HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware User Manual

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Contents

1 Overview..................................................................................................6

HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere.......................6
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter.......................................................................6

Virtual Volume Details..........................................................................................................6
LUN Provisioning for Recovery Manager for VMware................................................................7

HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere...........................................................7

TpdVmWebService..............................................................................................................8
RMWebAccess Library.........................................................................................................8
RMVMware Admin Tool........................................................................................................8
RMVMwareCLI....................................................................................................................8

RMVMware create Command...........................................................................................8
RMVMware InServRegister Command..............................................................................11
RMVMware VCenterRegister Command...........................................................................12
RMVMware createrc Command......................................................................................13

User Authentication.................................................................................................................13

VMware vCenter Server Login for HP 3PAR Virtual Volume and Virtual Copy Management..........14
HP 3PAR Storage System Login............................................................................................14
Network Ports used by HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware
vSphere............................................................................................................................14

HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere Interface........14
HP 3PAR Views in the vSphere Client........................................................................................15

Datastore View..................................................................................................................16
Virtual Machine View.........................................................................................................17
ESX Host View...................................................................................................................18
Cluster View......................................................................................................................18
Datacenter View................................................................................................................19

About Virtual Copy Management.............................................................................................20

Virtual Copy Data Consistency............................................................................................20
Virtual Copy Policy.............................................................................................................20
Datastore Virtual Copies.....................................................................................................21
Virtual Machine Virtual Copies............................................................................................21
Remote Virtual Copies........................................................................................................22
The Virtual Copy Browser....................................................................................................22
VMFS Snapshots................................................................................................................23
Scheduling Tool.................................................................................................................23

Host Explorer.........................................................................................................................23
VASA Support........................................................................................................................23

2 Installing, Registering, and Uninstalling HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and
Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere...........................................24

Supported Platforms................................................................................................................24
Pre-installation Requirements and Dependencies.........................................................................24

Allowing Port Selections with Windows 2008 Installation........................................................25

Installing HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere........26

Support for VMware vCenter Server Linked Mode..................................................................28

Viewing and Installing HP 3PAR Management Plug-in Certificate...................................................29
Registering an SMS Certificate for the VASA Provider..................................................................29

Extracting the SMS Certificate.............................................................................................30
Installing the SMS Certificate...............................................................................................30

To Install the SMS Certificate Through the VASA Web Service.............................................30
Installing the SMS Certificate Manually............................................................................30

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