Virtualization Solutions

Module 14 Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Administration

Module Objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to: List the virtualization vendors supported in Data ONTAP Illustrate virtualization solutions Describe the process to virtualize the storage controller through MultiStore software Configure MultiStore Assign client protocols on MultiStore

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Enable IT as a Service
Maximum Flexibility
Multi-tenancy support
Secure data partitioning in virtual environment

Applications
Management

Service automation and management

Automation and service management, service catalog, SLAs, usage metrics, and chargeback

Servers
Network

Always-on and data mobility

Move data around regardless of location, with continuous business operations

NetApp unified storage architecture

Outstanding efficiency Storage efficiency and scalability

Efficient and scalable storage technology

Integrated data protection

Fully integrated data backup or replication

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Virtualization and NetApp

NetApp provides top-of-line storage solutions for virtual infrastructures Virtualization storage client
VMware cloud, server and desktop Microsoft Hyper-V Citrix server and desktop

Virtualization storage controllers

MultiStore

vFiler

vFiler

vFiler

MultiStore

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Virtualization on Traditional Storage

Without NetApp:
Redundant data Increases storage requirements Backup and recovery difficulties Disaster recovery uncertainties Storage management questions
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ESX Cluster Virtual Machine 1

Virtual Machine 2

Virtual Machine 3

C:\

C:\

C:\

Datastore

Raid Level
Traditional Storage Array

Virtualization with NetApp

NetApp provides:
Storage support Backup and recovery Storage efficiency savings up to 50% Disaster recovery reliability Storage management possibilities
ESX Cluster Virtual Machine 1
Virtual Machine 2 Virtual Machine 3

C:\

C:\

C:\

VMware

Datastore

Deduplicated Flexible Volume

NetApp FAS System

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NetApp and VMware

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VMware Virtualization Solutions

Enterprise Desktop Management Cloud Platform Management

VMware Products

VMware View

vSphere

NetApp Solutions

FlexClone Deduplication SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure

Thin provisioning SAN FlexClone Deduplication SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure

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NetApp and VMware Desktop Solutions

Solution Recommendations
Full NetApp solution suite for cost reduction, fast cloning, boot acceleration, and data protection User data Use FlexClone and Rapid Cloning Utility (RCU) for mass cloning and Dedicated Home Virtual Directories registration of virtual desktops at Desktops both the primary and DR sites Use SMVI to backup, restore, and replicate virtual desktops/user data Use SnapMirror and VMware SRM for DR protection & automated failover Use NetApp deduplication to reduce capacity for virtual desktops and user data Use PAM + deduplication to accelerate boot, login, & overall performance
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NetApp and VMware Server Solutions

App Admin DBA

Solution recommendations:
Thin provision SAN to optimize storage usage Dedupe to gain up to 50% savings

VM1 VM2

VM3 VM4

VM5 VM6 VM7 VM8

Virtual Server Admin

Storage Pool Storage Admin

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Maximize Server and Storage Utilization

VM-to-Volume View of Server and Storage
SANScreen VMInsight
SQLSRV1

VM1 VM2

VM3 VM4

VM5 VM6 VM7 VM8

CIS200H

Billing 1

CIS200S

Storage Pool

NTAP01

SQLSRV2

Virtual Server Admin

Storage Admin

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SANscreen VMInsight

Continuous visibility End-to-end visibility and change management for virtual server storage services Continuous validation Virtual servers storage services Impact analysis for moving images between physical servers Impact analysis for transitioning to a virtual server environment
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SANscreen Identifies ESX Server Load

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SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure

Policy-based management of
VM1 VM2 Virtual Server Admin VM3 VM4

Snapshot Creation Restores Replication

Virtual Center

API
SMVI

Storage POLICIES Admin

VM1

VM2

VM3

VM4

VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK

Storage Admin sets and controls policy Virtual Server Admin delegated to run data management for virtual infrastructure SMVI coordinated with Virtual Center
VM-aware Snapshot VM locality

Storage Pool

Primary Site
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SMVI: Automates Snapshot Replication

VM1 VM2 Virtual Server Admin

VM3 VM4

VM1 VM2 VM5

Virtual Center

API
SMVI

POLICIES
VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4

VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK

VM1

VM2

VM5

VMDK VMDK VMDK

Storage Pool

Storage Pool

Primary Site
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DR Site

Site Recovery Manager DR Automation

SRM VM1 VM2 Virtual Server Admin VM3 VM4 SRM

VM1 VM2 VM5

Virtual Center

Site Failure

Confirm?

