{"id":2446,"date":"2012-11-15T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2014-06-25T18:33:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T00:33:21","slug":"configuring-the-emc-isilon-vasa-provider-in-onefs-7-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/configuring-the-emc-isilon-vasa-provider-in-onefs-7-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring the EMC Isilon VASA Provider in OneFS 7.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

So OneFS 7.0 has been announced<\/a><\/strong>. Some of the new features include some virtualization<\/a><\/strong> components, specifically around VMware integration.<\/p>\n

One of those integrations, is around VASA<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to go deep into VASA, I’ll let the above link do that.<\/p>\n

With Isilon OneFS 7.0, it is very easy to implement VASA integration.<\/p>\n

To get started, the VASA service needs to be enabled from within OneFS 7.0.\u00a0 The command for this is “isi services isi_vasa_d enable<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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When using the legacy vSphere Client<\/strong> select Storage Providers<\/strong> icon.
\nNote: When using the new vSphere Web Client<\/strong>, there is a slightly different process<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Select Add<\/strong> and enter the following information:
\nName:<\/strong> EMC Isilon VASA Provider (or generic description)
\nURL:<\/strong> https:\/\/isilonclustername:8081\/vasaprovider
\nLogin: <\/strong>root (possibly another account with appropriate permissions)
\nPassword:<\/strong> Account password<\/p>\n

\"Add<\/a><\/p>\n

When prompted to accept the certificate, select Yes.<\/p>\n

\"Accept<\/a><\/p>\n

Once the provider has been loaded, it will be displayed in Storage Provider screen.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Click Refresh All to verify the VASA provider is online.<\/p>\n

Click Sync to retrieve the cluster’s capability profiles.<\/p>\n

To view the VASA properties of an Isilon datastore, select the datastore and look at the datastore details.<\/p>\n

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I will also mention that it took a few refreshes to get the System Storage Capabilities to populate.<\/p>\n

Different types System Storage Capabilities will be displayed, depending on the type of storage presented.<\/p>\n

The different capabilities are:
\nHYBRID: Storage on a mixed Isilon hardware configuration
\nULTRA_PERFORMANCE: Storage on Isilon S Series hardware with SSD acceleration
\nPERFORMANCE: Storage on Isilon S Series hardware or SSD accelerated storage
\nCAPACITY: Storage on Isilon X Series hardware
\nARCHIVE: Storage on Isilon N\/L Series hardware
\nUNKNOWN: The storage capability of this object is unknown<\/p>\n

For more information on how to configure VASA on our other EMC arrays, Craig Stewart has a good write-up on that here: http:\/\/www.virtualpro.co.uk\/2011\/12\/20\/configuring-vasa-with-emc-arrays-%E2%80%93-clariion-vnx-and-vmax\/<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Like Craig mentions in his post, this is still a 1.0 implementation of VASA, but it is a good start.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Also Sean Thulin has an updated post on VASA with VNX located here: http:\/\/www.thulinaround.com\/2012\/08\/05\/configuring-vasa-for-use-with-a-vnx\/<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

UPDATED: vSphere Web Client setup<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the vSphere Web Client the EMC Isilon VASA provider can be added by going to the Manage<\/strong> tab under the vCenter Server, then choosing Storage Providers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Storage<\/a><\/p>\n

Click the +<\/strong><\/span> and enter the following information
\nName:<\/strong> EMC Isilon VASA Provider (or generic description)
\nURL:<\/strong> https:\/\/isilonclustername:8081\/vasaprovider
\nLogin: <\/strong>root (possibly another account with appropriate permissions)
\nPassword:<\/strong> Account password<\/p>\n

\"Add<\/a><\/p>\n

Accept the certificate<\/p>\n

\"Accept<\/a><\/p>\n

And the EMC Isilon VASA provider has been added through the vSphere Web Client<\/p>\n

\"vasa03\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope this helps with any confusion as to how to configure the OneFS 7.0 VASA provider for vSphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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