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Unity Deep Dive
Lab Guide
April 2017
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Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT ..........................................................................................................................................................................2
LAB EQUIPMENT LAYOUT ................................................................................................................................................7

SYSTEM ADDRESSING AND CREDENTIALS ...............................................................................................................8
LAB ACCESS VIA VDC .......................................................................................................................................................9
STUDENT DESKTOP .........................................................................................................................................................10
LAB EXERCISE 1: UNITYVSA INITIALIZATION ..........................................................................................................11

LAB 1: PART 1 - CONNECTION UTILITY INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................12
LAB 1: PART 2 - UNITYVSA DISCOVERY AND IP ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT....................................................................13
LAB 1: PART 3 - UNITYVSA INITIAL CONFIGURATION W IZARD .....................................................................................17
LAB EXERCISE 2: UNITY UNISPHERE TOUR ............................................................................................................21

LAB 2: PART 1 - TOUR OF THE UNISPHERE DASHBOARD, SYSTEM VIEW, AND SETTINGS...........................................22
LAB 2: PART 2 - ADDING A NEW USER ACCOUNT WITH A ROLE ASSOCIATED TO IT ....................................................32
LAB EXERCISE 3: STORAGE PROVISIONING ...........................................................................................................35
LAB 3: PART 1 - CREATING STORAGE POOLS ...............................................................................................................36

LAB 3: PART 2 - CREATING BLOCK STORAGE LUNS AND CONSISTENCY GROUPS .....................................................43
LAB 3: PART 3 - CREATING NAS SERVERS...................................................................................................................48
LAB 3: PART 4 - CREATING FILE SYSTEMS....................................................................................................................53
LAB EXERCISE 4: WINDOWS HOST ACCESS TO BLOCK STORAGE.................................................................57

LAB 4: PART 1 - CREATE AN ISCSI INTERFACE ............................................................................................................58
LAB 4: PART 2 - HOST MICROSOFT ISCSI INITIATOR - TARGET DISCOVERY ...............................................................59
LAB 4: PART 3 - UNISPHERE INITIATOR AND HOST ACCESS .........................................................................................61
LAB 4: PART 4 - PRESENT THE LUN TO A W INDOWS HOST .........................................................................................63
LAB EXERCISE 5: LINUX HOST ACCESS TO BLOCK STORAGE .........................................................................65
LAB 5: PART 1 - LINUX HOST ISCSI INITIATOR - TARGET DISCOVERY .........................................................................66
LAB 5: PART 2 - UNISPHERE INITIATOR AND HOST ACCESS .........................................................................................68
LAB 5: PART 3 - PRESENT THE LUN TO A LINUX HOST.................................................................................................70
LAB EXERCISE 6: SMB FILE STORAGE ACCESS ....................................................................................................75
LAB 6: PART 1 - CREATE A HIDDEN TOP-LEVEL SMB SHARE OF A FILE SYSTEM ..........................................................76
LAB 6: PART 2 - CREATE A LOWER-LEVEL SMB SHARE OF A FILE SYSTEM ..................................................................83
LAB 6: PART 3 - CREATE AN SMB SHARE USING COMPUTER MANAGEMENT ..............................................................88
LAB EXERCISE 7: NFS FILE STORAGE ACCESS .....................................................................................................92

LAB 7: PART 1 - CREATE A TOP-LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE NFS SHARE OF A FILE SYSTEM .........................................93
LAB 7: PART 2 - CREATE A LOWER-LEVEL NFS SHARE OF A FILE SYSTEM ................................................................97
LAB EXERCISE 8: UNITY AND VMWARE AWARE INTEGRATION......................................................................102

LAB 8: PART 1 - ADD VCENTER HOSTS .......................................................................................................................103
LAB 8: PART 2 - PROVISION AND ACCESS VMWARE VMFS DATASTORE ..................................................................105
LAB 8: PART 3 - PROVISION AND ACCESS VMWARE NFS DATASTORES ...................................................................109
LAB EXERCISE 9: VMWARE VIRTUAL VOLUMES (VVOLS).................................................................................113
LAB 9: PART 1 - CREATE VVOL DATASTORE...............................................................................................................114

LAB 9: PART 2 - STORAGE PROVIDER .........................................................................................................................116
LAB 9: PART 3 - ADD DATASTORE 117
LAB 9: PART 4 - STORAGE POLICIES ...........................................................................................................................118
LAB 9: PART 5 - MANAGING VMS 121
LAB 9: PART 6 - MANAGING STORAGE POLICIES ........................................................................................................125
LAB 9: PART 7 - MANAGING VMWARE SNAPSHOTS AND CLONES ..............................................................................127
LAB 9: PART 8 - RESIZE VVOL DATASTORE ................................................................................................................129
LAB EXERCISE 10: FAST VP SETTINGS ...................................................................................................................130

LAB 10: PART 1 - VERIFY THE STATUS OF THE FAST VP FEATURE ..........................................................................131
LAB 10: PART 2 - OBSERVING FAST VP DATA RELOCATION BASED ON TIERING POLICIES ....................................134
LAB EXERCISE 11: QUALITY OF SERVICE SETUP ................................................................................................138
LAB 11: PART 1 - VERIFY THE STATUS OF THE QOS FEATURE ..................................................................................139
LAB 11: PART 2 - CREATE AN I/O LIMIT POLICY AND ASSIGN IT TO A LUN ................................................................143
LAB EXERCISE 12: FILE SYSTEM EXTENSION .......................................................................................................146

LAB 12: PART 1 - EXTEND A THIN UFS64 FILE SYSTEM ............................................................................................147
LAB EXERCISE 13: FILE SYSTEM QUOTAS.............................................................................................................149

LAB 13: PART 1 – CREATE A USER QUOTA.................................................................................................................150
LAB 13: PART 2 - TESTING THE USER QUOTA.............................................................................................................152
LAB 13: PART 3 - CONFIGURE A QUOTA TREE ............................................................................................................158
LAB 13: PART 4 - TESTING THE QUOTA TREE .............................................................................................................160
LAB 13: PART 5 - CREATE A USER QUOTA ON A QUOTA TREE ..................................................................................164
LAB 13: PART 6 - TESTING THE USER QUOTA ON A QUOTA TREE CONFIGURATION .................................................166
LAB EXERCISE 14: SPACE RECLAMATION.............................................................................................................170

LAB 14: PART 1 - SHRINK A THIN UFS64 FILE SYSTEM .............................................................................................171
LAB EXERCISE 15: LUN SNAPSHOTS .......................................................................................................................174

LAB 15: PART 1 - CREATE A SNAPSHOT OF A LUN.....................................................................................................175
LAB 15: PART 2 - ACCESS A LUN SNAPSHOT .............................................................................................................179
LAB 15: PART 3 - RESTORE A LUN FROM A SNAPSHOT .............................................................................................183
LAB EXERCISE 16: FILE SYSTEM SNAPSHOTS .....................................................................................................185

LAB 16: PART 1 - ENABLE A SNAPSHOT SCHEDULE DURING FILE S YSTEM CREATION..............................................186
LAB 16: PART 2 - CREATE READ/WRITE AND READ-ONLY FILE S YSTEM SNAPSHOTS ..............................................188
LAB 16: PART 3 - ACCESS READ/WRITE AND READ-ONLY FILE S YSTEM SNAPSHOTS ..............................................191
LAB EXERCISE 17: INSTALL DESTINATION VSA...................................................................................................195
LAB 17: PART 1 - DISCOVER AND CONFIGURE UNITYVSA WITH THE INITCLI TOOL ...................................................196
LAB 17: PART 2 - SYSTEM INITIAL CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................198
LAB EXERCISE 18: ASYNCHRONOUS REMOTE REPLICATION.........................................................................204
LAB 18: PART 1 - CREATE REPLICATION COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................205

LAB 18: PART 2 - CREATE A REMOTE REPLICATION FOR A LUN................................................................................207
LAB 18: PART 3 - CREATE REMOTE REPLICATION FOR A NAS SERVER AND FILE SYSTEMS ....................................212
LAB 18: PART 4 - REMOTE REPLICATION OPERATIONS FOR A LUN...........................................................................216
LAB 18: PART 5 - REMOTE REPLICATION OPERATIONS FOR A NAS SERVER AND FILE SYSTEMS............................221
LAB EXERCISE 19: PROTECTING VMWARE DATASTORE ON UNITY STORAGE WITH APPSYNC .........226

LAB 19: PART 1 - APPSYNC INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................227
LAB 19: PART 2 - INVOKE APPSYNC AND ADD RESOURCES.......................................................................................229
LAB 19: PART 3 - PROTECT A VMWARE DATASTORE .................................................................................................234
LAB 19: PART 4 - MAKE CHANGES ON THE PROTECTED VMWARE DATASTORE .......................................................237
LAB 19: PART 5 - USE APPSYNC TO RESTORE THE DATASTORE...............................................................................239
LAB 19: PART 6 - VERIFY RESULTS .............................................................................................................................242
LAB EXERCISE 20: LOCAL LUN MOVE .....................................................................................................................243

LAB 20: PART 1 - MOVE A LUN 244
LAB EXERCISE 21: UNITY MAINTENANCE ..............................................................................................................247
LAB 21: PART 1 - COLLECT SERVICE INFORMATION ...................................................................................................248

LAB 21: PART 2 - SAVE CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................250
LAB 21: PART 3 - W ORKING WITH SERVICE MODE .....................................................................................................251
LAB 21: PART 4 - INTERPRETING ALERTS AND LOGS ..................................................................................................255
LAB 21: PART 5 - CRU SIMULATIONS..........................................................................................................................257
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE 258
UNITY FUNDAMENTALS 258
UNITY HARDWARE FUNDAMENTALS .............................................................................................................................259

Pre-Lab Exercise Instruction
Important: The lab exercises in this course are run on the lab setup
detailed here. Review the information in this section to
gain a better understanding of the lab environment and
how you will access it.

Lab Equipment Layout
This is a diagram of the lab setup you will use for completing the exercises. The environment
has DNS and NTP services running and a gateway for routing between two of its four
networks. The setup also has two UnityVSA systems connected to the multi-network
environment. It includes a simulated Windows Active Directory user environment and an NFS
Open LDAP Unix user environment, and clients to perform file storage access to Unity. It also
includes Windows, Linux, and ESXi hosts to perform block storage access via iSCSI to Unity.
The environment also includes connectivity of the UnityVSA systems to support asynchronous
remote replication of LUNs, NAS servers and file systems.

System Addressing and Credentials
Server/Appliance Use Mgmt IP Address Credentials Data Network/iSCSI IP

Name
WIN1 SMB client 192.168.1.11 hmarine\administrator/emc2Admin! 192.168.3.106 (iSCSI)
Windows iSCSI administrator/emc2Local! (Initiator)
host
WIN2 SMB client 192.168.2.11 hmarine\administrator/emc2Admin! 192.168.3.107 (iSCSI)
Windows iSCSI administrator/emc2Local! (Initiator)
host
Linux1 NFS client 192.168.1.111 root/emc2Local! 192.168.3.108 (iSCSI)
Linux iSCSI (Initiator)
host
Student01 Student 192.168.1.12 Student01\administrator/emc2Loca
Desktop l!
vShpere Web Manage ESXi https://vcsa.hmarine.test:944 root/Password123!
Client 3
VCSA.hmarine.tes Virtual Center 192.168.1.49 root/Password123!
t Server https://vcsa.hmarine.test
Appliance
AD/DC Domain 192.168.1.50 hmarine\administrator/emc2Admin!
Controller
DNS/NTP
LDAP LDAP Server 192.168.1.51 root/emc2Local!
NFS users
esxi60- ESXi Server 192.168.1.112 root/Password123! 192.168.3.104
1.hmarine.test (iSCSI)(Initiator)
VSA-Source Unity Storage 192.168.1.113 admin/Password123! 192.168.3.100 (Eth0)
Array Unisphere service/Password123! iSCSI TGT
default – admin/Password123# 192.168.1.115 (Eth1)
NAS_SMB 192.168.1.116
(Eth1) NAS_NFS
VSA-Destination Unity Storage 192.168.2.113 admin/Password123! 192.168.3.101 (iSCSI
Array Unisphere service/Password123! Eth0) TGT
default – admin/Password123# 192.168.2.115 (Eth1)
NAS_SMB 192.168.2.116
(Eth1) NAS_NFS
The table above details each system within the lab setup. It provides names, IP addressing,
and access credentials.
Note: All of the specific addressing and access credentials are included directly within the lab
exercise steps. So there is no need to reference this table to perform the exercises. It is
presented here to provide an overview of the setup.

Lab Access via VDC
Access to the lab setup is achieved through the EMC Virtual Data Center (VDC). The
instructor will provide each student with a unique VDC account credential to use for
completing the lab exercises. The specific VDC account is used to login to the VDC. The login
will provide access to a user-specific Student Desktop system.
You will need to login to your Student Desktop system using the local Administrator context
having the credentials of:
Username: student01\Administrator
Password: emc2Local!

