VNXe3200 Unisphere Management

VNXE3200 UNISPHERE
MANAGEMENT
VNXe3200 Unisphere Management
Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 4
Welcome to Legal Eagles ..................................................................................................................................5
Business Challenge..........................................................................................................................................6
Solution ...........................................................................................................................................................7
Key Components........................................................................................................................................... 8
VNXe3200........................................................................................................................................................9
Lab Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 10

Lab Environment ............................................................................................................................................11
Lab Scenario ..................................................................................................................................................12
Labs...............................................................................................................................................................13
Lab 1 -Unisphere for VNXe .......................................................................................................................... 14

Navigating Unisphere.....................................................................................................................................15
Create a Custom Dashboard ...........................................................................................................................34
Lab 2 - Array Management .......................................................................................................................... 48

Multicore FAST Cache .....................................................................................................................................49
Hosts .............................................................................................................................................................52
Snapshot Protection Schedules......................................................................................................................60
Lab 3 - Provision Block Storage................................................................................................................... 64

Storage Pools.................................................................................................................................................65
LUNs ..............................................................................................................................................................90
VMware Datastores ......................................................................................................................................106
Lab 4 - Provision File Storage .................................................................................................................... 117
NAS Servers .................................................................................................................................................118

File Systems.................................................................................................................................................122
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 138

Congratulations! ..........................................................................................................................................139
Introduction
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Welcome to Legal Eagles

Welcome
Legal Eagles is a small law firm with 8 partners, 30 associates and about 200 employees with two offices about 300
miles apart. Legal Eagles has a single VNXe3200 supporting much of its IT operations which include VMware
virtualization, SharePoint for document stores, and Exchange-based email. Their IT team is small with only four
people, a director and three IT administrators who are responsible for applications, servers, network, and storage
systems.
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Business Challenge
Administrators are constantly looking for ways to simplify storage management. This can be very difficult,
because many storage-management operating environments require an in-depth knowledge of storage
concepts. For customers that manage storage products from different vendors, this becomes a real
challenge, especially when vendors use different terminology. In most cases, navigation is based on storage
concepts rather than management tasks, which makes it very hard for the IT generalist to manage storage.
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Solution
To address these concerns, EMC introduced Unisphere for VNXe, a fundamentally different and new
approach to storage management. The VNXe3200 storage system provides a consolidated platform for
provisioning, managing, and monitoring application data storage within organizations and networks of all
sizes. Unisphere for VNXe allows users to manage storage using an easy-to-understand language instead of
arcane storage terms. It also embeds best practices into the user interface for a faster, simpler experience
when completing everyday administrative tasks.
Unisphere for VNXe is a graphical, application-oriented model with a web-familiar look and feel.
Management of VNXe3200 storage systems is simplified, allowing the utilization of advanced features
without requiring an in-depth understanding of these technologies. A support ecosystem provides access to
learning materials and support resources, making storage management easier than ever. The result is
immediate productivity and efficiency.
In this lab, you will see how Unisphere for the VNXe3200 simplifies the entire storage management process.
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Key Components
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VNXe3200
The VNXe3200 is the newest member of the VNX Family of storage systems and the most affordable flash
optimized hybrid array in the market. The VNXe3200 delivers the enterprise-level features and the reliability
of VNX2 systems in an easy to set up and easy-to-use package designed for resource-constrained IT
departments in any size company. The VNXe3200 is multicore optimized (with MCx) to support high scaling
and performance requirements. FAST VP and Multicore FAST Cache deliver fast response times and drive
down the cost of storage by leveraging the low cost per IOP of Flash Drives and the density and low cost per
gigabyte of large Near-Line SAS Drives. The VNXe3200 has leading-edge efficiency features to lower overall
costs. It can reduce capacity requirements by up to 50% with thin provisioning and file-level deduplication.
The VNXe3200 was designed to be simple. You can setup unified storage - NAS and SAN - in less than 15
minutes. All the common connection protocols are supported. Fibre Channel host connections means the
VNXe3200 can now be deployed in a wider set of customer configurations. Unified snapshot technology
with a built-in scheduler covers both File and Block data. Deep integration with VMware environments
simplifies provisioning and deploying virtualized applications. The online Support ecosystem means
customers are just one click away from a support specialist via online chat.
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Lab Overview
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Lab Environment
This lab will be using VNXe Demo software so not all features of the system will be fully functional.
LP01
Hostname: LP01.vlab.local
IP Address: 192.168.1.250
Unisphere VNXe Demo software
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Lab Scenario
You have just been hired at Legal Eagles as an IT administrator for the office in Miami. Your boss, Jamie, had
to fly to the office in Tampa for a series of meetings, so he won't be with you on your first day. You received
the following email when you arrived in the office:
Welcome Aboard!
We are so glad you have joined the team, and we know you will be a great addition. The first day on a job is
always exciting, and I'm sorry I can't be there to get you moving along.
You've finished all the HR paperwork, and obviously logged into your email account, so it looks like you are
ready to get started. Since I am out of the office, I need you to provision some storage for users in the Miami
office, as well as provision storage for the new customer tracking database.
The new VNXe3200 was deployed last week, so here are your tasks:
Provision a Windows share for the Marketing Department (3 GB)

