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Page 2: ...required for a two node cluster 7 Install in rack 8 Rack mounting hardware 8 Data and management connections 10 Connect monitor and keyboard 11 Network connections 12 1G network management connection 13 Connect server to Public network 14 Connect server to Cluster private network 14 Fibre Channel connection 15 Connect the Power 16 Power on system 16 ii VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology ...

Page 3: ...ement 33 S3 Client Setup 33 Setup using text menu 34 Using the text menu 34 Network Settings 35 Configure port bonding 36 Configure network interface 37 Configure NTP settings 38 Change Host Name 39 Change Time Zone 39 Create logical drive on Vess storage enclosure 40 Create array and spare drive 41 Configure Storage Settings 42 Create Server Cluster 43 Enter License Key 44 Go to Virtual Storage W...

Page 4: ...strator 55 Import SSL Certificate Google Chrome 57 Virtual Storage Management 60 NAS 60 Create Shared Folder 60 Configure Shared Folder NFS SMB CIFS Settings 60 Disable Enable NAS Folder 61 Delete NAS Folder 61 Configure Shared Folder QoS 62 Assign Gateways to a Virtual Storage 62 IP takeover 63 NAS DNS Round Robin 63 Node Host Name IP Address and DNS 64 S3Setup 66 Setting Up Object Storage Client...

Page 5: ...iguration 89 Configuration Tasks 92 E mail Notification 92 EVENTS THAT TRIGGER EMAIL NOTIFICATION 92 Storage Pool Management 93 Create a new pool 94 Delete an existing pool 94 Replication number 95 Quota setting 95 VSky Enclosure Status 96 Multi tenancy 97 Prepare the necessary environment 97 Appendix License Information 116 Trial License 116 Perpetual License 116 Bundled License 117 Purchasing a ...

Page 6: ...apshot thin provisioning data rebalance to reduce TCO seamless data migration VDI server virtualization High performance iSCSI interface allows businesses to create an individual distributed storage pool that can be used dynamically in different applications Accessibility Wide support for protocols and applications including NFS CIFS iSCSI S3 Swift and WebDAV Manageability Plug Play with ease of d...

Page 7: ...e top and eth7 on the bottom Fibre Channel Use both Fibre Channel ports to connect to the Vess R2600fiS This establishes the data link to the RAID storage on the Vess R2600 and Vess J2600 enclosures 1G Ethernet Connect one port eth0 to the network used for management of the VSky server and the Vess R2600 USB Use the USB ports to connect keyboard and mouse for configuration of the node to which the...

Page 8: ...s to power on the system This lights when the system is powered on Locate LED Normally dark Lights when the location feature is triggered Default setting button Press to return system configuration to default settings SDD disk drive carriers Two SSD drives are installed Each drive carrier has a Status LED uppermost and Activity LED lowermost on the right front side Front view of VSky A1100bSM USB ...

Page 9: ...E VSky J3970sDR Storage Expansion Up to 48 HDDs 64 HDDs in SR1 per node Up to 105 HDDs 140 HDDs in SR1 per node Up Link Port 10 GbE SFP x 4 2 ports for cluster 2 ports for data uplink 10 GbE SFP x 4 2 ports for cluster 2 ports for data uplink Down Link Port to storage 2 ports 8G FC to RAID storage SAS from RAID storage to JBOD SAS from RAID storage to JBOD Dimension 615mm x 444mm x 44mm 900mm x 43...

Page 10: ...he minimum requirement Erasure Coding Y es Data Services Thin Provisioning iSCSI Volume only Snapshot iSCSI Volume only MAX 1024 snapshots per cluster Remote Replication iSCSI NAS Object Remote Replication from NAS to S3 NAS Object Multi Tenancy iSCSI NAS Multi Tier Caching Y es Virtual Storage Y es Object Multi Region De ployment Up to 2 locations QoS iSCSI NAS Load Balance NAS Object AD LDAP Sup...

Page 11: ... internal Cluster private interfaces configuring storage settings node configuration cluster management and license activation Virtual Storage Management This covers use the Virtual Storage Creation Setup Wizard for setup Once you have completed this task you are ready to configure the virtual storage to suit your preferred application HARDWARE SETUP Unpacking Each VSky package contains the follow...

Page 12: ...Vess R2600fiS Two FC cables for each Vess to VSky uplink 4 x 8G Fibre Channel transceivers 2 for each device Please check PROMISE website for list of approved transceivers 8 x Fiber Optic cables LC PC to LC PC Multimode for 10G connections to the Public network and Cluster private network 8 x SFP 10G Ethernet optic transceivers for VSky A1100 Please check PROMISE website for list of approved trans...

