Veritas InfoScale™ Virtualization Guide - Linux on ESXi

Last Published:
Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4)
Platform: VMware ESX
  1. Section I. Overview
    1. About Veritas InfoScale solutions in a VMware environment
      1.  
        Overview of the Veritas InfoScale Products Virtualization Guide
      2. How Veritas InfoScale solutions work in a VMware environment
        1.  
          How Veritas InfoScale product components enhance VMware capabilities
        2.  
          When to use Raw Device Mapping and Storage Foundation
        3.  
          Array migration
        4.  
          Veritas InfoScale component limitations in an ESXi environment
        5.  
          I/O fencing considerations in an ESXi environment
      3.  
        About Veritas InfoScale solutions support for the VMware ESXi environment
      4.  
        Virtualization use cases addressed by Veritas InfoScale products
  2. Section II. Deploying Veritas InfoScale products in a VMware environment
    1. Getting started
      1.  
        Storage configurations and feature compatibility
      2.  
        About setting up VMware with Veritas InfoScale products
      3.  
        Veritas InfoScale products support for VMware environments
      4.  
        Installing and configuring storage solutions in the VMware virtual environment
    2. Understanding Storage Configuration
      1.  
        Configuring storage
      2.  
        Enabling disk UUID on virtual machines
      3.  
        Installing Array Support Library (ASL) for VMDK on cluster nodes
      4.  
        Excluding the boot disk from the Volume Manager configuration
      5.  
        Creating the VMDK files
      6.  
        Mapping the VMDKs to each virtual machine (VM)
      7.  
        Enabling the multi-write flag
      8.  
        Getting consistent names across nodes
      9.  
        Creating a file system
  3. Section III. Use cases for Veritas InfoScale product components in a VMware environment
    1. Application availability using Cluster Server
      1.  
        About application availability with Cluster Server (VCS) in the guest
      2.  
        About VCS support for Live Migration
    2. Multi-tier business service support
      1.  
        About Virtual Business Services
      2.  
        Sample virtual business service configuration
    3. Improving storage visibility, availability, and I/O performance using Dynamic Multi-Pathing
      1.  
        Use cases for Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) in the VMware environment
      2. How DMP works
        1. How DMP monitors I/O on paths
          1.  
            Path failover mechanism
          2.  
            I/O throttling
          3.  
            Subpaths Failover Group (SFG)
          4.  
            Low Impact Path Probing (LIPP)
        2.  
          Load balancing
        3.  
          About DMP I/O policies
      3.  
        Achieving storage visibility using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
      4.  
        Achieving storage availability using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
      5.  
        Improving I/O performance with Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor
      6.  
        Achieving simplified management using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor and guest
    4. Improving data protection, storage optimization, data migration, and database performance
      1.  
        Use cases for Veritas InfoScale product components in a VMware guest
      2. Protecting data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About point-in-time copies
        2.  
          Point-in-time snapshots for Veritas InfoScale products in the VMware environment
      3. Optimizing storage with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About SmartTier in the VMware environment
        2.  
          About compression with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        3.  
          About thin reclamation with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        4.  
          About SmartMove with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        5.  
          About SmartTier for Oracle with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
      4. Migrating data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          Types of data migration
      5. Improving database performance with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About Veritas InfoScale product components database accelerators
    5. Setting up virtual machines for fast failover using Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability on VMware disks
      1.  
        About use cases for InfoScale Enterprise in the VMware guest
      2.  
        Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability operation in VMware virtualized environments
      3.  
        Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix
      4. About setting up Storage Foundation Cluster File High System High Availability on VMware ESXi
        1.  
          Planning a Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) configuration
        2.  
          Enable Password-less SSH
        3.  
          Enabling TCP traffic to coordination point (CP) Server and management ports
        4. Configuring coordination point (CP) servers
          1.  
            Configuring a Coordination Point server for Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA)
          2.  
            Configuring a Coordination Point server service group
          3.  
            Configuring a Cluster Server (VCS) single node cluster
        5.  
          Deploying Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) software
        6.  
          Configuring Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA)
        7.  
          Configuring non-SCSI3 fencing
  4. Section IV. Reference
    1. Appendix A. Known issues and limitations
      1.  
        Prevention of Storage vMotion
    2. Appendix B. Where to find more information
      1.  
        Veritas InfoScale documentation
      2.  
        Service and support
      3.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Virtualization use cases addressed by Veritas InfoScale products

Veritas InfoScale product components support the following VMware environment use cases:

Table: Virtualization use cases addressed by Veritas InfoScale products in an ESXi environment

Virtualization use case

Veritas solution

Implementation details

Application management and availability

InfoScale Availability or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to manage application monitoring and failover on virtual machines using VCS.

See About application availability with Cluster Server (VCS) in the guest.

High availability for live migration

InfoScale Availability or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to use VCS to provide high availability for live migration with vMotion.

See About VCS support for Live Migration.

Storage visibility

InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in ESXi host

How to use DMP features to improve storage visibility.

See Achieving storage visibility using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor.

See DMP documentation.

Storage availability

InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in ESXi host

How to use DMP features to improve storage availability.

See Achieving storage availability using Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the hypervisor.

See DMP documentation.

Improved I/O performance

InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in ESXi host

How to use DMP features to improve I/O performance.

Simplified path management with DMP

InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to use DMP features for end-to-end storage path visibility, simplified management, and improved performance.

See DMP documentation.

Data protection

InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to use Storage Foundation backup and recovery features for data protection.

See Protecting data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest.

Storage optimization

InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to use Storage Foundation thin provisioning, FileSnap, SmartTier, and SmartIO features to optimize storage in a VMware environment.

See Optimizing storage with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest.

Data migration

InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to use Storage Foundation Portable Data Containers to migrate data safely and easily in a VMware guest environment.

See Migrating data with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest.

Improved database performance

InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to use Storage Foundation database accelerators to improve database performance in a VMware guest environment.

See Improving database performance with Veritas InfoScale product components in the VMware guest.

Simplified storage management

InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage or InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to use DMP for VMware and Storage Foundation features for end-to-end storage visibility, performance, optimization, and enhanced ease of management.

Application high availability and fast failover

InfoScale Enterprise in guest

How to manage application high availability and fast failover

See About use cases for InfoScale Enterprise in the VMware guest.