Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide
- Contents
- Additional Resources
- Introduction
- Import requirements and restrictions
- Host plugin installation (non-disruptive import only)
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Linux-based host
- Installing the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using the vSphere CLI
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using setup.pl script on VMA
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using VUM
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit during an ESXi-based host upgrade
- Uninstalling the host plugin for import
- Import workflows
- Configuring and managing import
- Import-CLI (Linux)
- Additional tasks related to import for Linux-based hosts
- ImportKit-CLI (Windows)
- How to run the ImportKit CLI commands
- List supported arrays
- Host plugin log information
- Import kit version
- Restart import kit host plugin service
- Import volumes information
- Get Web server port information
- Install import kit certificate
- Re-generate the import kit certificate
- Set Web server port information
- Set host plugin logging debug log level
- Import-CLI (VMware)
- CLI for EQL MPIO
- Fault handling by PowerStore import
For example,
#esxcli software vib install -–depot /var/tmp/dell-eql-mem-esx6-<latest version>.zip
The following message appears:
Operation finished successfully. Reboot Required: true VIBs
Installed: DellEMC_bootbank_dellemc-import-hostagent-provider_1.0-14112019.110359,
DellEMC_bootbank_dellemc-import-satp_1.0-14112019.110359 VIBs Removed: VIBs Skipped:
3. Stop hostd.
For example,
#/etc/init.d/hostd stop
Terminating watchdog process with PID 67143 hostd stopped.
4. Start hostd.
For example,
#/etc/init.d/hostd start
hostd started.
5. Add import command rules.
For example,
#esxcli import equalRule add
After adding the SATP rules, they can be listed by running the list command. For example,
#esxcli import equalRule list
DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP EQLOGIC 100E-00 user VMW_PSP_RR All EQL Arrays DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP
DellEMC PowerStore user VMW_PSP_RR iops=1 All PowerStore Arrays
6. Reboot the system.
NOTE:
The system must be rebooted before the Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module with import becomes
active.
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using
setup.pl script on VMA
Prerequisites
Verify that the supported VMware ESXi software is installed and running. See Supported combinations of host OS, host
multipath software, host protocol, and source system for non-disruptive import on page 8.
About this task
NOTE:
To avoid application disruption, move the ESXi host out of the cluster before installing the host plugin. After
installing the host plugin and rebooting, re-join the ESXi host with the cluster. Virtual machines should be moved out from
the installing host and moved back after the install. Also, to avoid multiple reboots, the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit install can
be planned and combined with any other OS reboot task.
To install the supported Dell EqualLogic MEM kit (see Supported combinations of host OS, host multipath software, host
protocol, and source system for non-disruptive import on page 8), do the following:
NOTE: To enable only MEM functionality, in step 3 when prompted for import, respond with no.
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