Page 13: ...re the rack rail cabinet and rack posts are stable and standing firmly on a level surface Only a qualified technician who is familiar with the installation procedure should mount and install the device The rails available for the device are designed to safely support that unit when properly installed Additional loading on the rails is at the customer s risk Right and left sliding rails Latch screw...

Page 14: ...s into the selected square holes on the rack post b Press the spring lock on the other end of the rail and insert the studs into the selected mounting hole on the rack post If necessary extend the rail to reach the post c Use the rail screws and washers to anchor the rack rail to the post d Make sure the rack rail is aligned secure stable and in the correct place e Perform steps a through c above ...

Page 15: ...oard and monitor and connect the cables from the server to the Vess R2000 storage system See the illustrations below to see the location and appearance of the ports and power inserts on the back of the VSky A1100 PS 2 keyboard VGA monitor USB keyboard Power and keyboard connections on rear panel Power cable receptacles Power Supply Status LEDs 10 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 16: ...clients systems to utilize storage managed by the VSky A1100 Use the right two 10G SFP ports port identifiers eth6 eth7 left to right to connect to the Cluster private network The Cluster private network is used by connected VSky servers for syncing and management of storage resources Fibre Channel Use both Fibre Channel ports to connect to the Vess R2600fiS This establishes the data link to the R...

Page 17: ...r private interfaces The two networks use different IP subnets and are on physically separate switched networks Data connections to storage Public and Cluster private networks and network management link Fibre Channel ports uplink from Vess R2600fiS 10G SFP link to Public and Private SFP switches eth4 eth5 eth6 eth7 1G Ethernet ports Only one port per device is needed for the management link eth0 ...

Page 18: ...ble to one of the ports on a Gigabit Ethernet switch 2 Attach one end of an Ethernet cable to one of the ports on the same Gigabit Ethernet switch Attach the other end of the Ethernet cable to 1G LAN port eth0 on the rear panel of the VSky A1100 If you are setting up a cluster repeat Step 2 for every VSky server that will operate in the cluster Note The 1G management network path is used for manag...

Page 19: ... used for the internal Cluster private network If you are setting up a server cluster do this for each VSky A1100 node using the same corresponding ports on each node See Data connections to storage Public and Cluster private networks and network management link on page 12 for illustration of ports Important The Public network requires two SFP 10G ports on the server Likewise for cluster setup the...

Page 20: ...Channel cabling to connect both Fibre Channel ports on the Vess R2600fiS to both Fibre Channel ports on the VSky A1100 2 Repeat this procedure for each Vess R2600fiS VSky A1100 pair The illustration below provides a summary of the hardware setup for a two node server cluster Overview of VSky A1100 cluster setup 15 Hardware Setup Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 21: ...acle and plug the other end in to a suitable power outlet Power on system Before powering on the VSky A1100 make sure all Vess R2600fiS subsystems are booted up and running See the Vess R2000 Product Manual if you need boot up instructions for the Vess R2600fiS VSky A1100 Power button on front power button power LED Power cable receptacles Power Supply Status LEDs Power supplies two on back of VSk...

Page 22: ...orage system Cluster Setup Create a server cluster or join an existing cluster Once the cluster is created in order to start using it you first need to enter the license key This is the final step needed before the system can be managed via the web interface Virtual Storage After completing the tasks listed above you will switch to the web GUI for administration of the server cluster The first tas...

Page 23: ...the system setup use the keyboard and monitor attached to the server to login Use the login account root and password p ssw0rd to login to the operating system as the administrator Note that the 0 in p ssw0rd is the integer Zero The Text Mode menu appears Now you can configure network settings for the server nodes used to make a cluster 18 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 24: ...Text menu The Text Menu interface used for system configuration appears after booting up 19 Initial Setup Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 25: ...the option Terminal Console and press the Enter key Setup using CLI Cluster Wizard For a more simplified initial setup the VSky A1100 can be configured with the Cluster Wizard CLI login The CLI menu with a prompt appears you will be logged in as the administrator i e root You will see the command prompt it will look something like this root host0vq9 20 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology ...

Page 26: ...figured automatically However you can change the port bonding protocol used for Public and Cluster private networks using the Text Mode menu See the Product Manual for more information about setting up the cluster with the Text Mode menu Use the examples given here as a guide Note that xxx xxx xxx xxx in the examples represent user input for IP settings 1 Enter a host name for the VSky A Series no...

