name:
field, change the name displayed to HMARINE_SHARE. Click Next.
The Sharing was Successful screen opens and displays a summary of the
share created. Click Finish.
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Step
7
Action
Access the lower-level share:
From the Windows server, launch File Explorer which is available from the
Desktop view or its taskbar.
From the left side tree, right-click Computer and select the Map network
drive option.
In the Folder: field, enter the path to the HMARINE_SHARE. The format of
the path is:
\\<server>\<share>
Where <server> is your CIFS Server and <share> is HMARINE_SHARE
Leave all other options on the page at their default settings and click
Finish.
The share opens and the test_data file create in a previous step is present.
Notice the absence of the .etc and lost+found folders that were seen from
the top-level share. This lower-level share demonstrates the best practice
of preventing users from access and disturbing the .etc and lost+found
folders.
Open the test_data file and verify its data is present. Add another line of
text to the file. Do not save or close the file, just leave the file open in
Notepad. The file will be left open for the last part of the lab exercise. Also
leave the Remote Desktop connection session open to your Windows
server. It will be used in the next part of the lab exercise.
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Action
Verify Shares:
From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to Storage
> Shared Folders > CIFS and select the Shares tab. If your session is already
at this page, refresh the Shares page.
The page should display the two CIFS shares created, the top-level share
created with Unisphere and the lower-level share created with Microsofts
Computer Management tool. Note: Use the Filter field in Unisphere and
input your Student number to limit the display to your shares.
Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the VDMs tab.
Select your VDM and click Properties.
From the Data Mover drop-down list, select your Peer Data Mover
Click OK.
A confirmation window opens for you to confirm the VDM move
operation. Review the message displayed in the window. Optionally click
the details link to view further details of the move operation. Click OK to
proceed with the VDM move operation.
Review the information displayed on the VDMs tab for your VDM. It
should display the VDM is now loaded to your Peer Data Mover.
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Step
3
Action
Flush the CIFS client DNS cache:
Return to your existing Windows server Remote Desktop session. It is
available on your Student Desktop systems taskbar.
The Windows server is your CIFS client. In the previous part of this exercise,
the client established a CIFS session to your CIFS server. The client performed
a DNS lookup for your CIFS server and cached that lookup in its DNS cache.
When the VDM containing the CIFS server was moved, the CIFS server binds to
the interface of the Peer Data Mover and that interface has a different IP
address. Therefore to reconnect to the CIFS server, the clients DNS cache
must be flushed so it can do a new DNS lookup for the CIFS server.
On your Windows server, open a Command window which is available
from the Desktop view or its task bar.
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Step
5
Action
Move the VDM back to the original Data Mover
From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to Storage
> Shared Folders > CIFS and select the VDMs tab.
Access the CIFS data after the VDM move without flushing DNS:
Return to your open test_data.txt file in Notepad. Add some text to the
file and save the changes.
The results of this operation can vary depending on how much time has
passed since the new CIFS session was established in step 4 above. If enough
time has passed for the client DNS cache to expire though its default timeout,
the changes to the file will be saved normally. If the client DNS cache has not
expired, you will receive an error stating The specific network name is no
longer available.. The error can be cleared and access to the share returned
by flushing the clients DNS cache or waiting for its normal cache timeout to
occur.
Disconnect from the Remote Desktop by accessing the Logoff Session icon
which is available from the Windows server Desktop view or its taskbar.
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Tasks:
Configure Snapsure
Create Checkpoints
References:
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Student number:
__________________________________________________
VNX:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Data Mover:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
File System 1:
__________________________________________________
Linux Host:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Checkpoint 1:
__________________________________________________
File System 2:
__________________________________________________
VDM:
__________________________________________________
CIFS Share:
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CIFS Server:
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Windows Server:
__________________________________________________
Checkpoint 2:
__________________________________________________
Checkpoint 3:
__________________________________________________
Checkpoint 4:
__________________________________________________
Checkpoint 5:
__________________________________________________
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Action
Login to Unisphere:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
Create an NFS export for the newly created production file system:
Create an NFS export from the file system created using the default path. Assign
root access to your Linux host.