VM1

VM2

VM3

VM4 SnapMirror

VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK

VM1

VM2

VM5

VMDK VMDK VMDK

Storage Pool

Storage Pool

Primary Site
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DR Site

SRM: Automated DR Testing w/ FlexClone

SRM
VM1 VM2 Virtual Server Admin VM3 VM4

SRM
VM1 VM2 VM5

Virtual Center

Test DR

VM1

VM2

VM3

VM4 SnapMirror

VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK

VM1

VM2

VM5

VMDK VMDK VMDK

Storage Pool

Storage Pool

Primary Site
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DR Site

Automated Data Protection and Recovery

SRM
VM1 VM2 Virtual Server Admin VM3 VM4

SRM
VM1 VM2 VM5

Virtual Center

API
SMVI

POLICIES
VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4

VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK

VM1

VM2

VM5

VMDK VMDK VMDK

Storage Pool

Storage Pool

Primary Site
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DR Site

Integrated Storage Virtualization

Traditional Arrays Primary Storage Double Disk Data Protection VMware Disk based Backup NetApp

VMware SRM and Offsite Backup Data

Add Disaster recovery and offsite storage of D2D backup data

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NetApp and VMware Cloud Solutions

vSphere
No Reboot Seamless Cutover

VM

VM

VM

Fault Tolerance

VM

VM

Fault Tolerance

VM

VM VM

VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi

NetApp: The foundation for a successful cloud deployment

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Continuing NetApp VMware Education

Please check out these courses found at NetApp University:
VMware vSphere 4: Whats New Design and Implement VMware Solutions on NetApp Storage SAN Implementation Workshop SANscreen Implementation

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NetApp and Microsoft

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Microsoft Virtualized Infrastructure

Virtual Server Admin
VM1 VM2 VM1 VM2
SCOM SCVMM

Hyper-V
Key feature of Windows Server 2008 Previously codenamed Viridian Hypervisor-based technology

SCOM
System Center Operations Manager formerly MOM Microsofts system management framework

SCVMM
Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager
Manage hybrid hypervisor environments

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Simplified Management with NetApp

Virtual Server Admin
VM1 VM2 VM1 VM2
SCOM SCVMM

Storage Pool

NetApp Appliance Watch Plug-in

Extend same benefits to Microsoft environments

Best-in-class data protection, storage efficiency, and flexibility

Integrated storage management

SCOM integration for monitoring and storage provisioning Application-centric backups with SnapManager running in VMs
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Continuing NetApp Microsoft Education

Please check out these courses found at NetApp University:
Design and Implement Hyper-V Solutions on NetApp Storage SAN Implementation Workshop

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NetApp and Citrix

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Citrix Virtualization Solutions

Enterprise Desktop Enterprise Server Management Management

Citrix Products

XenDesktop

XenServer

NetApp Solutions

FlexClone Deduplication SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure

Thin provisioning SAN Deduplication SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure

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NetApp and Citrix XenDesktop

Clients and Web

Desktop Broker
VM VM

DR Site
VM VM VM
VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM

Storage Pool
CIFS and NFS
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Storage Pool

NetApp Adapter in XenServer 5.5

One-click storage integration for server administrators Enables management:
Fast Snapshot creation and cloning Fast backup and recovery Data protection (RAID-DP)
Storage Pool

XenCenter
NetApp Adapter

XA1 XA2 XA1 XA2 VM1 VM2 VM1 VM2

Data deduplication Thin provisioning

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Continuing NetApp Citrix Education