Student Desktop
Each student will be automatically redirected to the Metro view of their specific Student
Desktop Windows 8 system. Access the Desktop charm to get to the Desktop view. The
Desktop view and its Task bar have been pre-configured with application icons needed for the
lab exercises.

Lab Exercise 1: UnityVSA Initialization
Purpose: To discover and configure the UnityVSA.
Tasks:  Install the Unity Connection Utility on your

Student Desktop system
 Discover the Unity storage system with the

Connection Utility and configure the initial
network settings
 Launch Unisphere and configure the

remainder of the system settings with the
Initial Configuration Wizard

Lab 1: Part 1 - Connection Utility Installation
In this lab, you will install the Connection Utility on your Student Desktop system.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system, open File Explorer and navigate to
the C:\Unity Software folder. Double click the UnityConnectionUtility-
Win-32-*.exe to begin the installation process.
2 Click the OK button to accept the default language.
3 Read the Unity Connection Utility Installation Introduction and then click
Next to proceed.
4 Click Next to select the default installation folder.
5 Click Install on the Pre-Installation Summary page to proceed.
6 Verify that the Run Connection Utility option is checked. Click Finish to
complete the installation and run the Connection Utility.
This completes part 1 of the lab exercise.
Continued on next page

Lab 1: Part 2 - UnityVSA Discovery and IP Address Assignment
In this lab, you will discover the UnityVSA with the Connection Utility and assign a management IP
address to it.
Step Action
1 If the Connection Utility is not already open from the previous lab, double click the
Connection Utility shortcut on your Student Desktop. Verify the Auto Discover radio
button is selected by default and click Next to proceed. Note that the Manual
Configuration method can only be used to configure a physical Unity storage
system.
2 The Connection Utility searches the network to discover unconfigured Unity

systems. Select the discovered UnityVSA and click Next to proceed. If no storage
systems are discovered after the Connection Utility has completed its search,
contact your instructor for help.
3 In the Configure Network Information page you will enter the following configuration
information for the system.
Name: VSA-Source
In the Management IPv4 Address section configure the following:
Select Use a static IPv4 address

Management Ipv4 Address: 192.168.1.113
IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Gateway: 192.168.1.1
In the Management IPv6 Address section configure the following:
Select Disable IPv6 access to the management address
Click Next to continue.

Step Action
4 Review the settings on the Review Configuration page and verify the configuration
information input is correct. If changes are needed, use the Back button to make
any changes. If the information is correct, click Configure.

Step Action
5 After a few minutes the system configuration will complete and its status will be
displayed as shown here. Please review the information displayed in the Before you
start Unisphere section. Verify that the Import certificate option is checked. Open a
session to Unisphere by clicking on the Start Unisphere 192.168.1.113 button.

Step Action
6 A Security Warning is displayed related to the Unity certificate being imported.

Review the warning information and click Yes to import the certificate.

Lab 1: Part 3 - UnityVSA Initial Configuration Wizard
In this lab, you will configure some of the initial system settings using the Initial Configuration Wizard.
Step Action
1 You are then presented with the Unisphere Login page. Enter the following
credentials:
User: admin
Password: Password123#
Click Login.
2 The first time that Unisphere opens, the Initial Configuration Wizard opens
automatically. If the Initial Configuration Wizard does not open automatically, you
can open it by navigating to the Unisphere System Settings page.
Click Next to begin the wizard.
3 In the Copyright section of the wizard, select the Accept license agreement radio
button.
Click Next.

Step Action
4 In the Admin and Service Password section, you will set a new password for the
default Admin user by entering the following:
Password: Password123!
Confirm Password: Password123!
Verify that the Set service password the same as admin password option is
checked.
Click Next.
5 The Unisphere Licenses section displays the system UUID. It is used to obtain a
license file for your UnityVSA. A Unity Community license has already been
downloaded for you.
Click the Install License button to continue.
6 In the Select License File section, click the Browse button to browse for the license
file.
7 Navigate to C:\VSA Licenses\Source, select the license file, and click Open.
8 Click Finish to upload the file to the storage system.
9 Click Close to exit the license wizard.
10 Verify that the Unisphere Licenses section displays a message that the License file
installed successfully. This may take a moment to complete as the license file
uploads to the storage system.
Click Next.
11 In the DNS Servers section, select the Configure DNS server address manually
radio button option.
This exposes an empty list of DNS servers.
Click Add to add a DNS server to the list.

Step Action
12 Enter the IP address 192.168.1.50.
Click Add again and the address will be entered in the list.
Please review the message recommending multiple DNS servers. Note,the lab
setup you are using only has a single DNS server.
13 The NTP Servers section displays an empty list of NTP servers.
Click Add to add an NTP server.
Enter the IP address: 192.168.1.50
Click Add again and the address will be entered into the list
14 The Pools section of the wizard is displayed next. We will skip this part until later on
in the class when we discuss storage pools.
15 The Alerts Settings section of the wizard is displayed next. If you wish to receive
alerts from your storage system via email, enter your email address and the SMTP
server IP address here. Note, the lab setup you are using does not include an
SMTP mail server so this configuration step will not be performed.
Click Next to skip this step.
16 The Proxy Server section is displayed here. A Proxy Server configuration would be
used to receive important support information if your system could not connect
directly to the internet. Support is available to UnityVSA Professional edition and
physical Unity systems. Proxy Server will not be configured here because this
UnityVSA is using a Community license. Also the lab setup does not include a
proxy server.
17 The iSCSI Interfaces section is displayed next. We will skip this configuration until
later in the class.

Step Action
18 The NAS Server section is displayed here. We will skip this step and configure NAS
Servers later in the class.
19 The Results section completes the Initial Configuration Wizard. Note that you can
change the configuration settings in the future through the Unisphere Settings
Menu. You can also reopen the Initial Configuration Wizard from the Unisphere
Settings Menu.
Click Close to complete the wizard.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 2: Unity Unisphere Tour
Purpose: Take a tour of the Unisphere Dashboard, System View,

and Settings pages to become familiar with the storage
system and the GUI interface.
Tasks:  Log into Unisphere, customize the Dashboard,

and explore Unisphere Navigation,
Preferences, and Help options
 Display the virtual components in the System

View pages and confirm storage system
health
 View the system settings pages to confirm

software versions, license information,
system limits, and management settings
 Create a Local user with a system defined role

and test the attributed permissions.

Lab 2: Part 1 - Tour of the Unisphere Dashboard, System View, and
Settings
Step Action
1 If Unisphere is not already open from the previous lab, launch Internet Explorer
from the taskbar on your Student Desktop.
Enter the URL https://192.168.1.113, and log into Unisphere with the admin user
account and the password Password123!
2 If the Dashboard is not already displayed, click the Dashboard button at the top of
the navigation pane on the left hand side of the window.
3 To customize the Dashboard, click the Main link or drop down arrow in the top left
of the window and select Customize.

Step Action
4 In the Add View Blocks window, select System Alerts, click Add View Block, and
then click Close to return to the Dashboard.
Is your new widget displayed? __________________
5 Now click the + icon to create a new dashboard.
6 Enter My New Dashboard in the Dashboard Name field and click OK.

Step Action
7 From the My New Dashboard dropdown list, select Customize to add widgets to
the new dashboard.
Select System Capacity and click the Add View Block button.
Add another widget by selecting System Alerts and click the Add View Block
button.
Click Close. The Dashboard will display the added widgets.
8 Let’s take a look at Unisphere preferences. Click the person icon in the upper right
corner and select Preferences. Note that you can also change the password and
log out here.

Step Action
9 In the window that opens, hover the mouse over the Optimize for remote access
link.
What is the purpose of this option? _____________________________________
Click the Clear User Cache button next. Click Yes to confirm.
What is the result of the clear user cache function? ________________________
10 Let’s take a look at the help options. Click the Help icon in the top right of the
window to view the sub menu. Click the About link in the sub menu.
Which version of Unisphere is running? _________________________________
Click Close.
The other two sub menu items include a link to the online help main menu page
and a direct link to the dashboard help page.

Step Action
11 Click the Online Help link to view the main menu.

You can navigate through the online help using the Contents pane on the left or
using the categories on the right. Try the For more information link near the
bottom of the main menu.
12 Close Unisphere help and return to the Unisphere Dashboard.

Click the Alerts icon to view any recent alerts. If you select the View All Alerts
link, it will bring you to the Alerts page. You can also reach the Alerts page using
the link in the navigation pane on the left.
Are there any alerts displayed? _______________________________________

Step Action
13 Next to the Alerts icon, click the Jobs icon to view any active jobs. In this case
there are no active jobs shown.
Click the Jobs link in the navigation pane on the left to view the Jobs page.
14 To the left of the Jobs icon, click the View system status icon. Select the View
system details link for more details.

Step Action
15 This brings us to the System View Summary page.

We can also navigate here using the System View link in the left hand navigation
pane.
Here is where we can see the general system status, the system name, serial
number, license activation key, system UUID, software version, and system time.
Are there any hardware issues detected on your system that need attention? ____
Does the software version match what was reported in the About Unisphere page?
________
Select the Enclosures tab and then the Virtual tab to explore the virtual network
ports and virtual disks assigned to your virtual storage system.

Step Action
16 Now let’s take a look at some system settings. Click the Settings icon in the top
right corner of Unisphere.
The Software and Licenses Information window is displayed. Note that the menu
on the left roughly matches the flow of the Initial Configuration Wizard and that you
can launch the Initial Configuration Wizard near the bottom of the window.
17 Click the Software Upgrades link to check the software version.
What is the release date of the UnityOS? _______________________________

Step Action
18 Click the Perform Health Checks button.
The Pre Upgrade Health Checks window is displayed (not shown here). Click the
Perform Health Checks button again to perform the health check.
Did the health check successfully complete? ____________________________
Any issues reported? _______________________________________________
Close the Pre Upgrade Health Check window to continue.

Step Action
19 Now let’s take a look at the system limits. Click the System Limits link in the
Settings window.
What is the Maximum Pool Capacity in Total of your virtual storage system? ____
20 Use the menu on the left to explore the rest of the Settings.

Lab 2: Part 2 - Adding a New User Account with a Role Associated to It
Step Action
1 In this lab section we will create a new User to manage the Unity system.
If the System Global Settings window is not already opened from the Unisphere
session launched in the previous part of this lab, re-open it.
2 Navigate to the Users and Groups > User Management section.
Then from the Manage Users & Groups page, launch the Create User or Group
wizard by clicking on the Add link (+).
3 From the Create User or Group wizard window notice that Local User is the only
option available because LDAP service was not configured for the Unity System.
If LDAP was configured in the Directory Services tab of the System Global
Settings window both existing LDAP Users and Group could be configured to
access Unisphere.
Click Next to continue the wizard.

Step Action
4 In the Specify User Information section enter the following:
Username: student
Password: P@ssw0rd
Confirm Password: P@ssw0rd
5 On the Select a Role section, select the Operator role for the New User.
6 Review your settings on the Summary section and click Finish.
7 The Results section shows the status of the operation.
A green check mark specifies that the operation was completed successfully.
Wait until the job has completed, then click Close.
8 The new User will be displayed in the Manage Users & Groups page.
Notice that among the information displayed in this page are the User name, role,
and the type of user (Local or LDAP).
Close the System Global Settings window.

Step Action
9 Now you will test the new User based and the permissions associated with the
role.
First log off from the Unisphere session. (Remember that we are logged as
Admin)
Confirm the Log Out operation. The browser will redirect the page to the Login
screen.
10 On the Login screen enter the credentials of the new user.

User: student
Password: P@ssw0rd
Click on Login.
11 Click the Settings icon in the top right corner of Unisphere.
The Settings window will open.
12 The default License Management page is displayed under the Software and
Licenses > License Information section.
Is this user allowed to install a new license? _____________________________
13 Navigate through the other sections of the Settings window.

Can this user create New Users or Groups? ____________________________
Which configuration from the Management section, is this user allowed to
perform? ________________________________________________________
14 This concludes the demonstration of Role-based user management.

Close the Settings window and log off the Unisphere session.
This completes the Unisphere Tour lab.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 3: Storage Provisioning
Purpose: In this lab you will assign the storage tier levels to virtual
disks presented to the UnityVSA system. From that
storage space you will then create several
heterogeneous and homogeneous pools. From the pools
you will then create LUNs, Consistency Groups, NAS
servers, and file systems.
Tasks:  Assign storage tiers to the available virtual

disks. Then create two multi-tier storage pools
and three single-tier storage pools
 Create two LUNs and a multi-LUN Consistency

Group
 Create two NAS Servers; one for SMB file

access and one for NFS file access.
 Create two file systems; one for containing

SMB file data and one for NFS file data

Lab 3: Part 1 - Creating Storage Pools
This lab will show you how to create two multi-tiered FAST VP pools for general storage use and three
single tiered homogenous pools that will be used in a later lab exercise in creating VVols. In a
UnityVSA environment, Virtual Disks are created for the use of the VSA. You will assign different level
tiers to those Virtual Disks to be able to simulate a FAST VP environment. When using a physical
Unity storage array, the back end disks are automatically assigned to the correct tiers based on their
performance characteristics.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system taskbar, launch Internet Explorer and
establish a Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system at IP address
192.168.1.113. The login credentials are admin/Password123!