Provision Block storage for the customer tracking database (one 1 GB virtual disk)
Understand the different levels of protection that we offer
Familiarize yourself with Unisphere (You will be using it again!)
Thanks for being part of our team,

Jamie Gore
IT Director, Miami
Legal Eagles
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Labs
You will be going through the following labs to accomplish your tasks:
Lab 1 - Unisphere for VNXe

Lab 2 - Array Management
Lab 3 - Provision Block Storage
Lab 4 - Provision File Storage
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Lab 1 -Unisphere for VNXe
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Navigating Unisphere
Since this is your first time browsing Unisphere for VNXe, let's navigate around Unisphere and take a look at
the system.
Launch Unisphere
1. On your desktop, click Start Unisphere VNXe Demo
Demo.
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ActiveX
1. Right-click on the ActiveX restriction and choose Allow Blocked Content...
Confirm
1. Click Yes to confirm
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Login
1. Type admin as the User and Password123! as the Password
2. Click Login
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View the Dashboard

The Unisphere Dashboard provides a convenient starting point for configuring system settings, managing resources,
and viewing storage protection. The Unisphere Dashboard consists of widgets designed to provide quick access to
system status information and tools for performing common tasks.
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View System Capacity

1. Click System from the top menu bar
2. Click System Capacity
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System Capacity Chart

The chart depicts the utilization details and free space of your storage system.
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View System Performance

2. Click System Performance
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System Performance Charts

The System Performance charts display historical performance data for CPU
CPU, Disk
Disk, LUN
LUN, and Storage Processor
Processor.
Note: This lab is running demo software which only includes a limited number of performance charts. The actual
VNXe3200 will include additional performance data including CIFS, Cache, FC, File System, NFS, Network Port, and
iSCSI.
1. Select the LUN Response Time and CPU charts
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System Performance Charts - Data Points

1. Hover over one of the data points to see the utilization at that particular time
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CPU
1. Uncheck LUN Response Time to remove the chart from being displayed
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Time
1. Click 3 Hours to get a more granular view of the data
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Breakdown
1. Click Storage Processor for the Breakdown Category to get an idea of how busy each SP is during this time
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Filter
You can also apply filters to the chart to only display certain resources, such as SPA.
1. Click Manage Filter
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SPA Filter
1.
2.
3.
4.
Under Filter
Filter, select Storage Processor
Select SPA
Click OK
Click OK
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SPA Chart
Now the graph will only display the CPU utilization of SPA.
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View System Health

The System Health section provides you with an interactive graphic that visually displays the VNXe hardware and
system components.
2. Click System Health
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System Health - Disk

1. Click the first disk in the DPE (Disk Processor Enclosure)
Note how the disk is also selected under System Components and the details are displayed under Component
Description
Description.
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System Health - Port

1. Expand SP A
2. Click SP A Ethernet Port 2
Note that the Ethernet Port is now highlighted. The System Health page allows you to easily identify the physical
location of ports, drives, fans, or other hardware components.
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Return to Dashboard
1. Click Dashboard to return to the main dashboard
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Create a Custom Dashboard

You can customize the Unisphere dashboards to include multiple tabs and multiple widgets in each tab.
These widgets can contain the information you want to monitor including system health, capacity, and tasks
that you perform frequently. You can add additional widgets to any dashboard tab. Alternatively, you can
create a new dashboard tab and add the widgets you want.
Jamie asked you to create a custom dashboard to track the capacity on the array.
Dashboard
1. Click + to create a new dashboard
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New Name
1. Double-click Dashboard 1
2. Change New Name to Custom Dashboard
3. Click OK
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Populate Custom Dashboard

