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
NOTE: It is recommended to use the .EXE version of the installer. The .MSI version of the installer is provided to support
administrative installations. To use the .MSI file, see Pre-requisites for an install using the .MSI file on page 21.
Install the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host
Prerequisites
Verify the following:
●
A supported operating system is running on the host. See Supported combinations of host OS, host multipath software, host
protocol, and source system for non-disruptive import on page 8.
● No other multipath driver is installed on the host.
● Ensure that MPIO is enabled on the host.
NOTE: Configuring MPIO on the host during import is not supported.
Ensure you know the management IP address and associated port number to use for import. This network configuration
information needs to be provided so that the host gets added to the PowerStore cluster for import.
About this task
To install the host plugin, do the following:
NOTE: By default, the installation runs interactively. To run the installation in the background, accept all defaults, and
accept the Dell EULA, enter one of the following commands after downloading the applicable host plugin package to the
host.
● For ImportKIT, enter:
Setup64.exe /quiet /v/qn
● For EQL HIT Kit with import capability, enter:
Setup64.exe /v"MIGSELECTION=1" /s /v/qn V"/q ADDLOCAL=ALL /L C:\setup.log
NOTE: To avoid application disruption when running the installation on a Windows Cluster, Hyper-V clusters for example,
move the host out of the cluster (maintenance mode) before installing the host plugin. After installing the host plugin and
rebooting, re-join the host to the cluster. The virtual machines running on the host should be moved out and moved back
after the installation is complete. To avoid multiple reboots, the ImportKit or Dell EqualLogic HIT kit install can be planned
and combined with any other operating system reboot task.
Steps
1. Download the applicable host plugin package to the host.
For Dell EqualLogic PS, download the Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools Kit from the Dell EqualLogic support
site https://eqlsupport.dell.com. For Dell EMC VNX2, download the ImportKIT from the Dell EMC support site, https://
www.dell.com/support. See Supported combinations of host OS, host multipath software, host protocol, and source system
for non-disruptive import on page 8 for the applicable host multipath software versions.
2. As administrator, run Setup64.exe for the host plugin.
NOTE:
For Dell EQL HIT Kit, ensure the Host Integration Tools installation (with import capability) option is
selected on the Installation Type Selection page. Also, adding or removing additional components to an already
installed Dell EQL HIT Kit version is not supported.
3. Reboot the host.
A reboot of the host is required to complete the installation.
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Host plugin installation (non-disruptive import only)