Step Action
2 Navigate to System > System View > Virtual. You will see nine Virtual
Disks displayed. There are three different capacities shown.
Select the first 9.9 GB Virtual Disk so it is highlighted, then move the
cursor to the Details icon in the tool bar and click it. As a note, double
clicking the Virtual Disk will also work.
The Properties window will appear. From the Storage Tier dropdown list,
select the Extreme Performance Tier. Click Apply then click Close.
Repeat this step for the other two 9.9 GB Virtual Disks.
cursor to the Details icon in the tool bar and click it. The Properties
window will appear. From the Storage Tier dropdown list, select the
Performance Tier. Click Apply then click Close. Repeat this step for the
other two 19.9 GB Virtual Disks.
cursor to the Details icon in the tool bar and click it. The Properties
window will appear. From the Storage Tier dropdown list, select the
Capacity Tier. Click Apply then click Close. Repeat this step for the
other two 49.9 GB Virtual Disks.
This is one of several places that tiers can be assigned to virtual disks.

Step Action
3 Navigate to Storage > Pools. Click the + icon to create a new pool. The
Create Pool Wizard opens. In the Name field input: FAST VP-1. Click
Next to continue the wizard.
In the Assign Tier to the Virtual Drives window click Next.
In the Select Storage Tiers window, check off all three tiers for the pool, as
this will be a multi-tiered FAST VP Pool. Click Next to continue the
wizard.
In the Select Virtual Drives window, remove the check marks from all
virtual disks except the first one listed in each of the three tiers. Click Next
to continue the wizard.
Leave the Create VMware Capability Profile for the Pool check box
unchecked. Click Next to continue the wizard.
The Summary section displays the pool configuration to be created. Click

Finish to begin the creation operation.
The Results window displays the creation status. Close the window when
the operation completes.
The newly created pool is now listed.

Step Action
4 Click the + icon to create another new pool. The Create Pool Wizard
opens. In the Name field input: FAST VP-2. Click Next to continue the
wizard.
In the Select Storage Tiers window, check off all three tiers for the pool, as
this will be a multi-tiered FAST VP Pool. Click Next to continue the
wizard.
In the Select Virtual Drives window, remove the check marks from all
virtual disks except the first one listed in each of the three tiers. Click Next
Leave the Create VMware Capability Profile for the Pool check box
unchecked. Click Next to continue the wizard.

The newly created pool is now listed.

Step Action
opens. In the Name field input: Extreme Performance Pool. Click Next to
continue the wizard.
In the Select Storage Tiers window, check off the Extreme Performance
Tier only as this will be a single tier pool. Click Next to continue the
wizard.
In the Select Virtual Drives window, only the one virtual disk will be
displayed and checked. Click Next to continue the wizard.
Check the Create VMware Capability Profile for the Pool check box
option. In the Name field input: Extreme Performance Pool_CP and click
In the Usage Tags field input: Database and click Next to continue the
wizard.


Step Action
opens. In the Name field input: Performance Pool. Click Next to continue
the wizard.
In the Select Storage Tiers window, check off the Performance Tier only
as this will be a single tier pool. Click Next to continue the wizard.
option. In the Name field input: Performance Pool_CP and click Next to
In the Usage Tags field input: Logs and click Next to continue the wizard.


Step Action
opens. In the Name field input: Capacity Pool. Click Next to continue the
wizard.
In the Select Storage Tiers window, check off the Capacity Tier only as
this will be a single tier pool. Click Next to continue the wizard.
option. In the Name field input: Capacity Pool_CP and click Next to
In the Usage Tags field input: Capacity and click Next to continue the
wizard.

All five newly created pools should be listed.

Lab 3: Part 2 - Creating Block Storage LUNs and Consistency Groups
This lab will show you how to provision block storage LUNs and a Consistency Group with two or more
LUNs.
Step Action

Step Action
1 In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs. Click the + icon to create
a new LUN. The Create LUNs wizard opens.
In the Configure Lun(s) section, input the following configuration:
Number of LUNs: 1
Name: WIN1 LUN0
Pool: FAST VP-1
Tiering Policy: Start High, Then Auto-Tier
Size: 5 GB
Host I/O Limit: No Limit
In the Configure Access section you will not configure host access yet. Click
Also click Next in the Snapshot section and Next in the Replication section,
you will not be configuring those features yet.
The Summary section will display the configuration of the LUN to be created as
shown.
Click Finish to begin the creation operation.
The Results window will display the status of the operation. When it completes,
Close the window.
The newly created LUN will be displayed.

Step Action
2 Click the + icon to create another LUN.
In the Configure LUN(s) section, input the following configuration:
Number of LUNs: 1
Name: Linux1 LUN0
Pool: FAST VP-1
Size: 5 GB
The Summary section will display the configuration of the LUN to be created as
shown.
The Results window will display the status of the operation. When it completes,
Close the window.
The newly created LUN will be displayed.

Step Action
3 Select the Consistency Group tab and click the + icon to create a
Consistency Group. The Create a Consistency Group wizard opens.
In the Name field input: FASTVP_CG. Click Next to continue the wizard.
In the Populate Consistency Group section click the + icon and select Create
new LUNs from the dropdown list.
In the Configure LUNs window input the following configuration information:
Number of LUNs: 3
Name: CG_LUN
Pool: FAST VP-1
Size: 5 GB
Click OK to continue.
The Summary section will display the configuration of the Consistency Group
to be created as shown.

Step Action
4 The Results window will display the status of the operation. Please be patient,
the operation will take a moment to complete. When it completes, Close the
window.
The newly created Consistency Group will be displayed.

Lab 3: Part 3 - Creating NAS Servers
Step Action
1 You will now create a NAS Server for accessing file storage via SMB.
In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > File > NAS Servers. Click the + icon
to create a new NAS Server. A wizard to create the NAS Server opens to
the Configure NAS Server General Settings section. Input the following
configuration:
Server Name: NAS_SMB

Tenant: Greyed out, not configurable on VSA Community Edition
Pool: FAST VP-2
Storage Processor: SP A
2 In the Configure NAS Server Address section input the following

configuration:
Ethernet Port: Ethernet Port 1

IP Address: 192.168.1.115
Subnet Mask/Prefix Length: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
3 In the Configure Sharing Protocols section check the Windows Shares

(SMB, CIFS) protocol option. The window expands with the Join to the
Active Directory domain option selected and will be used here. Input the
following configuration:
SMB Computer Name: NAS_SMB (already populated)

SMB Server Description: File server for Windows users
Windows Domain: hmarine.test
Domain Privileged Username: Administrator (already populated)
Password: emc2Admin!
Leave the Linux/Unix shares (NFS) option unchecked.

Step Action
4 In the Configure NAS Server DNS section the Domain field will be
populated with hmarine.test and will be used here.
Click the Add button. Input the following configuration:
IP Address: 192.168.1.50
Click the Add button.
5 You will not be configuring Replication so click Next to continue the

wizard.
The Summary section displays the configuration of the NAS Server to be

created as shown here.
Click the Finish button to initiate the creation operation.
The Results section displays the status of the creation operation. Close
the window when the operation completes successfully.
The new NAS Server is now listed on the page.

Step Action
6 You will now create a second NAS Server which will be used to access file
storage via NFS.
Click the + icon to create a new NAS Server. The wizard to create the
NAS Server opens to the Configure NAS Server General Settings section.
Input the following configuration:
Server Name: NAS_NFS

Tenant: Greyed out, not configurable on VSA Community Edition
Pool: FAST VP-2
7 In the Configure NAS Server Address section input the following

configuration:

IP Address: 192.168.1.116
Subnet Mask/Prefix Length: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
8 In the Configure Sharing Protocols section check the Linux/Unix Shares

(NFS) protocol option. The window expands to input additional
configuration information for the NAS Server.
Check the Enable VVols option

Step Action
9 In the Configure Unix Directory Service section, check the Unix Directory
Services option. The window will open further configuration information.
From the dropdown list, select LDAP.
IP Address: 192.168.1.51
Input the following configuration:
Port: 389 (already populated)

Authentication: Anonymous (already populated)
LDAP Secure (Use SSL): unchecked
Base DN: hmarine.test
Profile DN: (leave blank)
10 In the Configure NAS Server DNS section, check the Enable DNS option.
This exposes further configuration information. Input the following
configuration:
Domain: hmarine.test
IP Address: 192.168.1.50

Step Action
11 You will not be configuring Replication so click Next to continue the

wizard.
The Summary section displays the configuration of the NAS Server to be

created as shown.
Click the Finish button to initiate the creation operation.
The Results section displays the status of the creation operation.
Close the window when the operation completes successfully.
The new NAS Server is now listed on the page.

Lab 3: Part 4 - Creating File Systems
Step Action
1 You will now configure a file system for SMB file storage.
In Unisphere navigate to Storage > File > File Systems. Click the + icon
to create a new file system.
A wizard opens for creating the file system. In the Configure the Protocols
the File System Supports section, select the Windows Shares (SMB)
radio button.
From the NAS Server dropdown list, the NAS_SMB should be selected as
it is the only NAS Server available configured for SMB.
2 In the Provide a Name and Description section, input the following:
Name: SMB_fs
Description: File system for NAS_SMB NAS Server
3 In the Configure the File System Storage Characteristics section, input the
Pool: FAST VP-2

Size: 5 GB
Thin: Yes (this is not configurable)
Minimum Allocation Size: 3 GB
Tiering Policy: Start High Then Auto-Tier
4 You will not configure a share for the file system at this time so in the
Configure the Initial Share section click Next to continue the wizard.
You will not configure Snapshots for the file system at this time so in the
Configure Snapshot Schedule section click Next to continue the wizard.
You will not configure Replication for the file system at this time so in the
Provide a Replication Mode and RPO section click Next to continue the
wizard.

Step Action
5 The Summary section displays the details of the file system creation as
shown.
Click Finish to perform the creation operation.
The Results section will display the status of the file system creation.
The new file system is displayed in the list.
6 You will now configure a file system for NFS file storage.
From the File Systems page, click the + icon to create a new file system.
The wizard to create a file system opens. In the Configure the Protocols
the File System Supports section, select the Linux/Unix Shares (NFS)
radio button.
From the NAS Server dropdown list, the NAS_NFS should be selected as
it is the only NAS Server available configured for NFS.

Step Action
7 In the Provide a Name and Description section, input the following:
Name: NFS_fs
Description: File system for NAS_NFS NAS Server
Click Next to continue the wizard
8 In the Configure the File System Storage Characteristics section, input the
Pool: FAST VP-2

Size: 5 GB
Thin: Yes (this is not configurable)
9 You will not configure a share for the file system at this time so in the
Configure the Initial Share section click Next to continue the wizard.
You will not configure Snapshots for the file system at this time so in the
Configure Snapshot Schedule section click Next to continue the wizard.
You will not configure Replication for the file system at this time so in the
Provide a Replication Mode and RPO section click Next to continue the
wizard.

Step Action
10 The Summary section displays the details of the file system creation as
shown.
Click Finish to perform the creation operation.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 4: Windows Host Access to Block Storage
Purpose: In this lab, you will configure an iSCSI host to access a

LUN on the UnityVSA.
Tasks: The lab details the steps to configure an iSCSI

interface on the UnityVSA data network port with
Unisphere then discover the target array using the
Microsoft iSCSI initiator software.
Once the target is discovered, you will:
 Attach the host to the LUN
 Format the drive
 Assign a drive letter to the LUN for host

access
Write data to the LUN

Lab 4: Part 1 - Create an iSCSI Interface
Step Action
1 From the Student Desktop system establish a Unisphere session to the

VSA-Source system at IP address 192.168.1.113. The login credentials
are admin/Password123!
2 Navigate to Storage > Block > iSCSI Interfaces. Click the + icon to
create an iSCSI interface. Input the following configuration:

Storage Processor: SPA (not configurable on VSA)
IP Address: 192.168.3.100
Subnet Mask / Prefix Length: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: leave blank
IQN Alias: leave as-is
Record the Port IQN value: ____________________________________
Click OK to create the interface.

Lab 4: Part 2 - Host Microsoft iSCSI Initiator - Target Discovery
In this lab, you will use the MS iSCSI Software Initiator to discover the UnityVSA target data network
port and establish a connection between the host and UnityVSA. The initiator software should already
be installed on the system.
Step Action
1 From the Student Desktop taskbar click the RDP icon to launch the
application.
Establish an RDP session to the WIN1 host as the local administrator

using the following settings:
Computer(s): WIN1
User: administrator
Password: emc2Local!
Click the Connect button.

Step Action
2 From the WIN1 system taskbar, click the iSCSI Initiator icon to launch the
application.
Select the Discovery tab. Click the Discover Portal button. In the
Discover Target Portal window, in its IP address or DNS name field input:
192.168.3.100
Click OK to close the Discover Target Portal window.
Select the Targets tab. In the Discovered targets section the VSA-Source
IQN is displayed with an Inactive status. Click the Connect button to
connect the initiator to the target.
In the Connect to Target window, check the Enable multi-path checkbox.

Click the Advanced button.
From the Advanced Settings window, in the Local adaptor dropdown list,
select Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. In the Initiator IP dropdown list, select
192.168.3.106. From the Target portal IP dropdown list, select
192.168.3.100 /3260. Click OK to configure the settings.
Click OK in the Connect To Target window.
Close the iSCSI Initiator Properties window.

Lab 4: Part 3 - Unisphere Initiator and Host Access
In this lab you will locate the initiator IQN and map it to a host for LUN access.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system, open the Unisphere session to VSA-
Source navigate to Access > Initiators.
2 Verify the WIN1 Initiator is displayed. You may need to refresh the
Unisphere page.
Note: If the initiator displays a Warning (yellow triangle) the initiator has
not been registered with any host. In the next step you will register this
initiator to a host.
3 Navigate to Access > Hosts. Click the + icon and from the dropdown list
select Host. The Add a Host wizard opens. Input the following
configuration:
Name: WIN1
Description: Windows WIN1 host
Operating System: Windows Server
Network Address: 192.168.1.11
Tenant: (not configurable for VSA Community Edition)
4 In the Select Discovered Initiators or Manually Add Initiators section,

check the WIN1 initiator IQN checkbox to register the initiator with the
host.

Step Action
5 The Summary screen will display the configuration of the host to be

registered as shown.
Click the Finish button to add the host.
The Results screen will display the progress of the operation. Close the
window when the operation completes.
The WIN1 host will now be listed and indicate it is a registered host by the
white check in the green circle.
6 Navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs and double click the WIN1 LUN0
LUN to open its properties page.
Select the Host Access tab.
Click the + icon to configure host access to the LUN.
The Select Host Access window opens.
Check the WIN1 host checkbox.
Click OK to configure the host access to the LUN.
Close the properties page window.

Lab 4: Part 4 - Present the LUN to a Windows Host
In this lab you will use the Computer Management tools to discover, format, and present a LUN to a
Windows host.
Step Action
1 Access the WIN1 RDP session. From the desktop launch Computer
Management.
2 Navigate to Storage > Disk Management.
Right-click on Disk Management and select Rescan Disks
Locate the disk associated with the LUN you created. Right click the disk
and bring it Online.
Once it displays Not Initialized, right click and select Initialize disk. Use
the default setting and click OK.
Right click the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. The
New Simple Volume Wizard opens. Click Next to continue the wizard.
In the Specify Volume Size window, accept the default size and click Next
In the Assign Drive Letter or Path window, accept the default settings and
click Next to continue the wizard.
In the Format Partition window, accept the default settings for File System,
Allocation unit size, and Perform a quick format option. In the Volume
label field input WIN1 LUN0 and click Next to continue the wizard.
Click Finish to complete the operation.

Step Action
3 Right click the formatted drive to open it with File Explorer.
Right click in the window and create a New > Text Document. Open the
document a write some data in it.
Save and close the file.
You have verified host access and successfully written data to the LUN.
Logoff the RDP session to WIN1.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 5: Linux Host Access to Block Storage
Purpose: In this lab, you will configure an iSCSI Linux host to

access a LUN on the UnityVSA.
Tasks: This lab details the steps to configure an iSCSI

interface on the UnityVSA data network port with
Unisphere then discover the target array using the
Linux native iSCSI initiator software (open-iscsi).
Once the target is discovered, you will:
 Attach the host to the LUN
 Format the drive
 Partition the drive
 Create a file system
 Write data to the LUN
Note: Read each step through as they contain more

than a single command or action.
The Linux host uses the open-iscsi initiator

software. The driver contains parameters which may
need to be changed for Unity. The settings can be
found in the Unity-Configuring Host to Access Fibre
Channel (FC) or iSCSI Storage available on
support.emc.com. The file is located at
/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf.

Lab 5: Part 1 - Linux Host iSCSI Initiator - Target Discovery
In this lab, you will use the Linux native iSCSI Initiator to discover the UnityVSA target data network
port and establish a connection between the host and UnityVSA. The initiator software is already
installed on the system as part of the Linux installation.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system taskbar click the PuTTy icon to launch
the application.
Establish an SSH session to the Linux1 system.
In the PuTTY screen Host Name (or IP address) field input: Linux1 and
click the Open button.
In the PuTTY security message, if presented, click the Yes button to

connect to the system.
At the login as: prompt input: root
At the password: prompt input: emc2Local!
You are now logged in as root to the Linux1 client as indicated by the #
cursor symbol.
2 In this step you will identify the initiator IQN for the Linux system.
Issue the command:
more /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
Record the initiator name: _____________________________________

Step Action
3 Run the following command to start the iscsid process and login to the
Unity iSCSi target:
/sbin/iscsiadm –m discovery –t sendtargets –p 192.168.3.100
The output will display the Unity data port IP address, port number, and
IQN.
Start the iSCSI service by issuing the command:
service iscsi start
Verify the service is started by issuing the command:
service iscsi status
Verify the Target IQN and Portal are displayed in the beginning of the
output as shown in the example below.

Lab 5: Part 2 - Unisphere Initiator and Host Access
In this lab you will use Unisphere to verify that the Linux iSCSI initiator has been attached to the
UnityVSA. You will then add Linux host and present a LUN for host access.
Step Action
1 Return to your Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system. Refresh

your login if the security session has expired. Navigate to Access >
Initiators.
Verify the Linux iSCSI Initiator is displayed.
Note: If the initiator displays a Warning (yellow triangle) the initiator has
not been registered with any host.
2 Navigate to Access > Hosts. Click the + icon and from the dropdown list
select Host. The Add a Host wizard opens. Input the following
configuration:
Name: Linux1
Description: Linux1 host
Operating System: Linux
Tenant: (not configurable for VSA Community Edition)
3 In the Select Discovered Initiators or Manually Add Initiators section,

check the Linux1 initiator IQN checkbox to register the initiator with the
host.

Step Action
The Summary screen will display the configuration of the host to be

registered as shown.
Click the Finish button to add the host.
The Results screen will display the progress of the operation.
Close the window when the operation completes.
The Linux1 host will now be listed and indicate it is a registered host by
the white check in the green circle.
Navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs and double click the Linux1 LUN0
LUN to open its properties page.
Select the Host Access tab.
Click the + icon to configure host access to the LUN.
The Select Host Access window opens.
Check the Linux1 host checkbox.
Click OK to configure the host access to the LUN.
Close the properties page window.

Lab 5: Part 3 - Present the LUN to a Linux Host
In this lab you will discover, format, and present a LUN to a Linux host.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop open the existing SSH session to the Linux1
system.
Your Linux system is configured with PowerPath multipath software. At the

command prompt issue the command:
powermt config
There will be no output from the command.
Issue the command:
powermt display dev=all
The output of the command will display the Psuedo name PowerPath has
assigned to the new LUN. Verify the Pseudo name in the output as shown:
2 Issue the command:
fdisk –l
The command will display all of the disk devices the system can see. Locate the
/dev/emcpowerb in output as shown:

Step Action
3 Issue the command:
fdisk /dev/emcpowerb
The command launches a wizard to partition the disk. You will create a Primary
partition on the disk with an offset of 128 disk blocks. Enter the bolded
responses at each of the wizard prompts shown.
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p Primary Partition (1-4) p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-1018, default 1): 1
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size(K,M,G) (1-1018, default 1018): 1018
Command (m for help): x
Expert command (m for help): b
Partition number (1-4): 1
New beginning of data (1-10477255, default 62): 128
Expert command (m for help): w

Step Action
4 This is an example output of the previous fdisk command output:

Step Action
5 To view the new partition device name run the command:
fdisk –l
Verify the new device name /dev/emcpowerb1 in the output as shown:
Issue the following command to create a file system on the device:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/emcpowerb1
An example of the command and output is shown below.

Step Action
6 Now you will create a mountpoint on the system to mount the disk device to by
running the following command:
mkdir /emcpowerb
Now you will mount the disk device to the mountpoint by running the following
command:
mount /dev/emcpowerb1 /emcpowerb
To verify the operation, issue the command:
mount
An example of the steps is shown below.
7 Now you will write data to the LUN by creating a file containing some text by
running the following command.
echo “This is a line of text written to the newfile created on the LUN”
> /emcpowerb/newfile
Now verify the data was written to the LUN by running the following command:
cat /emcpowerb/newfile
Close the ssh session by running the following command:
exit
This concludes the lab. You have configured a data network port on the
UnityVSA, discovered the Target using the Linux native iSCSI Initiator, attached
the Linux host to the UnityVSA LUN, formatted the device, and wrote data to it!
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 6: SMB File Storage Access
Purpose: Create SMB shares to a Unity file system and access its
file storage from a Windows SMB client.
Tasks:  Configure SMB shares on a Unity file system.

Create a hidden share to the top-level of the
file system for administrator access.
 Create a lower-level sub-folder share,

configure permissions to a specified user
community, and test file storage access.
 Create a lower-level sub-folder share to a

Unity file system using the Windows
Computer Management utility and test file
storage access.

Lab 6: Part 1 - Create a hidden top-level SMB share of a file system
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system establish a Unisphere session to the VSA-
Source Unity system IP address 192.168.1.113 and login.
2 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > File. Select the SMB_fs file system, place a
check in its checkbox and uncheck any other file system. From the More
Actions dropdown list select Create an SMB share (CIFS).
3 A wizard to create a share opens to the Select a source for the new share
section. In the File System field the SMB_fs will be listed. The radio button
option is selected for the File System “SMB_fs”. The option to create the share
on a Snapshot of the file system is grayed-out since there are no snapshots of
the file system.
Click Next to continue with the wizard.

Step Action
4 In the Provide SMB share name and path section input the following
configuration:
Share Name: Top$
Description: Top-level hidden share for administrator access.
Local Path: /
Example configuration shown below:
5 The Provide SMB share details section of the wizard lets you configure various
advanced SMB properties and offline availability options. In this lab you will
keep the default values.

Step Action
6 The Summary section of the wizard displays the configuration summary for the
share as shown:
Click Finish to initiate the share creation.
7 The Results section of the wizard displays the status of the share creation.
Review the results.
Click Close to close the wizard if the share creation completed without error. If
an error was encountered, review the above steps to correct any errors and
create the share.
8 Now that the share is created you will access it from an SMB client. From the
Student Desktop system taskbar select the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
icon to launch the application.
9 Establish an RDP session to the WIN1 system as the domain administrator.
In the Computer(s) field input: WIN1
In the User field input: hmarine\administrator
In the Password field input: emc2Admin!

Step Action
10 A session to the desktop of the WIN1 system opens. From its taskbar click the
Run icon.
11 You will now open the file system share by accessing its share name from the
NAS server that is associated with the file system.
In the Open field input: \\NAS_SMB\Top$
Click the OK button.
12 The share to the file system opens. In the Explorer window, select the View tab.
Ensure the Hidden items is checked as shown below:
You will see the .etc and lost+found folders that are present at the top-level of
all Unity file systems. These folders are used internally by the file system and
should not be disturbed or modified. As an administrator, you can control the
on-disk permissions to this top-level shared area of the file system.
Right click within the share window and select Properties.
The Top$ properties window opens, select the Security tab.
Click the Edit button to modify the on-disk permissions.
13 A permissions window to the share opens. The Everyone group is listed and
has Full control permissions by default. As the domain administrator you can
add discrete administrative permissions.

Step Action
14 A window for adding users and groups opens. In the Enter the object names to
select field input: Domain Admins and click the Check Names button. The
group will appear underlined when it is located within the domain.
Click OK to add the group to the permissions.

Step Action
15 The Domain Admins group is now listed on the permissions. In the Allow
column of checkboxes, check the Full control box. This automatically fills-in
additional permissions checkboxes. Click the Apply button to add the new
permission setting for the Domain Admins group.
A security window is presented relating to setting permissions remotely and its

effect on inherited permissions. Click Yes to continue.
Two additional windows appear relating to errors adjusting permissions on the

lost+found and .etc folders. Click the Continue button in each window to
complete the permissions operation.
Note: Verify the permissions for Domain Admins are Full Control before
proceeding to the next step.

Step Action
16 To limit access to the top level of the file system you will now modify the
permissions for the Everyone group. In the permissions window highlight the
Everyone group. In the Allow column of checkboxes uncheck all of the
permissions except for List folder contents, leave that permission checked.
Click the Apply button.
The two additional windows relating to errors adjusting permissions on the

lost+found and .etc folders will appear again. Click the Continue button in each
window to complete the permissions operation.
Close the permissions window.
Close the properties window.
Leave the share open. You will be accessing it in the next part of this lab
exercise.

Lab 6: Part 2 - Create a lower-level SMB share of a file system
Step Action
1 As an administrator, you are going to create a lower-level share on the file

system. This will keep the .etc and lost+found folders at the top-level of
the file system from being exposed to the user community. From the open
Top$ share, right-click within the share and select New > Folder. Name
the folder Sales_Data.
2 Now you will adjust permissions on the folder for specific domain user and
group access. Right-click the Sales_Data folder and select Properties.
Select the Security tab.
You will see the permissions that were set on the Top$ share have been
inherited by the folder. Click the Edit button to add permissions to the
folder.
A permissions window for the folder opens. Click the Add button.
3 A window to add users and groups to the folder opens. In the Enter the
object names to select field input: Westcoast Sales; Eastcoast Sales
and click the Check Names button. The groups will appear underlined
when they are located within the domain.
Click the OK button to add the groups.