Page 27: ... xxx xxx Please enter a new netmask of the public network or accept the default 255 255 255 0 and press Enter xxx xxx xxx xxx Please enter a gateway ip of the public network or leave blank and press Enter xxx xxx xxx xxx Please enter a dns ip of the public network or leave blank and press Enter xxx xxx xxx xxx Please enter a cluster private IP e g 10 10 10 10 or accept the current cluster private ...

Page 28: ...el paths and used as a storage volume Therefore two devices are displayed over the Fibre Channel paths That is two devices are displayed for a single target RAID logical drive in the iSCSI FC Disks table of Hosts host IP Storage web page This is normal Please enter create or join a cluster e g create create Please enter a cluster name e g mycluster01 mycluster01 Please enter a replication number b...

Page 29: ...single machine i e no cluster you must set the replication number to 1 New settings Hostname 0vq9 Public ip 10 10 0 100 Netmask of public network 255 255 255 0 Public network ports eth4 eth5 bond mode ALB Gateway of public network 1 10 10 0 254 Dns of public network 10 10 1 110 Cluster private ip 10 10 10 100 Netmask of cluster private network 255 255 255 0 Ntp server address 10 10 0 120 Cluster p...

Page 30: ...ing exit and pressing the Enter key Note You can verify that the storage volume and spare drives are configured by accessing the Vess R2000 using the CLI menu For instructions on how to do this see Create array and spare drive on page 41 Would you like to create mycluster01 yes no or exit the wizard and press Enter yes Setting RAID Pd 13 Hot spare drive existed Setting RAID done Activating trial0 ...

Page 31: ...ration Guide Open a web browser to complete the remaining tasks described in this guide Login Use the Management IP address IP address for bond0 to login Use a secure connection https plus the IP address and port number The format for entering the IP address and port is as follows using the default IP address for bond0 https 10 0 0 10 8080 Login using the default User ID admin and default Password...

Page 32: ...ting up virtual storage click on the button Create a new virtual storage in the middle of the menu to launch a Setup Wizard used for creating virtual storage 1 In the first menu provide a name for the new storage pool Click Next 2 Choose at least one gateway to use for the new storage If you have created virtual storage previously make sure the gateway you select is not already being used for anot...

Page 33: ...notation for entering the takeover IP address Click Add to include the IP address on the list 4 Review the settings you have configured for the virtual storage and click on Submit to apply the settings 5 The final menu informs you that the virtual storage has been created If you would like to continue to configure settings for the storage click the Continue button If you would like to configure ot...

Page 34: ...can click on Continue and follow the directions that follow below NAS Setup Continue on in the Setup Wizard to create a shared folder for NAS configuration Create new storage service 29 Initial Setup Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 35: ...oose the disk pool and click Next 3 Enter a Folder Name for the new shared folder You can enable NFS and SMB CIFS for the folder here as well Click Next 4 Review the shared folder settings and click Submit if you want to save these settings and create the new shared folder 30 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 36: ...se iSCSI and click Next 2 Choose the disk pool and click Next 3 Configure iSCSI settings Enter an iSCSI Target Name using proper syntax a Volume Name and Volume Size use M and G to denote megabytes and gigabytes Click Next 4 Review the iSCSI settings and click Submit if you want to save these settings and create the new iSCSI target 31 Initial Setup Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 37: ... manually or you can enlist LDAP or Microsoft AD servers to create user accounts pulled from an existing database For S3 object storage clients the User Account Management menu is where you will find the Access Key and Secret Key needed for the S3 client A brief description of basic user account setup and management is included below Please refer to the Product Manual for a more complete descripti...

Page 38: ...ions as appropriate for the action 5 Click on the Done button S3 Client Setup Every S3 client requires two alphanumeric keys the Access Key and Secret Key Unique keys are generated for every user when setting up user accounts Get the keys for each user from the User Account menu See the documentation for the S3 client you are using or see the Product Manual for more details and instruction on sett...

Page 39: ... Enter or F12 to choose the highlighted option When there is a choice of actions offered in the menu use Tab and Alt Tab or the arrow keys to move the highlight between the options For example several menus offer the options OK or Cancel to complete or cancel an action Use Space to select an element in the menu For example the ports are listed for selection as eth0 eth1 eth3 eth4 etc Move the high...

Page 40: ...y are all on the same subnet and separated physically from the other networks Note that the IP settings for the eth0 port are used for administration using the web GUI Later you will need to configure these same network settings for any nodes that will be added to the cluster The steps required for creating the network settings are summarized as follows 1 Configure Bonding 2 Configure Network Inte...