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Step
4
Action
Create user data:
From your Student Desktop, use PuTTY to open an SSH to the Linux Host.
Log into the host with the following credentials:
logon as: root
password: emc2Local!
From the terminal window, create a local directory to mount the file
system that you have exported via NFS. Type the following:
cd /
mkdir /pfs1
NFS mount this directory to the exported file system on your Data Mover.
Type the following:
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 1 /pfs1
df (confirm that the mount is listed)
Create data on the file system by running the following commands:
cd /pfs1
dd if=/dev/zero of=Monday bs=256 count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=Tuesday bs=256 count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=Wednesday bs=256 count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=Thursday bs=256 count=10
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Step
5
Action
Create a new checkpoint:
In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > File System
Checkpoints
Click Create to make a new checkpoint with the following settings:
Choose Data Mover: Data Mover
Production File System: File System 1
Writeable Checkpoint: Unchecked
Checkpoint Name: Checkpoint 1
Leave all other settings at default
Click OK to complete the operation.
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Step
7
Action
Create a file system to be CIFS shared:
Create a new production file system using the available storage pool
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems
Click Create and enter the following information:
File System: File System 2
Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 10 GB
Choose Data Mover: VDM
Keep all other defaults.
Click OK to complete the operation.
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Step
9
Action
Connect to your Windows Server:
From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that is
available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
From the left side tree, right-click Computer and select the Map network
drive option.
In the Folder: field, enter the path to the CIFS Share. The format of the
path is:
\\<server>\<share>
Where <server> is the CIFS Server and <share> is the CIFS Share.
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Leave all other options on the page at their default settings and click
Finish.
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Step
12
Action
Create a Snapshot:
Create a snapshot of the newly created file system.
In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > File System
Checkpoints
Click Create to make a new snapshot with the following settings:
Choose Data Mover: VDM
Production File System: File System 2
Writeable Checkpoint: Unchecked
Checkpoint Name: Checkpoint 2
Leave all other settings at default
Click OK to complete the operation.
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Do you see the checkpoint you just created? What is the name of the File
System 2 checkpoint?
_______________________________________________________________
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Action
Delete user data:
On your Linux host, verify that the files created in the previous section of
the lab are still present in the mounted folder.
ls l /pfs1
Remove and verify the removal of the Tuesday file from File System 1 by
running the following commands:
cd /pfs1
rm Tuesday
ls -l
You have just recovered an individual file from the point-in-time checkpoint
using CVFS. This leaves all other copies of files as they are currently. If any
new files had been created after the checkpoint, they are preserved.
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Step
3
Action
Refresh a checkpoint:
Create a new file in /pfs1 named Saturday by running the following
command:
dd if=/dev/zero of=Saturday bs=256 count=10
Back in Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > File
System Checkpoints
Refresh the checkpoint named Checkpoint 1 by selecting it and clicking
the Refresh button. Click OK to confirm the operation.
View the new name of the checkpoint by running the following
command:
ls /pfs1/.ckpt
Record the name of the refreshed File system 1 checkpoint. You will use
in in the following step.
_______________________________________________________
Did the Checkpoint Refresh operation change the checkpoint name?
_____________________________
Verify that the new file has been preserved by the checkpoint:
From the PuTTY SSH session to your Linux host, enter the following
command:
ls al /pfs1 /.ckpt/<checkpoint name> (recorded above)
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Step
5
Action
Create a second checkpoint:
Create a new file in the /pfs1 directory named Sunday by running the
following command:
dd if=/dev/zero of=Sunday bs=256 count=10
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Step
7
Action
Restore from an earlier SnapSure checkpoint:
In Unisphere, select Checkpoint 1 and click Restore.
When prompted, enter the new checkpoint name of Checkpoint 5 and
click OK.
When the operation is complete, view the contents of the /pfs1 folder on
your Linux client using the ls command. You should see a file for Monday
through Saturday.
Why is the Sunday file not there?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
You have just performed a restore of a point-in-time checkpoint of the file
system. This operation reverts all files to a previous data state and erases
any files that were created after the checkpoint (e.g., the Sunday file).
Lab cleanup:
From the PuTTY SSH session to your Linux host, unmount and delete the
/pfs1 directory.
