Veritas InfoScale™ 7.3.1 Virtualization Guide - Linux on ESXi
- Section I. Overview
- Overview of Veritas InfoScale solutions in a VMware environment
- Overview of the Veritas InfoScale Products Virtualization Guide
- Introduction to using Veritas InfoScale solutions in the VMware virtualization environment
- Introduction to using Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware
- About the Veritas InfoScale components
- About Veritas InfoScale solutions support for the VMware ESXi environment
- Virtualization use cases addressed by Veritas InfoScale products
- Overview of Veritas InfoScale solutions in a VMware environment
- Section II. Deploying Veritas InfoScale products in a VMware environment
- Getting started
- Veritas InfoScale products supported configurations in an VMware ESXi environment
- Storage configurations and feature compatibility
- About setting up VMware with Veritas InfoScale products
- Veritas InfoScale products support for VMware environments
- Installing and configuring storage solutions in the VMware virtual environment
- Getting started
- Section III. Use cases for Veritas InfoScale product components in a VMware environment
- Storage to application visibility using Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- About storage to application visibility using Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- About discovering the VMware Infrastructure using Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- Requirements for discovering vCenter and ESX servers using Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- How Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager discovers vCenter and ESX servers
- Information that Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager discovers on the VMware Infrastructure components
- About the datastores in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- About the multi-pathing discovery in the VMware environment
- About near real-time (NRT) update of virtual machine states
- About discovering LPAR and VIO in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- About LPAR storage correlation supported in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- Application availability using Cluster Server
- Multi-tier business service support
- Improving storage visibility, availability, and I/O performance using Dynamic Multi-Pathing
- Use cases for Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) in the VMware environment
- About Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware
- How DMP works
- About storage visibility using Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) in the hypervisor
- Example: achieving storage visibility using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
- About storage availability using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
- Example: achieving storage availability using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
- About I/O performance with Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
- Example: improving I/O performance with Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
- About simplified management using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor and guest
- Example: achieving simplified management using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor and guest
- Improving I/O performance using SmartPool
- Improving data protection, storage optimization, data migration, and database performance
- Use cases for Veritas InfoScale product components in a VMware guest
- Protecting data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- Optimizing storage with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- About SmartTier in the VMware environment
- About compression with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- About thin reclamation with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- About SmartMove with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- About SmartTier for Oracle with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- Migrating data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- Improving database performance with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- Simplified storage management with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
- Setting up virtual machines for fast failover using Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability on VMware disks
- About use cases for Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability in the VMware guest
- Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability operation in VMware virtualized environments
- Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix
- About setting up Storage Foundation Cluster File High System High Availability on VMware ESXi
- Planning a Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) configuration
- Enable Password-less SSH
- Enabling TCP traffic to coordination point (CP) Server and management ports
- Configuring coordination point (CP) servers
- Deploying Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) software
- Configuring Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA)
- Configuring non-SCSI3 fencing
- Configuring storage
- Enabling disk UUID on virtual machines
- Installing Array Support Library (ASL) for VMDK on cluster nodes
- Excluding the boot disk from the Volume Manager configuration
- Creating the VMDK files
- Mapping the VMDKs to each virtual machine (VM)
- Enabling the multi-write flag
- Getting consistent names across nodes
- Creating a clustered file system
- Storage to application visibility using Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- Section IV. Reference
Configuring the VMware vCenter Server to generate SNMP traps
Provide the following information:
Using the VMware vCenter Server console, configure the Management Server as the SNMP trap receiver in the VMware vCenter Server. In the Home page of vSphere Client, select vCenter Server Settings and then select SNMP configuration. Enable one of the SNMP receivers and enter details as follows:
Field
Description
Receiver URL
Provide the host name of the Management Server which will be connected to the VMware vCenter Server. VMware vCenter Server sends the SNMP traps to this Management Server.
Also, configure port 162 as the SNMP port. Ensure that port 162 is not used by any other application.
Community String
Provide community string. SNMP versions v1 and v2 are supported.
Configure alarm for generating SNMP traps when the virtual machine state changes. It includes adding alarm to monitor the change in the virtual machine state and adding the appropriate action (for example, send notification email).
In the Home page of the VMware vSphere Client, select Hosts and Clusters and right-click on the VMware vCenter Server, data-center or an individual virtual machine to set the alarm. You can set the alarm at an individual virtual machine level, at the data center level, or at the entire VMware vCenter Server level. It is recommended to set it at the VMware vCenter Server level.
In the General tab, provide alarm details with alarm type set for monitoring the virtual machines. Enter the details as listed in the following table:
Field
Description
Alarm Name
Provide the name of the alarm.
Description
Provide additional information about the alarm.
Alarm Type
Select Virtual Machines in the Monitor drop-down list.
Select Monitor for specific events occurring on this object, for example, VM powered On option. Ensure that Enable this alarm check box is selected.
In the Triggers tab, add the required triggers to monitor the states of the virtual machine - VM powered on, VM powered off, VM suspended, and DRS VM powered on (for clustered environment with DRS enabled). The values of the fields are as follows:
For the following value of an event...
Select the following status...
DRS VM powered on
Unset
VM powered on
Unset
VM powered off
Unset
VM suspended
Unset
Provide information on when to send the notification trap.
In the Actions tab of the Alarm Settings panel, click to add a new action. In the Action drop-down list, select Send a notification trap option. Set action as provided in the following figure:
