NetApp and VMware vSphere Storage Best Practices

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NETAPP REFERENCES NetApp VMInsight with SANscreen http://www.netapp.com/us/products/management-software/sanscreen-vm-insight.html NetApp TR-3612: NetApp and VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3612.pdf NetApp TR-3515: NetApp and VMware ESX Server 3.0: Building a Virtual Infrastructure from Server to Storage http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3515.pdf NetApp TR-3428: NetApp and VMware ESX Server 3.5 http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3428.pdf NetApp TR-3348: Block Management with Data ONTAP 7G: FlexVol, FlexClone, and Space Guarantees http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3348.pdf NetApp TR-3737: SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure Best Practices http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3737.html RAID-DP: NetApp Implementation of RAID Double Parity http://media.netapp.com/documents/wp_3298.pdf NetApp TR-3671: VMware Site Recovery Manager in a NetApp Environment http://media.netapp.com/documents/tr-3671.pdf NetApp MBRTools http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/mbralign/ Data ONTAP File Access and Protocol Management Guide http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel731/html/ontap/filesag/accessing/task/ t_oc_accs_file_sharing_between_NFS_and_CIFS.html NetApp Rapid Cloning Utility http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/rcu/ DataFabric® Manager Server 3.7: Operations Manager Administration Guide http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/DFM_win/rel371/html/software/opsmgr/index.htm NetApp KB: VMFS volume resignaturing in a NetApp environment https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=kb33990 NetApp: Data ONTAP File Access and Protocol Management Guide http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel731/html/ontap/filesag/accessing/task/t_oc_accs_file_ sharing_between_NFS_and_CIFS.html TR-3505: NetApp FAS Dedupe: Data Deduplication Deployment and Implementation Guide http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3505.pdf 94
MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES Total Cost Comparison: IT Decision-Maker Perspectives on EMC and NetApp Storage Solutions in Enterprise Database Environments http://www.netapp.com/library/ar/ar1038.pdf Wikipedia RAID Definitions and Explanations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks Microsoft Diskpart utility http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415. Ext2resize http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize. IBM: Storage Block Alignment with VMware Virtual Infrastructure ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/isv/NS3593-0.pdf EMC: Celerra IP Storage with VMware Virtual Infrastructure http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware_VI3_and_EMC_Celerra_IP.pdf Dell: Designing and Optimizing SAN Configurations http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q04-20040149-Mehis.pdf EMC: CLARiiON Integration with VMware ESX Server http://www.vmware.com/pdf/clariion_wp_eng.pdf Vizioncore: vOptimizer Pro FAQ http://www.vizioncore.com/products/vOptimizerPro/documents/vOptimizerProFAQ.pdf APPENDIX D: VERSION TRACKING Version 1.0 May 2009 Original document 95
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NETAPP TECHNICAL REPORT NetApp and
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9 ETHERNET STORAGE NETWORKING BEST
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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY NetApp® techno
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2.2 STORAGE OVERVIEW: NAS DATASTORE
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2.4 DATASTORE COMPARISON TABLES Dif
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3 NETAPP FAS CONFIGURATION AND SETU
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LUNS LUNs are units of storage prov
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Figure 5) Identifying WWPN and IQN
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Figure 7) Assigning an igroup to a
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The default block size of a virtual
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CREATE MULTIPLE ISCSI VMKERNELS 1 O
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Figure 13) Verifying iSCSI to VMker
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Figure 15) Configuring iSCSI dynami
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Alternatively iSCSI restrictions ca
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5.2 ENABLING ALUA NetApp and VMware
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Figure 20) Listing the active PSP t
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MANUALLY SETTING THE PSP FOR A LUN
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6 NFS STORAGE RECOMMENDATIONS 6.1 I
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It is common for customers who run
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6.5 CONNECTING NFS DATASTORES TO cr
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Figure 27) VMware Add Storage Wizar
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Page 55 and 56: THE SINGLE-MODE DESIGN The single-m
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