From Unisphere, delete Checkpoint 5, Checkpoint 4, Checkpoint 3,
Checkpoint 1, File System 1 NFS export and the File System 1 file system.
Note: Leave the File System 2 and each one of the CIFS components to be
used on the next part of the lab.
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Action
Checkpoint verification:
From the RDP Plus session to your Windows Server, verify that the CIFS
share is still mapped and that there are 12 text files in the share named
after each month of the year.
In Unisphere, verify that there is a checkpoint for File System 2 named
Checkpoint 2.
Ignore the two permissions warning messages by clicking Skip. The error
relates to permissions on the .etc and lost+found directories and is
expected.
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Step
4
Action
Verify restored file system:
View the files in the CIFS share.
Are there 12 text documents again? ___________
You have just restored a file system from a point-in-time checkpoint using
Snapsure via the VSS Client. This will erase any files that were created after
the checkpoint was created.
From the File Explorer window, open the mapped CIFS share folder
Delete January and February.
Right-click the CIFS share object on the left-pane and select Properties
Navigate to the Previous Versions tab.
Select the checkpoint and click Open.
Select January and February and copy them back to the CIFS Share
folder.
You have just restored individual files from a point-in-time checkpoint using
VSS Client. This allows all other files to remain in their current revision while
recovering previous versions of specific files.
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Lab cleanup:
From the File Explorer window, expand Computer from the left pane.
Right-click the mapped network drive to your CIFS share and select
Disconnect.
In Unisphere, delete Checkpoint 2, the CIFS Share, and the File System 2.
Close your RDP session to the Windows server.
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Unisphere is a Java-based web application that is accessed from a browser. The VNX secures the application
using industry standard mechanisms to establish a secure http channel between the VNX and the storage
administrators browser. The VNX uses self-signed certificates for securing the channel. The browser must also
have Java installed to run the VNX Unisphere Java applications.
When establishing a Unisphere session, the user will encounter a series of security related messages from the
browser, from Java and from the VNX itself. The specific messages will vary with different browsers, different
versions of Java JRE and with different versions of VNX software. This appendix captures the various messages a
user will encounter with the following specific browser, Java and VNX OE software versions. It also details the
actions to take to minimize the security messages seen for subsequent Unisphere sessions.
Browser: Microsoft Internet Exporer version 10
Java: Version 7 update 25
VNX OE software: 05.33.000.5.015
The first security related message encountered is shown below. The browser message is displayed due to the
browser not trusting the VNX self signed certificate. The user must click the Continue to this website (not
recommended) action to proceed.
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The next messages that can be encountered are both displayed on the same page. The browser displays the
nessages which relate to the Unisphere page requiring Java. The first is informational stating the minimum java
version required. The user clicks OK to clear the message.
In the companion message below the browser is asking the user to allow the installed version to run. The user
should select the drop-down list and select the option Allow for all websites. This message will not be seen on
subsequent Unisphere sessions.
The next message that can be encountered is shown below. The message relates to an older version of Java
being used and a newer version is available to download. For the lab exercises, please do not perform updates
to Java. Check the Do not ask again until tick-box and click the action: Later Continue and you .
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This message relates to the VNX self-signed certificate and is displayed by Java. The use has to take action to
proceed. Select the More Options/Hide Options toggle. Check the Always tust connections tick-box and click
Continue. This message will not be displayed again for subsequent Unisphere sessions.
The next message seen is displayed by Java and relates to the EMC published Unisphere java applet core.jar.
The user must take action to allow Java to run the applet. Check the Do not show this again tick-box and click
Run. This message will not be displayed again for subsequent Unisphere sessions.
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The next message is similar to the previous but for a different EMC published java applet sslj.jar. The user must
take action to allow Java to run the applet. Check the Do not show this again tick-box and click Run. This
message will not be displayed again for subsequent Unisphere sessions.
The next message is from Unisphere and relates to the self-signed certificate of SPA. Click Accept Always and
this message will not be displayed for subsequent Unisphere sessions.
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The next message is similar to the previous message but is for SPB and it appears after the Unisphere Login
page. Click Accept Always and this message will not be displayed for subsequent Unisphere sessions.
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