Page 41: ...the next menu 2 Use the Bonding setup menus to create two bonds Bond0 and Bond1 Select eth4 and eth5 for the Public interface Bond0 Then select eth6 and eth7 for the Cluster interface Bond1 3 In the Configure Bonding setup procedure you are asked to choose the protocol used for creating the bond It is recommended to choose the Adaptive Load Balancing option 36 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Tec...

Page 42: ... keys to select Configure Network Interface 2 Choose the Manual Configuration option and enter the IP settings for the Public interface Bond0 3 Repeat the same procedure to manually set IP settings for the Cluster interface Bond1 4 Be sure to Apply the network settings when prompted 37 Initial Setup Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 43: ...ttings are configured it is then crucial to change the host name and choose the correct time zone settings Follow the instructions including the host naming rules carefully 1 Select Configure NTP Server 2 In the menu enter the IP address of the NTP server and select OK 3 Continue to change the host na me and change the time zone settings to suit your location 38 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise T...

Page 44: ...e must be unique for each node in the cluster To change the host name 1 In the Main Menu select System Tools and Configure Hostname 2 In the menu enter the host name and select OK ChangeTime Zone Correct time zone setting is also very important steps for operation of object storage To change the time zone 1 In the Main Menu select System Tools and Configure Time Zone 2 Scroll down and choose the t...

Page 45: ...I management The Vess subsystem can be accessed through the VSky A1100bSM via the Fibre Channel physical link But first you need to exit the text mode VSky A1100bSM management and go to the Linux text command line interface To exit the text menu select Exit and press Enter You will return to the Linux root menu From here you will be able to manage the Vess through the VSky A1100bSM To access the C...

Page 46: ... p16 Finally make sure the array and the spare are there use these two commands array and spare You will see a summary of the array just created You can now exit the Vess management interface and return to the text menu to configure storage settings for the VSky A1100bSM To exit Vess management type exit You will return to the Linux root menu Now return to the text menu again you also type the com...

Page 47: ...ume from the list presented Choose the logical drive you created previously on the Vess R2000 subsytem In the text menu interface it appears as a hexadecimal character string followed by Linux d Also notice the size of the partition is the same as the logical drive on the Vess R2000 5 You are asked if you want to create a journal on the volume Choose Yes 6 The new volume now appears listed in the ...

Page 48: ...reviously 5 Select Create a New Cluster Later you will add another node or nodes to this cluster 6 Finally choose Enable Gateway Function on the Node This completes the setup for the first node Join Cluster Now join remaining nodes to the cluster To do this simply repeat steps 1 through 4 for each node Then 7 Select Join Cluster and add the node to the cluster you just setup 8 Finally choose Enabl...

Page 49: ...to Virtual Storage Wizard to continue setup When you have completed cluster setup go to Access Web GUI on page 26 and Virtual storage setup wizard on page 27 to complete the initial setup 2 Choose Enter New License 3 Choose the license type and enter the key If you do not have the license key yet choose the trial license option You can enter the key later 44 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Techn...

Page 50: ...e 62 IP takeover on page 63 NAS DNS Round Robin on page 63 Node Host Name IP Address and DNS on page 64 S3 Setup on page 66 Setting Up Object Storage Client on page 66 S3 Domain Name Rules on page 68 iSCSI on page 69 Add iSCSITarget on page 69 Configure iSCSITarget on page 70 Using iSCSI snapshot on page 71 Manual snapshots on page 72 Rollback with snapshot on page 73 Seamless migration toVSky iSC...

Page 51: ...the address bar type the active or public IP address plus the port number 8080 using the following format https xxx xxx xxx xxx 8080 The login menu appears 2 Use the default user name admin and default password admin to login If your browser loads a warning about going to the address for login you can import the SSL certificate to avoid this in the future See Import SSL Certificate Google Chrome o...

Page 52: ... Status menu tab to view a graphical summary of cluster statistics including disk usage Click on the color coded buttons below the pie chart to toggle on and off specific categories in the chart Status Disk Usage Overview Disk Usage custom view 47 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 53: ...ress Summary categories are CPU percentage Memory used in megabytes Disk reads and writes per second Network traffic in megabits per second and Status summary red yellow green button Click on the IP address for an individual node to view the same statistics in real time or historical line graphs Remote Replication Servers This displays the same statistics categories for any remote replication serv...

