HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware Licenses - Manual (Page 7)

Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere provides its own web servers. For more
information on Web Client, see the HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software
for VMware vSphere Web Client User Guide.
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere is a suite of
services designed to work with the vCenter Server. The plug-in contains a web application and
deploys as a Web client and a vSphere Client plug-in (a vSphere Client plug-in is an external Web
application configured with the vCenter Server for vSphere Clients to display their pages). The
plug-in also contains a software component that acts as a vSphere Storage API for Storage
Awareness (VASA) provider in the vSphere environment. HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and
Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere provides its own web servers.
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere includes the
following major components:
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HP 3PAR Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter - Displays virtual volume mapping for easy
identification of HP 3PAR volumes used by Virtual Machines and Datastores. Also allows user
to provision LUNs to be used as Datastore or raw device.
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HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere - Provides Virtual Copy management of HP
3PAR Virtual Copies and recovery of Virtual Machines and Datastores.
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HP 3PAR VASA Provider for VMware vSphere - Enables the vCenter Server to connect to
obtain information about available storage topologies, capabilities, and state.
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter is a free vSphere Client plug-in. The plug-in
enables easy identification of HP 3PAR virtual volumes used by Virtual Machines and Datastores
and displays commonly used volume properties and attributes. The plug-in also supports LUN
Provisioning that enables the creation of a virtual volume and/or Datastore based on an existing
configuration or template.
Virtual Volume Details
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter displays virtual volume information for each
volume used by a Virtual Machine (VM) or Datastore and Transparent Failover configuration details
via the HP 3PAR tab in the vSphere Client. The Transparent Failover configuration status only
displays when it is enabled via HP 3PAR Operating System Software.
Figure 1 Viewing Datastore Virtual Volumes
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