HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware Licenses - Manual (Page 16)

VMware vCenter Server Login for HP 3PAR Virtual Volume and Virtual Copy
management
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere creates a
new vCenter Server role named HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Administrator upon plug-in registration.
The following restrictions apply for the HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Administrator role:
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All non-administrator users must be in this role.
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If an administrator logs in as Administrator or DOMAIN\Administrator, the permission check
is skipped.
NOTE: For VM access, the HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Administrator role must be provided
with access to all the domains. For Datastore access, the HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Administrator
role must be assigned at the datacenter level.
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System login
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere has to
connect to an HP 3PAR storage array in order to obtain volume details for mapping and Virtual
Copy management. You can log on to a system on an on-demand basis and HP 3PAR Management
Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere does not save any storage system
user names or passwords locally on the desktop, or centrally on the server. When HP 3PAR
Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere needs to access an
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System and no connection already exists, it will display an error and
provide instructions for entering the storage system name, user name, and password.
As a convenient option, you can use the auto login feature by selecting the “Remember me” check
box when logging onto a given system. In this case, the login details are stored in the Credential
database and you do not have to enter them every time you access the system. To replace the
currently saved credential, you must log out from the storage system and login again with “Remember
me” checked for the new credential. To remove the currently saved credential, logout from the
storage system and login again with the same credential with “Remember me” unchecked. You
can also remove the currently saved credential through the Admin Tool
→StoreServ Credential tab.
NOTE: When the VMware Sphere client initially loads the HP 3PAR plug-in page during an a
vCenter session, HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere searches and identifies the
associating storage system. If the associating storage system is configured with the auto-login
option, the storage system information is also collected simultaneously. As a result, you may
experience an increase in time for the page to load and display the volume information. When
the auto-login is fully executed, all HP 3PAR pages should load according to the performance level
of the system.
NOTE: You must have a minimum of Edit level or 3PAR_RM level privileges for accessing the
Virtual Copies tab, and Browse level privileges for accessing the Virtual Volumes tab.
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage certificate
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage enables management of SSL certificate, and enforces certificate
validation by the host and client applications to establish a secure connection.
HP 3PAR CLI and HP 3PAR OS versions 2.3.1 MU5 P35, 3.1.1 MU3 P27, 3.1.2 MU3 P16, or
later, supports a self-signed 2048-bit RSA SSL certificate for HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. You must
upgrade to one of these versions to enforce certificate validation. To use the SSL certificate, you
must upgrade to one of the HP 3PAR CLI and HP 3PAR OS versions that supports SSL certificate.
When the RMV web service receives a request, such as, a login request to connect to an HP 3PAR
StoreServ, it establishes a connection with the HP 3PAR StoreServ on behalf of the client. Before
establishing the connection, the RMV web service checks if a server certificate is available in the
RMV database for the HP 3PAR StoreServ. If a certificate is available, then the RMV web service
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