VNX Unified Storage

Management
Lab Guide
November 2015

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Revision Date: November 2015

Revision Number: MR-1CP-VNXUNIDM.10

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 Document Revision History

Rev # File Name Date

1 VNX Unified Deploy and Management Lab 05/2011

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2 VNX Unified Deploy and Management Lab 06/2011

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3 VNX Unified Deploy and Management Lab 09/2011

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4 VNX Unified Deploy and Management Lab 10/2011

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5 VNX Unified Deploy and Management Lab 02/2012

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6 VNX Unified Deploy and Management Lab 03/2012

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7 VNX Unified Deploy and Management Lab 08/2012

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8 VNX Unified Storage Management Lab 10/2013

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9 VNX Unified Storage Management Lab 11/2014

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10 VNX Unified Storage Management Lab 11/2015

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 Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT............................................................................................................. 2

DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................. 3

PRE-LAB EXERCISES INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 7

LAB EXERCISE: INTRODUCTION TO EMC UNISPHERE ............................................ 11

LAB: PART 1 – UNISPHERE GENERAL NAVIGATION .............................................................13

LAB: PART 2 –UNISPHERE FOR FILE NAVIGATION ..............................................................23
LAB: PART 3 –UNISPHERE FOR BLOCK NAVIGATION ...........................................................29
LAB: PART 4 –INVOKING A CLI COMMAND FROM UNISPHERE .............................................40

LAB EXERCISE: ROLE-BASED MANAGEMENT ......................................................... 43

LAB: PART 1 – VERIFY DOMAIN SECURITY .......................................................................45

LAB: PART 2 – CREATE LOCAL FILE ACCESS FOR GLOBAL USER ............................................47

LAB EXERCISE: VERIFY VNX SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.......................................... 53

LAB: PART 1 – VERIFY SP CACHE SETTINGS ......................................................................55

LAB: PART 2 – VERIFY SP NETWORK CONFIGURATION.......................................................56
LAB: PART 3 – VERIFY HARDWARE AND STORAGE PROCESSOR PORTS...................................58

LAB EXERCISE: STORAGE CONFIGURATION ........................................................... 59

LAB: PART 1 – VERIFY STORAGE FOR FILE ........................................................................61

LAB: PART 2 – VERIFY BLOCK STORAGE POOL AND RAID GROUPS .......................................63
LAB: PART 3 – CREATE CLASSIC LUNS ............................................................................64
LAB: PART 4 – CREATE THICK AND THIN LUNS.................................................................67
LAB: PART 5 – VERIFY HOT SPARE POLICY .......................................................................71

LAB EXERCISE: WINDOWS HOST ACCESS TO VNX BLOCK STORAGE ...................... 73

LAB: PART 1 – VERIFY WINDOWS HOST SOFTWARE...........................................................75

LAB: PART 2 – VERIFY ARRAY AUTO-MANAGE HOSTS ........................................................78
LAB: PART 3 – CONFIGURE STORAGE GROUP FOR WINDOWS HOST .....................................79
LAB: PART 4 – CONFIGURE WINDOWS HOST ACCESS TO LUNS ...........................................81

LAB EXERCISE: LINUX HOST ACCESS TO VNX BLOCK STORAGE .............................. 85

LAB: PART 1 – VERIFY LINUX HOST SOFTWARE.................................................................87

LAB: PART 2 – CONFIGURE STORAGE GROUP FOR LINUX HOST............................................89
LAB: PART 3 – CONFIGURE LINUX HOST ACCESS TO LUNS .................................................91

LAB EXERCISE: VMWARE ESXI HOST ACCESS TO VNX BLOCK STORAGE ................. 97

LAB: PART 1 – CONFIGURE STORAGE GROUP FOR ESXI HOST .............................................99

LAB: PART 2 – CONFIGURE ESXI HOST ACCESS TO LUNS ................................................. 100

LAB EXERCISE: ADVANCED STORAGE FEATURES ................................................. 103

LAB: PART 1 – EXPANDING POOL-BASED LUNS ............................................................. 105

LAB: PART 2 – EXPANDING RAID GROUP LUNS ........................................................... 108
LAB: PART 3 – MIGRATING LUNS............................................................................... 110

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 LAB EXERCISE: SNAPVIEW SNAPSHOTS............................................................... 113

LAB: PART 1 – VERIFY THE RESERVED LUN POOL .......................................................... 115

LAB: PART 2 – CREATE A SNAPVIEW SNAPSHOT ............................................................ 116
LAB: PART 3 – TEST PERSISTENCE OF A SNAPVIEW SESSION ............................................. 123
LAB: PART 4 – TEST THE SNAPVIEW ROLLBACK FEATURE ................................................. 124
LAB: PART 5 – START AND TEST A CONSISTENT SNAPVIEW SESSION ................................... 127

LAB EXERCISE: SNAPVIEW CLONES ..................................................................... 129

LAB: PART 1 – CLONE PRIVATE LUNS AND ENABLE PROTECTED RESTORE ........................... 131
LAB: PART 2 – CREATE AND TEST A CLONE .................................................................... 132
LAB: PART 3 – PERFORM A CLONE CONSISTENT FRACTURE............................................... 139

LAB EXERCISE: VNX SNAPSHOTS ......................................................................... 143

LAB: PART 1 – VERIFY VNX SNAPSHOTS LICENSE ............................................................ 145

LAB: PART 2 – CREATE A VNX SNAPSHOT WITH EMC UNISPHERE ..................................... 147
LAB: PART 3 – TEST THE VNX SNAPSHOT RESTORE FEATURE ............................................ 151
LAB: PART 4 – CREATE AND TEST A VNX SNAPSHOT CONSISTENCY GROUP ......................... 153

LAB EXERCISE: DATA MOVER NETWORK CONFIGURATION................................. 157

LAB: PART 1 – CONFIGURE NETWORKING ON VNX DATA MOVERS ................................... 159

LAB EXERCISE: VDM CONFIGURATION ................................................................ 163

LAB 1: PART 1 – SYSTEM SETUP FOR VDM IMPLEMENTATION .......................................... 165

LAB EXERCISE: FILE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT ................... 169

LAB: PART 1 – CONFIGURE AND MANAGE A VNX FILE SYSTEM ......................................... 171

LAB EXERCISE: NFS EXPORTS AND PERMISSIONS ................................................ 175

LAB: PART 1 – EXPORTING FILE SYSTEMS FOR NFS CLIENTS ............................................. 177
LAB: PART 2 – ASSIGNING ROOT PRIVILEGES ................................................................. 184

LAB EXERCISE: CIFS IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................... 189

LAB: PART 1 – PREPARING THE SYSTEM FOR CIFS ........................................................... 191

LAB: PART 2 – CREATE AND JOIN A CIFS SERVER ............................................................ 194
LAB: PART 3 – CREATE AND ACCESS CIFS SHARES .......................................................... 195
LAB: PART 4 – MOVE A VDM CONTAINING A CIFS SERVER.............................................. 199

LAB EXERCISE: VNX SNAPSURE ........................................................................... 203

LAB: PART 1 – CONFIGURE SNAPSURE ......................................................................... 205

LAB: PART 2 – RESTORE AND REFRESH SNAPSHOTS WITH NFS .......................................... 211
LAB: PART 3 – RESTORE AND REFRESH SNAPSHOTS WITH CIFS ......................................... 215

APPENDIX: WINDOWS USER AND GROUP MEMBERSHIPS .................................. 217

APPENDIX: LINUX USERS AND GROUPS .............................................................. 218

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 Pre-Lab Exercises Introduction

Important The following lab exercises provide the steps for setting up
Windows and Linux to interact with the VNX-series storage
system through Block and File connectivity.
A few important notes!
Note 1: Not all screen captures were made on the lab
equipment you will be using and therefore may differ slightly
from what you will see. Read each lab and step completely
before attempting it; do not simply follow the pictures!
Note 2: The names of the files used to install the VNX
software may differ slightly from one revision to the next. As
an example, the Unisphere Server Utility software for this OE
revision is presented with the following naming convention:
UnisphereServerUtil-Win-32-x86-en_US-1.3.8.1.0119-1.exe
Note 3: You will be sharing a VNX system with other students
to perform the lab exercises. This lab guide and a
corresponding Class Configuration Sheet are used together to
perform the lab exercises. It is important to follow the
naming convention for the objects you create by following
the lab guide and referring to your configuration sheet for the
unique names. In the lab guide objects or “items” specific to
each student are identified with Bold Italic text. The
corresponding “value” for the item is located on your specific
student Class Configuration Sheet. So when you see Bold
Italic text in the lab guide, you are required to use a value for
the item that is located on your Class Configuration Sheet.
Each lab exercise has a section labled “Preparing for the Lab”
and is designed as a tear-out sheet. It lists the objects or
“items” that will be identified with the Bold Italic text in the
lab guide. You may use this section to record the values for
each item from the Class Configuration Sheet. Refer to this
tear-out to input the values for the specified items.

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 Lab Equipment Layout

This is a diagram of the lab equipment setup you will use for completing the exercises. The setup has
two halves; an A-side has odd-numbered equipment and a B-side that has even-numbered
equipment. Each student will be assigned to a Student Desktop system and will have access to a VNX
system and three other systems which will receive storage from the VNX; A Windows server, a Linux
server and an ESXi server. The setup also includes a Windows Active Directory environment for
Windows users to access CIFS storage from the VNX. It also includes a Linux LDAP environment for
users to access NFS storage from the VNX. The Windows AD and Linux LDAP user and group
environment are detailed in the lab guide Appendix. The setup includes multiple networks and
network services for the VNX to operate in.

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 Lab Access via VDC

Access to the lab setup is achieved through the EMC Virtual Data Center (VDC). The instructor will
provide each student with a unique VDC account credential to use for completing the lab exercises.
The specific VDC account is used to login to the VDC. The login will provide access to a user-specific
Student Desktop system.

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 Student Desktop

Each student will be automatically redirected to the Metro view of their specific Student Desktop
Windows 8 system. Access the Desktop charm to get to the Desktop view. The Desktop view and its
Task bar have been pre-configured with all the needed application icons needed for the lab exercises.

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 Lab Exercise: Introduction to EMC Unisphere

Purpose: The purpose of this lab it to provide the students with an

understanding of the EMC Unisphere interface concept and
its navigation. This lab focuses on basic VNX storage system
operations that IT professionals may be required to perform
using the New Unisphere management Interface.
Note: Screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant to be
used as examples. You may have different values/data on
your VNX system.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Login in Unisphere and validate storage System

 Navigate the Unisphere for File and Block functions

 Explore the Unisphere Help

Invoke a Command Line Interface (CLI) command

References:  EMC Unisphere: Unified Storage Management

Solution. A Detailed Review – White Paper – July 2012
 VNX Command Line Interface Reference for Block.
 VNX Command Line Interface Reference for File

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 1 – Unisphere General Navigation

Step Action

Note Your instructor will provide to you the information for connecting to the EMC
Virtual Data Center (VDC). The VDC connection information includes a Web
URL for the VDC and account credentials. The account provides you access to
your Student Desktop system. You will use your Student Desktop system to
access your VNX system and the other systems in the lab setup.

Ask your instructor for assistance if you are having any difficulty connecting to
the VDC or accessing your Student Desktop system.

1 Secure Connection to Unisphere:

 From your Student Desktop, open a web browser and enter the VNX
Address in the URL address section.

Note: By default, the VNX uses a self-signed certificate to establish a secure

HTTP session between it and your browser. Self-signed certificates are not
trusted by browsers and will issue a Security/Warning dialogue for the user
to take action to proceed.

 Click Continue to this website (not recommended)

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 Step Action

2 Confirm the execution of any Java Applets:

Unisphere is a Java-based web application and pop-up Java messages could

be encountered. The user will need to take action to proceed.

 Click Run to accept the execution of the Java Applet

3 Accept the Software Terms and Conditions:

In Unified or File configurations, a dialogue box will be displayed with the

Terms and Conditions to use the VNX Control Station operating environment.

 Click Accept to agree and continue.

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4 Unisphere Login:

 At the EMC Unisphere login screen, login using the following settings:

Name: sysadmin
Password: sysadmin
Use LDAP: unchecked
Scope: Global

 Click Login

The Unisphere Interface is launched and the Home Page displayed with the
Dashboard screen.

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 Step Action

5 The EMC Unisphere Title bar of the Unisphere interface has basic and
advanced object Search options, a General Tab with options to set interface
preferences, log and exit, and retrieve Unisphere Help.

The Top Navigation bar has Previous and Next Icons to allow navigation back
and forth, a Home Icon that shows the Dashboard screen, a System Drop-
down menu to switch between VNX storage systems registered to the
domain, and a context-Sensitive Menu Bar which varies depending on the
system been managed: VNX for File/Unified and VNX for Block.

Panels in a Dashboard screen display information about the storage

system(s).

The panels displayed on the dashboard may be different depending on the

storage system configuration and authentication scope. This appearance can
be changed.

 Click the Customize button. The edit mode will open with the list of
panels that can be dragged to the Dashboard.

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 Step Action

6 Remove Panel from Dashboard:

 On the Alerts by Severity panel, click the X (close) button from the menu
on the top right corner of the panel.

Observe that the panel was removed from the Dashboard.

7 Move a Panel from its Position on the Dashboard:

 Click on the top bar of the Overall Capacity panel and drag the window
to the top left of the Dashboard.

Observe that the panels can be moved to different positions on the

Dashboard.

8 Add a Panel to the Dashboard:

 Click on Alerts by Severity icon on the top menu and drag the icon to the
right of the Overall Capacity panel.

Observe that the panel was added to the Dashboard.

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 Step Action

9 Restore the Dashboard to its default view:

 Click on the Restore Defaults button to

Observe that the edit mode has closed and the Dashboard appearance has
returned to the default configuration.

10 Explore the System List:

 From the top Navigation Menu click on the System List option

Observe that the systems that are part of the storage domain are listed here.

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11 Explore the Domains page:

 Click on the Domains option.

A list of managed domains is displayed, including the local domain and any
remote domains.

 Select the Local domain.

The systems that are part of this domain are displayed on the lower panel.

 From the menu on the top right corner of the panel select the Tools icon,
and select the Columns option.
 Uncheck the boxes for the Status, Software Revision, and Client Revision
columns, and click OK.

Observe that the columns were removed from the table.

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12 Explore the Alerts page:

 Click on the Alerts option.

A green check mark indicates the system is functioning normally. An orange

icon indicates a system error condition, and a yellow icon a system warning.

 Select any record and click on Details.

Observe that a description of the alert is displayed with the option to save it
to a text file on the client machine.

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13 Verify the Certificates that were accepted for the session:

 Double-click the Certificates label on the bottom of the Unisphere

Interface Home page.

The list of system certificates and their status are displayed.

 Select one Certificate and click the Properties button. Click Details.

 Information about the certificate is displayed. Click Close to exit.

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 Step Action

14 Explore some of the top Navigation options:

 From the Top Navigation select the left arrow

Observe that the interface will launch the previous visited page (“Domains”).

 Click the Home icon on the Top Navigation menu.

Observe that the interface will launch the Dashboard screen.

End of Lab Exercise Part 1

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 Lab: Part 2 –Unisphere for File Navigation

Step Action

Note In this exercise you will perform basic tasks to become more familiar with
VNX for File operations using Unisphere. Some of the tasks can be completed
in more than one way.

1 Select your assigned storage system:

 Select your VNX from the drop-down list

Note: The same operation can be performed by clicking on the system link at
the Systems by Severity panel

Observe that the context-Sensitive Menu Bar on the Top Navigation has
changed based on the choice of object.

The Dashboard screen has also changed to display the information about the
chosen storage system: system alerts, system information, and storage
capacity.

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 Step Action

2 Explore the Hardware for File components

 On Top Navigation bar, click Systems > Hardware > Hardware for File.

Note: If you position the mouse over the menu option, and wait for 2
seconds, a sub-menu will open with the options for the choice.

The Hardware for File inventory is displayed with the list of components.

 Select one of the components, and click Properties.

The hardware component Properties dialogue box is displayed.

 Click Cancel to close the Hardware Component Properties window.

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 Step Action

3 Check the Control Station Properties:

 From the System Management Task Pane on the right of the screen
select the Control Station Properties link

Note: The screen above is displayed when the user log in using a global scope
authentication. If the user is authenticated to the VNX Control Station using
the local domain scope the screen below is presented.

The Control Station Properties dialogue box opens.

 Read the information and click Cancel to close the Window

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 Step Action

4 Check the status of the VNX Data Movers:

 On the top of screen, select Hardware from the page bread-crumb links.

 Select Data Movers.

 Select server_2 and click Properties. (Or right-click the server_2 and
select the Properties option.)

 Read the information and click Cancel to close the Window.

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5 Explore the Event Logs for File:

 On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
(Or click the System option from the Top Navigation bar).

 Select Monitoring and Alerts.

The Monitoring and Alerts page is displayed.

 Select Event Logs for File.

 Select server_2 from the “Show Events for:“ drop-down list.
 Select 1 week from the “Time Interval:” drop-down list.
 Select Error and Above from the “Severity Level:” drop-down list.

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 Step Action

6 Explore the Background Tasks for File:

 On the top of screen, select Monitoring and Alerts from the page bread-
crumb links.
 Select Background Tasks for File.

The Background Tasks for File page is displayed.

 Select one task from the list.

 Click on Properties.

 Read the logged information and click Cancel to close the window.

End of Lab Exercise Part 2

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 Lab: Part 3 –Unisphere for Block Navigation

Step Action

Note In this exercise you will perform basic tasks to become more familiar with
Unisphere operations involving VNX for Block components. Some of the
tasks can be completed in more than one way.

1 Navigate to the Home Page displaying the All Systems Dashboard screen:

 Click the Home Page icon or select All Systems from the drop-down list.