Step Action
4 The groups are now listed in the permissions window for the folder.
Highlight the Eastcoast Sales group and in the Allow column of

checkboxes, check the Full control permission and click the Apply
button to assign the permission for the group.
Repeat the same permissions assignment for the Westcoast Sales

group.
Close the folder permissions and properties windows.
Close the Top$ share window.
Disconnect the RDP session to the WIN1 system by clicking the Logoff
Session icon on the WIN1 taskbar.
5 From the Student Desktop system, return to your Unisphere session.

Login again if your session has timed out. Navigate to Storage > File >
SMB Shares. Click the + icon to create a new SMB share.
6 The wizard to create an SMB Share opens. Click in the File System field.
A Select a File System for share creation window opens. Select the
SMB_fs for the file system and click Select.

Step Action
7 Name the share Hmarine_Sales.
Add Sales_Data into the Local Path field as shown:
Note: this is case sensitive!
8 Keep the default options for the Advanced wizard section and click Next
to continue.
9 Review the Summary section for the share creation as shown:
Click Finish to initiate the share creation operation.

Step Action
10 When the operation completes close the Results section.
11 From the Student Desktop system taskbar, launch the RDP application.
12 You will login to the WIN1 system as a user who is a member of the
Westcoast Sales group.
In the User field input: hmarine\swall
13 From the WIN1 system taskbar click the Run icon.
In the Open field input \\NAS_SMB\Hmarine_Sales and click OK.
The share opens.
Right click in the share window and select New > Text Document. Name
the file Swall. Open the file and write a line of text indicating the current
time as seen on the WIN1 system clock.
Were you able to write this file and save it? _______________
14 Close the share window.
Logoff the WIN1 RDP session by clicking the Logoff session icon on the
WIN1 taskbar.
15 From the Student Desktop system, launch the RDP application again.
16 You will login to the WIN1 system as a user who is a member of the
Propulsion Engineers group.
In the User field input: hmarine\epratt

Step Action
In the Open field input \\NAS_SMB\Hmarine_Sales and click OK.
The share opens.
Double click the Swall file to open it.
Does the file open? _________________________________________
Close the Notepad window.
Right-click in the share and select New > Text Document.
Can you create a new file? ___________________________________
Why? ____________________________________________________
Cancel the message.
Close the share window.
Logoff the WIN1 RDP session.

Lab 6: Part 3 - Create an SMB share using Computer Management
Step Action
1 Establish an RDP session to the WIN1 system as the domain

administrator.
2 From the WIN1 system taskbar click the Computer Management icon to
launch the application.
3 From the left-side tree right-click the Computer Management (Local)

object and select the Connect to another computer option.
4 With the radio button option selected for Another computer, in the field
input: NAS_SMB and click OK.
5 Expand the System Tools tree object. Please be patient, this can take a
moment to complete.
Expand the Shared folders tree object.
6 Right-click the Shares object and select the New Share option. This
opens a wizard to create a new shared folder. Click Next to continue the
wizard.

Step Action
7 The wizard will configure a path for the shared folder. Click the Browse
button.
In the Browse for Folder window the structure for the NAS server is
displayed. Single click the SMB_fs file system and it populates the Folder
field.
Click the Make New Folder button. Name the folder Engineering_Data
and click the OK button.
The Folder Path field should now be populated with

C:\SMB_fs\Engineering_Data.
8 The next wizard window names the share. You will accept the default
values here.
9 The next wizard window sets permissions on the folder. Select the radio
button option for Customize permissions and click the Custom button.
The window displays tabs for Share Permissions and Security. The Share
Permissions relates to permissions for seeing the shared item over the
network. The Security tab relates to on-disk permissions for the folder.
You will be modifying both sets of permissions. Select the Share
Permissions tab. For the Everyone group, in the Allow column of
checkboxes, check the Full Control permission. This setting will allow the
share to be seen by all users.
Next you will customize the on-disk permissions for a specific group.
Select the Security tab.
Click the Edit button.

Step Action
10 This opens a window for setting permissions on the Engineering_Data

folder.
A window to add users and groups to the folder opens. In the Enter the
object names to select field input: Propulsion Engineers and click the
Check Names button. The group will appear underlined when it is located
within the domain.
Click OK to continue.
With the Propulsion Engineers group highlighted, in the Allow column of

permissions checkboxes check the Full control permission.
Click OK to complete the permissions assignment to the folder.
Click OK to close the Customize Permissions window.
Click Finish in the wizard screen.
A status of the sharing operation is displayed. Click Finish to close the

window.
11 Close the Computer Management application.
12 From your Student Desktop access the open session to Unisphere. If the
session has timed out login again. Navigate to Storage > File > SMB
Shares and refresh the page.
Is the new Engineering_Data share listed? _______________________
13 Test access to the share. Open an RDP session to the WIN1 system as
the epratt domain user.

Step Action
14 Click the Run icon on the WIN1 system taskbar and in the Open field
input: \\NAS_SMB\Engineering_Data and click OK. A window to the
share will open.
15 Right-click in the share window and select New > Text Document. Name
the file epratt. Open the file and add text to the file indicating the user who
wrote the file and the current time displayed on the WIN1 system. Save
and close the file.
16 Right-click on the file and select Properties. Select the Security tab and
click the Advanced button. Who is the file Owner? -
_______________________________
Close the open Security and Properties windows.
Close the share window and logoff the RDP session to WIN1.
You have completed the SMB File Storage Access lab.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 7: NFS File Storage Access
Purpose: Create NFS shares to a Unity file system and access its
file storage from a Linux NFS client.
Tasks:  Configure NFS shares on a Unity file system.
 Create a top-level share of the file system for

administrator access.
 Create a lower-level sub-folder share,

configure permissions to a specified user
community, and test file storage access.

Lab 7: Part 1 - Create a Top-Level Administrative NFS Share of a File
System
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system, establish a Unisphere session to the

VSA-Source Unity system IP address 192.168.1.113 and login.
2 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > File > NFS Shares. Select the + icon
to create a new NFS share.
3 The wizard to create a new NFS share opens to the Select a source for
the new share section. Click in the File System field and a window opens
to select a Unity file system for creating the share. Double-click the
NFS_fs to select it for the share. The radio button option is selected for
the File System “NFS_fs”. The option to create the share on a Snapshot of
the file system is grayed-out since there are no snapshots of the file
system.
Click the Next button to continue the wizard.
4 In the Provide NFS share name and path section input the following
configuration:
Share Name: root

Description: Top-level share for administrator access.
Local Path: /
Example configuration shown below:

Step Action
5 The wizard now presents the access configuration of the share. You will
configure specific access for a single client having root privileges on the
file system.
In the Default Access field, keep the default No Access setting.
Click the + icon to create customized access for a specific client.
In the Access Type field select the Read/Write, allow Root setting.
In the Hosts section, select the Linux1 host by checking its checkbox
and click OK.
6 The wizard presents a summary of the share configuration to create as

shown here:
Click Finish to initiate the share creation operation.
7 The wizard presents a results window for the creation operation. Verify the
operation completed successfully and click Close to exit the wizard.
8 From the Student Desktop system taskbar click the PuTTY icon to launch
the application.

Step Action
9 Establish an SSH session to the Linux1 system.
In the PuTTY security message, if presented, click the Yes button to

connect to the system.
You are now logged in as root to the Linux1 client as indicated by the #
cursor symbol.
10 Now you will create an empty directory at the root of the client to use as a
mountpoint for mounting to the NFS share.
Issue the command: mkdir /nfs
11 You will now mount the newly created NFS share to the mountpoint.
Issue the command: mount 192.168.1.116:/root /nfs
Now verify the client is mounted to the remote file system.
Issue the command: df -h
Its output should show the filesystem 192.168.1.116:/root mounted on /nfs
12 Issue the command: cd /nfs to change directory and access the share on
the file system.
View the content of the file system by issuing the command: ls –la
You will see the .etc and lost+found folders that are present at the root of
the Unity file system. These folders are used internally by the file system
and should not be modified.

Step Action
13 As the administrator, you have root user access to the file system via this
share.
You can now create sub-folders on the file system to use for additional
shares for the user community. Create a sub-folder on the file system by
issuing the command: mkdir engineering_data
Verify the folder by issuing the command: ls –la
Review the output and record the following information for the folder
Permissions (mode bits): _____________________________________
The owner: ________________________________________________
The group: ________________________________________________

Lab 7: Part 2 - Create a Lower-Level NFS Share of a File System
Step Action
1 You will now use the newly created engineering_data folder to create a lower-
level NFS share of the file system for a specific NFS user group. To do this you
will change the folder mode bits, owner, and group.
Change the folder permissions bits by issuing the command:
chmod 775 engineering_data
Change the folder owner by issuing the command:
chown epallis engineering_data
Change the folder group by issuing the command:
chgrp engprop engineering_data
2 Verify the engineering_data metadata settings by issuing the command: ls –l
The permissions bits should be: drwxrwxr-x
The owner should be: epallis
The group should be: engprop
3 You will now unmount the NFS share. First, stop accessing the share by
changing directory out of the mountpoint, issue the command: cd /
Now unmount the client by issuing the command: umount /nfs
Verify the client is unmounted by issuing the command: df –h
The output should not reference the 192.168.1.116:/root filesystem.
Disconnect the SSH session by issuing the command: exit
The SSH session will close.
4 Return to your Unisphere session. Refresh your login if the security session has
expired. Navigate to Storage > File > NFS Shares
Click the + icon to create a new NFS share.

Step Action
5 The wizard to create a new NFS share launches. Click in the File System field to
select a file system. From the list highlight the NFS_fs and click the Select
button.
The File System field should contain: NFS_fs
6 The share name and its path are now configured.
In the Share Name field input: engineering
Add engineering_data into the Local Path field.
7 The wizard now presents the access configuration of the share. You will
configure Read/Write access for a subnet.
In the Default Access field keep the default No Access setting.
Click the + icon to create access for a subnet.
In the Access Type field select Read/Write from the dropdown list.
In the Hosts section, click More Actions and from the dropdown list, select Add
Subnet.
The Add Subnet window opens.
In the Name field, input: Engineering network
In the IP Address field, input: 192.168.1.0
In the Subnet Mask/Prefix Length field, input: 255.255.255.0
Click the Add button to add the new subnet.
The newly added Engineering network is now listed in the Hosts: section.
Select it by checking its checkbox and click the OK button.

Step Action
8 The wizard presents a summary screen for the NFS share configuration it will
create as shown here:
Click the Finish button to initiate the share creation operation.
9 The wizard presents a results window for the creation operation. Verify the
operation completed successfully and click Close to exit the wizard.
10 From the Student Desktop system taskbar, click the PuTTY icon to launch the
application.
11 Establish an SSH session to the Linux1 system.
In the PuTTY screen Host Name (or IP address) field input: Linux1 and click the
Open button.
You are now logged in as root to the Linux1 client as indicated by the # cursor
symbol.

Step Action
12 Mount the engineering NFS share to the mountpoint by issuing the command:
mount 192.168.1.116:/engineering /nfs
Verify the client is mounted to the remote file system.
Its output should show the filesystem 192.168.1.116:/engineering mounted on

/nfs
13 You will now test NFS share access using the epallis user who is a member of
the engprop NFS users group.
Switch user to epallis by issuing the command: su epallis
Access the NFS share by issuing the command: cd /nfs
Create a file and insert some text issuing the command:
echo “this is text written to the file as epallis” > epallis
Verify the text is present in the file by issuing the command: more epallis
Look at the file permissions bits, owner and group by issuing the command: ls –l
14 Now you will test access to the share as another user who is not a member of
the engprop NFS user group. Switch user to swoo by issuing the command: su
swoo
At the password prompt input: emc2Admin!
View the content of the epallis file by issuing the command: more epallis
Create a file with some text added to it by issuing the command: echo “this is
some text written to the file as swoo” > swoo
What was the result of the command? _________________________________
Why could the user read from the share but not write to it?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

Step Action
15 Issue the exit command to logoff the swoo user.
Issue the exit command to logoff the epallis user.
Stop accessing the share by issuing the command: cd /
Unmount the share by issuing the command: umount /nfs
Disconnect the SSH session by issuing the command: exit
This completes the lab exercise.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 8: Unity and VMware Aware Integration
Purpose: In this lab, you will create VMware datastores on Unity

and they will be made available for access to a VMware
ESXi host through VMware aware integration with Unity.
Tasks:  Add vCenter server to Unisphere
 Create VMware VMFS and NFS datastores in

Unisphere
 View the automatically created datastores

created in vCenter for the Unity VMFS and NFS
datastores.