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Click Customize to show the widgets panel

Double-click System Information
Double-click System Capacity
Double-click File Systems
Double-click LUNs
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Results
1. Click Customize to close the widgets panel
The new widgets on your Custom Dashboard are now available. Note that you can also drag these widgets around to
rearrange them.
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Customize Dashboard Widgets

You can customize individual widgets in Unisphere for VNXe. Based on the dashboard widget you are working on, the
title bar of each widget appears with a set of icons in the top-right corner of the window:
Filter
Tools
Export
Help
Maximize
Remove
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Filter Button
1. Click the Filter icon in the LUNs widget
2. Enter FC into the Filter for: box
The LUNs widget will now only display anything that matches FC.
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Tools Button
1. Click the Tools icon in the LUNs widget
2. Click Choose Columns
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Choose Columns
1. Clear Description
2. Click OK
You will see the Description column is no longer displayed in the widget.
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Export Button
The Export icon allows you to export the contents of the widget to a comma separated value (CSV) file. You will not be
using the Export button today.
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Help Button
The Help icon will open the Unisphere Online Help for the content displayed in the widget. You will not be using the
Help button today.
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Maximize
1. Click the Maximize button in the System Capacity widget
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Restore
The Maximize button will convert to a Restore button. Click the Restore button to view all the widgets in the dashboard
again.
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Remove Widget
You can also remove widgets from your Custom Dashboard
Dashboard.
1.
Click the Remove button to remove the LUNs widget from the dashboard
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Removed
As you can now see, the LUNs widget has been removed from your Custom Dashboard
Dashboard.
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Lab 2 - Array Management
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Multicore FAST Cache

FAST Cache
Let's check if Multicore FAST Cache is configured on this array.
1. Hover over Storage
2. Click FAST Cache
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General
The General tab shows the FAST Cache Status
Status, Total Space
Space, and Number of Disks
Disks.
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Disks
1. Click the Disks tab
This tab displays the Names of the disks that are used for FAST Cache and their Capacity
Capacity.
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Hosts
Hosts Page
Let's take a look at the hosts that are registered on this array.
1. Hover over Hosts
2. Click Hosts
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Hosts
All of the registered hosts on this array are listed here.
1. Select Win7
2. Click Details
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Win7
The General page displays basic information about the host such as Status
Status, Name
Name, Type
Type, Managed By
By, Description
Description,
and Operating System
System.
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LUNs
1. Click the LUNs tab
This page displays the LUNs and Snapshots that this host has access to.
Note: The listing order of the Storage Resources may vary from the screenshot.
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Initiators
1. Click the Initiators tab
This page displays the list of FC/iSCSI Initiators used by this host.
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Initiator Paths
1. Click the Initiator Paths tab
This page displays the list of FC/iSCSI Initiator Paths used by this host.
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VMware Hosts Page

Now let's take a look at the VMware hosts that are registered on this array.
1. Hover over Hosts
2. Click VMware Hosts
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VMware Hosts
1. Expand the 10.244.214.223 vCenter
2. Expand the 10.244.214.222 ESXi host
3. Expand the VMware vCenter Server Appliance VM
You can see the VMware vCenters
vCenters, ESXi hosts, VMs
VMs, and their Hard Disks listed here.
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Snapshot Protection Schedules

IT Approved Protection Schedules
The IT Department currently only uses one protection schedule for all storage resources. The details of this schedule
are listed in the table below.
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View Snapshot Schedules

Jamie said he was able to create this protection schedule on the array before he left. Verify that this protection
schedule is available.
1. Hover over Settings on the top menu bar
2. Click Snapshot Schedules
Snapshot Schedules
The Snapshot Schedules page lists all the configured schedules on the system. This list displays the Name
Name, Type
(System
System Defined or User Defined
Defined), and indicates whether the schedule is In Use
Use.
1. Click Schedule00
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Note how the details of the schedule are listed in the Schedule Description area below.
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Return to Dashboard
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Lab 3 - Provision Block Storage
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Storage Pools
View Storage Pool
Now verify the Storage Pool that has already been created on the array.
2. Click Storage Pools
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View Storage Pool Details