Please check out this additional course found at NetApp University:
Design and Implement Citrix Solutions on NetApp Storage

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Controller Virtualization

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MultiStore

MultiStore

vFiler0

vFiler1

vFiler2

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Enabling MultiStore

MultiStore

vFiler0
Initially, owns all resources and then any resources not owned by other vFiler unit

Once MultiStore is licensed, the default vFiler is created

system> license add xxxxxx

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IPspace

10.x.x.x
Allows non-unique network routing to separate vFiler units

e0a

e0b

0a

0b

0c

0d

10.x.x.x
Could be physical, an interface group or a VLAN

MultiStore e0a vFiler0 default e0b vFiler1 space B Bs routing table e0c vFiler2

space C
Cs routing table
Interface must be down to assign with no address

Default IPspace

Routing table

system> ipspace create spaceB system> ipspace assign spaceB e0b

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Configuring Storage for a vFiler

MultiStore

vFiler0

Create the storage needed for the vFiler

system> vol create vf1 aggr1 1000g

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Creating a vFiler

MultiStore

vFiler0

vFiler1
If no IPspace given, uses the default

Create the new vFiler

system> vfiler create vFiler1 -s spaceB -i 10.10.10.20 /vol/vf1

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vFiler Start
To start a vFiler:
system> vfiler start vFiler1

10.x.x.x
e0a e0b
0a 0b 0c 0d

MultiStore

e0b
vFiler0 vFiler1

space B
After start, vFiler1 can receive packets from clients once the underlying interface is configured Bs routing table

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Configure Networking for the vFiler

e0a

e0b

0a

0b

0c

0d

10.x.x.x

MultiStore e0b vFiler0 vFiler1 space B Bs routing table

Add the commands to the vFiler0s /etc/rc to persist

Configure the interface to the vFilers IP address

Assign the default route

system> ifconfig e0b 10.10.10.20 up system> vfiler run vFiler1 route add default 10.10.10.1
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vFiler Management (Cont.)

To run commands on vFiler1:
system> vfiler run vFiler1 ?

10.x.x.x
e0a e0b
0a 0b 0c 0d

Displays help available on vFiler1

MultiStore

To assign a protocol to a vFiler:

system> vfiler allow vFiler1 proto=cifs proto=iscsi

e0b
vFiler0 NFS CIFS iSCSI vFiler1

space B
Bs routing table CIFS iSCSI

License the protocol first on the storage system then assign it to a vFiler Once assign, configure with the vfiler run command
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MultiStore Integrations

Providing disaster recovery vFiler0

MultiStore vFiler1 vFiler2

Providing data migration

SnapMirror
Discussed in Module 13
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SnapVault
Discussed in Module 15

vFiler DR

Providing disaster recovery vFiler0

MultiStore vFiler1 vFiler2

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vFiler Migration

MultiStore vFiler0 vFiler1 vFiler2

Providing data migration

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vFiler Stop and Destroy

To stop a vFiler:
system> vfiler stop vFiler1

10.x.x.x
e0a e0b
0a 0b 0c 0d

To destroy a vFiler:
system> vfiler stop vFiler1 system> vfiler destroy vFiler1

MultiStore

e0b
vFiler0 vFiler1

Resources of the destroyed vFiler return to vFiler0 Does not destroy any user data

space B
Bs routing table

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Module Summary
In this module, you should have learned to: List the virtualization vendors supported in Data ONTAP Illustrate virtualization solutions Describe the process to virtualize the storage controller through MultiStore Configure MultiStore Assign client protocols on MultiStore

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Exercise
Module 14: Virtualization Solutions Estimated Time: 60 minutes

Check Your Understanding

How does NetApp make management of virtualization solution easier?
NetApp provides enterprise storage, backup and recovery solutions, storage efficiency with deduplication and thin provisioning, disaster recovery solutions, &and real-time storage management with the SnapManager products and SANscreen

What is MultiStore?
A virtualized controller

What is the main command that is used to configure MultiStore?

vfiler
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