Lab 8: Part 1 - Add vCenter Hosts
Unity’s Unisphere VMware aware integration allows storage administrators to discover a VMware
environment directly from Unisphere as well as the relationships between its resources. It also allows
the creation and management of VMware datastores from the Unisphere interface which minimizes the
management overhead of configuring the provisioned storage in vCenter. Furthermore, the datastores
created in Unisphere are automatically pulled into vCenter, again reducing the amount of management
by administrators.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system establish a Unisphere session to the

2 Before creating VMware storage resources, you need to add VMware hosts
to the storage environment so you can configure host access later.
Navigate to Access > VMware > vCenters. Click + to open the Add
vCenter wizard.
3 To discover your ESXi host, in the Discover ESXi hosts in the vCenter
section enter the following settings:
Network Name or Address: VCSA.hmarine.test

User Name: root
Click Find.

Step Action
4 A list opens that includes any ESXi host(s) managed by this vCenter server.
The ESXi host esxi60-1.hmarine.test is listed and should be checked.
The Summary displays the ESXi host to be added to VMware hosts as

shown here:
Click Finish to add the ESXi host.
After the job completes successfully, click Close.
Note: The job will continue to run in the background if you close the page
before it completes.
5 Confirm you can see VCSA.hmarine.test and its Software Version.
Click the ESXi Hosts tab to see added hosts.
6 Confirm ESXi60-1.hmarine.test is listed here along with details such as

vCenter name and Initiators.
Click the Virtual Machines tab. There will not be any VMs listed at this time.
Click the Virtual Drives tab. There will not be any Virtual Drives listed at this
time.

Lab 8: Part 2 - Provision and Access VMware VMFS Datastore
In this section, you will provision a VMFS datastore from Unisphere. You will notice due to Unity’s
integration with vSphere, the datastore will automatically be added as a datastore in vSphere.
Step Action
1 In Unisphere, navigate to Access > Initiators.
You will see the initiator for the ESXi host esxi60-1.hmarine.test.
2 In Unisphere, navigate to Storage > VMware > Datastores.
Click the + icon to create a new datastore.
A wizard to create a new datastore opens to the VMware Datastore Type

section. Select the Block radio button option.
3 In the Enter a name for the datastore section input the following:
Name: VMFS_Datastore
Description: VMFS datastore for esxi60-1 host.
4 In the Configure the storage for this datastore section, input the following
configuration:
Pool: FAST VP-1

Size: 10 GB

Step Action
5 In the Configure Access section, click the + icon to define host access to
the datastore.
A list box is exposed to select and add hosts.

Check the esxi60-1.hmarine.test checkbox.
Click OK.
In the Configure Snapshot Schedule section you will not be configuring

snapshots for the datastore. Click Next to continue.
In the Provide a Replication Mode and RPO section you will not be
configuring replication for the datastore. Click Next to continue.
6 A Summary section for the datastore to be created is displayed as shown:
Click Finish to create the datastore.
A Results screen will show the progress and status of the created
datastore.
Close the window when the operation completes.
The newly created datastore is now listed.

Step Action
7 Open a new tab in Internet Explorer
In the address field, enter: https://vcsa.hmarine.test:9443
The browser will display a security certificate warning. Click the Continue
to this website (not recommended) option. You will need to click this
twice.
Login using the following credentials:
User name: root

Click Login.
8 The VMware vSphere Web Client opens. From the left navigation pane,
navigate to Home. From the Inventories section, select the Hosts and
Clusters object as shown:

Step Action
9 The esxi60-1.hmarine.test host is selected in the left pane. Select the

Manage tab from the page, and then select the Storage sub-option and
Storage Devices as shown:
The storage associated with this host is listed. The newly created and
assigned storage device is listed along with various details.
What is the Transport listed for this storage? _____________________
10 Now select the Related Objects tab and select the Datastores sub-option
as shown:
You will see the VMFS_Datastore listed with several details including the
format type. The storage resource is now ready for use within VMware.
As you can see, VMware integration with Unity provides ease of storage
provisioning and access. The ESXi host initiator is automatically registered
in Unity. Once created, the storage object is mounted and formatted as a
virtual machine file system, and is ready for use within VMware.
Leave the vSphere Web Client browser tab open, you will use it again in
the next part of the lab exercise.

Lab 8: Part 3 - Provision and Access VMware NFS Datastores
In this lab, you will create and configure access to an NFS Datastore from Unisphere. The datastore
will automatically be added as a datastore in vSphere.
Step Action
1 From the Student Desktop, return to the open Unisphere session.

Navigate to Storage > File > NAS Servers. You should find the two NAS
Servers created during the Storage Provisioning Lab.
Double click NAS_NFS and verify the following settings under the General
tab:
Server Name: NAS_NFS
Supported Protocols: NFS
Pool: FAST VP-2
IP Address: 192.168.1.116
Port: SP A Ethernet Port 1
Click Close.
2 Navigate to Storage > VMware > Datastores.
Click the + icon to create a new datastore.
A wizard to create a new datastore opens to the VMware Datastore Type

section. Select the File radio button option.
3 In the Enter a name for the datastore section input the following:
Name: NFS_Datastore
Description: NFS datastore for esxi60-1 server.

Step Action
4 In the Configure the storage for this datastore section, input the following
configuration:
Pool: FAST VP-2

Size: 10 GB
Host IO Size: SQL Server

Note: Host IO Size allows users to specify the block size used to
communicate to hosts or choose predefined application profiles.
5 In the Configure Access section, input the following access configuration:
Default Access: No Access
Click the + icon to customize access to the datastore for a specific host.
A list box is exposed to configure an access type and select or add

hosts.
Access Type: Read/Write, allow Root
Check the esxi60-1.hmarine.test checkbox.
Click OK.
In the Configure Snapshot Schedule section you will not be configuring

snapshots for the datastore. Click Next to continue.
In the Provide a Replication Mode and RPO section you will not be
configuring replication for the datastore. Click Next to continue.

Step Action
6 A Summary section for the datastore to be created is displayed as shown:
A Results screen will show the progress and status of the created
datastore.
Close the window wizard when the operation completes.

Step Action
7 Return to the open vSphere Web Client tab. The navigation in the left
pane should be set to Hosts and Clusters with the esxi60-1.hmarine.test
host selected. The Related Objects tab should be selected on the page
with the Datastores sub-option selected as shown.
Click the Refresh icon at the top of the page.
Confirm the NFS_Datastore that you just created is now available to the
host for VMware use.
From the information listed about the new datastore, record the value
shown for its Type: ________________________
This demonstrates again the integration Unity provides for VMware. The
NFS datastore has automatically mounted the Unity storage resource and
it is ready for use within VMware.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 9: VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols)
Purpose: In this lab, you will use the new VVols feature from the
Unity platform
Tasks:  Create VVol (Block) datastore
 Add storage provider in vSphere
 Add VVol (Block) Datastore in vSphere
 Create VMware Storage Policies to map to

datastore Capability Profiles
 Create VM on VVol Datastore
 See behavior of VM and VVols for different VM

operations
 Modify storage policy and see behavior of

underlying storage
 Clone VM and see corresponding VVols get

created
 Resize VVol datastore and see change in

vSphere

Lab 9: Part 1 - Create VVol Datastore
In this lab, you will create a VVol Datastore. You will use iSCSI as the protocol to access a Block VVol
Datastore. File VVol Datastores can also be created if you want to use NFS as the access protocol.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system establish a Unisphere session to the

Navigate to Storage > VMware > Datastores.
2 Click the + icon to create a new VMware Datastore.
Select the VVol (Block) radio button and click Next to continue the
wizard.
3 In the Name field, enter VVol_Datastore.
4 In the Capability Profiles section, check the following profiles:
Capacity Pool_CP
Extreme Performance Pool_CP
Performance Pool_CP
5 Click the + icon to Select Host Access for this datastore.
Check the esxi60-1.hmarine.test in the dialog window and then click OK.
Confirm esxi60-1.hmarine.test is now displayed in the list.

Step Action
6 The Summary page of the datastore to be created is show here:
Wait until the job completes successfully, then click Close.

Confirm VVol_Datastore is now displayed in the list.

Lab 9: Part 2 - Storage Provider
Unity has an on-array VASA 2.0 Storage Provider which is used to facilitate communication between
the array and vSphere. This enables a communication channel between the array and vSphere for
VVol-related information. Note that Unity also supports VASA 1.0 for traditional Datastores.
Step Action
1 If the vSphere Web Client is not open, open a new Internet Explorer tab.
In the web address field, enter https://vcsa.hmarine.test:9443 and login
with a username of root and a password of Password123!
Address the browser security certificate warning by clicking Continue to

this website (not recommended).
In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to Home, and click Hosts and
Clusters.
Click on the VCSA.hmarine.test entry (it should be the only one)
Click the Manage tab, and then select Storage Providers from the seven
sub-tabs that appear.
2 Here you will add the Unity on-array VASA 2.0 storage provider to be able
to communicate with VVol Datastores. Click the + icon to add a new
Storage Provider. Configure the following settings:
Name: VVols
URL: https://192.168.1.113:8443/vasa/version.xml
User name: admin
Click OK.
Click Yes to the Security Alert warning.
3 Wait for the registration to complete. After the registration is complete,

click Refresh to display the latest information. Confirm the Storage
System is now displayed. You should see a Status of Online and Active
displayed.

Lab 9: Part 3 - Add Datastore
In this section, you will add the previously created VVol Datastore in Unisphere to the ESXi host.
Step Action
1 Go to the vSphere Web Client tab in the browser. In the left navigation
pane, navigate to Home > Hosts and Clusters. Expand the Datacenter
and select esxi60-1.hmarine.test. Right click and select Storage > New
Datastore.
2 Select the VVOL radio button and click Next to continue the wizard.
3 In the Datastore Name field, input VVol_Datastore.
Note: The given name of the datastore in vSphere doesn't have to match
the name configured in Unisphere. For the purposes of the lab and for
ease of correlation, the names are specified to be the same.
4 Review the summary screen and click Finish.
Monitor the Recent Tasks and wait for the create datastore to complete.
5 In the left display pane, click the Storage icon and expand the
Datacenter.
Confirm VVol_Datastore is now available in the list.

Lab 9: Part 4 - Storage Policies
Storage Policies are used for Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM). They are authored by the
vSphere admin to describe the desired storage attributes of a datastore. VMs are deployed using
these policies to ensure they are stored on a compliant datastore. This enables vSphere admins to
maintain the appropriate service level, performance, data services and so on, without the need to track
the specific storage details of each individual datastore.
Step Action
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to Home > Policies and Profiles >
VM Storage Policies. This area allows vSphere admins to ensure VMs
are configured on compliant Datastores.
2 Click the + icon (the first Icon in the Object tab display) to create a new
VM storage policy.
3 In the Name field, input Database.

4 When the Rule Sets is displayed, click Next to continue to Rule-Set 1.
5 In Rule Set 1, use the pull down and select:

Rules based on data services: EMC.UNITY.VVOL
<Add rule>: EMC.Unity.CapabilityMetadata.usageTag.label
Usage Tag: Database
Note that all of the Usage Tags that you created are displayed here.
6 This page shows the VVol_Datastore is compatible with this policy. This is
because it includes a Capability Profile that has Database as a Usage
Tag. You can ignore the warning for the datastore not satisfying properties
if displayed.
7 Review the Summary and then click Finish.
8 Click the + icon (the first Icon in the Object tab display) to create another
VM storage policy.

Step Action
9 In the Name field, input Logs.

11 In Rule-Set 1, use the pull down and select:

Usage Tag: Logs
because it includes a Capability Profile that has Logs as a Usage Tag.
You can ignore the warning for the datastore not satisfying properties if
displayed.
14 Click the + icon (the first Icon in the Object tab display) to create another
VM storage policy.
15 In the Name field, input Capacity.

17 In Rule-Set 1, use the pull down and select:

Usage Tag: Capacity

Step Action
because it includes a Capability Profile that has Capacity as a Usage Tag.
You can ignore the warning for the datastore not satisfying properties if
displayed.
20 Confirm all three Storage Policies you created are now displayed in the
list.

Lab 9: Part 5 - Managing VMs
In this section, you will deploy a VM using a VM Storage Policy to a VVol Datastore. You will also
manage the VM to see how it affects the associated VVol storage.
Step Action
1 In the Navigator panel, navigate to Home > Hosts and Clusters. Expand
vcsa.hmarine.test.
Right click esxi60-1.hmarine.test and select New Virtual Machine >
New Virtual Machine.
2 In the New Virtual Machine wizard, ensure Create a new virtual machine
is selected and click Next to continue the wizard.
3 In the name field, enter VVol-VM.

Expand vcsa.hmarine.test and select the Datacenter for the location.
4 Ensure esxi60-1.hmarine.test is selected and the Compatibility checks

succeeded displays with a green checkmark. Click Next to continue the
wizard.
5 In the VM Storage Policy list box, select Database.
Note how the available Datastores are separated into Compatible or

Incompatible Datastores. VVol_Datastore is listed under Compatible since
it has Database as a Usage Tag. If present, you can ignore the warning
about compatibility issues in the bottom section.
6 In the Select compatibility page, leave the default and click Next to
7 In the Select a guest OS page, leave the defaults and click Next to

Step Action
8 In the Customize Hardware page the configuration of the new virtual

machine is shown and can be modified. Expand the New Hard disk in the
configuration. You will see its size is 40 GB and it is configured to use the
Database VM storage policy.
You are now going to add another hard disk to the virtual machine. Locate
the New Device list box at the bottom of the display and select New Hard
Disk from the drop down list, then click Add.
Scroll down in the hardware list and locate the New Hard disk.
Expand it and configure it for the following settings:
New Hard disk: 20 GB
VM storage policy: Logs
Leave all other settings at default
9 Review the VM summary and click Finish.

