Using Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System With VMware ESX Server

Ryan Arneson, June 2009

Introduction

This Quick Start Guide provides an overview on how to quickly set up a Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System to use with a VMware ESX Server.

The guide is intended for administrators familiar with both Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System concepts as well as VMware ESX concepts. Both the NFS (NAS) and iSCSI protocols are addressed.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• 1.0 Objective
• • 1.1 NFS (NAS) Access
  • 1.2 iSCSI Access
• 2.0 Configuring Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System for VMware ESX
• • 2.1 Security
  • 2.2 Network
  • 2.3 Pool
  • 2.4 Projects and Shares
  • • 2.4.1 Creating a New Project
    • 2.4.2 Creating a New Filesystem (NFS)
    • 2.4.3 Creating a New LUN (iSCSI)
  • 2.5 Analytics
• 3.0 Configuring VMware ESX With Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
• • 3.1 Changing NFS Settings in VMware ESX
  • 3.2 Network
  • 3.3 iSCSI Access
  • 3.4 Enabling NFSv3 Access
• 4.0 Advanced Data Services
• • 4.1 Snapshots
  • 4.2 Cloning a Snapshot
  • 4.3 Replication
  • 4.4 Accessing Replicated Data
• 5.0 Appendix
• 6.0 Glossary

For More Information

VMware resources:

• VMware web site
• VMware on Sun page
• VMware ESX Server Documentation
• VMware Communities

Sun Storage resources:

• Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System web site
• Sun Storage Unified Storage System Administration Guide
• Other Sun documents at http://docs.sun.com
• Sun download site
• Sun training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/, such as Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System Administration (NWS-6425)
• Fishworks Blogs
• Discussions:
  • Sun Storage forums
  • Sun Hardware - Servers forums
• Storage Stop Blog
• Sun BluePrints wiki
• Sun Storage Administration wiki

BigAdmin resources:

• Storage Tech Tips page on BigAdmin wiki
• Virtualization Resources for System Administrators
• Virtualization Resource Collection (includes community submissions)
• Storage Resource Collection (includes community content)
• Feature Articles, including more information on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System

Other Sun information:

• Support:
  • Sun resources:
    • Register your Sun gear
    • Services
    • SunSolve Online
  • Community system administration experts
• Events of interest to users of Sun products:
  • Worldwide developer events and Sun Tech Days
  • Current events