The cli also enables you to manage individual ps series storage arrays for maintenance purposes. Figure 4 shows the configuration options available for this step. It is possible to present a snapshot of a lun containing a vmfs datastore to esx servers. Installing and configuring the dell equallogic host integration tools for vmware. This has been available internally at dell since at least 2009 the date of the included documentation but its release to partners is very new new enough that i has to alert them to the fact that the download they initially made available on 2012 had expired. And perhaps noteworthy, is that the expirationdate of the certificate for me is also thu aug 15 09.
The dell storage device has already been deployed and configured as a storage repository a dell equallogic group is already deployed and accessible through ssh you have the necessary credentials for connecting to the group manager of the available dell equallogic group namely, chap and group manager credentials. I click the launch virtual storage manager link and it brings up a username password window similar to the one used for the group manager login prompt. This video gives an overview, setup tips, and a demonstration of how to deploy and configure the dell storage manager dsm virtual appliance with. The dell virtual storage manager has a lot of features, but it may not do everything you are looking for. Compellent and equallogic management with vcenter operations manager ever since vmware has been around its been difficult to troubleshoot and isolate issues to do with storage. For the windows version of this topic, see frequently asked question about windows virtual machines. Default user name and password of dell equallogic ps6100 hello, you will need to. Home training and tutorials create and run virtual machines with virt manager. What is seen during testing of a failed network card that the multipathing is not failing over and ocfs2 is evicting itself as designed. Virtual machine protection with dell equallogic virtual. Dell equallogic vsm introduction vinfrastructure blog. Once the appliance has been imported and powered on you can login using the default username password of root eql. Introducing dell equallogic virtual storage manager 4.
Equallogic storage installation guide 1 rack mounting the array rack requirements eia310d compliant, fourpost 19 inch rack with universal square hole or unthreaded round hole spacing. System center virtual machine manager scvmm 2012 sp1 supports the same storage arrays that were supported in. For many users of linux, getting used to file permissions and ownership can be a bit of a challenge. In todays datacenter, customers are utilizing vmware virtualization solutions and dell equallogic ps series san storage to consolidate servers and storage for better utilization, efficiency and ease of management. Jeremy im no longer in the same job position where i was administering pure storage, but if i remember correctly you cannot access a bash shell on a pure storage box, you are forced to use their very limited shell with only their set of builtin supported commands. If your version of linux does not include an iscsi initiator, you can obtain one from the openiscsi website. This article addresses some common questions about linux virtual machines created in azure using the resource manager deployment model. Equallogic cli commands to setup iscsi initiator on linux october 27, 2012 updated january 12, 2020 by bobbin zachariah linux howto, storage in this tutorial, i will show you commands to install and configure iscsi initiator to connect equallogic target on linux cli. A virtual machine vm is an environment on a host computer that can be used as if it were a separate physical computer. From any of these icons datastore manager, autosnapshot manager and virtual desktop. Vms can be used to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single computer. Usually, the statistics will start to fail or the login page is simply inaccessible. Dell equallogic host integration tools for vmware vsphere. Equallogic install complete with vmware vsphere integration.
Anyone know the default password for equallogic sans. Accessing a vmfs datastore snaphot and resignaturing. You have already seen my articles on virtualization, here on. Also to do vvols you will need to have the dell vsm plugin in place in vcenter.
If the password recovery mode message does not appear, the password reset procedure did not succeed for example, because you did not enter the cfe commands exactly as shown. I did happen to try out the host integration tools for vmware hitve. Best practices and performance characteristics of running. The dell equallogic ps6110xs is a 24bay san that derives its storage capacity and performance from 17 x 2. Default user name and password of dell equallogic ps6100. For customer service support or questions please email us at equallogic customer service certified channel partner help desk to learn more about the partnerdirect program and how we can assist our partners be more successful with equallogic solutions please contact the resources in your area. Password for the default group administration account.
Dell equallogic virtual storage manager vsm for vmware is a vmware vcenter plugins that allows administrators to manage their equallogic groups and coordinate data protection and recovery within their vsphere environment. The equallogic host integration tools include several easyto use hostbased tools that tightly integrate equallogic storage area networks sans with hosts and applications, delivering advanced data protection, high availability and performance, and simplified management of application data and virtual machines for microsoft, vmware and linux environments. Restarting the equallogic group manager interface i have run in to a few occasions over the last couple of years where the equallogic group manager interface stops responding. However it is only aimed at small deployments for the following reasons. All in all the setup went very smoothly and the equallogic software group manager interface is pretty intuitive. Providing not just status and monitoring information about the storage, but enabling the vsphere administrator to leverage the capailities of the equallogic array, to. Equallogic san basic initial iscsi setup virtualization. Equallogic cli commands to setup iscsi initiator on linux. The vsm appliance is a worthy install if you are using a dell storage product such as equallogic.