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 Step Action

2 Open the System List page to view information about the VNX systems that are
part of the storage domain:

 Click the System List option.

The page will display the list of systems with information about S/N, Model,
and Software Revision.

 Select your assigned VNX system from the list and click Properties

Observe that the General tab will display information about the zoning
Unique ID, iSCSI IQN, and the IP address configuration of the storage
processors.

 Explore the other tabs of the properties dialogue box. Observe that some
of the block configuration can be done on this dialogue box.
 Click Cancel to close the properties dialogue box.

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 Step Action

3 Open Dashboard screen for your assigned storage system:

 Click on the link of the VNX from the System List

Observe that the context-Sensitive Menu Bar on the Top Navigation has
changed based on the choice of object.

The Dashboard screen has also changed to display the information about
the chosen storage system: system alerts, system information, and storage
capacity.

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 Step Action

4 Storage Hardware page:

 Navigate to System > Hardware > Storage Hardware

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 Step Action

5 Explore the Block Storage hardware components page:

 Click the column arrow that divides the main pane and the Task pane.

This will hide the Task Pane and expand the main pane – this will provide
a better visualization of the hardware component graphics.

Explore the components on the left pane of the page.

 Click and expand the different components and observe the changes on
the graphic on the main pane.

Observe that Unisphere will highlight the component on the graphic.

 Expand the SPs > SP A component by clicking the + icon next to them.
 Click on the SPA component

Observe that Unisphere highlighted the SPA module on the graphic.

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 Step Action

6 Storage Processor Properties:

 Click the Properties button

The Properties dialogue box will open.

 Explore the other tabs and click Cancel when done.

7 SP I/O module components:

 Click on the + next to the IO modules and select any Present State slot
 Click on the Show Diagram button

A graphic of the I/O module will be displayed.

 Click OK to close it.

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 Step Action

8 I/O module Description:

 Click the Properties button

A window will open with a description of the type of I/O module and status.

 Click OK to close it.

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 Step Action

9 Explore the Event Logs for Block:

 On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
(Or click the System option from the Top Navigation bar).

 Select Monitoring and Alerts.

The Monitoring and Alerts page is displayed.

 Select SP Event Logs > Show SP A Event Log.

 On the Event Viewer dialogue box, click Yes to confirm the retrieval of
the event information.

The Event Viewer dialogue box opens with the events for all periods and
categories. Observe that this view can be saved in a text file, printed or
filtered.

 Click Cancel to close the Event Viewer window.

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 Step Action

10 Creation of Reports with information about VNX for Block:

 On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
 Select Reports.

The Reports page is displayed.

 Select the Reports Wizard.

 Click Next to continue.

 Expand the System Profile on the “Select Report Sections” and check the
boxes for the following information:

SP Summary
SP Port Details
I/O Module Information

 Check the “Launch browser…” box and click Next to continue.

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 Step Action

11 Launch the Report in the web browser:

 Click Finish

The operation will capture the information and generate a report in a XML
format. The report can be automatically launched or the user can click the
View button to retrieve it.

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 Step Action

12 Change the Report View on the XML page:

 Click the System Profile option and select the SP Summary

 Click the SP Port Details option

 Click I/O Module Information to view the other page View

 Navigate the General and View All options. Close the browser when
done and click Finish to close the Wizard dialogue box.

End of Lab Exercise Part 3

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 Lab: Part 4 –Invoking a CLI command from Unisphere

Step Action

Note There may be events that require invoking a CLI command. This exercise
provides you with the ability to invoke a VNX OE for File CLI command via
Unisphere. The use of 3rd party applications for command line entry is also
acceptable. In order to illustrate a comparison you will view information via
Unisphere and then view the information via the command line output.

1 Navigation to Unisphere Command page:

The next three steps illustrate how Unisphere and command line output
display similar information.

 Navigate to the System page

 Expand the Control Station CLI Task Pane

2 Opening Unisphere Command page:

 From the Task pane click Run Command

The Command page opens for entering commands

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3 Displaying Data Movers – CLI:

 Inside the Command: box enter the following command:

nas_server –list

The command will provide the output on the same window

Where:

Id ID of the Data Mover.

type Type assigned to Data Mover.
acl Access control value assigned to the Data Mover or VDM.
slot Physical slot in the cabinet where the Data Mover resides.
groupID ID of the Data Mover group.
state Whether the Data Mover is enabled=0, disabled=1, failed
over=2.
name Name given to the Data Mover.

What are the names of the Data Movers: ___________, ____________.

4 Unisphere and CLI output differences – Unisphere output:

 From the Top Navigation Bar click Storage > Storage Configuration > File
Systems.

There should not be any file systems listed in the task page. This is expected.

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5 Unisphere and CLI output differences – CLI output:

 Click Systems on the top Navigation bar

 And click the Run Command link on the Task pane.
 Inside the Command: box enter the following command:

nas_fs –list

You see many file systems listed in the task page. This is because Unisphere
does not display the root file systems but the CLI does.

 Close the Control Station CLI window.

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 Lab Exercise: Role-based Management

Purpose: This lab exercise explains how to select a system on the

Storage Domain to be a Domain Master node.
The lab will also demonstrate how to create a user-defined
role, and associate it to a new local group.
The lab exercise will then explain how to create a Global User
Account and associate with the created local group.
Synopsis:
You have just implemented a successful installation of a VNX
array for your customer. The VNX system has already been
set up with prerequisite software and enablers. The hosts,
however, will need to be setup and have all necessary
software installed since they are without it presently.
The customer hired a new member for the Storage
Administration Team, who experience with a VNX feature.
The new member is not yet a part of the Company’s
Microsoft AD.
The head of the IT department, would like to give the
member administrative privileges over the VNX feature.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Configure and Verify Domain Security
 Create a Global User account on the VNX
 Create a Local Group on the VNX
 Define a New Role

References: Security Configuration Guide for VNX

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

User-Defined Role Name: __________________________________________________

User-Defined Role Description: __________________________________________________

User-Defined Role Privileges: __________________________________________________

Local Group Name: __________________________________________________

Local Group Role: __________________________________________________

Global User: __________________________________________________

Global User Primary Group: __________________________________________________

Global User Group (Role): __________________________________________________

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Step Action

Note (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to your “Student
Desktop” via your VDC connection.

Ask your instructor for assistance if you are having any difficulty

1 Unisphere login:

 From your Student Desktop, open a web browser and enter the VNX address in
the URL address section.
 At the EMC Unisphere login screen, login using the following settings:

Name: sysadmin
Password: sysadmin
Use LDAP: unchecked
Scope: Global

 Click Login

2 Verify Domain Security:

 From the Top Navigation bar in Unisphere, ensure that the All Systems option is
selected from the drop-down list.
 Then click the Domains option.

3 Domain Configuration:

 From the right-side Tasks Pane, in the Local Domain section, click the Select
Domain Master link.

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4 Domain Master:

 Observe the IP address listed in the Master Node IP Address field.

What system does this IP Address reference?

_____________________________________________________________________

Which IP Addresses can fulfill the role of Master Node?

_____________________________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 2 – Create Local File Access for Global User

Step Action

1 Manage License for File

In order to demonstrate the creation of a user-defined role on the next lab

step, the license for some VNX features must be enabled on the VNX storage
system.

 From the navigation bar drop-down, select your assigned VNX system.
 Click the Settings option on the navigation bar.

 From the right-side Tasks pane in the More Setting section, select
Manage Licenses for File.
 Verify that all the licenses are checked.

 If needed, enable any unchecked licenses by checking a license one at a

time and selecting OK. (This may take a short amount of time.)

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2 Create a user-defined role:

In this step, you will create a new administrative role with the privileges that
are described in your class configuration sheet.

 Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > User

Customization for File and select the Roles tab.
 Click the Create button.

 Create a role with the information you recorded in “Preparing for the
Lab”:
Role Name: User-Defined Role Name
Description : User-Defined Role Description
Privileges : User-Defined Role Privileges
(Expand the Privileges Category in order to select the privilege object and
access level)

 Click OK when you are done.

Look at the List of Roles – Observe that the role that was just created
appears under the Roles tab in the User Customization for File window.

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3 Create a Local Group:

 From the User Customization for File window, select the Groups tab.
 Click the Create button.

 Create a group with the recorded information:

Group Name : Local Group Name
GID: Auto select
Role : Local Group Role
Group Type: Local Only Group

 Click OK when you are done.

The newly created group should appear under the Groups tab in the User
Customization for File window as a Local Group type.

 Close the User Customization for File window.

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4 Create a Global User Account:

 Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > Global Users.
 Click Add

 Create a user with the information in your class configuration sheet:

Username : Global User
Password: sysadmin1
Storage Domain Role: Operator

 Click OK when you are done.

 Click Yes to confirm the addition of the new Global User.
 Click OK on the dialogue box that states the operation was successfully
completed.

The newly created user should appear under the Global User Management
window.

 Click OK to close the Global User Management window.

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5 Assign the group role to the new user

 Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > User

Customization for File and select the Users tab.
 Select the Global User you have created and click Properties.

 Configure the User Properties settings with the following information:

Primary Group: Global User Primary Group
Group (Role) Membership: Global User Group (Role)
Client Access: CLI Access allowed
 Click OK

The modified user is displayed under the “User Customization for File”
window with the “Operator” and new assigned roles.

 Close the “User Customization for File” window.

6 Unisphere Login for Role-based user:

 Logout from Unisphere and log back in as the Global User (case
sensitive) with the following settings:

Name: sysadmin
Password: sysadmin
Use LDAP: unchecked
Scope: Global

 Click Login
Verify that the new user account is able to log into the system.

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7 Role-based user access in Unisphere:

Observe that the role of the user does not have creation and modify rights
on tasks not related to the assigned role.

 From the Dashboard view, select your VNX from the navigation bar drop-
down list.
 Navigate to System > Monitoring and Alerts > Notifications for File.

 Navigate through the tabs of the Notifications for File window.

Observe that the “Create” button is grayed out in each one of the tabs. The
account is not able to make any modifications to created events.

 Logout & Exit Unisphere.

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 Lab Exercise: Verify VNX System Configuration

Purpose: In this lab, you will verify the VNX storage system SP (Storage
Processor) cache settings, networking and port configuration.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Verify SP cache settings
 Verify SP networking configuration
 Verify hardware and SP ports
 Verify iSCSI ports

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 1 – Verify SP Cache Settings

Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify SP Cache Settings:

 Select your VNX from the All Systems drop down menu
 From the navigation bar select System. From the right-side Tasks pane
“System Management” section click the System Properties link.
 Select the SP Cache tab

What is considered a Read and a Write Cache Hit?

_______________________________
What would happen with Write cache is disabled?

_______________________________
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 Lab: Part 2 – Verify SP Network Configuration

Step Action

1 Access SP network settings:

 From then bar select Settings. From the right-side Tasks pane “Network
Settings” section click the Edit Network Settings – SPA link.

2 Verify SP network configuration:

 Click the Network tab.

 From Management Port Settings section, notice that the Requested
Settings: drop-down list is grayed out. This is due to the VNX Unified
system having its SP Management ports cabled into the system’s internal
network. Review the Link Status settings for network speed and duplex.

 From the Virtual Port Properties window, verify that virtual port 0
displays the VNX Address (SPA).
 Click on Virtual Port 0 and select Properties.
 Verify that the settings are as follows:

IP Addess: VNX Address (SPA)

Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Please notify your instructor if the settings are not correct.

 Click Cancel to close the window.

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3 Verify DNS configuration:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select All Systems. Click on the
navigation bar Domains option.
 From the right-side Task pane Local Domain section, click the Configure
DNS link.
 Verify the following DNS settings:

DNS Domain Suffix: hmarine.test

DNS Server IP Address: 192.168.1.50
Domain Search List: hmarine.test

 Click OK to close the window.

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 Lab: Part 3 – Verify Hardware and Storage Processor Ports

Step Action

1 Explore Storage Hardware:.

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to System > Hardware > Storage Hardware
 From the Storage Hardware Component tree, expand the SPs container
and then expand SP A > IO Modules > Slot A1.
 Starting at the top of the tree, click SP A. View the picture on the right
side of the window. It should highlight the selected component in green.
 Continue to highlight objects from the tree structure and view the
components on the right.
 Select Port 1 and click Properties to view the port details.

What is the actual port speed listed? ___________________________

 Click Cancel to close the window.

2 Verify iSCSI ports:

 Next, navigate to Settings > Network > Settings for Block

 Select an iSCSI port from the list and click Properties to view port details.

What is the actual port speed listed? ___________________________

 Click Cancel to close the window.

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 Lab Exercise: Storage Configuration

Purpose: In this lab, you will verify and provision storage for a VNX
Unified system in preparation for configuring file systems and
attaching block hosts.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Verify storage for a VNX for File platform
 Verify Pools and RAID Groups
 Create Classic LUNs
 Create Thin LUNs and Thick LUNs
 Verify hot spare policy

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

RG5 LUN ID: __________________________________________________

RG5 LUN Name: __________________________________________________

RG10 LUN ID: __________________________________________________

RG10 LUN Name: __________________________________________________

Thick LUN ID: __________________________________________________

Thick LUN Name: __________________________________________________

Thin LUN ID: __________________________________________________

Thin LUN Name: __________________________________________________

RG5 LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

RG10 LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

Pool LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 1 – Verify Storage for File

Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify File Pool:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools
 Verify that there is a storage pool created with the name of File Pool
which is made up of mixed disks
 Select File Pool and click Properties to answer the following questions

What types of disk makes up this storage pool?

___________________________________

Which RAID configuration is being used?

_________________________________________

 Click Cancel to close the window.

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3 Verify Pool LUN assignment:

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups

 Select the ~filestorage storage group and click Properties (This is the
Storage Group for the File storage of the VNX)
 Select the LUNs tab

You should see several LUNs starting with the word “File” in the list of
Selected LUNs. These LUNs have been added from the File storage pool.
These LUNs have also been discovered by the VNX OE for File, notice that
each LUN ends in a “d” and a number. These are the disk volumes that are
associated with each LUN.

 Click Cancel to close the window.

4 Verify storage pools for File:

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools for File. The
page displays the mapped pool named File Pool. The storage space from
this pool will be used to create file systems with.

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 Lab: Part 2 – Verify Block Storage Pool and RAID Groups

Step Action

1 Verify Storage Pool:

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools

 Verify that there is a storage pool created with the name of Block Pool
which is made up of mixed disks
 Select Block Pool and click Properties to answer the following questions

What Drive Types are used for this storage pool?

___________________________________

Which RAID configurations are used for this pool?

__________________________________

 Click Cancel to close the window.

2 Verify RAID Groups:

 Select the RAID Groups tab on the Storage Pools page to verify if there
are any RAID groups created
 You should see two RAID groups created; RAID Group 5 made up of 5
disks and RAID Group 10 made up of 4 disks.

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 Lab: Part 3 – Create Classic LUNs

Step Action

1 Create LUNs on RAID Group 5:

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs

 From the LUNs tab click Create
 Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:

Storage Pool Type: RAID Group

RAID Type: RAID5: Distributed Parity (High Throughput)
Storage Pool for new LUN: 5
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: RG5 LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 6
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your RG5 LUN Name
Starting ID: RG5 LUN ID

 Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:

Use SP Write Cache: checked

FAST Cache: unchecked
No Initial Verify: unchecked
Set Default Owner: Auto

 Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.

Please verify you have created six (6) 5 GB LUNs with a LUN ID range starting
with the RG5 LUN ID. If the LUNs you created do not match the settings
specified, notify your instructor for assistance before proceeding any further.
Following lab exercises depend upon the LUNs created to be as specified.

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2 Create LUNs on RAID Group 10:

 From the LUNs tab click Create

 Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:

Storage Pool Type: RAID Group

RAID Type: RAID1/0: Mirrored Redundant Individual Access
Storage Pool for new LUN: 10
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: RG10 LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your RG10 LUN Name
Starting ID: RG10 LUN ID

 Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:

Use SP Write Cache: checked

FAST Cache: unchecked
No Initial Verify: unchecked
Set Default Owner: Auto

 Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.

Please verify you have created four (4) 5 GB LUNs with a LUN ID range
starting with the RG10 LUN ID. If the LUNs you created do not match the
settings specified, notify your instructor for assistance before proceeding any
further. Following lab exercises depend upon the LUNs created to be as
specified.

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3 Create LUN Folder for RG5 LUNs:

 Select the Folders tab in the LUNs page.

 Click Create and in the Name field enter your RG5 LUN Folder name. This
folder will hold all of your RAID Group 5 LUNS. Click OK, Yes, and OK to
complete the operation.
 Once created, select your RG5 LUN Folder and click Properties. Then
select the LUNs tab.
 From the Available LUNs window, expand the tree for SPA and SPB.
Locate and select your six previously created RG5 LUN Names and click
Add to move them to the Selected LUNs window. Then click OK, Yes, and
OK to complete the operation.

4 Create LUN Folder for RG10 LUNs:

 Select the Folders tab in the LUNs page.

 Click Create and in the Name field enter your RG10 LUN Folder name.
This folder will hold all of your RAID Group 10 LUNS. Click OK, Yes, and
OK to complete the operation.
 Once created, select your RG10 LUN Folder and click Properties. Then
select the LUNs tab.
 From the Available LUNs window, expand the tree for SPA and SPB.
Locate and select your four previously created RG10 LUN Names and
click Add to move them to the Selected LUNs window. Then click OK,
Yes, and OK to complete the operation.

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 Lab: Part 4 – Create Thick and Thin LUNs

Step Action

1 Create Thick LUNs on the Block Pool:

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs

 From the LUNs tab click Create
 Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:

Storage Pool Type: Pool

RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: UNCHECKED
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: Thick LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thick LUN Name
Starting ID: Thick LUN ID

 Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:

Set Default Owner: Auto

Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked

Note: The Thin checkbox is unchecked so the LUNs you are creating will be
Thick LUNs.

 Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.

Please verify you have created four (4) 5 GB Thick LUNs with a LUN ID range
starting with the Thick LUN ID. If the LUNs you created do not match the
settings specified, notify your instructor for assistance before proceeding any
further. Following lab exercises depend upon the LUNs created to be as
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2 Create Thin LUNs on the Block Pool:

 Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:

Storage Pool Type: Pool

RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: CHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: Thin LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thin LUN Name
Starting ID: Thin LUN ID

 Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:

Set Default Owner: Auto

Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked

 Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.

Please verify you have created four (4) 10 GB Thin LUNs with a LUN ID range
starting with the Thin LUN ID. If the LUNs you created do not match the
settings specified, notify your instructor for assistance before proceeding any
further. Following lab exercises depend upon the LUNs created to be as
specified.

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3 LUN Properties:

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools and select
the Pools tab.
 Select the Block Pool and click the Properties button.
 Select the General tab.

How much physical capacity has been allocated on the Pool?

_________________________

 Click the Cancel button to close the properties page.

 From the Pools tab select the Block Pool. From the Details section, select
the LUNs tab. From the Usage drop-down list, select ALL User LUNs.

 Select one of your Thick LUN Names and click the Properties button.

Record the details listed from the General tab in the LUN Capacity section.

________________________________________________________________

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 Click the Cancel button to close the properties window.

 Select one of your Thin LUN Names and click the Properties button.

Record the details listed from the General tab in the LUN Capacity section.

_______________________________________________________________

Note: User Capacity is the size of the LUN that is presented to the host.
Consumed Capacity is user capacity to which the host has written data. Thin
LUN consumed capacity and rate of consumption can vary depending on the
attached host file system or application using the LUN. This is a normal
condition typical of most thin provisioning services.

 Click the Cancel button to close the properties window.

4 Create LUN Folder:

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs and select the Folders tab.

 Click Create and in the Name field enter your Pool LUN Folder name. This
folder will hold all of your thick and thin pool LUNs. Click OK, Yes, and OK
to complete the operation.
 Select your Block Pool folder and click the Properties button. From the
properties window select the LUNs tab.
 From the Available LUNs window, expand the tree for SPA and SPB. Locate
and select your four previously created Thick LUN Names, the four
previously created Thin LUN Names, and click Add to move them to the
Selected LUNs window. Then click OK, Yes, and OK to complete the
operation.
 Verify that a total of eight (8) LUNs are in your Pool LUN Folder.

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 Lab: Part 5 – Verify Hot Spare Policy

Step Action

1 Hot Spare Policy:

VNX systems use unused, or unbound, disks as hot spares. The table below
displays the number of unused disks that is recommended in order to
accommodate a hot spare.

SAS FLASH

SAS Recommended 1 unused disk per 30 Disks

NL-SAS

2 Verify spare policy and unused disks:

 While still logged on to Unisphere, navigate to System > Hardware > Hot
Spare Policy

Here you will find a list of all the disk types available for your VNX system, and
the policy set for each disk type. A Recommended policy adheres to the EMC
best practices policy for that disk type/size. Custom policy gives the
administrator an option for their own ratio in the box in the Keep Unused per
Policy column. The No Hot Spares policy does not reserve any hot spares.

According to the number of disks in your VNX, how many unused disks are
recommended per disk type?

SAS Flash ______ SAS_______ NL-SAS________

 Close all open windows and application on your Student Desktop system.

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 Lab Exercise: Windows Host Access to VNX Block Storage

Purpose: In this lab, you will verify host software already installed on
your Windows host and create a VNX storage group in order
to provide storage to your Windows host.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Verify Host Configurations - iSCSI Initiators, PowerPath
version, host agent, and Secure CLI
 Verifying that the VNX Array is configured to Auto-
Manage hosts
 Create a VNX storage group and add LUNs to the
storage group
 Configure Windows host access to LUNs

References: Host Connectivity Guide for Windows

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Windows host: __________________________________________________

Windows host Address: __________________________________________________

Windows Storage Group: __________________________________________________

Pool LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

Thick LUNs: __________________________________________________

Thin LUNs: __________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 1 – Verify Windows Host Software

Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 Connect to your Windows host according to the following information:

Computer(s): Enter your Windows host

User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!

 Click Connect.

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2 Verify Powerpath version and secure CLI installation:

 On your Windows host, open a Command window which is available

from the Desktop view or its task bar.

 In the command window run the following command:

powermt version

What is the Powerpath version running on your Windows host?

___________________

 To verify that secure CLI is installed on your host, enter naviseccli at

the command prompt. This should return a “not enough
arguments” message, which proves that secure CLI has been installed.
 Close the command prompt.

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3 Verify host agent installation and iSCSI initiator:

 On your Windows host, open the Services tool which is available from
the Desktop view or its task bar.

 Verify that the host agent and the iSCSI initiator services are up and
running. Look for “Navisphere_Agent”, which is the host agent service,
and the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service.

 Close the Services and Task Manager windows.

 Right-click the Internet connection icon on the bottom right corner of
your Windows host and select Open Network and Sharing Center.

 You should see an iSCSI network connection in the Active Connection list.
 Close the Network and Sharing Center.
 Leave your RDP Plus session to your Windows host open on your Student
Desktop system. You will return to the session in a later part of the lab
exercise.

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Step Action

1 VNX SP setup page login:

 From your Student Desktop system, open a browser and enter the VNX
Address (SPA) followed by </setup>. Example: 192.168.1.31/setup
 To login, enter the sysadmin/sysadmin credentials and select the Scope:
Unisphere.

2 Verify Automanage:

 In the Setup display scroll down until you find the Turn Automanage
On/Off button. Click it to enter the settings.

 Confirm that Automatic Server Discovery is enabled.

What does this setting do?

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

 Close your browser windows.

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on

your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify Storage Groups are Enabled:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 From the navigation bar select System. From the right-side Tasks pane
“System Management” section click the System Properties link.
 In the Configuration section, verify that the Storage Group option
checkbox is checked. This option enables storage group capability for the
selected storage system. This option cannot be disabled, so the check
box appears dimmed and is unavailable when Storage Groups is enabled.
 Close the window

3 Create a Storage Group:

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.

 Create a new Storage Group by clicking Create. Create the storage group
according to the following information:

Storage Group Name: Windows Storage Group

Reminder: Storage Group names are case sensitive.

 Click OK.
 Click Yes to the message “Do you wish to add LUNs or connect host”

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4 Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:

 Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your Pool
LUN Folder, locate the two Thick LUNs and the two Thin LUNs and add
them to your Windows Storage Group.
 Click the Host tab, select your Windows host from the Available Hosts
pane and click the  to move the hosts to the Hosts to be Connected
pane.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.

Please verify you have selected and added the correct Thick LUNs and Thin
LUNs to your Windows Storage Group. If the LUNs added are not the correct
LUNs specified, notify your instructor for assistance before proceeding any
further. Following lab exercises depend upon the specified LUNs being given
to the host.

5 Verify Storage Group Creation:

 From theright-side task pane in the Host Management section, click the
Update All Hosts link.
 Select your VNX Storage System and click Poll. Click Yes. After the Status
reads Success followed by the current date and time click Cancel.
 From the Storage Group window select your Windows Storage Group.
 From the Details section click the Hosts tab and verify that your
Windows host is connected.
 From the Details section click the LUNs tab and verify that LUNs are
displayed.

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 Lab: Part 4 – Configure Windows Host Access to LUNs

Step Action

1 System Login:

 On your Student Desktop system, return to your open RDP Plus session
to your Windows host.

2 Bring disks Online:

 Click the Server Manager icon on the taskbar of your Windows host.
 From the Server Manager window, expand the File and Storage Services
container on the left-side panel and select Disks.

The DISKS pane in most cases will show four (4) DGC LUNZ disks. The VNX by
default presents LUNZ disks to the host when no LUNs are presented to the
host. This is to provide basic SCSI connectivity from the host to the array.
Now that LUNs are presented to the host, the host must rescan to see the
newly presented LUNs.

 Click the TASKS drop down menu and select Rescan Storage.

The DISKS pane should show two 5.00 GB disks and two 10.0 GB disks with
Status Offline. These are the Thick LUNs and Thin LUNs that were added to
the Windows Storage Group.

 Right-click each one of the offline disks and select the Bring Online
option. The disk status may not change immediately, you may need to
Refresh the disk table from the TASKS drop down menu.

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3 Create New Volume on each disk:

 Right-click one of the iSCSI disks and select New Volume.

 In the New Volume Wizard, click Next to start the wizard.
 Select one of the disks and click Next. Keep the default value for size, but
make sure the volume size matches the available capacity.
 Keep all other defaults for Drive Letter and File Systems Settings. Click
Create.
 Repeat the above steps for the other three iSCSI disks.

You should now havefour (4) iSCSI disks that are Partitioned and have 0.00
GB in the Unallocated column. You may now close the Server Manager
window.

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4 Verify the Volumes are seen by the VNX:

 From your Student Desktop Unisphere session, navigate to Hosts and in

the right side Tasks pane Host Management section, select Connect
Host.
 Type in your Windows host Address in the Enter Host IP Address field.
Click Go.
 In the lower Volumes on Block Storage Systems section, verify that your
mount volumes are present.
 Click OK to close the window.

 On the Windows host, close all open windows and application.

 Disconnect from the Remote Desktop session by accessing the Logoff
Session icon which is available from the Windows host Desktop view or
its taskbar.

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Purpose: In this lab, you will verify host software already installed on
your Linux host and create a VNX storage group in order to
provide access to the LUNs.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Verify Host Configurations - iSCSI Initiators, PowerPath
version, host agent, and Secure CLI
 Create a VNX storage group and add LUNs to the
storage group
 Configure Linux host access to LUNs

References: Host Connectivity Guide for Linux

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Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Linux host: __________________________________________________

Linux host Address: __________________________________________________

Linux Storage Group: __________________________________________________

RG5 LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

RG5 LUNs: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect
to your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop system, launch the PuTTY application
that is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 Open an SSH session to your Linux host according to the following

information;

Host Name (or IP address): Enter your Linux host

Click Open to open the SSH session
login as: root
password: emc2Local!
2 Verify Powerpath version and secure CLI installation:

 In the open SSH window, run the following command:

powermt version

What is the Powerpath version running on your Linux host?

___________________

 To verify that secure CLI is installed on your host, enter naviseccli at

the command prompt. This should return a “not enough
arguments” message, which proves that secure CLI has been installed.

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3 Verify host agent status:

 Run the following command to change directory:

cd /etc/init.d

 Run the following command to verify the Host agent is running:

./hostagent status

 The Host agent status can also be verified with the following command:
ps -ef | grep hostagent

 If it’s not running, start the agent with the command:

./hostagent start

4 Validate iSCSI initiator and service status:

 Run the following command to change directory:

cd /etc/iscsi

 To validate the host initiator the command:

more initiatorname.iscsi

What is the name of the initiator that was

returned?_________________________________

 To verify iSCSI service status, run the command:

service iscsi status

 If not started, start the service by the command:

service iscsi start

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on

your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Validate Linux host initiators:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Hosts > Initiators.
 In the Filter field enter your Linux host.
 The Initiator Name field should list the initiator name for your host for
each SP port that is connected to. Each initiator should also be listed as
Registered and Logged In.

3 Create a Storage Group:

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.

 Create a new Storage Group by clicking Create. Create the storage group
according to the following information:

Storage Group Name: Linux Storage Group

Reminder: Storage Group names are case sensitive.

 Click OK.
 Click Yes to the message “Do you wish to add LUNs or connect host”

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4 Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:

 Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your RG5
LUN Folder, locate and add three RG5 LUNs to your Linux Storage Group.
 In the Host LUN ID, enter “50” “51” “52” for the LUNs respectively. The
Host IDs are used by the Linux server to see the LUNs. If you leave them
blank, default values will be assigned.

 Click the Host tab, select your Linux host from the Available Hosts pane
and click the  to move the host to the Hosts to be Connected pane.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.
 Return to your PuTTY session to the Linux host and reboot the system by
running the following command:
reboot
 A connection error message for you PuTTY session will be displayed.
Close it and the orphaned PuTTY session.
 The Linux host will reboot in a moment. To verify its reboot, open a
Command Prompt on your Student desktop system and issue a ping
command to your Linux host. When the host replies to the ping, continue
to the next part of the lab.

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 Lab: Part 3 – Configure Linux Host Access to LUNs

Step Action

1 Run levels for iSCSI Daemon:

 Open another PuTTY session to your Linux host.

 Run the following commands:

chkconfig --list iscsi

chkconfig --level 0123456 iscsi on

These commands will check and set the run levels for the iSCSI daemon to automatically
start at boot and to shut down when the server is brought down.

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2 View PowerPath devices for your Linux host:

 From your PuTTY session to your Linux host, run the following command:
powermt display dev=all

What is the name of the pseudo-device given to each LUN?

_________________________

________________________________________________________________________
__

What is the Failover Mode set to?

______________________________________________

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3 Partition the disk and create a file system on the pseudo-device:

 The fdisk command will be run next to create disk partitions for the host on the
assigned VNX LUNs. The command is menu drive. Run the following command and
follow the listed menu options:
fdisk /dev/emcpowera

A warning message will appear, Type n to continue

Create a Primary Partition. Type p
For the number of Partitions type 1
For the first cylinder, accept the default of 1 by pressing Enter
For the last cylinder, accept the default last cylinder value by pressing Enter
Type w to write Table to disk and exit

 Next, create a file system on the disk partition by running the following command:

mkfs.ext3 /dev/emcpowera1

 Create a mount point for the new file system by running the following command:

mkdir /mntA1

 Optional: You may repeat the same tasks listed here to partition the other two
pseudo-devices, emcpowerb and emcpowerc. Use /mntB1 and /mntC1 for the
mount points.

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4 Mount and verify the device:

 Mount your emcpowera1 device to the newly created mntA1 directory.

mount /dev/emcpowera1 /mntA1

 If you have partitioned the other two pseudo-devices, you also need to mount them.

mount /dev/emcpowerb1 /mntB1

mount /dev/emcpowerc1 /mntC1

 Change directory to /mntA1 and write some data using the touch command

touch test

You should be able to write data to your Linux file system.

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5 Verify the Volumes are seen by the VNX:

 From your Student Desktop Unisphere session, navigate to Hosts and in the right side
Tasks pane Host Management section, select Connect Host.
 Type in your Linux host Address in the Enter Host IP Address field. Click Go.
 In the lower Volumes on Block Storage Systems section, verify that your mount
volumes are present.
 Click OK to close the window.
 Close your PuTTY session to your Linux host.

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 Lab Exercise: VMware ESXi Host Access to VNX Block Storage

Purpose: In this lab, you will create a VNX storage group in order to
provide an ESXi server access to LUNs.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Create a VNX storage group and add LUNs to the
storage group
 Configure ESXi host access to LUNs

References: Host Connectivity Guide for VMware ESX Server

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

ESXi host: __________________________________________________

ESXi host Address: __________________________________________________

ESXi Storage Group: __________________________________________________

Pool LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

Thick LUN: __________________________________________________

Thin LUN: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Validate ESXi server initiators:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Hosts > Initiators.
 In the Filter field enter your ESXi host.
 The Initiator Name field should list the initiator name for your host for
each SP port that is connected to. Each initiator should also be listed as
Registered and Logged In.

3 Create a Storage Group:

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.

 Create a new Storage Group by clicking Create. Create the storage group
according to the following information:

Storage Group Name: ESXi Storage Group

Reminder: Storage Group names are case sensitive.

 Click OK.
 Click Yes to the message “Do you wish to add LUNs or connect host”

4 Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:

 Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your Pool
LUN Folder, locate and add the Thick LUN and the Thin LUN to your ESXi
Storage Group.
 Click the Host tab, select your ESXi host from the Available Hosts pane
and click the  to move the hosts to the Hosts to be Connected pane.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.

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 Lab: Part 2 – Configure ESXi Host Access to LUNs

Step Action

1 System Login:

 From your Student Desktop system, launch the VMware vSphere

Client application that is available from the Desktop view or its
taskbar.

 Login using the following settings:

IP address / Name: ESXi host Address

User name: root

Password: emc2Local!

 Click Login.

2 Verify VMkernel port is setup for iSCSI:

 Navigate to the Configurations tab and select Networking from the

Hardware table on the left.
 Verify that there is a VMkernel port is setup for iSCSI traffic.

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3 Rescan ESXi server for LUNs:

 Next, select Storage Adapters from the Hardware table and right-click
iSCSI Software Adapter.
 Select Rescan to make the LUNs visible to the ESXi server. Once the
Rescan is completed, the LUNs will appear in the Details pane.

 Close the vSphere Client.

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Purpose: In this lab, you will perform VNX advanced LUN operations. It
will focus on LUN expansion and LUN Migration.

Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
 Expand a Pool-based Thick LUN
 Expand a Pool-based Thin LUN
 Expand a Classic LUN
 Migrate a LUN

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Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each item
listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Windows host: __________________________________________________

Windows host Address: __________________________________________________

Windows Storage Group: __________________________________________________

Pool LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

Thick LUN: __________________________________________________

Thin LUN: __________________________________________________

RG5 Base LUN: __________________________________________________

Base LUN Name: __________________________________________________

RG5 Stripe LUN: __________________________________________________

Source LUN: __________________________________________________

Destination LUN: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Expand a Thick LUN:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs.
 From the LUNs window, right-click on your Thick LUN and select Expand.
Note: to help locate your LUN, in the Filter field input your Student
number.
 From the LUN Expand Storage dialog, type in a New User Capacity of 10
(GB) and click OK.
 From the LUNs window, verify that your Thick LUN now has a User
Capacity of 10 GB.

