InfoScale™ Operations Manager 9.0 Frequently Asked Questions

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: AIX,HP-UX,Linux,Solaris,VMware ESX,Windows

Virtualization overview

Can Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager manage Storage Foundation that is running in a VMware virtual machine?

Yes. Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager supports Storage Foundation running in a VMware virtual machine. Since in most cases VMware does not expose the HBA directly to the guests, Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager would not be able to discover the array port of any LUNs nor the HBA ports. However, Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager displays the enclosure information for any raw device mapped LUNs. The virtual disks are plain old SCSI disks since they are abstracted from the guest.

What do I need to deploy to see end-to-end storage correlation for the supported virtualization technologies?

For VMware:

  • Configure VMware vCenter Server in Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager from a control host.

  • Configure guest virtual machines via agent or agentless method.

For LPARs:

  • Configure Hardware Management Console (HMC) in Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager from a control host.

  • Configure deep discovery of storage arrays using Storage Insight Add-on.

  • Configure LPAR guest virtual machines via agent.

  • Configure VIO servers via agent (only if they are running Dynamic Multi-Pathing)

For Microsoft Hyper-V:

  • Configure Hyper-V server via agent.

  • Configure Hyper-V guest virtual machines via agent or agentless method.

For Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM):

  • Configure KVM server via agent.

  • Configure KVM guests via agent.

For Zones:

  • Configure global zone via agent.

For LDOMs

  • Configure LDOM control domain via agent.

  • Configure LDOM guests via agent.

Can I perform virtualization discovery through VMware vCenter using a non-default port?

The default vCenter port is 443 which is used by Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager for the virtualization discovery. However if VMware vCenter is configured on a non-default port, you can specify the port number after VMware vCenter IP / host name so that Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager will use the same for the discovery. For example, MyvCenter.example.com:65535.