tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649055076318383662024-03-12T21:41:07.773-04:00EMC Storage Product Knowledge SharingDiwakarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08203533840199009698noreply@blogger.comBlogger10113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964905507631838366.post-54657368921303931872010-08-26T12:30:00.000-04:002010-08-26T12:31:28.222-04:00Nondisurptive installation of PowerPath/VE using VMotion<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When connecting to an ESX host for the first time, rpowermt prompts the administrator for the username and password of the ESX host. Each new ESX host managed by rpowermt generates a prompt a username and password. The administrator is prompted for a lockbox password once, rpowermt securely stores the following information in a lockbox(encrypted<br />
file).</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">--ESX host being accessed</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span stylndf="font-sizn: 12pt; linn-height: 115%; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">-<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> --</span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Username and password of ESX host being accessed,</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Storing the host and passwords in a lockbox enables them to be mainitained across system reboots. If a lockbox is copied from one rpowermt server to anotherm, the user is prompted to enter the lockbox password again.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PowerPath/VE for vSphere rpowermt commands do not require root access to run the executable; however, the ESX root password is required as an entry in the lockbox, Access to rpowermt command executable is based on the native access controls of the server (Windows or RHEL) where rpowermt is installed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">PowerPath/VE 5.4 and supported ESX/ESXi versions</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: x-small;">EMC<br />
PowerPath/VE release</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"></span></div></td><td colspan="6" style="height: 5.6pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Supported VMware ESX/ESXi version</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ESX<br />
4.0</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></td><td style="height: 2.35pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ESXi<br />
4.0</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></td><td style="height: 2.35pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ESX<br />
4.0 U1/U2</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></td><td style="height: 2.35pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ESXi<br />
4.0 U1/U2</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></td><td style="height: 2.35pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ESX<br />
4.1</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></td><td style="height: 2.35pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ESXi<br />
4.1</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5.4</span></div></td><td style="height: 17.85pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- vCLI install only</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 17.85pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- vCLI install only</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 17.85pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- vCLI install only</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 17.85pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- vCLI install only</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 17.85pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 17.85pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5.4<br />
SP1</span></div></td><td style="height: 18.1pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- vCLI install only</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 18.1pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- vCLI install only</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 18.1pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- Update Manager and vCLI install</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 18.1pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- Update Manager and vCLI install</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 18.1pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes<br />
- vCLI install only</span></span></div></td><td style="height: 18.1pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></i></b></div>Procedures:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Note:- Please check ESM for prequisites for PPVE before installing/upgrading.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">& 1) <span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">vSphere hosts must be part of a DRS cluster.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> 2) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">vSphere hosts must have shared storage. If there is not shared storage, create it.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> 3) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Place the first vSphere host in Maintenance Mode. This will force VMs to fail over to<br />
other cluster members using Vmotion.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> 4) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Install PowerPath/VE on the first vSphere host using vCLI.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Using Vmware Remote Tool (vCLI) on server, install PowerPath/VE on maintenance mode server, use the following command:</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">vihostupdate --server “server-IP-Address” --install --bunde=/<path>/EMCPower.VMWARE.5.4.bxxx.zip</span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><i><span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Note:- Use vihostupdate.pl for Windows</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></i></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Once the command completes, verify that package is installed. Use the following command.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">vihostupdate --server “server-IP-Address” –query</span></b></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If necessary, make changes to the first vSphere host’s claim rules.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> 6) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Exit Maintenance Mode.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> 7) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reboot the first vSphere host. (Wait host to come online before proceeding next steps.)</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> 8) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Place the second vSphere host in Maintenance Mode. This will force VMs to fail over to<br />
other clusters member using Vmotion.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> 9) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Install PowerPath/VE on the second vSphere host using vCLI.</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If necessary, make changes to the second vSphere host’s claim rules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">11)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Exit Maintenance Mode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">12)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reboot the second vSphere host.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">13)<span style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Perform the same operation for remaining hosts in the cluster.</span><br />
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