3 Open Remote Desktop session to Windows host:

 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 Connect to your Windows host according to the following information:

Computer(s): Windows host

User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!

 Click Connect.

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4 Extend the volume onto the expanded LUN size:

 On your Windows Server, click on the Server Manager icon.

 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 In the Server Manager Disks pane, locate the expanded drive, it should
display 5 GB in the Unallocated column. Select the disk.
 When the disk is selected, the Volumes pane of Server Manager displays
the volume associated with the disk. Right click the volume and select
Extend Volume.
 The Extend Volume dialog opens. In the New Size field, enter the
Maximum Size number displayed in the dialog. Click OK.
 The volume will extend to the new Maximum Size.

5 Expand a Thin LUN:

 From you Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to

Storage > LUNs.
 From the LUNs window, right-click on your Thin LUN and select Expand.
Note: to help locate your LUN, in the Filter field input your Student
number.
 From the LUN Expand Storage dialog, type in a New User Capacity of 15
(GB) and click OK.
 From the LUNs window, verify that your Thin LUN now has a User
Capacity of 15 GB.

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6 Extend the volume onto the expanded LUN size:

 Access your Remote Desktop session to your Windows host.

 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 In the Server Manager Disks pane, locate the expanded drive, it should
display 5 GB in the Unallocated column. Select the disk.
 When the disk is selected, the Volumes pane of Server Manager displays
the volume associated with the disk. Right click the volume and select
Extend Volume.
 The Extend Volume dialog opens. In the New Size field, enter the
Maximum Size number displayed in the dialog. Click OK.
 The volume will extend to the new Maximum Size.

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Step Action

1 Renaming a LUN:

 From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to

Storage > LUNs.
 From the LUNs window, right-click on your RG5 Base LUN and select
Properties. Note: to help locate your LUN, in the Filter field input your
Student number.
 From LUNs name, rename the LUN to the Base LUN Name and click OK,
Yes and OK to complete the operation.

2 Expand Storage Wizard (Striping):

 From the LUNs windows, right-click the Base LUN Name and select
Expand.
 The Expand Storage Wizard will appear. Click Next.
 From the Select Expansion Type window leave the default as Striping
and click Next.
 From the Select Unused LUNs window select RG5 Stripe LUN and click
Next.
 From the Specify new LUN Capacity window click the GB and Maximum
Capacity buttons and click Next.
 From the Specify new LUN Settings window keep the defaults and click
Next
 From the Summary window, review your configuration and click Finish
 From the Results from the LUN Expansion Wizard window, once the
operation is shown as successful initiated, click Finish.

3 View the component LUNs:

 From the LUNs window, when the expansion completes, the Base LUN
Name LUN icon will change to represent a metaLUN.
 From the LUNs window, right-click the Base LUN Name and select Show
Component LUNs.
 Expand the Component 0 container.

What LUN IDs were assigned for each component?

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4 Add the MetaLUN to your Windows host:

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.

 Select your Windows Storage Group and click Properties.
 In the Storage Group Properties window, select LUNs tab and expand
the MetaLUNs container.
 Locate your Base LUN Name and click Add.
 Click OK, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
 Access your Remote Desktop session to your Windows host.
 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Your disk should appear as Offline. Right click on the drive and select
Bring Online.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
 Verify that the drive is Online.
 Right click on the drive and select Initialize.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to continue. Click
Yes.
 Right click on the drive and select New Volume.
 The New Volume Wizard will appear. Click Next.
 For the Specify the Size of the Volume click Next.
 For Assign to a drive letter or folder select Drive Letter M and click Next.
 For Select file system settings use the defaults.
 Review your configuration and click Create.

5 Verify the MetaLUN volume is seen by the VNX:

 From your Student Desktop Unisphere session, navigate to Hosts and in

the right side Tasks pane Host Management section, select Connect
Host.
 Type in your Windows host Address in the Enter Host IP Address field.
Click Go.
 In the lower Volumes on Block Storage Systems section, verify that the
volume for the M: drive is present.
 Click OK to close the window.

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 Lab: Part 3 – Migrating LUNs

Step Action

1 Navigate to LUNs:

 In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > LUNs.

LUN Migration moves data from a source LUN to a destination LUN of the
same size or larger within a single storage system. This migration is
accomplished without disruption to the applications running on the host.
LUNs can be the target or source of LUN migration operations. LUN
Migration can enhance performance or increase disk utilization for your
changing business needs and applications by allowing the user to change
LUN type and characteristics, such as RAID type or size, while their
Production volume remains online. LUNs can be moved between pools or to
a Classic LUN in another RAID group. This exercise will migrate a RAID Group
LUN to a Pool-based thin LUN.

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2 Migrate a LUN:

 Locate and select the Source LUN and click Properties. Note: to help
locate your LUN, in the Filter field input your Student number.
 Fill in the following information:
o Unique ID (WWN): __________________
o RAID Type: ________________________
o RAID Group: _______________________
o User Capacity: _____________________
o Current Owner: ____________________
 Click Cancel to close the properties window.
 Locate and select the Destination LUN and click Properties. Note: to help
locate your LUN, in the Filter field input your Student number.
 Fill in the following information:
o Unique ID (WWN): __________________
o RAID Type: ________________________
o Pool: _____________________________
o User Capacity: _____________________
o Current Owner: ____________________
 Click Cancel to close the properties window.
 Right-click the Source LUN and select Migrate. This will launch the Start
Migration window.
 For a Migration Rate select Low.
 From the Available Destination LUNs section, expand Thin_LUNs and
select the Destination LUN for the destination LUN. Click OK, Yes, Yes,
OK.

3 View Migration:

 Select Source LUN and click Properties. Click the Migration tab to view
the migration progress.
 Can the migration rate be changed while the migration is taking place?
_____________
 Click Cancel.
 Navigate to Storage > LUNs > LUN Folders. Under LUN Folders select the
Private LUNs folder.
 Is the Destination LUN shown under details?
_______________________
o Note: If the migration has completed the LUN will not be shown.

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4 Successful Migration:

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs > Select Source LUN and click Properties.
 Select the Migration tab. Set the migration rate to ASAP.
 Wait until the migration completes.
 Once completed, fill in the following information:
o Unique ID (WWN): __________________
o User Capacity: _____________________
o RAID Type: ________________________
o RAID Group: _______________________
o User Capacity: _____________________
o Current Owner: ____________________
 Click Cancel.
 Compare this information to the Source LUN information you wrote
down in step 2 of this exercise.
 What
changed?____________________________________________________
__
 In the LUNs window search for LUN Destination LUN.
 Does LUN Destination LUN still exist?
________________________________________

 On the Windows host, close all open windows and application.

 Disconnect from the Remote Desktop session by accessing the Logoff
Session icon which is available from the Windows host Desktop view or
its taskbar.

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 Lab Exercise: SnapView SnapShots

Purpose: To learn the skills for configuring a SnapView environment.

Create SnapView snapshots and sessions to demonstrate
SnapView use to Windows hosts. Perform a rollback of a snap
and also create a consistent session containing SnapView
snapshots of multiple LUNs.
You will be working with two Windows hosts in this lab
exercise. One host will be a primary host and the other host is
needed to access the SnapView Snapshot.

Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
 Verify that SnapView is enabled on the VNX
 Verify that the required LUNs and Storage Groups are
present on the VNX
 Allocate LUNs to the Reserve LUN Pool
 Create and Test a SnapView snapshot
 Test Snapview session persistence
 Rollback a SnapView session
 Start and test a consistent Snapview session
 Test the operation of the Reserved LUN Pool

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Windows host: __________________________________________________

RG10 LUN: __________________________________________________

Windows Storage Group: __________________________________________________

RG10 LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

SnapViewVol: __________________________________________________

SnapView Snap: __________________________________________________

SnapView Session: __________________________________________________

Peer Storage Group: __________________________________________________

Peer Windows host: __________________________________________________

SnapView Session 2: __________________________________________________

SnapView Session_R: __________________________________________________

RG10 LUN CS1: __________________________________________________

SnapView CS1: __________________________________________________

RG10 LUN CS2: __________________________________________________

SnapView CS2: __________________________________________________

Consistent Session: __________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 1 – Verify the Reserved LUN Pool

Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify that SnapView is licensed:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 From the navigation bar select System.
 From the right-side Tasks Pane in the System Management section, click
the System Properties link.
 Click the Software tab on the Storage System Properties dialog.
 The dialog displays a list of the licensed products. Verify that the
following entry appears (note the dash in front of the name):
o -SnapView
 If the entry is present, then the SnapView software is ready to be used. If
the entry is not present, consult the instructor.
 Click Cancel

3 Verify free Reserved LUN Pool LUNs:

 Navigate to Data Protection > Reserved LUN Pool and select the Free
LUNs tab.
 The Reserved LUN Pool has already been configured. The LUNs free are
RLP_LUN_2010 through RLP_LUN_2041
 Select one of the RLP LUNs and click Properties.
 Click Ok once you have answered the question below.
 Which LUN Folder contains the RLP LUNs? ________________

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 Lab: Part 2 – Create a SnapView SnapShot

Step Action

1 Add LUN to the Storage Group:

In this step a LUN will be identified for use as a source LUN for the SnapView
Snapshot.

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups. Select your Windows Storage

Group and click Properties.
 Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your RG10
LUNs Folder, locate and add the RG10 LUN to your Windows Storage
Group.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.

2 Access Remote Desktop of Windows host::

 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 Connect to your Windows host according to the following information:

Computer(s): Enter your Windows host

User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!

 Click Connect.

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3 Bring disk Online:

 Click the Server Manager icon on the taskbar of your Windows host.
 From the Server Manager window, expand the File and Storage Services
container on the left-side panel and select Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Disks that were previously allocated to the host will still be present.
 Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring the disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
 Verify that the drive is now “Online”.

4 Initialize Disk:

 Right click on the drive and select “Initialize”.

 A message will appear asking if you are sure that you want to continue.
Click Yes.

5 Create a new Simple Volume named SnapViewLUN:

 Right click on the drive and select “New Volume”.

 The New Volume Wizard will appear. Click Next.
 For the Select the server and disk click Next.
 For the Specify the Size of the Volume click Next.
 For Assign to a drive letter or folder use the default and click Next.
 For Select file system settings enter the name SnapViewVol in the
Volume label field.
 Review your configuration and click Create.

What is the drive letter for the new simple volume you just
created?_____________________

 Close Server Manager.

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6 Create a folder and a text file on the new volume:

In this step data will be created on the source LUN to establish a data state
that will be captured using a SnapView Snapshot.

 Open your SnapViewVol volume, right click the empty space and select
New > Folder.
 Name the folder SnapView.
 Open the SnapView folder.
 Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
 Name the file SnapView.txt.
 Open SnapView.txt file and add some text into the file, such as your
student number, date and time and save it.

7 Create a SnapView Snapshot:

In this step a SnapView Snapshot is created for the source LUN. The snapshot
creates the framework for the SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN. It does not
define the point-in-time view of the data nor does it make the virtual LUN
visible to a host.

 From your Student Desktop system, in your Unisphere session, navigate

to Storage > LUNs.
 From the LUNs section, right click the RG10 LUN and select SnapView >
Create Snapshot.
 Name the Snapshot SnapView Snap.
 Do not assign the Snapshot to the Storage Group.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.

8 View Snapshot Source LUNs:

 Navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots> LUN Snapshots.

 No VNX Snapshots have been created at this point; click OK to
acknowledge any message that appears
 Select the SnapView Snapshots tab.
 Click the Source LUNs tab. Select the RG10 LUN.
 In the Snapshot Details pane you will see that the state of SnapView
Snap is Inactive.

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9 Start a SnapView Session:

In this step a SnapView Snapshot Session is created. The session defines the
point-in-time data state that the SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN will capture.

 Select the Source LUNs tab

 Right-click the RG10 LUN and select SnapView > Start SnapView Session
 Name the session SnapView Session.
 Leave all other parameters at their default values.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.
 Click the Sessions tab. The SnapView Session will be present.

10 Activate the Snapshot for the session:

In this step the SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN will be activated which makes
it available to be seen by a host. An inactive snapshot cannot be presented
to a host and thus its point-in-time data state cannot be viewed by a host.

 Click the Snapshot LUNs tab and select SnapView Snap. Click Activate.
 Select SnapView Session from the Available Snapshot Sessions pane and
click OK, Yes, OK.
 Navigate to Data Protection > Reserved LUN Pool. Under the Allocated
LUNs tab expand RG10 LUN.

Which Reserved LUN is in the RG10 LUN container?

________________________________

 Select the Reserved LUN and click Pool Properties.

What is the current Usage?

___________________________________________________

 Click OK.

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11 Delete the text file from your SnapViewVol volume:

In this step the data on the source LUN will be changed to illustrate how the
SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN captures the point-in-time data state of the
source LUN.

 Access your existing RDP Plus session to your Windows host.

 On your Windows host, launch File Explorer which is available from

the Desktop view or its taskbar.
 Open the SnapViewVol drive.
 Delete the SnapView.txt file you previously created.

12 Add snapshot to your peer (Secondary) Windows Host Storage Group:

In this step the SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN will be presented to a backup
host to view the point-in-time preserved data state of the source LUN.

 In Unisphere, click Hosts > Storage Groups from the navigation bar.
 From the Storage Groups window locate your Peer Storage Group.
 If the Peer Storage Group is not present, click Create to create it.
 Click Properties.
 Select the LUNs tab on the Storage Group Properties dialog.
 Expand the SnapView Snaps container, select SnapView Snap and click
Add. Then click OK, Yes, OK.

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13 Navigate to the Server Manager menu on your peer (Secondary) Windows host
and verify Snapshot:

 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
 Connect to your Peer Windows host according to the following
information:

Computer(s): Enter your Peer Windows host

User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!

 Click Connect.
 On the peer Windows Server, click on the Server Manager icon.
 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
 Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
 Verify that the drive is “Online”.
 When the scan is complete, select your disk and verify that the drive
letter is present below in the volume section. If no, assign one.
 Open the File Explorer and select the SnapViewVol drive. You should see
the SnapView.txt file you deleted on your primary Windows host.
 Close Server Manager.

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14 Create a text file on the Snapshot:

In this step the data state of the SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN will be
changed to illustrate how changes made to it do not affect the source LUN
data state.

 From your Peer Windows host, open your SnapViewVol (Snapshot)

volume, right click the empty space and select New > Folder. Name the
folder SnapView_Snapshot.
 Open the SnapView_Snapshot folder.
 Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
 Name the file SnapView_Snapshot_file.txt.
 Open SnapView_Snapshot_file.txt and add some text into the file, such
as your student number, date and time and save it.

15 Verify that no changes have been made to the source Volume:

 From your Student Desktop system, access your existing RDP session to
your Windows host.
 Open the File Explorer and select and open the SnapViewVol volume.
 Verify that the text file that was created on the Snapshot is not present
on the source volume.

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 Lab: Part 3 – Test Persistence of a SnapView Session

Step Action

1 Trespass LUNs:

In this step the source LUN of the SnapView Snapshot will be trespassed to
illustrate the persistence of the SnapView Snapshot Session. The peer SP will
own the trespassed source LUN and will also acquire ownership of the
associated reserved LUNs to maintain session persistence.

 From you Student Desktop system, in the Unisphere session, navigate to

Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots. Click OK to clear any
message that appears.
 Click the SnapView Snapshots tab, and then click the Source LUNs tab.
 Right click RG10 LUN, and choose Trespass. Click Yes, OK.

2 Check to see if the session survived the LUN trespass:

 Click the refresh icon in the upper right hand corner of the pane.
 Select the source LUN, and click the Properties button. The LUN has been
trespassed if the Current Owner and Default Owner are different SPs.
Click Cancel to close the dialog.
 Click the Sessions tab and verify the state of SnapView Session.

Did SnapView Session survive the trespass? Why or why not?

________________________

3 Look for a trespass event in the SPA Event Log:

 Navigate to System > Monitoring and Alerts > SP Event Logs and select
Show SPA Event Log. Click Yes to dismiss any informational dialog that
appears.

Does the SP event log have a record for the trespass?

_________________________________

 Click Cancel to close the SPA Events dialog.

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 Lab: Part 4 – Test the SnapView Rollback Feature

Step Action

1 Create a second Snapview Session:

 In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots.

Click OK to dismiss any informational dialog that appears.
 Click the SnapView Snapshots tab, and then click the Source LUNs tab.
 Right-click RG10 LUN and click Snapview > Start Snapview Session.
Name the new session SnapView Session 2 and click OK, Yes, OK.
 Expand RG10 LUN. It should now be populated with two sessions:
o SnapView Session 2
o SnapView Session (created previously)

2 Create a text file on the source Volume:

In this step the source LUN data state will be updated to illustrate the effect
of a SnapView Snapshot Session Rollback operation on the source LUN data.

 From the existing RDP session to your Windows host, open File Explorer.
 Open your SnapViewVol volume, right click the empty space and select
New > Folder.
 Name the folder SnapView2.
 Open the SnapView2 folder.
 Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
 Name the file SnapView2.txt.
 Open SnapView2.txt and add some text into the file, such as your
student number, date and time and save it. Close the file and close File
Explorer.

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3 Using Admsnap:

In this step the host will release the source LUN device to prepare the LUN
for the data state change of the session Rollback operation.

 Open the Command Prompt on your Windows host.

 Change to the directory containing admsnap by typing the following:
o cd \Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server Utility\
 Type the following command:
o admsnap_win2k12.exe clone_deactivate –o <SnapViewVol drive
letter>:
 The command should look similar to this when finished:

C:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server Utility\admsnap_win2k12.exe

clone_deactivate –o E:

4 Rollback the session:

In this step the SnapView Snapshot Session point-in-time view data state of
the source LUN will be restored to the source LUN with the Rollback
operation.