Page 54: ...uster home page 2 Click the Account menu tab 3 Click Add User button 4 Fill in user account and email information 5 Click on the Add button The new user account appears listed in the Account menu User Accounts 49 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 55: ... on the Done button Add Individual User Account from LDAP AD Once you have LDAP AD user account management set up to add individual user accounts 1 Go to cluster home page 2 Click the Account menu tab 3 Click Add user from LDAP AD button 4 Use the Search function to locate the user 5 Click on the Add button The new user account appears listed in the Account menu 50 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promis...

Page 56: ...nistrator from an existing user account 1 Go to cluster home page 2 Click the Account menu tab 3 Click Add to SDS Admin button 4 Choose the Virtual Storage from the list and use the Search function to locate the user account 5 Click on the Add button The new user account appears listed in the SDS Admin Account menu Change Administrator Password To change an administrator password for logging in lo...

Page 57: ...ple to be configured then click on the Configuration tab 2 Click the Join AD button 3 Enter settings for AD configuration for CIFS Domain Name use the entire domain name for example companyname com Domain Netbios Name this must be specified if it is not the same as the prefix of the Domain Name Virtual Host Name Domain Account name this must have Join privilege Password for Domain Account 4 Click ...

Page 58: ...ation for CIFS 5 Now when you create a new NAS folder or change settings on and existing NAS folder change the SMB CIFS settings to enable CIFS This will allow users to be added from the AD server Click Add to find users to add 53 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 59: ...lick Search then click to select the users you want to add Click Done when finished the selected users will be added You can view the users added under the Allowed User list in the Create Shared Folder menu The listed accounts can be used to access the new folder 54 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 60: ...account table This way administration of select virtual storage can be done through the SDS Administrator without first logging into VSky Choose the user accounts to add to SDS Admin and click on the SDS Admin button In the new menu choose which virtual storage s to manage via SDS Admin and click Add 55 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 61: ...e able to login to VSky through SDS Admin using the account s entered into the SDS Admin data base The account settings will appear listed in the SDS Admin Accounts 56 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 62: ...certificate Then you will simply go to the login screen without additional inconvenience If you see a warning like this when you login click the Proceed Anyway button and login normally Follow the steps below 1 From the Home page click the Configuration tab then click the Import SSL Certificate button at the bottom of the page 57 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 63: ...nd private key is imported successfully 3 In the Chrome browser go to the settings page or enter chrome settings advanced and click Show advanced settings A a In the HTTPS SSL area click Manage Certificates B Select the Trusted Root Certification Authorities tab C Click Import 58 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 64: ...ertificates in the following store option G If not already selected Browse and select Trusted Root Certification Authorities click Next H Click Finish I If another security warning dialog displays click Yes Now when you login using Chrome the warning will no longer appear 59 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 65: ...figure them after the new shared folder is created Additional configuration options available when creating a shared folder include designating the folder as Read only or specifying user accounts allowed to access the folder These settings can also be changed later see below Configure Shared Folder NFS SMB CIFS Settings To change shared folder NFS or SMB CIFS settings 1 Click on the Virtual Storag...

Page 66: ...on the Virtual Storage where you want to create the shared folder 2 Click on the NAS menu tab 3 Click to select the Shared Folder from the list to configure 4 Click the Enable Folder button The folder is available for use and the line through the folder name disappears Delete NAS Folder To delete a shared folder 1 Click on the Virtual Storage where you want to create the shared folder 2 Click on t...

Page 67: ... menu includes an Edit function Click on Edit to set limits on bandwidth or IO operations for the selected folders 9 In the new menu set limitations of bandwidth or IO operations Click Done to finalize the QoS policy Assign Gateways to aVirtual Storage To specify a gateway for a virtual storage follow these steps 1 Go to the Cluster main menu 2 Click on the Virtual Storages menu tab 3 Click to che...

Page 68: ...for IP Takeover Use CIDR notation or the IP settings will not be recognized 4 Click the Add button NAS DNS Round Robin You can enable load balancing DNS Round Robin 1 Choose a Virtual Storage 2 Click on the Configuration menu tab 3 Click the Enable Load Balancing 4 Click the Done button to enable DNS Load Balancing Note The IP takeover function is only used for NAS and S3 setups 63 Administration ...

Page 69: ...iSCSI clients also use the Takeover IP Address to connect to a node but iSCSI does not require DNS the Takeover IP Address is manually assigned to the iSCSI client during the setup procedure IP Settings Keep in mind there are two IP interfaces involved the Public IP address used to connect clients to the server cluster and the Cluster Storage IP addresses of the nodes used only for identification ...