Monitor the Recent Tasks display for the Create Virtual Machine task to
complete.
10 Once the VM has been created successfully, power on your newly created
VM configured on VVol storage.
In the Navigator pane, expand esxi60-1.hmarine.test.
Right click VVol-VM and select Power > Power On. Now you have a VM
running on a VVol Datastore.
11 Return to the open Unisphere session. Navigate to Storage > VMware >
Virtual Volumes.
Note there are four virtual volumes created for the VM:
 Config - Holds the configuration data (.vmx file) for the VM

 Swap - Holds the swap data for the VM while it's powered on
 Data (40GB) - Holds a hard disk (.vmdk file) for the VM using the
Database Storage Policy
 Data (20GB) - Holds a hard disk (.vmdk file) for the VM using the
Logs Storage Policy

Step Action
12 Next, return to the vSphere Web Client tab in the browser.
Right click VVol-VM and select Power > Suspend.
Click Yes to confirm.
In the Recent Tasks pane, wait for the Suspend virtual machine task to
complete before proceeding. Note: This may take a few minutes.
13 Return to the open Unisphere session.
Click Refresh.
Since the VM is no longer powered on, the Swap VVol has automatically
been deleted. At the same time, a Memory VVol was created to hold the
contents of the VM's memory due to the suspend operation.
14 Return to the open vSphere Web Client tab.
Right click VVol-VM and select Power > Power On. This will allow the
VM to resume from the same point when it was suspended.
In the Recent Tasks pane, wait for the Power On virtual machine task to
complete before proceeding.
Click Refresh.
Note that since the VM is now powered on again, the Memory VVol has
automatically been deleted and the Swap VVol is now available. It may
take a few minutes for the page to update with the changes. Click Refresh
if required.
Right click VVol-VM and select Power > Power Off.
Click Yes to confirm.
In the Recent Tasks pane, wait for the Power Off virtual machine task to
complete before proceeding.

Step Action
Click Refresh.
Note that since the VVol is now powered off, the only VVols that remain
are the Config and two Data VVols.
Right click VVol-VM and select Power > Power On to bring the VM back
online.

Lab 9: Part 6 - Managing Storage Policies
In this section of the lab, you will see how to check the storage compliance of a VM and how to edit the
policy for various purposes. In this case, you will be decommissioning your VM to less performant
storage.
Step Action
1 To check on the current compliance of your VM, go to the details of the

VM.
Click VVol-VM then click the Summary tab and scroll down.
Notice in the VM Storage Policies section that the VM is utilizing the

storage policies of Logs and Database that you selected in the previous
section.
Also, notice that your VM Storage Policy Compliance is displayed as

Compliant.
Note: There is a Check Compliance link available to get the latest status
of policy compliance for the associated VM.
2 Assume at this point that the VM is being decommissioned from being

used in Production use cases and you now want to move it to less
performance storage for archival purposes. This can be done by editing
the VM storage policy.
Right click VVol-VM and select VM Policies > Edit VM Storage

Policies...
In the VM storage policy list box, select Capacity.
The Capacity policy corresponds to archived and non-production VMs.
Click Apply to all. The policy of all associated hard disks is then changed
to the new policy. Click OK.

Step Action
3 Verify in the Recent Tasks section that the job has started successfully.
Return to the open Unisphere session.
Navigate to Events > Jobs. Verify that three (3) jobs for Update the
profile of an existing Virtual Volume have started for each updated VVol.
Wait until the jobs are completed. You should see the jobs run one after
the other.
Note: You will have to click Refresh periodically to see the updated status
of the jobs.
4 Return to the vSphere Web Client tab.
In the Recent Tasks section, confirm the Reconfigure virtual machine

job task has completed successfully in vSphere. It may take a few
moments for the job to reflect the completion status.

Lab 9: Part 7 - Managing VMware Snapshots and Clones
In this section, you will use the VMware snapshot and clone functionality of VVols through vSphere
client. Using VASA 2.0, snapshot and clone operations can be offloaded to the array and free up
network resources on your server.
Step Action
1 In the open vSphere Web Client, navigate to Home > Hosts and
Clusters. Right click VVol-VM and select Snapshots > Take Snapshot...
Use the following settings:
Name: VVol-VM_Snapshot
Description: Snapshot for VVol-VM virtual machine
Click OK.
In the Recent Tasks pane, verify that the snapshot task has started.
In the Jobs page, click Refresh. Verify in Unisphere that three (3) job
tasks have been created for the snapshot operation.
Navigate to Storage > VMware >Virtual Volumes.
Click Customize (Gear icon) and select Columns. If the Replica Type
checkbox is not selected, check the checkbox now.
Notice the column called Replica Type has been added to the table view.
You can see that two snapshot VVols have been created for the VVol-VM.
In the Recent Tasks page, verify that the snapshot job task has finished. If
not, wait until it completes successfully.
4 Right click VVol-VM and select Clone > Clone to Virtual Machine...
5 For the name field, enter VVol-VM_Clone and then ensure the
VCSA.hmarine.test > Datacenter location is selected. Click Next to
6 Select the esxi60-1.hmarine.test ESXi host. Wait for the Compatibility

Check to complete. Click Next to continue the wizard.

Step Action
7 In the Select storage page, leave all the settings at default as you will be
using the same storage policy and VVol datastore. You can ignore the
capability message that the bottom of the page. Click Next to continue the
wizard.
8 In the Select clone options page, you can see additional clone options.
Leave the default settings. Click Next to continue the wizard.
9 Review clone VM settings and click Finish.
In the Recent Tasks pane, confirm that a job has been started for the
clone VM operation. Wait until the operation has completed successfully.
On the Storage > VMware > Virtual Volumes page, click Refresh to see
the latest changes.
Due to the cloning operation, you will see that three additional VVols have
been created for the VVol-VM Clone virtual machine.

Lab 9: Part 8 - Resize VVol Datastore
In this section, you will expand the size of the VVol datastore within Unisphere and verify the size
propagates appropriately within vSphere.
Step Action
1 First, check the current size of the VVol datastore in the Unisphere
session by navigating to Storage > VMware > Datastores.
Record the size. __________
Return to the open vSphere Web Client tab.
Navigate to Home > Hosts and Clusters and select esxi60-

1.hmarine.test.
In the task pane on the right, click the Related Objects tab
Click the Datastores sub-tab.
You will see that VVol_Datastore listed with its Capacity size.
Does its size match what you recorded in Unisphere? ______________
2 Return to the open Unisphere session. Navigate to Storage > VMware >
Datastores.
Double click the VVol_Datastore. Select the Capability Profiles tab.
Select the Capacity Pool_CP capability profile and click the Pencil Icon
(edit) at the right end of the line.
Increase the current storage size by 10 GB. Click anywhere outside of the
edit field to save the changes.
Click Apply and then click Close.
You will see the VVol_Datastore size has now increased by 10 GB.
3 Return to the open vSphere Web Client tab. Right-click the

VVol_Datastore and select Refresh Capacity Information.
You will see the size of the VVol_Datastore datastore now reflects the
changes in Unisphere to show additional capacity. It may take 2-3 minutes
for the updated capacity to propagate successfully. Refresh periodically as
needed.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 10: FAST VP Settings
Purpose: Demonstrate how to configure and use the FAST VP

support on Unity systems using the Unisphere Interface.
This lab also demonstrates how FAST VP data
relocation can be scheduled or manually started, and
how it behaves with the selection of tiering policies for
the storage resources.
Tasks:  Check if the FAST VP feature is licensed in the

system and verify its status (Active/Paused).
 Perform a simple write operation to WIN1

LUN0. This LUN has the Start High Then Auto
Tier policy associated with it.
 Verify how FAST VP relocates data depending

on the storage tier policy assigned to the
storage resource.

Lab 10: Part 1 - Verify the Status of the FAST VP Feature
Step Action
1 In this lab we will check if the FAST VP feature is licensed on the system
and verify its status.
From your Student Desktop system open a Unisphere session to the lab
VSA-Source Unity system (IP address 192.168.1.113).
Login using the credentials: admin/Password123!
2 To check if FAST VP can be set in our Unity system we must verify if the
feature is licensed and enabled.
From the Unisphere user interface open the System Global Settings
window.
3 From the License Management page of the Software and Licenses >
License Information section, look for the FAST VP license.
Verify that the feature has a green check mark in front of it meaning that
the license is installed and the feature is operational.

Step Action
4 FAST VP settings are also managed at the Global System settings level
and at the storage resource levels.
From the Settings window, navigate to Storage Configuration > FAST

VP. Check if the feature is active on the Unity system.
Note that the data relocation can be paused and resumed.
Are Data Relocations scheduled? ________________
What is the Data relocation rate? _________________
Is there any data scheduled to relocate? __________
5 From the FAST VP Settings, it is also possible to modify the schedule for
the Data Relocation between the storage tiers on the system.
Click the Modify Data Relocation schedule.

Step Action
6 The schedule can be enabled or disabled, and the Relocation Window

schedule modified according to the user’s needs.
Change the Relocation window:
Start Time: 7:00PM

End Time: 3:00AM
Click OK to configure the new schedule. The window will be closed.
Prior to the change, if there were data scheduled for relocation, then the
FAST VP Settings page will calculate the amount of data to relocate and
update the information on the window.
Close the Settings window.
7 From Unisphere, navigate to Storage > Pools
Select the FAST VP-1 pool.
Double-click the pool to open its properties.
8 In the FAST VP-1 Properties window, select the FAST VP tab.
The FAST VP tab shows the following information for the heterogeneous
pool:
Whether the pool participates in scheduled data relocations.

Estimated time needed for scheduled data relocations.
Start and end time for the most recent data relocation.
Number and type of disks in each tier.
Amount of data in the pool scheduled to move to higher and lower
tiers.
Amount of data in the pool scheduled to be rebalanced within a tier.
Your window may display data to be relocated between tiers
Also note that the data relocation can be manually started from this page
and that the FAST VP System Settings window can also be launched from
here.

Lab 10: Part 2 - Observing FAST VP Data Relocation Based on Tiering
Policies
This part of the lab will demonstrate how to check the data relocation operation from a LUN and from
a storage pool.
Step Action
1 In this part of the lab we are going to perform a simple write operation to
WIN1 LUN0 and observe how FAST VP will relocate the data depending
on the storage tier policy assigned to the storage resource.
From the Student Desktop system taskbar select the Remote Desktop
Protocol (RDP) icon to launch the application.
2 Login to the WIN1 system as the Administrator.
In the User field input: administrator
In the Password field input: emc2Local!
3 From the WIN1 system taskbar click the File Explorer icon.
Expand the Local Disk (C: ) tree and open the Big_Files folder.
There are some sizeable files located in this folder which will be used to
generate some write I/O to the WIN1 LUN0 disk.
4 Copy the four 1 GB files in the folder to the clipboard.
5 Select the WIN1 LUN0 (E: ) disk from the Windows Explorer navigation
pane.
Paste the files into the drive. Wait for the copy operation to complete.
6 From the Student Desktop return to the Unisphere session.
Note: If the Unisphere session has expired, login again.

Step Action
7 Navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs.
Double click the WIN1 LUN0 LUN.
You may notice that the LUN usage values do not increase to match what
was written to the LUN. This is caused by the sparse files used in the copy
operation and client-side caching. Please proceed with the lab.
8 In the properties page select the FAST VP tab.
What is the Tiering Policy that is associated with the LUN?
_______________________________________________
How was data distributed between the three tiers?
Extreme Performance Tier: ______________ %
Performance Tier: ______________ %
Capacity Tier: ______________ %
You may notice that the data on the LUN is distributed across multiple tiers
and does not reside in only the highest tier. The distribution of data
depends on the tier having space available from the pool. If there is no
space on the highest tier, space is allocated from the next highest tier
having space available for the data. The available space for the tiers within
the pool is not predictable for this lab exercise; it varies based on past
activities you may have performed. You are recording the distribution
above so that when you change the tiering policy, you can see its effect on
the data distribution.
Change the Tiering Policy to Lowest Available Tier and click Apply.
9 Navigate to Storage > Pools
Double click the FAST VP-1 storage pool.
10 In the properties window, select the FAST VP tab.
Click Start Relocation.