 From your Student Desktop, in the Unisphere session, click the Source
LUNs tab. Select SnapView Session and select Rollback.
 In the Start Rollback dialog, under SnapView Recovery Session, check
the Start Session box and for Session Name type SnapView Session_R.
For the Rollback Rate select High. Click OK, Yes, Yes, OK.

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5 Re-activate the Source Volume:

In this step the host will reacquire the source LUN device so its new data
state can be seen.

 From the existing RDP session to your Windows host, open a Command
Prompt.
 Change to the directory that contains admsnap
 Type the following command:
o admsnap_win2k12.exe clone_activate
 The command should look something like this when finished:

C:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\ServerUtility\admsnap_win2k12.exe

clone_activate

 Wait for the Rollback process to complete.

6 Verify Rollback Process:

 From the Server Manager window on your Windows host, select File and
Storage Services > Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
 Close Server Manager.
 Open the File Explorer. Open the SnapViewVol volume. The file
SnapView2.txt should not be present.

Which file(s) is/are present on the drive? Why?

_________________________________

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 Lab: Part 5 – Start and Test a Consistent SnapView Session

Step Action

1 Create SnapView snapshot of RG10 LUN CS1:

In this step a new SnapView Snapshot will be created for a new source LUN.
It will be used as one member of a SnapView Snapshot Consistent Session.

 In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > LUNs > LUNs.

 Right-click RG10 LUN CS1 and select SnapView > Create Snapshot.
 Name the Snapshot SnapView CS1.
 Do not assign the Snapshot to a Storage Group.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.

2 Create SnapView snapshot of RG10 LUN CS2:

In this step another new SnapView Snapshot will be created for another new
source LUN. It will be used as a second member of a SnapView Snapshot
Consistent Session.

 Right-click RG10 LUN CS2 and select SnapView > Create Snapshot.
 Name the Snapshot SnapView CS2.
 Do not assign the Snapshot to a Storage Group.
 Click OK, Yes, OK.

3 Start a Consistent session:

In this step a new SnapView SnapShot Session will be created using the
Consistent option having two members. This results in the single session
capturing the data state of its two member source LUNs to the same point-
in-time.

 Navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots and click the
SnapView Snapshots tab, and then select the Source LUNs tab. Clear any
informational dialog by clicking OK.
 Right-click RG10 LUN CS1 and select SnapView > Start SnapView Session.
 Name the session Consistent Session and check the Consistent checkbox.
 Expand containers SPA and SPB and select RG10 LUN CS2 and click Add.
Then click OK, Yes, OK.

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4 Activate Snapshot SnapView CS1:

This step will make the SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN available for viewing
by a host.
 Click the Snapshot LUNs tab. Select SnapView CS1 and click Activate.
 From the Available Sessions pane select Consistent Session and click OK,
Yes, OK.

5 Activate Snapshot SnapView CS2:

This step will make the SnapView Snapshot virtual LUN available for viewing
by a host.
 Click the Snapshot LUNs tab. Select SnapView CS2 and click Activate.
 From the Available Sessions pane select Consistent Session and click OK,
Yes, OK.

6 Verify Consistent Session:

 Click the Sessions tab.

 Select the Consisent Session and click Properties.
 Verify the Mode(s) are Persistent, Consistent.
 In the Member LUNs list, verify that Source LUNs RG10 LUN CS1 and
RG10 LUN CS2 are present. Click OK.

7 Close applications:

 Close all applications and open windows on the RDP sessions to your host
systems.
 Disconnect your RDP sessions to your Windows host systems

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 Lab Exercise: SnapView Clones

Purpose: To learn the skills for configuring SnapView Clones. Allocate

Clone Private LUNs for creating Clones. Create Clone Groups
and clone a source LUN. Fracture the clone to demonstrate
SnapView Clone use to Windows hosts.
You will be working with two Windows hosts in this lab
exercise. One host will be a primary host and the other host is
needed to access the SnapView Snapshot.

Students perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Allocate Clone Private LUNs and enable protected restore
 Create and test a Clone using Unisphere
 Perform a Clone consistent fracture

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Windows host: __________________________________________________

Thin LUN ID: __________________________________________________

Thin LUN Name: __________________________________________________

Clone Group 1: __________________________________________________

Pool LUN Folder: __________________________________________________

Source LUN 1: __________________________________________________

Clone LUN1: __________________________________________________

Peer Windows host: __________________________________________________

Peer host Storage Group: __________________________________________________

Clone Group 2: __________________________________________________

Windows Storage Group: __________________________________________________

Source LUN 2: __________________________________________________

Clone LUN 2: __________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 1 – Clone Private LUNs and Enable Protected Restore

Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify that Clone Private LUNs are configured on your VNX system:

In this step the presence of preconfigured Clone Private LUNs is verified. Also
verified is that the Protected Restore option is enabled. With Protected
Restore enabled, a Clone may not be updated with new I/O during a restore
operation.

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Data Protection > Clones.
 From the Protection menu on the right side of the screen, select
Configure Clone Settings.
 The Clone Private LUNs CPL_LUN_2042 and CLP_LUN_2043 have already
been configured and are located here in the Clone Private LUNs section.
 Verify that the Protected Restore checkbox is enabled. If not, check it.
 Click Cancel once you have answered the question below.

What is the capacity of the CPLs? ___________________________________

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 Lab: Part 2 – Create and Test a Clone

Step Action

1 Create Thin LUNs on the Block Pool:

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs and Click Create. Create three (3) LUNs in the
General tab with the following settings:

Storage Pool Type: Pool

RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: CHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: Thin LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 3
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thin LUN Name
Starting ID: Thin LUN ID

 Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:

Set Default Owner: Auto

Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked

 Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation. Three Thin LUNs are
created having ascending IDs starting with the Thin LUN ID.

2 Create a Clone Group:

In this step a source LUN to be cloned is selected for creating a Clone Group
and will be the LUN that is cloned.
 Navigate to Data Protection > Clones.
 From the Protection menu on the right side of the screen, select Create
Clone Group.
 Name the Clone Group Clone Group 1.
 From the LUNs to be Cloned window, expand the Pool LUN Folder and
select the Source LUN 1 (this is the thick LUN that was expanded to 10 GB
in a previous lab exercise). Click OK, Yes, OK.
 The selected LUN will appear under the Source LUNs tab.

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3 Add a Clone LUN to your Clone Group:

In this step the LUN to operate as the Clone will be selected for the Clone
Group.
 Select the Source LUN 1 and select Add Clone.
 Expand the SP and Thin LUN containers to view a list of available LUNs
(remember only LUNS of the same size are eligible).
 Select the Clone LUN 1 and apply the following parameters:

Check the Initial Sync Required checkbox (should be checked by default)

Check the Use Protected Restore checkbox.
Recovery Policy: Automatic
Synchronization Rate: High

 Click Apply, Yes, Yes, OK, Cancel.

4 Clone Properties:
 Click the Clone LUNs tab.
 Select the Clone LUN 1 and click Properties.
Note the Clone ID ________________________
 Click Cancel.

5 Identify Source LUN Drive letter:

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs.
 Locate your Source LUN 1. Note: Enter your Student number into the
Filter field to help locate the LUN.
 In the Host Information column your Windows host Drive letter for the
LUN will be displayed.

Record the Source LUN 1 Drive letter:

____________________________________

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6 Create a text file on the source LUN:

In this step the Data state of the source LUN will be established to illustrate
how the Clone LUN captures the source data state.

 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
 Connect to your Windows host according to the following information:

Computer(s): Enter your Windows host

User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!
 On your Windows host, launch File Explorer and open the Drive letter
recorded from the previous step.
 Right click the empty space and select New > Folder.
 Name the folder Clone_1.
 Open the folder Clone_1.
 Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
 Name the file Clone_1.txt
 Open Clone_1.txt and add some text into the file, such as your student
number, date and time and save it. Close the file and close File Explorer.

7 Flush the host buffers:

This step to ensures data written by the host is flushed from host buffers
down to the source LUN.

 Open a Command Prompt on your on your Windows host.

 Change directories to Admsnap to by typing the following:

cd \Program Files<x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\

 Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:

admsnap_win2k12 flush –o <drive letter>:

The command should look similar to the following command.
admsnap_win2k12.exe flush –o H:

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8 Fracture Clone:
In this step the Clone is fractured and is no longer synchronized to the source
LUN.
 From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to Data
Protection > Clones and select the Clone LUNs tab.
o Select the Clone LUN 1 and click Fracture, Yes, OK. The Clone
state will change to Consistent.
 Select the Clone LUN 1 and click Properties.
What is displayed after “Is Fractured”? _____________________
 Click Cancel

9 Add the Clone to your peer host:

In this step the Clone LUN is made available to the peer host.

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.

 Select your Peer host Storage Group and click Connect LUNs.
 Expand the SPA and SPB containers and select the Clone LUN 1 and click
Add.
 Then click OK, Yes, OK.

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10 Make the Clone visible to the secondary host, and add a text file:
In this step the data state of the Clone LUN is modified to illustrate
operations to a fractured clone.

 Launch the RDP Plus application and establish an RDP session to your
Peer Windows host according to the following information:

Computer(s): Enter your Peer Windows host

User: Administrator
 Password: emc2Local!
 On your Peer Windows host, click on the Server Manager icon.
 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
 Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
 Verify that the drive is “Online”.
Server Manager will assign a non-conflicting drive letter to the new volume.
Record the Drive letter assigned.
____________________________________________
 Launch File Explorer and open the drive for the new volume.
 Create a new folder named Fractured, and then a new file named
Fractured.txt. Add some text into the file, such as your student number,
date and time.

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11 Deactivate the Clone from your peer Windows host:

 Open the Command Prompt on your peer Windows.

 Change to the directory where admsnap is found by typing the following:

cd c:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server

Utility\

 Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:

admsnap_win2k12 flush –o <drive letter>:

 Deactivate the Clone with admsnap:
admsnap_win2k12 clone_deactivate –o <drive
letter>:
The drive letter is the drive letter recorded in step 10.

12 Deactivate the source LUN from Windows host:

 Access the existing RDP session to your Windows host.
 Open the Command Prompt on your Windows host.
 Change to the directory where admsnap is found by typing the following:
cd c:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\

 Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:

admsnap_win2k12 flush –o <drive letter>:

The drive letter is the drive letter of the source recorded in step 5.
 Deactivate the source LUN with admsnap:
admsnap_win2k12 clone_deactivate –o <drive
letter>:
The drive letter is the drive letter of the source LUN recorded in step 5.

13 Reverse Synchronize the Clone:

In this step the data state of the Clone is reverse synchronized to the source
LUN.

 In Unisphere session on your Student Desktop, navigate to Data

Protection > Clones.
 Then click the Clone LUNs tab.
 Select the Clone LUN 1 and click Reverse Synchronize.
 Click Yes, OK.

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14 Activate the Volume:

 From the existing RDP session to your Windows host, open a Command
Prompt.
 Change to the directory that contains admsnap
 Type the following command:

admsnap_win2k12.exe clone_activate

 The command should look something like this when finished:

C:\Program Files
<x86>\EMC\ServerUtility\admsnap_win2k12.exe
clone_activate

15 Rescan disks on your Windows host:

 From your existing RDP session to your Windows host, access Server
Manager.
 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
 Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
 Verify that the drive is “Online”.

16 Verify Data on the source LUN:

In this step the source LUN data state is verified to be that of the Clone LUN
illustrating the reverse synchronization updated the source LUN.
 On your Windows host, open the File Explorer open the Source LUN 1
drive.
 Verify that the data on the Source LUN is identical to that on the Clone.
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Step Action

1 Add second source LUN to Storage Group:

In this step an additional LUN is added to the host to act as a second source
LUN to be cloned.

 From the Unisphere session on your Student Desktop system, navigate to

Hosts >Storage Groups.
 Select your Windows Storage Group and click Connect LUNs.
 Expand the Thin LUN container, and select Source LUN 2 and click Add.
Click OK, Yes, OK.

2 Rescan disks on your Windows host:

 Establish an RDP session to your Windows host and access Server

Manager.
 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
 Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.
Verify that the drive is “Online”.

3 Create a new Simple Volume:

 Right click on the drive and select “New Volume”.

 The New Volume Wizard will appear. Click Next.
 For the Select the server and disk click Next.
 For the Specify the Size of the Volume click Next.
 For Assign to a drive letter or folder use the default and click Next.
 For Select file system settings use the default and click Next.
 Review your configuration and click Create.

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4 Create a text file on the second source LUN:

In this step the data state of the second source LUN is established.

 On your Windows host, open File Manager.

 Open the new volume, right click the empty space and select New >
Folder.
 Name the folder Clone_2.
 Open the folder Clone_2.
 Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
 Name the file Clone_2.txt
 Open Clone_2.txt and add some text into the file, such as your student
number, date and time and save it.

5 Create a second Clone Group:

In this step a second Clone Group will be created and contain the second
source LUN.
 From the existing Unisphere session on your Student Desktop navigate to
Data Protection > Clones.
 From the Protection menu on the right side of the screen, select Create
Clone Group.
 Name the Clone Group Clone Group 2.
 From the LUNs to be Cloned window, expand the Thin LUNs container
and select Source LUN 2. Click OK, Yes, OK.
 The Source LUN 2 will appear under the Source LUNs tab.

6 Add a Clone:
In this step a Clone LUN is selected for the second Clone Group.
 Select Source LUN 2 and select Add Clone.
 Expand the Thin LUNs container to view a list of available LUNs
(remember only LUNS of the same size are eligible).
 Select Clone LUN 2 and apply the following parameters:
Check the Use Protected Restore checkbox.
Recovery Policy: Automatic
Synchronization Rate: High
 Click Apply, Yes, OK, Cancel.

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7 Synchronize Clone Group 1:

 Click the Clone LUNs tab.
 Select Clone LUN 1 and click Synchronize.
 Click Yes, OK.

8 Consistently Fracture two Clone Groups:

In this step both Clone LUNs will be fractured at the same time to illustrate a
consistent fracture time for each LUN preserving the point-in-time
restartable copy across the set of clones..

 Click the Clone LUNs tab.

 Verify if both Clone Groups Clone Group 1 and Clone Group 2 are
synchronized.
 Hold the Control key and highlight both Clone Groups Clone Group 1 and
Clone Group 2.
 Click Fracture, Yes, OK to complete the fracture of the Clone Groups.
 Look at the fracture time of each clone from the Properties button.

Are the fracture times the same? Why or why not?

____________________________________

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 Lab Exercise: VNX SnapShots

Purpose: To ensure that the environment is configured correctly for

VNX Snapshot. To learn the skills for configuring VNX Snap
environment. Create and test VNX Snapshots. Test the
Restore feature. Create and test the VNX Snapshot
Consistency Group feature.
You will be working with two Windows hosts in this lab
exercise. One host will be a primary host and the other host is
needed to access the SnapView Snapshot.

Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
 Verify that the VNX Snapshots feature is enabled on the
VNX
 Verify that the required Pool and Pool LUNs are present
on the VNX
 Create and Test a VNX Snapshot
 Test the VNX Snapshot Restore feature
 Start and test a VNX Snapshot Consistency Group

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Windows host: __________________________________________________

Thick LUN ID: __________________________________________________

Thick LUN Name: __________________________________________________

Thick LUN: __________________________________________________

Snapshot Folder: __________________________________________________

VNX Snapshot: __________________________________________________

Windows Storage Group: __________________________________________________

Peer Windows host: __________________________________________________

VNX Snapshot Copy: __________________________________________________

CG LUN ID: __________________________________________________

CG LUN Name: __________________________________________________

Snap CG: __________________________________________________

CG LUNs: __________________________________________________

CG Snapshot: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify that the VNX Snapshots feature is licensed:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 From the navigation bar select System.
 From the right-side Tasks Pane in the System Management section, click
the System Properties link.
 Click the Software tab on the System Properties dialog.
 The dialog displays a list of the licensed products. Verify that the
following entry appears (note the dash in front of the name):
o -VNXSnapshots
 If the entry is present, then the VNX Replication Software is ready to be
used. If the entry is not present, consult the instructor.
 Click Cancel

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3 Create a Thick LUN on the Block Pool:

This step creates a LUN to be used as a Primary LUN for VNX Snapshots to
replicate.

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs and Click Create. Create a LUN in the General
tab with the following settings:

Storage Pool Type: Pool

RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: UNCHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: Thick LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 1
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thick LUN Name

 Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:

Set Default Owner: Auto

Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked

Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation. One Thick LUN is created.

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 Lab: Part 2 – Create a VNX Snapshot with EMC Unisphere

Step Action

1 Host disk access preparation:

In this and the following steps the new Primary LUN is made accessible as a
volume to the primary host.

 In Unisphere, navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.

 Select your Windows Storage Group and click Connect LUNs.
 From the Selected LUNs section, select all the existing LUNs and click the
Remove button.
 Click OK, Remove LUNs from storage group, OK.
This operation removes LUNs previously assigned to the host.

2 Add LUN to your Windows host:

 Select your Windows Storage Group and click Connect LUNs

 Expand the SPA and SPB containers and locate your newly created Thick
LUN and click Add. Click OK, Yes, OK to dismiss the dialog.

3 Scan for new disk on your Windows host:

 Establish an RDP session to your Windows host.

 On your Windows host, click on the Server Manager icon.
 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk
online on the server. Click Yes.

Verify that the drive is “Online”.

4 Initialize the new disks:

 From the Server Manager Disks pane, right click the new disk and select
Initialize.

A message will appear asking if you are sure that you want to continue. Click Yes.

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5 Create New Simple Volume:

 Right click the initialized disk and select “New Volume”.

