Veritas InfoScale™ 7.4.1 Virtualization Guide - Linux on ESXi

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4.1)
Platform: Linux,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 InfoScale solutions work in a VMware environment
        1.  
          How InfoScale product components enhance VMware capabilities
        2.  
          When to use Raw Device Mapping and Storage Foundation
        3.  
          Array migration
        4.  
          InfoScale component limitations in an ESXi environment
        5.  
          I/O fencing considerations in an ESXi environment
      3.  
        About 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 InfoScale products
      3.  
        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 InfoScale product components in a VMware guest
      2. Protecting data with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About point-in-time copies
        2.  
          Point-in-time snapshots for InfoScale products in the VMware environment
      3. Optimizing storage with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About SmartTier in the VMware environment
        2.  
          About compression with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        3.  
          About thin reclamation with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        4.  
          About SmartMove with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        5.  
          About SmartTier for Oracle with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
      4. Migrating data with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          Types of data migration
      5. Improving database performance with InfoScale product components in the VMware guest
        1.  
          About 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)

Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix

Table: Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix with VMware disk modes shows the Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility with VMware ESXi disk modes.

Table: Storage Foundation functionality and compatibility matrix with VMware disk modes

Storage Foundation

VMware ESXi disk mode: Virtual Disk (VMDK)

VMware ESXi disk mode: Raw Device Mapping Logical mode

VMware ESXi disk mode: Raw Device Mapping Physical mode

VxVM Disk format: simple, sliced

Yes

Yes

Yes

VxVM Disk format: cdsdisk

Yes

Yes

Yes

I/O fencing

Yes (with non-SCSI3-PR based fencing)1

Yes (with non-SCSI3-PR based fencing) 1

Yes (with disks configured in RDM-P mode) 1

Portable Data Containers

No

No

Yes

Dynamic Multi-Pathing in the guest

No 2

No 2

No 2

Volume Replicator

Yes

Yes

Yes

CVM/VVR

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bunker node (non-CVM environment)

Yes

Yes

Yes

DDL extended attributes

No

No

Yes

Thin reclamation

No

No

Yes

See I/O fencing considerations in an ESXi environment.