Page 70: ...e previously managed by the offline node Failover for S3 clients works differently S3 clients that were connected via the offline node are redirected to the other available nodes DNS load balancing settings determine what method is used to divide the client connections among the online nodes NAS iSCSI failover example Takeover IP Address S3 failover example 65 Administration Promise Technology Inc...

Page 71: ...the steps to create Object Storage for a client are similar for different software Follow the instructions below to add an S3 client Launch S3 Client Install and launch an S3 application The example here uses CloudBerry Explore from Amazon then follow these steps to connect the client 1 In the S3 menu go to File choose S3 Compatible a new menu pops up Choose the S3 Compatible tab 2 Click Add a new...

Page 72: ...reate a bucket for Object Storage Click on New Bucket and type in a Bucket Name 8 Create a New Folder Click on New Folder and type in a Folder Name 9 To upload files drag the files from the right panel into the left panel 67 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 73: ...from the Home page click the Configuration menu tab then click the S3 Domain Name button at the bottom of the menu A new menu appears Enter the new S3 domain name using the naming rules and click Done to create the new S3 Domain Name The S3 domain name must begin with the prefix s3 after that you can put in your company name or another alphanumeric character string then end with the suffix com and...

Page 74: ...pe in a valid iSCSI Target Name IQN and choose the Storage Pool to use for the target from the pull down menu 5 Click on the Add button to create the iSCSI Target Note For networks using Microsoft Multipath I O MPIO make sure to enable write through mode on the iSCSI target Click the Use Write Through Mode option to check mark the box to if your network uses MPIO Note Users are advised not to use ...

Page 75: ...lick on the iSCSI menu tab 3 Click on Configure Target button 4 Change the Name or Size of the 5 In the new menu change Authentication method enter Allowed and Denied user names to the authentication lists or enable disable write through mode 6 Click on the Done button to apply the new settings 70 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 76: ...llowing parameters Snapshot this volume every Choose the interval time to take snapshots 30 minutes 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours 8 hours 12 hours 18 hours 24 hours Starting from Use the calender menu to chose when to begin taking snapshots Max number of snapshots to keep 1 1000 You can also configure snapshots for an existing volume to enable or change snapshot settings To setup ...

Page 77: ... View link for the volume you will create a snapshot 2 Click the Create Snapshot button 3 In a new menu enter a name for the new snapshot and click Add 4 The new snapshot appears listed in the Snapshot Management menu Click Done to return to the iSCSI menu 72 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 78: ...agement menu Then click on the Rollback link for the snapshot you wan to use A pop up dialog informs that the rollback task has been queued Click OK to start rollback The rollback can take a long time especially for large volumes The status of the volume indicates the rollback is underway When the rollback task is completed click the Enable Volume button to bring the volume back online 73 Administ...

Page 79: ...he VSky cluster iSCSI SAN The process is simplified since VSky includes a wizard for iSCSI migration 1 In the iSCSI menu tab select a target for the migration and click the Migrate button This launches the migration wizard in a new menu 2 Choose the gateway that connects to the external storage 74 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 80: ...3 Mount the iSCSI target to be imported If it is already mounted you can skip to the next step 4 Choose the source disk located on the mounted iSCSI target 75 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 81: ...or the new volume 6 Set the bandwidth to allocate for the procedure Note that the migration process will not start until you choose to Start Migration in a separate menu See step 8 So you can perform this task during non peak hours 76 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 82: ...on volume and submit the migration task click the Submit button 8 When you are ready to begin the migration process choose the volume from the list and click the Start Migration button 77 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 83: ...ctions as the server Note that the gateway function must be enabled to use RRS If it is not enabled first enable it under Node Management then enable RRS To enable RRS open the node management text menu and choose Node Management in the Main Menu of the text menu then scroll to select Enable RRS Function on this node Perform this task for one node in each cluster used for RRS operation i e includi...

Page 84: ...ferent type or to the same type of service Launch a web browser and go to the cluster home page then follow these steps to exchange the shared keys 1 In the home page of the cluster A click the Remote DR data replication recovery menu tab 2 Click Display Public Key of Local Cluster button 3 In a new page or tab open the home page of the remote cluster B click the Remote menu tab 4 Click on the Add...