 The New Volume Wizard will appear. Click Next.
 For the Select the server and disk click Next.
 For the Specify the Size of the Volume click Next.
 For Assign to a drive letter or folder use the default and click Next.
 For Select file system settings use the default and click Next.
 Review your configuration and click Create.

Record the drive letter for the volume. ________________

Close Server Manager

6 Create a folder and a text file on the volume:

This step establishes the data state of the Primary LUN to illustrate how VNX
Snapshots replicates the data.

 In File Explorer open the volume, right click the empty space and select
New > Folder.
 Name the folder Snapshot Folder.
 Open the folder Snapshot Folder.
 Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
 Name the file Snapshot_file.txt.

Open Snapshot_file.txt and add some text into the file, such as your student
number, date and time and save it.

7 Create a VNX Snapshot on the volume:

This step creates a VNX Snapshot which captures the point-in-time data state
of the Primary LUN.

 In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > LUNs.

 From the LUNs menu, right click the Thick LUN and select Snapshot >
Create Snapshot.
 Name the Snapshot VNX Snapshot. In the Description area, enter the
Thick LUN to identify the source LUN.

Click OK, OK.

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8 Create a snapshot mount point:

This step creates the Snapshot Mount Point which is presented to a

secondary host as an uninitialized disk.

 In the Wizards area, click on Snapshot Mount Point Configuration

Wizard.
 Read the Welcome screen and click Next
 Select your Windows host from the Server List pane and click Next.
 Select your VNX from the list of storage systems and click Next.
 In the Available LUNs your Windows Storage Group will be expanded.
Select the Thick LUN and click Add. Click Next.
 Leave the Snapshot Mount Point Name at the default value, and click
Next.
 Select and check your Peer Windows host from the Server List pane and
click Next.
 Review the summary, and click Finish.
 Read the messages in the Results dialog (they should all show green
check marks) and click Finish.

Open an RDP session to your Peer Windows host. Verify that the mount point is
shown as an uninitialized disk in Server Manager.

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9 Attach the Snapshot to the peer Windows host:

In this step a copy of the VNX Snapshot is made and attached to the VNX
Snapshot Mount Point. The snapshot copy presents a point-in-time data
state of the Primary LUN to the secondary host.

 Navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots.

 Click the Snapshots tab. You should see the Thick LUN.
 Expand the Thick LUN to view snapshots under the LUN.
 Select VNX Snapshot, and click the Attach button.
 Select the Peer Windows host from the Server List pane, and check the
Create a copy of point in time snapshot checkbox. Name the copy VNX
Snapshot Copy. Click Next.
 Leave the Attach copy radio button selected, and click Next
 Review the summary, and click Finish.
 Read the messages in the Results dialog (they should all show green
check marks) and click Finish.

The VNX Snapshot Copy should now show Yes under the Modified column, and
should also show that it is attached to your Peer Windows host.

10 Create a file on the VNX Snapshot from your Peer Window host:

This step creates data on the VNX Snapshot copy to illustrate how data
operations to it do not affect the Primary LUN data state.

 Rescan disks on your Peer Windows host. You should now see a 10 GB
disk with the same data content as primary LUN (Thick LUN). It will have
a different drive letter.

Record the drive letter assigned. ______________________________

 Verify that the file Snapshot_file.txt is present on the volume.

 Create a new file, name it Snapshot_file_new.txt , and add text to it as
before.

Verify that the new file is not present on the primary LUN (on your Windows
host).

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Step Action

1 Flush host buffers on your Peer Windows host, and detach the Snapshot:

This is a preparatory step for the Snapshot copy Restore operation. The host
buffers are flushed to ensure the data written to the snapshot copy is flushed to
disk. Then the snapshot copy is detached from the host.
 From the RDP session to your Peer Windows host, flush the host buffers for the
snapshot.
 Change to the directory where admsnap is found by typing the following:
cd c:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\

 Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:

admsnap_win2k12 flush –o <drive letter>:

 In Unisphere, select VNX Snapshot copy and click Detach. Leave the Retain…
checkbox checked, and click Yes, OK.

How has the status of VNX Snapshot copy

changed?_________________________________

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2 Take the primary LUN offline, and restore VNX Snapshot copy:

This step prepares the Primary LUN for the Restore operation by first flushing the
primary host buffers to the Primary LUN and deactivating it. Then the Restore
operation from the Snapshot copy is performed to the Primary LUN. A restore
point snapshot of the Primary LUN is created to capture its data state prior to the
Restore operation.
 Open a Command Prompt on your Windows host.
 Change to the directory where admsnap is found by typing the following:
cd c:\Program Files <x86>\EMC\Unisphere Server
Utility\

 Flush the Source LUN host buffers by typing the following command:

admsnap_win2k12 flush –o <drive letter>:

 Deactivate the source LUN with admsnap:
admsnap_win2k12 clone_deactivate –o <drive letter>:
 In Unisphere, select VNX Snapshot copy and click the Restore button. Click Yes,
OK, OK.
 Leave the Retain… checkbox checked, and click Yes, OK.
 Verify that a new VNX Snapshot has been taken of the primary LUN.

3 Verify that the primary LUN has been restored:

This step verifies the data state of the snapshot copy has been restored to the
Primary LUN.
 Activate the primary LUN with admsnap:
admsnap_win2k12 clone_activate
 Confirm that the primary LUN is visible to your Windows host. It will likely have
a different drive letter.
 Verify that the primary LUN has the same files as the VNX Snapshot.

Why are files Snapshot_file.txt and Snapshot_file_new.txt both present on the source
LUN?
_______________________________________________________________________

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 Lab: Part 4 – Create and Test a VNX Snapshot Consistency Group

Step Action

1 Create Thick LUNs on the Block Pool:

This step creates two new LUNs to be used as Primary LUNs for a Snapshot Consistency
Group.

 Navigate to Storage > LUNs and Click Create. Create two LUNs in the General tab
with the following settings:

Storage Pool Type: Pool

RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: UNCHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: CG LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 2
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your CG LUN Name
Starting ID: CG LUN ID

 Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:

Set Default Owner: Auto

Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked

 Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation. Two Thick LUNs are created
with IDs in ascending order.

2 Add LUNs to the Windows host:

This and the next few steps creates access to the two LUNs by the Primary host as
volumes.

 Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.

 Select your Windows Storage Group and click Connect LUNs
 Expand the SPA and SPB containers and locate your newly created CG LUNs and
click Add. Click OK, Yes, OK to dismiss the dialog.

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3 Scan for new disk on your Windows host:

 Establish an RDP session to your Windows host.

 On your Windows host, click on the Server Manager icon.
 From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services > Volumes >
Disks.
 Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
 Your disks should appear as “Offline”. Right click on each drive and select “Bring
Online”.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk online on
the server. Click Yes.

Verify that each drive is “Online”.

4 Initialize the new disks:

 From the Server Manager Disks pane, right click the new disk and select Initialize.
 A message will appear asking if you are sure that you want to continue. Click Yes.

5 Create New Simple Volumes:

 Right click one initialized disk and select “New Volume”.

 The New Volume Wizard will appear. Click Next.
 For the Select the server and disk click Next.
 For the Specify the Size of the Volume click Next.
 For Assign to a drive letter or folder use the default and click Next.
 For Select file system settings use the default and click Next.
 Review your configuration and click Create.
 Repeat the above steps for the second new drive.
 Close Server Manager

6 Create data on the new volumes:

This step creates a data state on each of the new Primary LUNs that are in the
Consistency Group.

 Open File Explorer and create text files on each new volume.

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7 Create a Consistency Group with 2 member LUNs:

This step creates a Snapshot Consistency Group with the two new Primary LUNs as
members.

 In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots. From the
right side tree, in the Consistency Group section, click Create Snapshot Consistency
Group. Read the Welcome dialog, and click Next.
 Name the Consistency Group Snap CG. Add a description if desired, and click Next.
 Select the 2 CG LUNs created in the previous step. Click Next.
 Read the Summary screen, verify that the information is correct, and click Finish.
Read the Results screen, and click Finish if the operation succeeded.

8 Create a VNX Snapshot of the Consistency Group:

This step creates a Snapshot of the Primary LUNs in the Consistency Group. Both
Primary LUNs will have the same point-in-time captured for their data states.

 Select Snap CG, and click the Create Snapshot button.

 Name the snapshot CG Snapshot, and click OK, OK.
 Expand Snap CG and verify that the Snapshot has been created.

Does the Snapshot have the Modified property set to Yes? Explain the current state of
the property.
_____________________________________________________________________

9 Attach the Snapshot to the Peer Windows host:

 Select CG Snapshot, and click the Attach button.

 Select the Peer Windows host, uncheck the checkbox, and click Next, Yes.
 Read the Summary screen, and click Finish, then click Finish again after reading the
messages.

Were you able to successfully perform this operation? Explain why you see the result
shown.
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10 Create a snapshot mount point:

This step creates the Snapshot Mount Point needed to attach the snapshots to the
secondary host.

 In the Wizards area, click on Snapshot Mount Point Configuration Wizard.

 Read the Welcome screen and click Next
 Select your Windows host from the Server List pane and click Next.
 Select your VNX from the list of storage systems and click Next.
 In the Available LUNs your Windows Storage Group will be expanded. Select the CG
LUNs and click Add. Click Next.
 Leave the Snapshot Mount Point Name at the default value, and click Next.
 Select and check your Peer Windows host from the Server List pane and click Next.
 Review the summary, and click Finish.

Read the messages in the Results dialog (they should all show green check marks) and click
Finish.

11 Attach the CG Snapshot to the Peer Windows host:

 Select CG Snapshot, and click the Attach button.

 Select your Peer Windows host, uncheck the checkbox, and click Next, Yes.
 Read the Summary screen, and click Finish.
 Read the Results screen, and click Finish.

Were you able to successfully perform this operation? ______________________

Verify that CG Snapshot now has an entry under the Attached column.

12 Verify that the Peer Windows host can access the point in time copies:

 Rescan disks on your Peer Windows host.

 Verify that the 2 Snapshots are visible.

Do the Snapshots have the same volume names as the primary LUNs?
____________________

Do the Snapshots have the same drive letters as the primary LUNs?
____________________

Explain your answers.

__________________________________________________________

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 Lab Exercise: Data Mover Network Configuration

Purpose: To acquire the skills and knowledge to be able to configure a

VNX system for network access.
Note: Screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant to be
used as examples. You may have different values/data on
your VNX system.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Configure an interface on a Data Mover network
device

 Verify routing and DNS network settings

 Test network connectivity to the Data Mover

References: Configuring and Managing Networking on VNX

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 Preparing for the Lab

Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Data Mover: __________________________________________________

Network Device Name: __________________________________________________

Data Mover Address: __________________________________________________

Interface Name: __________________________________________________

Gateway Address: __________________________________________________

Routed Interface: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify Data Mover speed and duplex:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
 Navigate to Settings > Network > Settings For File
 Select the Devices tab.
 Right-click device name of the physical network device and the Data
Mover, and select Properties.
 Click the arrow on the right side of the “Speed/Duplex” drop-down list
and verify it is set to auto. (If it is set to a setting different than “auto”,
please ask your instructor before making any modification.)
 Click Cancel to close the properties window.

3 Configure a network interface for the physical network device on the Data
Mover:

 In the Settings for File window select the Interfaces tab.

 Click Create and create a new interface according to the following
information:

Data Mover: Data Mover

Device Name: Network Device Name
Address: Data Mover Address
Name: Interface Name
Netmask: 255.255.255.0

The Broadcast Address is calculated automatically

Do not enter the MTU value
Do not enter the VLAN ID value

 Click OK.

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4 Verify default gateway address information

The routing entry for the Data Mover default gateway has been preconfigured.
In this step you will confirm the address is correct.

 From the Settings for File window, select the Routes tab.
 Select the Data Mover from the “Show Network Routing for” drop-down
menu.
 Locate the “0.0.0.0” Network Destination address.
 Verify the entry is configured with the Gateway Address and the Routed
Interface.

5 Test remote network access:

Test the network interface by pinging the IP address of your DNS server.

 From the right-side Task pane, under Network Settings, click the Ping –
Data Movers link.

 From the Data Mover drop-down list, select your Data Mover.
 Form the Interface drop-down list, select your Data Mover Address.
 In the Destination: field input 192.168.1.50.
 Click OK.

You should receive a message that includes:

“…Response from host: 192.168.1.50 is alive…”
This indicates a successful Ping to a remote host – it is the lab DNS server
address. If your Ping is not successful, ask your instructor for assistance.

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6 Checking Data Mover DNS configuration:

 From the Settings > Network > Settings for File page, select the DNS tab.
 From the “Show DNS Domains for:” drop-down menu, select Data
Mover.

The Data Mover DNS settings have already been configured on your VNX
system.
 Confirm that the information from the DNS Settings table matches the
information below.

DNS Domain: hmarine.test

Data Mover: Data Mover
DNS Servers: 192.168.1.50
Protocol: tcp

If the information above does not match what is displayed in Unisphere, ask
your instructor for assistance.

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Purpose: To acquire the skills and knowledge to be able to configure

and perform operations to a Virtual Data Mover on a VNX
system. The VDM will be implemented with CIFS in a
following lab exercise
Note: Screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant to be
used as examples. You may have different values/data on
your VNX system.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Configure the VNX with a Virtual Data Mover
 Unload the VDM
 Load the VDM to the peer Data Mover
 Mount a file system to the VDM
 Move the VDM to the original Data Mover
 Verify the file system mount status

References: Configuring Virtual Data Movers on VNX

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Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Data Mover: __________________________________________________

Peer Data Mover: __________________________________________________

VDM: __________________________________________________

File System: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Create a Virtual Data Mover:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Storage > Shared folders > CIFS and select the VDMs tab.
 Click Create to create a new Virtual Data Mover according to the
following information:

Data Mover: Data Mover

Name: VDM
Create the configuration using: Default Storage Allocation

 Click OK.
 Review the information displayed in the “VDMs” tab for your VDM.
Confirm it is named correctly, is assigned to your Data Mover and its
status is “OK”.

If the information is incorrect, select your VDM and click Properties and
make the needed corrections. Ask your instructor if you need assistance.

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3 Unload the Virtual Data Mover:

 Select your VDM and click Properties. Note: You can use the “Filter” field
on the page to help locate your VDM. Input your student number into
the field to display your VDM.
 From the Data Mover drop-down list select Unloaded.
 Click OK.
 A confirmation window is displayed about the unload operation. Review
the displayed message. Click the details link in the message.
 Review the details of the unload operation. Click OK to close the window.
 Click OK in the “Confirm” window to proceed with the unload operation.
 Review the information displayed in the “VDMs” tab for your VDM.
Confirm its status is “permanently unloaded”.

4 Load the Virtual Data Mover to the peer Data Mover:

 Select your VDM and click Properties.
 Load the VDM to the Peer Data Mover by selecting it from the “Data
Mover” drop-down list.
 Click OK.
 Review the information displayed in the” VDMs” tab for your VDM.
Confirm it is assigned to your Peer Data Mover and its status is “OK”.

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5 Create and mount a file system to a VDM:

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems.
 Click Create to create a new file system according to the following
information:
Create From: Storage Pool
File System Name: File System
Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 5 GB
Auto Extend Enabled: unchecked
Thin Enabled: unchecked
Slice Volumes: checked
File-level Retention: Off
Deduplication Enabled: unchecked
VMware VAAI nested clone support: unchecked
Data Mover (R/W): VDM
Mount Point: Default

 Click OK.
 Review the information displayed in the “File Systems” tab for your File
System. Confirm your VDM is shown as R/W in the “Data Mover”
column.
If the information is incorrect, select your File System and click Properties
and make the needed corrections. Ask your instructor if you need assistance.

6 Move the VDM to the original Data Mover:

 Navigate to Storage > Shared folders > CIFS and select the VDMs tab.
 Select your VDM and click Properties.
 Move the VDM to your Data Mover by selecting it from the “Data
Mover” drop-down list.
 Click OK.
 A confirmation window is displayed about the move operation. Review
the displayed message. Click the details link in the message.
 Review the details of the move operation. Click OK to close the window.
 Click OK in the “Confirm” window to proceed with the move operation.
 Review the information displayed in the “VDMs” tab for your VDM.
Confirm it is assigned to your Data Mover and its status is “OK”.

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7 Verify the file system is mounted:

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems.
 Review the information displayed in the “File Systems” tab for your File
System. Confirm your VDM is shown as R/W in the “Data Mover”
column.
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Purpose: To acquire the skills and knowledge to be able to create and

manage a basic file system.
Note: Screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant to be
used as examples. You may have different values/data on
your VNX system.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Configure a VNX file system

 Extend a file system

References: Managing Volumes and File Systems with VNX AVM

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Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Data Mover: __________________________________________________

File System Name: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Create file system:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems
 Create a file system by clicking the Create button and entering the
following information:

Create From: Storage Pool

File System Name: File System Name
Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 5 GB
Auto Extend Enabled: unchecked
Thin Enabled: unchecked
Slice Volumes: checked
File-level Retention: off
Deduplication Enabled: unchecked
Vmware VAAI nested clone support: unchecked
Data Mover (R/W): Data Mover
Mount Point: Default

 Click OK.

3 Verify file system mount:

Unisphere automatically mounts the file system once it is created if the

Default option is selected. Unisphere uses a default mount point that is
created with the same name as the file system.

 Select the Mounts tab.

 Verify that the Path created for your file system is /File System Name.

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4 Analyze file system volume structure:

• Navigate to Storage> Storage Configuration >Volumes.

• Filter the volume list for your file system by entering its name

The VNX volume manager, AVM, is used to construct the file system. AVM
first creates a stripe volume from five available disk volumes. It then makes
a slice volume from the stripe. A metavolume is created from the slice that
is used by the file system.

Record the meta volume that your file system resides on.

_________________________________________________________

Record the slice volume used to create the meta Volume.