Dell equallogic back end guide red hat openstack platform. Dell just announced the release of equallogic os 8. For information about installing and configuring an iscsi initiator on linux, refer to the following documents. I have tried a few different accounts, and none of them work. Press f2 when the splash screen comes up a grub screen will display enter the letter e without quotes using the. Configuring and installing the equallogic multipathing. Frequently asked questions for linux vms in azure azure. Add a dell equallogic ps series array san to system center virtual machine manager 2012 sp1 as a smp provider. If you really dont know the password set on the grpadmin but still have physical access to it you can start a recovery procedure to reset the grpadmin account back to the default. The dell vsm is a virtual appliance that is downloaded as part.
The group manager command line interface cli provides a comprehensive set of commands for managing a ps series group. When having two network cards connected to the dell equallogic san this creates the multiple logins needed for linux device mapper to work as you have a connection for each gbe interface connected to the array. It was just last september that i wrote about using the dell equallogic hit for linux hitle version 1. Linux an iscsi initiator is included with some versions of linux. Configuring and installing the equallogic multipathing extension module for vmware vsphere 4. A storage pool is a storage that can be divided into smaller volumes or allocated directly to a guest. The last few months we where asked several times to reset a password set on the main account for dell equallogic storage, also known as the grpadmin account. All subscribers can run server software on an azure virtual machine. Two dell equallogic ps4000xv iscsi array storage systems oracle enterprise linux 5 update 3 on guest virtual machines oracle vm 2. In this case, allow the member to completely start up, and then retry the password reset procedure, shutting down the member and following the steps above.
Using the group manager command line interface equallogic. The libvirt utility uses the concept of storage pools to manage storage for virtualized guests. Although there is always far more power and flexibility to be had, running seemingly complicated command isnt. To understand why, you need to know about the other components of the equallogic management system.
Host integration tools for microsoft host integration tools for linux. Virtualization in red hat enterprise linux 7 uses libvirt to manage virtual instances. At the base level, you have group manager, the webbased, javariddled configurator for individual array groups. It is time to configure the storage space for your virtual machine. For those of you who dont know or havent seen the dell virtual storage manager vsm appliance, it is a virtual appliance provided by dell which extends the functionality of vcenter to have better control and functionality over their equallogic environment. Theres a simpler way to manage storage in your virtual. Connect to the san via a serial cable to the active storage processor. Recently it so happen that i forgot the root password for one of the servers but apparently its quite easy to reset the root password. Whats unique about this particular release is the broad scope of dell arrays that will be vvol capable with this update. Enter the group login and password grpadmingrpadmin is default. You would do this if you wanted to create a point in time san based snapshot of several virtual machines in the same vmfs datastore. Dell equallogic provide a plugin that integrate deeply with vmwares vcenter management system. If you really dont know the password set on the grpadmin but still have physical access to it you can start a recovery procedure to reset the grpadmin account back to the default password.
At the time, the hitle was beginning to play an important role in how we housed large volumes of data, and i wanted to share with others what i learned in the process. Operating systems running inside a vm see emulated virtual hardware rather than the actual hardware of the host computer. This in turns executes a script that builds a menu system to carry out the postconfiguration. Default user name and password of dell equallogic ps6100 dear everyone. Dell storage manager virtual appliance demo video youtube. Dell storage manager virtual appliance demo video duration. Hitve can only talk to a single instance of vcenter. In the early days you had a raid set and a volume, present the volume to vmware and then from then you would carve up virtual. This is an equallogic virtual appliance that communicates with the equallogic sans and vcenter. If youre a dell equallogic partner you can finally have access to a software version of a ps6000 iscsi array. By presenting that snapshot to an esx server you could mount all or just one vm back into vcenter to restore data etc. The download page for ubuntu gave me a user name and password, but the password is apparently just for the one username and not the root password, as i tried doing su and it wasnt correct. Once the vsm has booted, check vsphere client plugins plugin manager and enable the ll. It is commonly assumed, to get into this level of usage, the command line is a must.
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