HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware - Manual (Page 6)

1 Overview
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere Management Suite has two components, VMware vCenter Server and Virtual
Infrastructure Client (vSphere Client). vCenter Server is a web service installed on a Windows
server. VI Client is a Windows desktop application, and is typically downloaded from the vCenter
Server.
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 VI Client plug-in (a VI Client plug-in is an external Web application configured with
the vCenter Server for vSphere Clients to display their pages). The application also provides a
Host Explorer service to communicate and send ESX host configuration details to the HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage systems. 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 Host Explorer for VMware vSphere - Discovers VMware ESX host configurations.
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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.
6 Overview