_________________________________________________________

Record the disk volumes that AVM used to create your stripe volume.

_________________________________________________________

5 Extend a file system:

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems

 Select the file system you just created and click the Extend button.
 Extend the file system using the following settings:

Extend from: Storage Pool

Extend with Storage Pool: File Pool
Extend Size: 10 GB

Click OK to complete the operation.

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6 Analyze file system volume structure:

 Navigate back to Storage> Storage Configuration >Volumes and filter for

your file system once again

AVM extends the file system size by creating another slice volume from the
existing stripe volume. A new metavolume is created from the new slice. The
new metavolume is added to the existing metavolume that the file system is
constructed from.
Record the name of the new metavolume created.
_____________________________________
Record the name of the new slice volume that the new metavolume uses.
______________________________________
 Close Unisphere
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Purpose: In this lab exercise, you will export a file system and assign
root privileges to your Linux host.
NOTE: The screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant
to be used as examples. You may have different values/data
on your VNX system.

In this lab exercise, you perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Configure Data Movers to mount and export file
systems for Linux hosts
 Configure Data Movers to mount and export a file
system at sub directory level (hiding the directories
.etc and .lost+found).
 Assign root permissions to an NFS File system

References: Configuring NFS on VNX

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Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Data Mover: __________________________________________________

Data Mover Address: __________________________________________________

File System 1: __________________________________________________

File System 2: __________________________________________________

Linux Host Address: __________________________________________________

Peer Linux Host Address: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 Login to Unisphere:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Export a file system for the NFS protocol:

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > NFS
 Click Create and enter the following information in the Export window:

Choose Data Mover: Data Mover

File System: File System 1
Path: /File System 1
Root Hosts: Linux Host address

 Click OK.

The NFS Exports page displays the exported path of the file system.

 Minimize the Unisphere window.

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3 Mount the file system:

 From your Student Desktop, use PuTTY to open an SSH to the Linux Host
Address.
 Log into the host with the following credentials:

logon as: root

password: emc2Local!

 From the terminal window, create a local directory to mount the file
system that you have exported via NFS. Type the following:

cd /
mkdir /fs1

 Check the contents of your /fs1 directory.

cd /fs1
ls –al

 Can you see the directories .etc and lost+found? (They should not
be visible)
 NFS mount this directory to the exported file system on your Data
Mover. Type the following:
cd /
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 1 /fs1
df (confirm that the mount is listed)
cd /fs1
ls –al

Note: By default a new directory is empty. Therefore, when you created your
/fs1 directory on the client it was empty. However, after NFS mounting it to
your Data Mover, /fs1 is now being redirected to a file system showing
lost+found and .etc (hidden) directories.

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4 Create user directory on file system

 Confirm that you are at /fs1 directory using pwd command.
pwd
/fs1
 Create a new directory and name it engineering.
mkdir engineering
 Change the permissions on this directory to 775. This means read, write,
and execute for the owner and group, and read and execute for others.
chmod 775 engineering
 Change the owner of engineering directory to epallis.
chown -R epallis engineering

 Change the group of engineering directory to engprop.

chgrp -R engprop engineering
 Verify the new permissions on the directory.
ls –l
drwxrwxr-x. 2 epallis engprop 80 Oct 11 14:21 engineering

5 Export a file system at sub-directory level:

 Go back to your Unisphere session.
 Navigate to Storage >Shared Folders > NFS Create NFS and click Create.
 Create a new NFS export using the following information:

Choose Data Mover: Data Mover

Choose File System: File System 1
Path: /File System 1/engineering
Read / Write Hosts: Linux Host Address

 Click OK.

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6 Mount file system at sub-directory level:

 From the SSH session, mount the new file system export following the
steps shown below. Remember you should be logged in as root in order
to mount a file system.

cd /
mkdir /engdir (this directory will be used as a mountpoint)
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 1/engineering /engdir
df
ls –l | grep engdir

drwxrwxr-x. 2 epallis engprop 80 Oct 11 14:21 engdir

Notice that the permissions on the new directory engdir are the permissions
you setup earlier: 775 read, write, and execute for the owner and group. And
Read and execute for others.

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7 Test directory permissions -owner:

 Using PuTTY, open another SSH session to the Linux Host address and
login with the following credentials:
login as: epallis
password: emc2Admin!
 Change directory to engdir.
cd /engdir
ls –al
Can you see the directories .etc and lost+found? _______________
You should not see them because the file system has been exported on the
sub-directory level.
 Create a new file and name it ownerfile and obtain a listing of the
directory.
touch ownerfile
ls -l
Were you able to create a new file? __________________
You should be able to create the new file because epallis is the owner of this
directory.
From the ls output, who is the file owner? _______________
What group is associated to the file? ____________________

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8 Test directory permissions - group:

 Using PuTTY, open another SSH session to the Linux Host address and
login with the following credentials:
login as: eplace
password: emc2Admin!
 Change directory to engdir and create a new file. Name it groupfile and
obtain a listing of the directory.
cd /engdir
touch groupfile
ls -l
Were you able to create a new file? ______________
You should be able to create the new file because eplace belongs to the
engprop group which is the directory group.
From the ls output, record the owner and group associated to the groupfile.
_____________________________________________________________

 Using PuTTY, open another SSH session to the Linux Host address and
login with the following credentials:
login as: swoo
password: emc2Admin!
 Change directory to engdir. Create a new file and name it swoofile.
cd /engdir
touch swoofile
ls -l
Were you able to create a new file? _____________________
Were you able to obtain a listing? ___________________
You should not be able to create the new file because the user swoo is
neither the directory owner nor belongs to the engprop group. However,
swoo still can read and execute.

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9 Lab cleanup:
 Exit the SSH sessions to the Linux Host address for users: swoo, eplace,
and epallis by running the exit command. Leave the existing SSH session
for the root user open.
exit
 From the SSH session for the root user, unmount and delete
mountpoints. Then exit the SSH session.

cd /
umount /fs1
umount /engdir
rmdir /fs1
rmdir /engdir
exit

 From Unisphere, unexport the file system by navigating to Storage >

Shared Folders > NFS.
 Multiple select the /File System 1 and the /File System 1/engineering
exports and click the Delete button. Click OK to complete the operation.

10 Lab cleanup – Delete File System:

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems.

 Select File System 1 and click the Delete button.
 Click OK to complete the operation.

Note: Deleting the file system removes its mountpoint and the associated
meta volumes, stripe and slice volumes. This space has been returned to the
Storage Pool for re-use.

End of Lab Exercise Part 1

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Step Action

1 Create a new file system:

In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems

 Click Create and enter the following information:

Create From: Storage Pool

File System Name: File System 2
Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 10 GB
Auto Extend Enabled: unchecked
Thin Enabled: unchecked
Slice Volumes: checked
File-level Retention: off
Deduplication Enabled: unchecked
Vmware VAAI nested clone support: unchecked
Data Mover (R/W): Data Mover
Mount Point: Default

 Click OK.

2 Export the newly create file system with root privileges:

 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > NFS and click Create.
 Enter the following information:

Choose Data Mover: Data Mover

File System: File System 2
Path: /File System 2
Root Hosts: Linux Host Address

 Click OK to complete the operation.

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3 Mount file system:

 From your Student Desktop, use PuTTY to open an SSH to the Linux Host
Address.
 Log into the host with the following credentials:

logon as: root

password: emc2Local!

 From the command prompt, make a local directory to mount the

exported file system. Type the following:

cd /
mkdir /fs2

mount Data Mover Address:/File System 2 /fs2

df

From the df output verify that the VNX File System 2 export is mounted on
the Linux host fs2 directory.

 Change to the /fs2 directory and create a new directory called student.

cd /fs2
mkdir student
chmod 777 student
cd student
echo “THIS IS A TEST” > File

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4 Export the file system at the sub-directory level:

Go back to your Unisphere session and export the File System 2 file system at
the sub-directory level.

 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folder > NFS and click Create. Define the
export as follows:

Choose data Mover: Data Mover

File System: File System 2
Path: /File System 2/student
Read-only Hosts Peer Linux Host Address
Read/Write Hosts: Linux Host Address

 Click Ok to complete the operation.

5 Mount the file system at the sub-directory level:

 From your existing PuTTY session to Linux Host Address, create a new
directory and mount the NFS export.

cd /
mkdir /student
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 2/student /student

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6 Mount NFS export to a directory in the Peer Linux Host:

 From your Student Desktop, open another PuTTY session to the Peer
Linux host (Peer Linux Host Address) and login with the Peer Linux Root
Credentials.
 Create a new directory on the Peer Linux host named Student number.

cd /
mkdir /Student number

 Mount the above directory to the file system that you exported in the
previous step.

mount Data Mover IP Address:/File System 2/student /Student

number

df (Confirm that your export is visible)

7 Test root privileges:

 Create a user file in Student number of the Peer Linux host

cd /Student number
touch file

Do you have write permissions? _______________ . You should not be able

to create a new file because the file system has been exported as read only
to this particular host.

8 Unmount the directory and logout from the Peer Linux host:

Unmount /Student number and exit from the your PuTTY ssh session to the Peer
Linux host.

cd /
umount /Student number
rmdir /Student number
exit

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9 Create a user file in the mounted directory in the primary Linux host:

 From the PuTTY ssh session to the Linux Host Address create a user file in
the student directory.

cd /student
touch newfile
Do you have write permissions? _____________. You should be able to
create a new file because the file system has been export as read write to
this particular host.

10 Lab Cleanup:

 Umount and delete mountpoints and exit from the PuTTY ssh session to
the Linux Host (Linux Host Address).

cd /
umount /student
rmdir /student
umount /fs2
rmdir /fs2
exit

From Unisphere delete the exports for File System 2 by navigating to Storage >
Shared Folders > NFS.

 Multiple-select the NFS exports /File System 2 and /File System

2/student and click Delete.
 Next, navigate to Storage > Storage Configurations > File Systems) and
delete File System 2.
 Close Unisphere.
End of Lab Exercise

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Purpose: To acquire the skills and knowledge to be able to configure

and provide CIFS data access on a VNX system. The CIFS
configuration will utilize a VDM that was created in an earlier
lab exercise. You will prepare the VNX system for the CIFS
implementation. You will create a CIFS Server on the VDM
and join it to the lab’s Active Directory domain. You will
create a top-level administrative share and a lower-level user
share and access the shares. You will then move the VDM and
its CIFS Server to the peer Data Mover and verify access to its
shares.
Note: Screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant to be
used as examples. You may have different values/data on
your VNX system.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Prepare the system for CIFS
 Create and join a CIFS Server
 Create and access CIFS shares
 Move a VDM containing a CIFS Server

Configuring and Managing CIFS on VNX

References:
Configuring Virtual Data Movers on VNX

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Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Data Mover: __________________________________________________

Peer Data Mover: __________________________________________________

VDM: __________________________________________________

File System: __________________________________________________

Network Device: __________________________________________________

CIFS interface: __________________________________________________

Data Mover Aaddress: __________________________________________________

Peer Data Mover Address: __________________________________________________

CIFS Server: __________________________________________________

Windows Server: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 System Login:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Verify Data Mover DNS configuration:

In this lab you will implement CIFS into the lab Active Directory domain
hmarine.test. DNS is required for the AD environment and for VNX CIFS
Server operations. To prepare for the CIFS implementation, you will need to
verify and prepare both physical Data Movers in the VNX.

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Setting > Network > Settings for File and select the DNS tab.
 Review the information displayed in the “DNS” tab for both “server_2”
and “server_3”. Confirm that it matches the information below.

DNS Domain: hmarine.test

DNS Servers: 192.168.1.50
Protocol: tcp

If the information is incorrect, inform your instructor before proceeding.

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3 Verify Data Mover NTP configuration:

Active Directory uses Kerberos for user authentication. Kerberos requires a
time tolerance between all domain computers therefore NTP is commonly
used for time synchronization in the domain.

 Navigate to System > Hardware > Data Movers.

 Select you Data Mover and click Properties.
 Confirm the NTP configuration matches the information below.

NTP Servers: 192.168.1.50

If the information is incorrect, inform your instructor before proceeding.

 Click Cancel.
 Repeat the verification for your Peer Data Mover.

4 Verify CIFS Service is Started on Data Movers:

 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS
 From the right-side Tasks pane in the “File Storage” section, click the
Configure CIFS link.
 In the Configure CIFS dialoge window, select server_2 from the “Show
CIFS Configuration for” drop-down list.
 Verify that the option “CIFS Serice Started:” is checked.
If the option is not checked, check it and click OK. Also notify your instructor.
 Select server_3 from the “Show CIFS Configuration for” drop-down list.
 Verify that the option “CIFS Serice Started:” is checked.
If the option is not checked, check it and click OK. Also notify your instructor.

5 Configure Data Mover Interface Name:

You will be moving the VDM containing your CIFS Server from your Data
Mover to your Peer Data Mover. CIFS Servers bind to network device
interface names. Therefore the Data Movers need to have identical interface
names for your CIFS server.

 Navigate to Setting > Network > Settings for File and select the
Interfaces tab.
 Select your Data Mover Address and click Properties.
 Modify the interface “Name:” to the CIFS interface. Leave all other
interface setting unchanged. Click OK.

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6 Create a CIFS Interface on the peer Data Mover:

 With the Interfaces tab still selected, click Create to create a new
interface for CIFS according to the following information:
Data Mover: Select your Peer Data Mover
Device Name: Network Device
Address: Enter your Peer Data Mover Address
Name: Enter your CIFS interface
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
The Broadcast Address is calculated automatically
Do not enter the MTU value
Do not enter the VLAN ID value

 Click OK.
Review the information for the newly created interface. Verify it has been
created with the correct information detailed above. If the information is
incorrect, select the interface and click Properties to make the needed
corrections. Ask your instructor if you need assistance.
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Step Action

1 Create a CIFS Server:

 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the CIFS Servers
tab.
 Click Create to create a CIFS Server according to the following
information:

Data Mover: Select your VDM

Server Type: Active Directory
Computer Name: Enter your CIFS Server
Aliases: Leave blank
NetBIOS Name: Leave blank
Domain: hmarine.test
Join the Domain: checked
Domain Admin User Name: Administrator
Domain Admin Password: emc2Admin!
Organizational Unit: Leave at default value
Enable local users: unchecked
Interfaces: Checked for your Data Mover Address

 Click OK.
Review the information for the newly created CIFS Server. Verify it has been
created with the correct information detailed above. If the information is
incorrect, select the CIFS Server and click Properties to make the needed
corrections. Ask your instructor if you need assistance.
2 Verify CIFS Server Domain Join:
 From the “CIFS Servers” tab select your CIFS Server and click Properties.
Note: You can use the “Filter” field on the page to help locate your CIFS
Server. Input your Student number into the field to display your CIFS
Server.
 Review the information and verify the “Domain:” section displays the
(Domain joined) comment.

If the CIFS Server did not join the domain, you can retry the join operation
detailed in the previous step. Ask your instructor if you need assistance.

 Click Cancel.
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Step Action

1 Create a CIFS Share at the top-level of a VNX file system:

 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the Shares tab.
 Click Create to create a CIFS Share according to the following
information:

Choose a Data Mover: Select your VDM

CIFS Share Name: Top$
File System: Select your File System
Path: Leave at the default
NetBIOS Name: Leave blank
CIFS Servers: Checked for your CIFS Server
User limit: Leave blank
Comment: Leave blank

 Click OK.

2 Connect to your Windows Server:

 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 Connect to your Windows server according to the following information;

Computer(s): Enter your Windows Server

User: hmarine\Administrator
Password: emc2Admin!

 Click Connect.

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3 Access your CIFS Share:

 From the Windows server, launch the Run application that is available
from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 In the Open: field input the path to your top level share. The format of
the path is:
\\<server>\<share>
Where <server> is your CIFS Server and <share> is Top$
 Click OK.
The share opens to the .etc and lost+found folders. These folders are at the
top-level of all the VNX file systems and should not be disturbed. To prevent
inadvertent modifications to these folders by users, it is a best practice to
create a lower-level share in the file system for users to access.

4 Create Data on the Share:

 Create a folder on the share by right-clicking in the share window and
select New > Folder. Name the new folder hmarine_data.
 Open the ”hmarine_data” folder and create a new text file named
test_data. Open the file and add some text to the file. Save and close the
file.
 Close the share window.

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5 Create a CIFS Share with Computer Management tool:

 From the Windows server, launch the Computer Management
application that is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 From the Action menu item, select Connect to another computer …

 In the Another Computer: field, input your CIFS Server
 On the left side tree, expand System Tools and Shared Folders
containers. Right-click Shares and select the New Share option.
The Create A Shared Folder Wizard opens.

6 Create A Shared Folder Wizard:

 Click Next in the wizard Welcome window.
 In the Folder Path window, click the Browse button. A Browse window
opens.
 In the Browse window, expand the tree for your File System. Select the
hmarine_data folder in the tree. Click OK.
 In the Folder Path window click Next.
 The Name, Description, and Settings window opens. In the Share name:
field, change the name displayed to HMARINE_SHARE. Click Next.
 The Shared Folder Permissions window opens. Select the Customize
permission option and click Custom.
 A Customize Permissions window opens. In the Permissions for
Everyone section, check the Allow Full Control option. Click OK.
 In the Shared Folder Permissions window click Finish.
 The Sharing was Successful screen opens and displays a summary of the
share created. Click Finish.
 Close the Computer Management application.