You can see that Jamie created a storage pool named MultiTier
MultiTier. Let's take a deeper look at the MultiTier Pool.
1. Select the MultiTier pool
2. Click Details
Performance Tier
This page will show you the Status
Status, Name
Name, Description
Description, Total Space
Space, and Tier information about this pool.
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1. Expand the 5 NL SAS Disks
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Performance Tier Details

Note that the Capacity Tier's details are displayed such as capacity, size, speed, number, and RAID protection.
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Back to Storage Pools

You were just informed that some additional Flash drives were just added to this array which needs to be added to this
pool.
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Expand Storage Pool

1. Click Expand
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Select Storage - Extreme Performance Tier

1. Check the Extreme Performance Tier
2. Click Next
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Select Amount of Storage - Flash Disks

1. Ensure Use 5 of 10 disks (733.7 GB) is selected
2. Click Next
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Summary - Add Extreme Performance Tier

1. Click Finish
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Results - Add Extreme Performance Tier

1. When the job completes click X
2. Click Close
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View Storage Pool Details - Extreme Performance Tier

1. Select the MultiTier Pool
2. Click Details
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Extreme Performance Tier

Note that the Extreme Performance Tier has now been added to this pool and it has 5 Flash drives.
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Utilization
1. Click the Utilization tab
This tab shows the Used Space
Space, Snapshot Size Used
Used, Available Space
Space, Subscription
Subscription, and Total Space
Space. It also allows
you to configure the Alert Threshold for the pool which will trigger a warning.
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FAST VP
1. Click the FAST VP tab
This tab shows the Data Relocation State
State, Start Time
Time, End Time
Time, Estimated Time for Data Relocation
Relocation, Amount of Data
Relocated
Relocated, and Amount of Data to Relocate
Relocate. Below, you can see a breakdown of each tier and the amount of data that
will be moved up, down, and within a tier.
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Disks
1. Click the Disks tab
This tab shows the details of the disks that are in the pool.
Note: Since this lab is running Unisphere VNXe Demo software, the Flash drives that were just added will not be
displayed here. In an actual VNXe3200 storage system, the Flash drives would appear in this list.
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Settings
1. Click the Settings tab
Here you can configure the pool's FAST Cache and the Snapshot Auto-Delete settings.
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Pool History View

1. Click the Pool History View tab
This tab shows you a historical chart about the capacity utilization of the pool.
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Storage Pools
You were also just asked to create a new pool with some of the new Flash drives.
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Create Storage Pool

1. Click Create
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Specify Pool Name

1. For Name, enter Flash Pool
2. Click Next
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Select Storage
1. Check the Extreme Performance Tier
2. Click Next
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Select Amount of Storage

1. Ensure Use 5 of 10 disks (733.7 GB) is selected
2. Click Next
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Summary
1. Click Finish
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Results
1. Once the job completes, click X
2. Click Close
View Storage Pools

The newly created Flash Pool will now be listed on the the Storage Pools page.
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Note: Since this lab is running Unisphere VNXe Demo software, the pool will automatically show space has been used
for demonstration purposes.
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LUNs
LUNs
Jamie also asked you to create a virtual disk for the customer tracking database.
2. Click LUNs
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Create
1. Click Create
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Create a LUN Group or LUN

1. Select Create a LUN
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Create a LUN
1. Enter Database for LUN Name
2. Click Next
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Configure a LUN
1. For Storage Pool
Pool, select MultiTier (Tiered, 7.8 TB free)
2. Change the size to 500 GB
3. Click Next
Configure Snapshot Schedule

You were told that this LUN needs its own customized snapshot schedule so create a new one here.
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1. Click Customize Schedule

2. Click Create
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Select a snapshot schedule

1. Enter Database Schedule for the name
2. Click Modify
Modify Schedule Rule

You want the snapshot schedule to take a snapshot every day at 12 AM and keep them for 7 days.
1. Check 0:00
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2. Uncheck 4:00
3. Change Expiration value to 7 Days
4. Click Modify Rule
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Continue
1. Click Next
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Configure Host Access

