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Virtual hardware - Storage arrays
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1. Create a virtual machine. Install windows 2003 server. Install HBA drivers for SAN.
2. Create a virtual SAN - e.g. an MSA1000. Configure the device with a redundant controller, log-in to the fabric and assign an IP address. Turn on the array.
3. Access the SAN via the virtual machine. Configure the drive arrays.
* Now my Virtual environment is a copy of my prod environment.
4. Make changes with confidence without having to purchase a test array, hba cards, etc.
2. Create a virtual SAN - e.g. an MSA1000. Configure the device with a redundant controller, log-in to the fabric and assign an IP address. Turn on the array.
3. Access the SAN via the virtual machine. Configure the drive arrays.
* Now my Virtual environment is a copy of my prod environment.
4. Make changes with confidence without having to purchase a test array, hba cards, etc.
nope... that's not the way.
Actually, the disk array must be presented to the VMWare ESX (I guess that is your VMWare server), but instead of creating VMFS-2 filesystem, you *assign* the LUNs (of the MSA1000) as *raw* disks.
RTFM:
Cheers.
Chacal, Inc.![[wavey]](/data/assets/smilies/wavey.gif "[wavey] [wavey]")
Actually, the disk array must be presented to the VMWare ESX (I guess that is your VMWare server), but instead of creating VMFS-2 filesystem, you *assign* the LUNs (of the MSA1000) as *raw* disks.
RTFM:
Cheers.
Chacal, Inc.
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I havent used vmware except to run linux on a windows pc - and that was several years ago.
I don't just want the drives virtualised - i want the SAN device virtualised - including interconnects, the device O/S (ie fabricOS) as well as the storage.
I don't just want the drives virtualised - i want the SAN device virtualised - including interconnects, the device O/S (ie fabricOS) as well as the storage.
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