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FC0054605-00 A

Fibre Channel HBA and VM Migration

Guide for Hyper-V™ and System Center VMM2008

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Page 1: ...FC0054605 00 A Fibre Channel HBA and VM Migration Guide for Hyper V and System Center VMM2008...

Page 2: ...other rights of third parties which may result from its use QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice Applications described in this document f...

Page 3: ...Initial Configuration of the VMM Server 4 1 Initial Configuration of the Host Servers 4 1 Adding Hosts to the VMM Server 4 2 Configuring QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on the VMM Server 4 3 5 Virtua...

Page 4: ...er FC HBA Manager Connect to Host 4 3 4 3 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager All Hosts Connected 4 4 5 1 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Select a Host Server 5 1 5 2 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Create vPort 5 2 5 3 SANsu...

Page 5: ...cusses how QLogic FC adapters provide the most efficient NPIV solution It also describes the QLogic and Microsoft management tools that will enable the deployment of NPIV This guide is your one stop s...

Page 6: ...y to minimize both scheduled and unscheduled downtime Hyper V features live backup and quick migration enabling businesses to meet stringent uptime and response metrics Testing and Development one of...

Page 7: ...plement Microsoft and other server virtualization software solutions QLogic has extended virtualization capabilities to the adapter hardware through NPIV All QLogic 2400 and 2500 series FC adapters im...

Page 8: ...onents from Step 1 Step 3 Configuring the Host and VMM Servers Section 4 This step shows you how to configure the host Windows Server 2008 Hyper V and System Center VMM VMM2008 servers to prepare for...

Page 9: ...ide is Organized FC0054605 00 A 1 5 A Appendix A Troubleshooting Appendix B Activity Flow Chart Appendix C Hyper V Processor Virtualization Extensions This appendix lists the requirements for the Inte...

Page 10: ...1 Introduction How this Guide is Organized 1 6 FC0054605 00 A S Notes...

Page 11: ...odular Fibre Channel switch Any NPIV enabled Fibre Channel switch Server Hardware Microsoft recommended server configuration for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper V and System Center VMM2008 Softwar...

Page 12: ...c SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI or SANsurfer FC HBA CLI and Agent Version 5 0 1 Build 37 or higher Multipathing I O MPIO Latest available version of the MPIO software from your storage array vendor One...

Page 13: ...host the Virtual Machines and QLogic FC adapters These servers are connected to the SAN via an NPIV enabled switch Both Server A and Server B are part of a Windows domain hosted by Server C Server C i...

Page 14: ...ample Configuration and Topology 3 2 FC0054605 00 A S Figure 3 2 shows the NPIV topology how all the logical components of the virtualization solution are connected to each other Figure 3 2 NPIV Topol...

Page 15: ...domain Active Directory 3 Install System Center VMM2008 and all its required components 4 Install the QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager or SANsurfer FC HBA CLI management tool download from www qlogic...

Page 16: ...orage array The switch is configured by creating the appropriate zones For example if you have storage array A and two hosts Server A and Server B you can create Zone1 which has Server A and array A a...

Page 17: ...eve the tasks below Note that CLI does not support remote management of QLogic FC adapters so it must be deployed and used directly on the host servers Hyper V 1 Start the QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Mana...

Page 18: ...vers Configuring QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on the VMM Server 4 4 FC0054605 00 A S 4 When all the servers have been connected the final screen will be similar to Figure 4 3 Figure 4 3 SANsurfer F...

Page 19: ...SANsurfer FC HBA CLI to create virtual adapter ports Perform the following steps on the VMM server to create a virtual port on a host server 1 In the SANsurfer tree view left pane select the host serv...

Page 20: ...ort see Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Create vPort 4 The vPort WWPN Generation dialogue box displays see Figure 5 3 Do one of the following Click OK to accept the automatically genera...

Page 21: ...Successfully Verify Virtual Adapter Port Login to FC Switch At this point the virtual adapter port has been successfully created and logged into the FC switch You can double check the new virtual adap...

Page 22: ...5 5 shows what the switch ports look like before the virtual adapter is created As shown in Figure 5 5 physical port 16 of the switch has one entry for a QLogic Corporation FC adapter This is the ent...

Page 23: ...port looks like after the virtual adapter is created As shown in Figure 5 6 physical port 16 of the switch has two entries for QLogic Corporation FC adapters There is an additional entry boxed in red...

Page 24: ...5 Virtual Adapter NPIV Port Creation and Verification Verify Virtual Adapter Port Login to FC Switch 5 6 FC0054605 00 A S Notes...

Page 25: ...documentation from your storage array vendor The following example uses the EMC CX3 20 Fibre Channel storage array managed via EMC Navisphere 1 Check the zoning on the Fibre Channel switch to ensure t...

Page 26: ...ter port via the management interface used by the storage array 6 Verify that the LUNs can been seen on the host server on which the virtual adapter port was created using SANsurfer FC HBA Manager or...

Page 27: ...dditional steps needed to create a Virtual Machine on a Fibre Channel SAN LUN presented to a virtual adapter port To create a SAN migration capable Virtual Machine hosted on the LUN presented via a vi...

Page 28: ...t Virtual Machine Host dialogue box displays Verify that Transfer type column has a SAN entry for the host you want to select Check the SAN Explanation tab to ensure that there are no warnings other t...

Page 29: ...box displays see Figure 7 2 By default a path on the local hard drive of the host server is shown The path specified in this box determines where the Virtual Hard Drive that contains the operating sy...

Page 30: ...capable of SAN migration as Migration Capable as shown in Figure 7 3 Figure 7 3 Migration Capable Volume 9 Click OK and continue with the rest of the process for creating a Virtual Machine 10 Install...

Page 31: ...ne s VHD SAN Transfer Migration of Virtual Machines In SAN transfers the LUN containing the Virtual Machine is remapped from the source server to the destination server instead of transferring the fil...

Page 32: ...be formatted with the NTFS file system Ensure that the selected destination path is on a file system that is also formatted with NTFS When a Virtual Machine is migrated using a SAN transfer ensure tha...

Page 33: ...fer have been met for the selected destination host the screen displays This host is available for SAN migrations in the SAN Explanation tab as shown in Figure 8 2 Figure 8 2 Migrate Virtual Machine W...

Page 34: ...e virtual adapter port associated with the Virtual Machine has been migrated to the destination host The entry for the virtual adapter port in the FC switch Name Server has moved from the physical por...

Page 35: ...echnet microsoft com en us library cc742454 aspx Troubleshooting QLogic Virtual Adapter NPIV The following table lists some of the issues that may arise when programming a QLogic virtual adapter Issue...

Page 36: ...WN Ensure that the link is up Check the QLogic FC adapter driver version to verify that it is the latest available version for the platform being used Cannot find the Virtual tab in SANsurfer FC HBA M...

Page 37: ...1outlines the steps required to create a virtualized network that includes creating virtual adapter ports using NPIV creating Virtual Machines using VMM and assigning LUNs using the storage array vend...

Page 38: ...B Activity Flow Chart B 2 FC0054605 00 A S Notes...

Page 39: ...indows Server 2008 Hyper V Intel Tool Name Intel Processor Identification Utility URL http www intel com support processors tools piu Platform support Both a bootable and a Windows version of the Inte...

Page 40: ...d disable virtualization extensions Most systems ship with the extensions disabled To enable these virtualization extensions go into the BIOS utility in the pre boot environment Look for tags similar...

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