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7 Access the lower-level share:

 From the Windows server, launch File Explorer which is available from
the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 From the left side tree, right-click Computer and select the Map network
drive option.
 In the Folder: field, enter the path to the HMARINE_SHARE. The format
of the path is:
\\<server>\<share>
Where <server> is your CIFS Server and <share> is HMARINE_SHARE
 Leave all other options on the page at their default settings and click
Finish.
 The share opens and the test_data file create in a previous step is
present. Notice the absence of the .etc and lost+found folders that were
seen from the top-level share. This lower-level share demonstrates the
best practice of preventing users from access and disturbing the .etc and
lost+found folders.
 Open the test_data file and verify its data is present. Add another line of
text to the file. Do not save or close the file, just leave the file open in
Notepad. The file will be left open for the last part of the lab exercise.
Also leave the Remote Desktop connection session open to your
Windows server. It will be used in the next part of the lab exercise.
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Step Action

1 Verify Shares:

 From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to

Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the Shares tab. If your session
is already at this page, refresh the Shares page.

The page should display the two CIFS shares created, the top-level share
created with Unisphere and the lower-level share created with Microsoft’s
Computer Management tool. Note: Use the “Filter” field in Unisphere and
input your Student number to limit the display to your shares.

2 Move the VDM to the peer Data Mover:

 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the VDMs tab.
 Select your VDM and click Properties.
 From the Data Mover drop-down list, select your Peer Data Mover
 Click OK.
 A confirmation window opens for you to confirm the VDM move
operation. Review the message displayed in the window. Optionally click
the details link to view further details of the move operation. Click OK to
proceed with the VDM move operation.
 Review the information displayed on the “VDMs” tab for your VDM. It
should display the VDM is now loaded to your Peer Data Mover.

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3 Flush the CIFS client DNS cache:

 Return to your existing Windows server Remote Desktop session. It is
available on your Student Desktop system’s taskbar.

The Windows server is your CIFS client. In the previous part of this exercise,
the client established a CIFS session to your CIFS server. The client performed
a DNS lookup for your CIFS server and cached that lookup in its DNS cache.
When the VDM containing the CIFS server was moved, the CIFS server binds
to the interface of the Peer Data Mover and that interface has a different IP
address. Therefore to reconnect to the CIFS server, the client’s DNS cache
must be flushed so it can do a new DNS lookup for the CIFS server.
 On your Windows server, open a Command window which is available
from the Desktop view or its task bar.

 In the command window run the following command:

ipconfig /flushdns

4 Access CIFS data after VDM containing CIFS server moves:

 Return to your open test_data.txt file in Notepad. Add some text to the
file and save the changes.
When the CIFS server changes its IP address due to the VDM move
operation, the existing CIFS session is disconnected. When the client
performs a new write operation to the file, the client establishes a new CIFS
session and reconnects to the share to perform the write operation to the
file.
 Leave the file open within the Notepad session.

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5 Move the VDM back to the original Data Mover

 From your Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to
Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS and select the VDMs tab.
 Select your VDM and click Properties.
 From the Data Mover drop-down list, select your Data Mover
 Click OK.
 In the confirmation window click OK to proceed with the VDM move
operation.
 Review the information displayed on the “VDMs” tab for your VDM. It
should display the VDM is now loaded to your Data Mover.

6 Access the CIFS data after the VDM move without flushing DNS:
 Return to your existing Windows server Remote Desktop session.
 Return to your open test_data.txt file in Notepad. Add some text to the
file and save the changes.
The results of this operation can vary depending on how much time has
passed since the new CIFS session was established in step 4 above. If enough
time has passed for the client DNS cache to expire though its default
timeout, the changes to the file will be saved normally. If the client DNS
cache has not expired, you will receive an error stating “The specific network
name is no longer available.”. The error can be cleared and access to the
share returned by flushing the client’s DNS cache or waiting for its normal
cache timeout to occur.
 On your Windows server close all open applications.
 Disconnect from the Remote Desktop by accessing the Logoff Session
icon which is available from the Windows server Desktop view or its
taskbar.

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Purpose: In this lab, you will configure VNX SnapSure and observe
some of its functions. You will also perform a file recovery
and a file system restore.

In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

Tasks:
 Configure SnapSure

 Create Checkpoints

 Restore a File from a Checkpoint

 Restore a file system from Checkpoints

References: Using VNX SnapSure

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Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.

Student number: __________________________________________________

VNX: __________________________________________________

VNX Address (Control Station): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPA): __________________________________________________

VNX Address (SPB): __________________________________________________

Data Mover: __________________________________________________

Data Mover Address: __________________________________________________

File System 1: __________________________________________________

Linux Host: __________________________________________________

Linux Host Address: __________________________________________________

Checkpoint 1: __________________________________________________

File System 2: __________________________________________________

VDM: __________________________________________________

CIFS Share: __________________________________________________

CIFS Server: __________________________________________________

Windows Server: __________________________________________________

Checkpoint 2: __________________________________________________

Checkpoint 3: __________________________________________________

Checkpoint 4: __________________________________________________

Checkpoint 5: __________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 Login to Unisphere:

 (If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to
your “Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
 From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address and the user credentials:
sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.

2 Create a file system for NFS export:

Create a new production file system using the available storage pool

 From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems
 Click Create and enter the following information:

File System: File System 1

Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 10 Gb
Choose Data Mover: Data Mover
Keep all other defaults.

3 Create an NFS export for the newly created production file system:

Create an NFS export from the file system created using the default path. Assign
root access to your Linux host.

 Right-click File System 1

 Select NFS Exports > Create NFS Exports from the sub-menu
 Use the default path of: /File System 1
 From the Host Access section, in the Root Hosts: field; input your Linux
Host Address.

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4 Create user data:

 From your Student Desktop, use PuTTY to open an SSH to the Linux Host.
 Log into the host with the following credentials:

logon as: root

password: emc2Local!

 From the terminal window, create a local directory to mount the file
system that you have exported via NFS. Type the following:

cd /
mkdir /pfs1

 NFS mount this directory to the exported file system on your Data
Mover. Type the following:
mount Data Mover Address:/File System 1 /pfs1
df (confirm that the mount is listed)
 Create data on the file system by running the following commands:
cd /pfs1
dd if=/dev/zero of=Monday bs=256 count=10

dd if=/dev/zero of=Tuesday bs=256 count=10

dd if=/dev/zero of=Wednesday bs=256 count=10

dd if=/dev/zero of=Thursday bs=256 count=10

dd if=/dev/zero of=Friday bs=256 count=10

Verify that you now have objects in the directory: one directory named
lost+found and five files, one for each weekday.

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5 Create a new Snapshot:

 In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > File System

Checkpoints
 Click Create to make a new snapshot with the following settings:

Choose Data Mover: Data Mover

Production File System: File System 1
Writeable Checkpoint: Unchecked
Checkpoint Name: Checkpoint 1
Leave all other settings at default

 Click OK to complete the operation.

6 View the checkpoint name:

 To view the name of the checkpoint, run the following commands:

cd /pfs1/.ckpt

ls

Record the name of the File Fystem 1 checkpoint snapshot directory. You will
use the snapshot name later in the exercise.

__________________________________________________________

Note that the snapshot name assigned in Unisphere is not the same as this
directory name.

7 Create a file system to be CIFS shared:

Create a new production file system using the available storage pool

 Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems

 Click Create and enter the following information:

File System: File System 2

Storage Pool: File Pool
Storage Capacity: 10 Gb
Choose Data Mover: VDM
Keep all other defaults.

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8 Create a CIFS share :

Create a share using the newly created production file system.

 Navigate to Storage > Shared Folders > CIFS

 Click Create and enter the following information:

Choose Data Mover: VDM

CIFS Share Name: CIFS Share
File System: File System 2
Path: /File System 2
CIFS server: CIFS Server

9 Connect to your Windows Server:

 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 Connect to your Windows server according to the following information;

Computer(s): Enter your Windows Server

User: hmarine\Administrator
Password: emc2Admin!
 Click Connect.

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10 Access your CIFS Share:

 From the Windows server, launch File Explorer which is available from
the Desktop view or its taskbar.

 From the left side tree, right-click Computer and select the Map network
drive option.
 In the Folder: field, enter the path to the CIFS Share. The format of the
path is:
\\<server>\<share>
Where <server> is the CIFS Server and <share> is the CIFS Share.
 Leave all other options on the page at their default settings and click
Finish.

11 Create user data:

 In the mapped network drive create 12 new text files and name them for
the months of the year (January through December).

12 Create a Snapshot:

Create a snapshot of the newly created file system.

 In Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > File System

Checkpoints
 Click Create to make a new snapshot with the following settings:

Choose Data Mover: VDM

Production File System: File System 2
Writeable Checkpoint: Unchecked
Checkpoint Name: Checkpoint 2
Leave all other settings at default

 Click OK to complete the operation.

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13 Verify Snapshot creation:

 From the Windows server, launch File Explorer and expand the
Computer directory.
 Right-click your share and select Properties.
 Click on the Previous Versions tab (this is the VSS Client).

Do you see the snapshot you just created? What is the name of the File
System 2 checkpoint snapshot?

_______________________________________________________________

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Step Action

1 Delete user data:

 On your Linux host, verify that the files created in the previous section of
the lab are still present in the mounted folder.

ls –l /pfs1

 Remove and verify the removal of the Tuesday file from File System 1 by
running the following commands:

cd /pfs1

rm Tuesday

ls -l

 View the snapshot content by running the following commands:

cd /pfs1/.ckpt/<snapshot name> (recorded earlier)

ls

Do you see the file named Tuesday? ___________

If you do not, please inform your instructor.

2 Recover a deleted file with Snapshots:

 Recover the deleted file from the snapshot and verify the file recovery by
running the following commands:

cp Tuesday /pfs1

cd /pfs1

ls –l

You have just recovered an individual file from the point-in-time snapshot
using CVFS. This leaves all other copies of files as they are currently. If any
new files had been created after the snapshot, they are preserved.

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3 Refresh a Snapshot:

 Create a new file in /pfs1 named Saturday by running the following

command:

dd if=/dev/zero of=Saturday bs=256 count=10

 Back in Unisphere, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > File

System Checkpoints
 Refresh the snapshot named Checkpoint 1 by selecting it and clicking the
Refresh button. Click OK to confirm the operation.
 View the new name of the snapshot by running the following command:

ls /pfs1/.ckpt

Record the name of the refreshed File system 1 checkpoint snapshot.

You will use in in the following step.

_______________________________________________________

Did the Checkpoint Refresh operation change the checkpoint snapshot

name? _____________________________

4 Verify that the new file has been preserved by the snapshot:

 From the PuTTY SSH session to your Linux host, enter the following
command:

ls –al /pfs1 /.ckpt/<snapshot name> (recorded above)

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5 Create a second Snapshot:

 Create a new file in the /pfs1 directory named Sunday by running the
following command:

dd if=/dev/zero of=Sunday bs=256 count=10

 In Unisphere, create a new read-only snapshot with the following

settings:

Choose Data Mover: Data Mover

Production File System: File System 1
Writeable Checkpoint: Unchecked
Checkpoint Name: Checkpoint 3
Leave all other settings at default

 Click OK to complete the operation.

 From the PuTTY SSH session to your Linux host, view the names of the
checkpoint snapshots by running the following command:

ls -l /pfs1/.ckpt

There should be two checkpoint snapshot directories listed.

6 Restore from a SnapSure Snapshot:

 From the PuTTY SSH session to your Linux host, remove any two files
from the /pfs1 folder and confirm they have been successfully removed.
 In Unisphere, select Checkpoint 3 and click Restore - when prompted,
enter the new snapshot name of Checkpoint 4.

When the operation is complete, from the PuTTY SSH session to your Linux
host, view the contents of the /pfs1 folder using the ls command.

Do you see a file for each day of the week? _________________

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7 Restore from an earlier SnapSure snapshot:

 In Unisphere, select Checkpoint 1 and click Restore.

 When prompted, enter the new snapshot name of Checkpoint 5.
 When the operation is complete, view the contents of the /pfs1 folder on
your Linux client using the ls command. You should see a file for Monday
through Saturday.

Why is the Sunday file not there?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

You have just performed a restore of a point-in-time copy of the file system.
This operation reverts all files to a previous data state and erases any files
that were created after the snapshot (e.g., the Sunday file).

8 Lab cleanup:

 From the PuTTY SSH session to your Linux host, unmount and delete the
/pfs1 directory.
 From Unisphere, delete Checkpoint 5, Checkpoint 4, Checkpoint 3,
Checkpoint 1, File System 1 NFS export and the File System 1 file system.

Note: Leave the File System 2 and each one of the CIFS components to be
used on the next part of the lab.

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 Lab: Part 3 – Restore and Refresh Snapshots with CIFS

Step Action

1 Snapshot verification:

 From the RDP Plus session to your Windows Server, verify that the CIFS
share is still mapped and that there are 12 text files in the share named
after each month of the year.
 In Unisphere, verify that there is a snapshot for File System 2 named
Checkpoint 2.

2 Delete user data:

 From your RDP Plus connection to your Windows Server, delete several
files from the CIFS Share.

3 Restore from a Snapshot:

 From the Windows server, launch File Explorer and expand the
Computer directory.
 Right-click your share and select Properties.
 Click on the Previous Versions tab, select the snapshot, and click
Restore.
 At the confirmation screen, click Restore once again.

 Ignore the two permissions warning messages by clicking Skip. The error
relates to permissions on the .etc and lost+found directories and is
expected.

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4 Verify restored file system:

 View the files in the CIFS share.

Are there 12 text documents again? ___________

You have just restored a file system from a point-in-time copy using
Snapsure via the VSS Client. This will erase any files that were created after
the snapshot was created.

5 Recover individual files from a SnapSure snapshot with VSS Client:

 From the File Explorer window, open the mapped CIFS share folder
 Delete January and February.
 Right-click the CIFS share object on the left-pane and select Properties
 Navigate to the Previous Versions tab.
 Select the snapshot and click Open.
 Select January and February and copy them back to the CIFS Share
folder.

You have just restored individual files from a point-in-time copy using VSS
Client. This allows all other files to remain in their current revision while
recovering previous versions of specific files.

6 Lab cleanup:

 From the File Explorer window, expand Computer from the left pane.
 Right-click the mapped network drive to your CIFS share and select
Disconnect.
 In Unisphere, delete Checkpoint 2, the CIFS Share, and the File System 2.
 Close your RDP session to the Windows server.

End of Lab Exercise

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 Appendix: Windows User and Group Memberships

Hurricane Marine
Windows Users & Group Memberships
HMARINE.TEST Domain
Username Full Name Global Group
Administrator Domain Admins
EPallis Earl Pallis Propulsion Engineers, Managers
EPing Elvin Ping Propulsion Engineers
EPlace Etta Place Propulsion Engineers
EPope Eddie Pope Propulsion Engineers
EPratt Eldon Pratt Propulsion Engineers
EProh Elliot Proh Propulsion Engineers
EPutter Egan Putter Propulsion Engineers
ESazi Ed Sazi Structural Engineers
ESele Ellen Sele Structural Engineers
ESimons Eric Simons Structural Engineers
ESong Eva Song Structural Engineers
ESouth Edgar South Structural Engineers, Managers
ESwailz Evan Swailz Structural Engineers
ITallis Iggy Tallis IS, DOMAIN ADMINS
ITechi Ira Techi IS, DOMAIN ADMINS, Managers
ITei Isabella Tei IS, DOMAIN ADMINS
ITeribl Ivan Teribl IS, DOMAIN ADMINS
LMinacci Liza Minacci Director of Marketing, Managers
PTesca Perry Tesca President, Managers
SEammi Sal Eammi Eastcoast Sales
SEarly Sage Early Eastcoast Sales
SEcho Sam Echo Eastcoast Sales
SElton Santos Elton Eastcoast Sales
SEmm Sarah Emm Eastcoast Sales, Managers
SEpari Sadie Epari Eastcoast Sales
SEttol Saul Ettol Eastcoast Sales
SEwer Sean Ewer Eastcoast Sales
SExtra Sash Extra Eastcoast Sales
SWai Seymore Wai Westcoast Sales
SWall Sergio Wall Westcoast Sales
SWari Seve Wari Westcoast Sales, Managers
SWassi Seve Wassi Westcoast Sales
SWeir Seda Weir Westcoast Sales
SWelles Sema Welles Westcoast Sales
SWest Scott West Westcoast Sales
SWillet Selena Willet Westcoast Sales
SWitt Selma Witt Westcoast Sales
SWong Seiko Wong Westcoast Sales
SWoo Steve Woo Westcoast Sales

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 Appendix: Linux Users and Groups
Hurricane Marine
UNIX Users & Group Memberships - LDAP Domain hmarine.test
Username Full Name Group
epallis Earl Pallis engprop, mngr
eping Elvin Ping engprop
eplace Etta Place engprop
epope Eddie Pope engprop
epratt Eldon Pratt engprop
eproh Elliot Proh engprop
eputter Egan Putter engprop
esazi Ed Sazi engstruc
esele Ellen Sele engstruc
esimons Eric Simons engstruc
esong Eva Song engstruc
esouth Edgar South engstruc, mngr
eswailz Evan Swailz engstruc
itallis Iggy Tallis infotech
itechi Ira Techi infotech, mngr
itei Isabella Tei infotech
iteribi Ivan Teribi infotech
lminacci Liza Minacci mngr
ptesca Perry Tesca mngr
seammi Sal Eammi saleseas
searly Sage Early saleseas
secho Sam Echo saleseas
selton Santos Elton saleseas
semm Sarah Emm saleseas, mngr
separi Sadie Epari saleseas
settol Saul Ettol saleseas
sewer Sean Ewer saleseas
sextra Sash Extra saleseas
swai Seymore Wai saleswes
swall Sergio Wall saleswes
swari Seve Wari saleswes, mngr
epallis Seve Wassi saleswes
sweir Seda Weir saleswes
swelles Sema Welles saleswes
swest Scott West saleswes
swillet Selena Willet saleswes
switt Selma Witt saleswes
swong Seiko Wong saleswes
swoo Steve Woo saleswes

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