Page 85: ...een imported to both servers set up a schedule Replication can be done one time or scheduled for recurrent replication according to the schedule set Click on the preferred option button to choose the type of RRS one time or recurrent replication 80 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 86: ...ith a shared NAS folder We will setup one time replication from one NAS to another 1 Go to the Remote DR menu for server 10 0 0 85 in this example and click on One Time Replication Task button NAS shared folders on two different servers 81 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 87: ...r one time replication in the new menu Details include Name for the RRS configuration Source Data Type Source Virtual Storage Source shared folder name you can enable auto syncing for the replication here Destination Data Type Destination Virtual Storage Destination shared folder name and Remote Server IP address destination IP address 82 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 88: ...ta Type Destination Virtual Storage Destination shared folder name and Remote Server IP address destination IP address RRS Example iSCSI to iSCSI In this example there are two separate servers each with an iSCSI volume We will setup one time replication for the volume to the remote server 1 Go to the Remote DR menu for the server iSCSI volume E in this example and click on One Time iSCSI volumes o...

Page 89: ...replication is completed the status of the replication appears in the Remote DR menu And the replicated data is found in the shared folder of the remote server 84 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 90: ...ey and Remote Server IP address destination IP address RRS Example Object Storage Account to Object Storage Account In this example there are two separate S3 accounts each with an Object Storage bucket on separate clusters We will setup one time replication from one account to the other See S3 Setup on page 66 if you have not yet setup an S3 client system 1 Go to the Remote DR menu for the local s...

Page 91: ...tion is completed the status of the replication appears in the Remote DR menu And the replicated data is found in the bucket of the other account on the remote server 86 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 92: ...onfiguration Source Data Type Source Virtual Storage Source shared folder name you can enable auto syncing for the replication here Destination Data Type Destination Virtual Storage Destination bucket name Access Key enter the remote access key Secret Key enter the remote secret key and Remote Server enter the IP address destination IP address 1 Go to the Remote DR menu for the local server user 8...

Page 93: ...tion is completed the status of the replication appears in the Remote DR menu And the replicated data is found in the bucket of the other account on the remote server 88 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 94: ...n Follow the instructions here to set up RRS between two S3 clusters Note that it is necessary to change configuration of the DNS server used by both clusters Before implementing the S3 multi region configuration make sure you are able to enter the configuration manually into the DNS server configuration in order to resolve the endpoint URL used for RRS Follow the procedure in Import Shared Keys f...

Page 95: ...r Server A to connect to the Public IP address of Server A likewise enter the URL for Server B so it corresponds with the IP address of Server B Go to the Remote DR menu for Server B and click the Create Secondary Region button In the new menu enter the IP address of the RRS server in the Master Region RRS Server Server A 90 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 96: ...will appear in Server B however S3 accounts created on Server B do not appear in Server A Now check to make sure the replication configuration is in place The buckets for the two servers should be synced 91 Administration Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 97: ...figuration Click the Send a test email option below If authorization is required normally it is click to enable Requires Authorization and enter the user account and password below Accounts Enter the user account name for the email sender address Password Enter the password for the sender email account Click the Send a test mail after saving the setting option box and click the Done button Then ch...

Page 98: ...y the administrator can be deleted but the default pool cannot be deleted Every pool must associate with at least one OSD for use but an OSD can be selected for use by more than one pool Likewise each virtual storage setup must have at least one pool but a pool can be used by many virtual storage setups Use the Pool management menu to create a new pool or delete a previously created pool From the ...

Page 99: ... 1 For a three node cluster up to 3 replicas are allowed The maximum is 3 for a cluster of three or more nodes If you are configuring a single machine i e no cluster you must set the replication number to 1 Search The search function is used to find specific user accounts Type the the full or partial user ID display name or email address into the Search field and press Enter Control number of reco...

Page 100: ...plicas The number of replications cannot exceed the number of nodes in the cluster Change the number of replications created for the pool By default the number of replications is 2 the maximum is 3 If you enter 1 then there will be no redundancy Quota setting A quota setting for a pool limits the amount of storage capacity allocated for the pool If no quota is set the pool has no capacity limitati...

Page 101: ...n details PSU details bbu battery backup unit on Vess R2600 disk on Vess R2600 fan on Server and Vess R2600 logdrv logical drive on Vess R2600 Click the menu expander icon to view details for server and connected Vess storage enclosures hardware status Component status in the main display for the connected Vess storage enclosure and server enclosure are as follows Vess R2600 Vess J2600 VSky J3970 ...

Page 102: ...Xi servers if this limitation is reached The procedures to Prepare the environment create gateway profiles and create gateway virtual machines are described in the section Before starting create at least two virtual NICs one Public one Cluster for the VSky server where you are installing ESXi To do this go to Configuration click Networking and Add networking Upload VSky ISO file to datastore on th...