1. Provide LUN Access to the Windows 2k8 host
2. Click Next
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Summary
1. Click Finish
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Results
1. When the job completes click X
2. Click Close
Database LUN
The new Database LUN will now be listed here.
1. Select Database
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2. Click Details
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Host Access
1. Click on the Host Access tab
Ensure the Windows 2k8 host has LUN access.
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Snapshots
1. Click on the Snapshots tab
Ensure the Database Schedule is configured to take a snapshot Every day at 0:00, keep for 7 days and the State is
Enabled
Enabled.
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FAST VP
1. Click on the FAST VP tab
Note the LUN has been distributed to be 33% on the Extreme Performance Tier
Tier, 33% on the Performance Tier
Tier, and 33%
on the Capacity Tier
Tier.
Note: Since this lab is running Unisphere VNXe Demo software, the distribution of storage among the tiers will not
change if the Tiering Policy is altered.
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VMware Datastores
VMware Datastores
Now let's take a look at the VMware Datastores that are used to host the virtualized environment.
2. Click VMware Datastores
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Create
You will now create a new VMFS Datastore for the Marketing department.
1. Click Create
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Specify Datastore Type

1. Select VMFS
2. Click Next
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Specify Name
1. Enter Marketing Datastore for Name
2. Click Next
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Configure Storage
1. Change Size to 750 GB
2. Click Next
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1. Select Schedule00
2. Click Next
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Configure Host Access

1. Select LUN Access for 10.244.214.222
2. Click Next
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Summary
1. Click Finish
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Results
1. Once the job is complete, click X
2. Click Close
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Marketing Datastore
The Datastore is now created and will automatically be scanned into vSphere as a new VMFS Datastore.
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Return to Dashboard
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Lab 4 - Provision File Storage
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NAS Servers
Now, you will provision File storage.
You will start by checking if there are any NAS Servers created. NAS Servers are intended for multi-tenant
usage of File shares (CIFS or NFS) on VNXe3200 systems. This means that File-level storage resources can be
shared between several different groups of users, all having isolated access to the File Systems through the
NAS Servers.
NAS Servers
Now that you understand what a NAS Server does, you can create one on the VNXe system.
1. Hover over Settings
2. Click NAS Servers
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NAS Server Details

1. Select NASServer00
2. Click Details
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General
The General tab displays information such as Server Name
Name, Storage Pool
Pool, Storage Processor
Processor, Network Interfaces
Interfaces, DNS
DNS,
and NIS information.
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Sharing Protocols
1. Click Sharing Protocols
The Sharing Protocols tab displays if NFS and/or CIFS are enabled and related configuration information.
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File Systems
Now that you have verified the NAS Server has already been created and configured, let's take a look at the
File Systems.
File Systems
2. Click File Systems
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FileSystem00 Details
1. Select FileSystem00
2. Click Details
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General
The General tab displays information such as Status
Status, Name
Name, Description
Description, NAS Server
Server, Protocol, and Advanced
Attributes
Attributes.
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Snapshots
1. Click the Snapshots tab
This tab displays information about the Protection Schedule and the current Snapshots of FileSystem00
FileSystem00.
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Shares
1. Click the Shares tab
This tab displays information about the shares that have been created on this File System. You can create different
shares for different paths within the same File System.
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FAST VP
1. Click the FAST VP tab
The FAST VP tab displays the Distribution of Data among Storage Tiers for the File System, just like for LUNs.
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File System for Marketing

Jamie asked you to create a new File System, also for the Marketing Department.
1. Click File Systems
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Create File System

1. Click Create
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Configure File System Type

1. Ensure Windows shares (CIFS) is selected
2. Click Next
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Specify File System Name

1. For Name
Name, enter Marketing
2. Click Next
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Configure File System Storage

1. Change the Size to 500 GB
2. Click Next
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Configure Share
1. Change the Name to Marketing
2. Click Next
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1. Select Schedule00 for the snapshot schedule
2. Click Next
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Summary
1. Click Finish
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Results
1. When the job is complete, click X
2. Click Close
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View File Systems

Verify the newly created Marketing File System is displayed in the list.
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Conclusion
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Congratulations!
Not bad for the first day on the job!
You have successfully used Unisphere for VNXe to perform a few different management tasks in your storage
environment. Jamie will be happy to hear about your progress!
Now you have seen just how simple it is to manage your storage environment with Unisphere for VNXe.
Thank you for your interest in EMC and the VNXe3200 system.
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