Page 103: ...5 Create a virtual machine on the ESXi server 10 0 0 9 6 Install Promise VSky Gateway A Choose the Typical installation and click Next 98 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 104: ...B Enter a name for the virtual gateway click Next C Choose the destination storage for the virtual machine files D Choose the guest operation system Click Next 99 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 105: ...face In this example Public for NIC1 IP 10 0 0 x and Cluster for NIC2 IP 10 10 10 x To create virtual NICs one Public one Cluster for the VSky server where you are installing ESXi go to Configuration click Networking and Add networking F Create the virtual disk 100 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 106: ...achine settings before completion Click Continue H Click to enable Connect at power on Click to enable Datastore ISO file and Browse to locate it If you have not already uploaded VSky ISO to datastore upload it first 101 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 107: ...e vSphere GUI Power On the VSky Virtual Gateway J In the same menu open the console menu and choose the Install PROMISE VSky Gateway option in the new menu 102 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 108: ...e IP address or name used for the server and the login informa tion For the User name use the format account vsphere local and the password Then click Login to connect L Back in vSphere create a new datacenter Right click on the server and choose New Datacenter or press Ctrl D then click Create a datacenter A new datacenter appears under the server 103 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 109: ...right click and choose New Cluster or press Ctrl L N Add a new host in the cluster Right click and choose Add Host or press Ctrl H Enter the ESXi server IP address and Authentication information User name Password 104 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 110: ...ools P Go to VSky virtual gateway CLI run these commands mkdir mnt VMwareTools mount dev sr0 mnt VMwareTools ls mnt VMwareTools tar xzvf mnt VMwareTools VMwareTools x x x xxxx tar gz C tmp cd tmp vmware tools distrib sudo vmware install pl d 105 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 111: ...Q Clone the vmgw to a template from th evShpere Web client Go to vSphere Client Template Clone to Template R Choose Datacenter click Next 106 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 112: ...S From Hosts and Clusters choose VMs and Templates click Next T VSky Template is created 107 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 113: ...cify a profile name and max VM amount 7 Now setup Gateway VM Deployment Profiles Go to VSky A series Web GUI Home page Configuration Create a New Profile 108 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 114: ...B Assign hypervisor type C Connect Information All information is the same as in step 6 K on page 103 109 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 115: ...D VM Location E VM Configuration Use the same template cloned in step 6 T on page 107 110 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 116: ...f IP range should be less than max VM amount which is set at step 2 2 The domain of IP range should be the same as VSky A series public IP domain The format of IP range should be X X X X X X X X Network label should select the NIC which connect to public network domain see step 6 E on page 100 111 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 117: ...x VM amount which is set at step 2 2 The domain of IP range should be the same as VSky A series public IP domain The format of IP range should be X X X X X X X X Network label should select the NIC which connect to public network domain see step 6 E on page 100 112 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 118: ...J VM profile created successfully Click Done 113 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 119: ...te the Gateway VM Go to Web GUI Home page Virtual Storages Create Gateway VM A Select profile which is created at step 7 and select virtual gateway amount 114 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 120: ...B The clone VM process runs When finished the clones appear in the vSphere interface C And appear in VSky 115 Multi tenancy Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 121: ... 90 days after license activation Trial 2 key enables all three interfaces for 60 days after activation available after the Trial 1 license has expired Trial 3 key enables all three interfaces for 60 days after activation available after the Trial 2 license has expired Upon expiration of the Trial 3 license all interfaces are disabled The data contained on the VSky storage systems are unaffected I...

Page 122: ...or each node to enable access that has been lost due to trial license expiration Purchase for nodes added to an existing cluster Purchase to add key for another interface for an existing cluster Acquiring license key and activation Perpetual license can be activated at any time after purchase Perpetual license keys can be activated manually or automatically when the server is connected to the Inte...

Page 123: ...s a purchase order and receives shipment of the server s 2 The VSky customer can then contact Technical Support FAE to get the license and activate it 3 The license can be activated manually or automatically when an Internet connection to the server is established 118 VSky A1100 Product Manual Promise Technology Inc ...

Page 124: ...r PTT and enter serial num ber for the server to find out the corresponding license key 2 Use the VSky A Series text mode console to activate the license with the license key for that server Manual Activation In the tex mode management console for the server being activated go to Cluster Management then Enter New License Key Then select Perpetual license type in the Choose License type dialog Fina...

Page 125: ...cluding the gateway and DNS settings for the public interface Then use the following commands in the command line utility Acquire license clm a retrievelic Activate license clm a activatelic Validation To check to make sure the perpetual license has been activated login as administrator to the web GUI then go to Hosts click on the node cluster IP address go to the License Key menu page the page wi...

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