Step Action
11 In the Start Data Relocation enter the following settings:
- Data Relocation Rate: High
Observe that the Start time is defined as now.
Click OK to start the data relocation.
Note that the Move Down (GB) is immediately populated with the total
amount of data that is to be allocated to the lowest available tier possible
because of the tiering policy chosen for WIN1 LUN0.
12 Navigate to Storage > Block.
Double click the WIN1 LUN0 LUN.
13 In the properties window select the FAST VP tab.
How was data distributed between the three tiers?
Note: you may need to wait several minutes for the data distribution values
to change. Closing and opening the LUN Properties page will refresh the
data.
Extreme Performance Tier: ______________ %
Performance Tier: ______________ %
Capacity Tier: ______________ %
Change the Tiering Policy to Start High then Auto Tier and click Apply.
14 Navigate to Storage > Pools. Double click the FAST VP-1 storage pool.
15 In the properties window select the FAST VP tab.
Click Stop Relocation to interrupt the current data relocation. Then click
Start Relocation.

Step Action
16 In the Start Data Relocation window enter the following settings:
Data Relocation Rate: High
Observe that the Start time is defined as Now.
Click OK to start the data relocation.
Note that the Move Up (GB) is immediately populated with the total amount
of data being allocated to a higher tier because of the tiering policy chosen
for WIN1 LUN0.
17 From your Student Desktop open the existing RDP session to WIN1. In the
open File Explorer window delete all the files that were copied to the LUN
and leave the existing New Text Document file.
Logoff the RDP session to WIN1.
This part of the lab exercise is complete. You have successfully observed
the data relocation based on choice of Tiering Policy associated with a
storage resource.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 11: Quality of Service Setup
Purpose: Demonstrate how to set Host I/O limits to provisioned

block storage resources using the Unisphere user
interface.
Quality of Service policies can be created for block
storage resources with host access limited by maximum
throughput in IO/s and/or maximum bandwidth in KBPS
or MBPS.
Tasks:  Verify if the Quality of Service is licensed and

enabled in a Unity system.
 Create different I/O Limit policies and

associate them with block storage resources.

Lab 11: Part 1 - Verify the Status of the QoS Feature
In this lab we will check if the Quality of Services feature is licensed on the system and verify
its status. We will also create a new Host I/O Limit policy and assign it to a LUN.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system open a Unisphere session to the VSA-
Source Unity system IP address 192.168.1.113
2 To check if Host I/O limits can be set in our Unity system, we must verify if the
feature is licensed and enabled.
From the Unisphere user interface, open the System Global Settings window.
3 From the License Management page of the Software and Licenses > License
Information section, look for the Quality of Service (QoS) license.
Verify that the feature has a green check mark in front of it meaning that the
license is installed and the feature is operational.

Step Action
4 In the Settings window, navigate to Management > Performance. The status

of the Host I/O Limits is Active. There is also a control button which toggles
between Pause and Resume. This control manages the enforcement of all
Host I/O limits applied to the various block storage resources (LUNs, VMware
datastores, and snapshots) across the system.
Close the Settings window.
5 Navigate to System > Performance > Host I/O Limits
From the page host I/O limit policies can be created and any existing policies
are displayed. It also has a link to the Host I/O settings page which was viewed
in the previous step.
6 From Unisphere navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs

Double click the WIN1 LUN0 LUN to open its properties page.

Step Action
7 On the properties page select the Host I/O Limit tab.

Note that there is no Host I/O Limit associated with the LUN.
Is there any peak of bandwidth and throughput utilization in the graphic?
__________
Change the frequency range to Real Time. Wait at least 1 minute for the
graphic to refresh and populate with information.
Both I/O measures should default to zero since there is no write activity from
the Host to this LUN at the moment.
Keep the properties window open.
8 From the Student Desktop system taskbar select the Remote Desktop
9 Login to the WIN1 system as the Administrator.

10 From the WIN1 system taskbar open File Explorer.
There are some sizeable files located in this folder which will be used to
generate some write I/O to the WIN1 LUN0.
11 Copy the four 1 GB files to the clipboard.
12 Select the WIN1 LUN0 (E: ) disk from the Windows Explorer navigation pane.
Paste the files into the drive. Wait for the copy operation to complete.

Step Action
13 From the Student Desktop, return to the Unisphere session.
Observe in the graphic the amount of I/Os per second and the bandwidth used
by the host to perform the copy operation.
14 Return to the remote desktop session to WIN1.
Delete all of the 1 GB files that were copied to the folder.

Lab 11: Part 2 - Create an I/O Limit Policy and Assign it to a LUN
Step Action
1 In this part of the lab we are going to create an I/O Limit policy and
associate it with the WIN1 LUN0 LUN.
From the Student Desktop return to the open Unisphere session. Navigate
to System > Performance > Host I/O Limits.
2 From the page we are able to define policies which will limit the I/O
serviced by block storage resources accessed by hosts via FC or iSCSI
protocols.
Click the + icon to create a new limit. The Create Host I/O Limit wizard
opens.
3 In the Provide a Name and Limits section enter the configuration

information for the new QoS policy.
Name: Silver_Policy
Description: Good (Class – Service)
Shared: unchecked
Limit Type: Absolute Limit (radio button selected)
Maximum IO/S: 800
Maximum Bandwidth: 9000 KBPS
I/O traffic to block storage resources (LUNs, Consistency Groups) can be
limited accordingly to the threshold that is configured here (throughput
and/or bandwidth).
4 In the Select Storage Resources to Associate with the I/O Limit section
select WIN1 LUN0.
5 Skip the Snapshots section.

Step Action
6 In the Summary section the policy to be created is displayed as shown

here:
Click Finish to create the policy.
7 The Results page shows the status of the operation.
A green check mark specifies that the operation was completed

successfully.
8 The new policy will be displayed in the Host I/O Limits page.

Step Action
9 Follow previous steps to create additional policies with the information

below:
Create a second policy with the settings below:
Name: Gold_Policy
Description: Better (Class – Service)
Shared: unchecked
Maximum IO/S: 1000
Storage Resource: Linux1 LUN0
Create a third policy with the settings below:
Name: Platinum_Policy
Description: Best (Class – Service)
Shared: Checked
Maximum IO/S: 2000
Storage Resource: CG_LUN-00, CG_LUN-01, CG_LUN-02
10 From Unisphere navigate to the Storage > Block > LUNs
Double click the WIN1 LUN0 LUN to open its properties page.
11 Select the Host I/O Limit tab.
Note that now there is a Host I/O Limit associated with the LUN.
Observe that both bandwidth and throughput graphics show a line for the
limits. Change the frequency range to Real Time. Wait at least 1 minute for
the graphic to refresh and populate with information. Both I/O measures
should default to zero since there is no write activity from the Host to this
LUN at the moment. The limit lines are still displayed in the graphic.
Close the Properties window.
12 This part of the lab exercise is complete. You have successfully created a
Quality of Service policy and associated it with block storage resource.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 12: File System Extension
Purpose: Demonstrate how to manually extend the capacity of a

UFS64 file system using the Unisphere user interface,
and verify the new advertised size and the space
allocated from the pool.
The UFS64 architecture allows users to extend thick and
thin file systems. Performing UFS64 file system extend
operations is transparent to the client meaning the array
can still service I/O to a client during extend operations.
Manually extend the capacity of the file system

Tasks:
Check the new file system capacity and the allocated
space

Lab 12: Part 1 - Extend a Thin UFS64 File System
Step Action
1 In this lab section we will manually extend the capacity of a thin file
system created in a Unity system using the Unisphere interface.
From your Student Desktop system open a Unisphere session to the VSA-
Source Unity system IP address 192.168.1.113
2 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > File.
Double click the SMB_fs file system to open its properties.
3 From the file system properties window check the following:
What is the allocated capacity? ______________ (hover mouse over blue

bar)
What is the used space? ______________
What is the free space? ______________
What is the Pool free space? _______________
Observe that this is a thin UFS64 file system.
Click the Close button to close the Properties window.
4 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > Pools.
Select the FAST VP-2 pool and open its properties.
5 From the FAST VP-2 properties window navigate to the Usage tab.
The Capacity option is selected and the Current Pool Capacity is

displayed.
Record the following:
- Pool Capacity: _______________

- Free space: __________________
- Subscribed space: ____________
- Used space: _________________

Step Action
6 From the Usage tab select the Storage Resources option.
The NAS servers and file systems that were created in the storage pool
are displayed.
Select the SMB_fs and note the value listed for it in the Total Pool Space
Used (GB) column.
Double-click the SMB_fs file system to open its properties page.
7 From the SMB_fs Properties window change the size field to 10 GB.
Click the Apply button to commit the change.
8 From the file system properties window check the following:
How much was the file system space increased? _____________

What is the allocated capacity? ______________
What is the used space? ______________
What is the free space? ______________
What is the Pool free space? _______________
9 From the Storage Resources page for the FASTVP-2 Pool, click the
Refresh icon and note the value for the SMB_fs Total Pool Space Used
(GB)
Was there a change in size after the extension of the file system? _____
10 From the Usage tab select the Capacity option. Record the following:
Pool Capacity: _______________

Free space: __________________
% Subscribed: _______________
Used space: _________________
Have you noticed any changes besides the advertised file system size?
________
Close the window.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 13: File System Quotas
Purpose: Demonstrate the configuration of limits for specific users

and directories on a file system.
User Quotas and Tree Quotas are supported on EMC's
UnityVSA system both independently and in
combination. It is also possible to limit the amount of
storage consumed by a user storing data on a quota
tree.
Tasks: Create a new User Quota on a file system. Select the

Windows Domain user and specify the soft and hard
limits to configure the User Quota. Test the User
Quota configuration from a Windows client
connection to the shared file system.
Configure a Quota Tree on a file system. Select the

directory in the file system and specify the soft and
hard limits to configure the Quota Tree. Test the
Quota Tree configuration from a Windows client
Create a User Quota on the created Quota Tree.

Select the Windows Domain user and specify the
soft and hard limits to configure the User Quota.
Test the quota configuration from a Windows client

Lab 13: Part 1 – Create a User Quota
Step Action
1 In this lab section we will create a new User Quota on a file system.
From your Student Desktop system, establish a Unisphere session to the

2 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > File > File Systems.
Double click the SMB_fs file system to open its properties page.
3 From the Properties window, select the Quota tab.
The tab is divided in two sections: File System and Quota Tree. The
default section is File System showing the User Quota Report page which
will list the file system storage space consumed per user.
4 Launch the Create User Quota wizard by clicking the + icon.
5 From the Create User Quota wizard window, click the + icon to open the
Configure User window.
6 From the Configure User window, enter the following settings:
User Name: Swest
Click Add User to commit the changes.
7 The user Scott West (Swest) is now listed on the table.

Step Action
8 On the Limits page, specify the Soft Limit and a Hard Limit for the User
Quota.
A Soft Limit, when surpassed, will begin the Grace Period countdown. The
user can continue to write to the file system until the Grace Period expires.
The Grace Period is modifiable and defaults to 7 days.
The Hard Limit stops any write activity when it is reached, regardless of
any Grace Period.
Use the following settings:
Soft Limit: 1 GB
Hard Limit: 3 GB
9 The quota settings are displayed on the Review Your Selections section
as shown here.
Click Finish to create the quota.

successfully.
11 The new User Quota will be displayed in the User Quota Report page.

Lab 13: Part 2 - Testing the User Quota
In this section, you will conduct testing of the User Quota configured in the previous part of this lab
exercise.
Step Action
1 From the Student Desktop system taskbar select the Remote Desktop
2 Login to the WIN1 system as swest.

In the User field input: hmarine\swest
3 From the WIN1 system taskbar, open File Explorer.
There are some sizeable files located in this folder which will be used for
testing the quotas.
4 Copy the 1GBFile-1 and the 500MBFile-1 files to the clipboard.
In the Open field, input \\NAS_SMB\Hmarine_Sales and click OK.
The share opens.
6 Paste the file into the share. Wait for the copy operation to complete.

Step Action
Click the Refresh icon to update the information displayed on the User
Quota Report.
Is there any change to storage consumption for the Swest user? ______
How about the Soft Limit Usage (%)? __________
Has the User Quota been affected? __________
Note: You should not see any update to the user quotas when you click
refresh.
Also note that the Swest user is identified by ID now rather that username.
8 From the User Quota Report tab of the SMB_fs Properties window click
the Manage Quota Settings link.
9 In the Manage Quota Settings dialog box, you realize that User Quotas
were never enforced.
Click the checkbox for Select Enforce User Quotas and click OK.
10 From the Quotas tab of the SMB_fs Properties window, click the Refresh
icon to poll updated information about your User Quotas.

Step Action
11 Verify the User Quota for Scott West has changed its state, and its Soft
Limit Usage has been fully consumed.
You can also verify that there are three other entries in User Quota Report
for the other users (administrator, Swall, and Epratt) who have also
accessed the file system. Notice that there are no limits defined for them.
Also notice that users are list by User ID and not by Windows names.
Double-click the entry that has exceeded its soft limit.
The Edit Selected User Quota Limits window opens. It displays the User
ID and the Windows Names for the user.
Verify the user that exceeded to Soft limit is HMARINE\SWest.
Close the window.
Note: Similar information is displayed by using the Find by Username

option on the User Quota Report page.
12 Next, you are going to test the Hard Limit defined in the user quota policy
for Scott West.
Return to the remote desktop session to WIN1.
13 From the Local Disk (C: )\ Big_Files folder, copy 1GBFile-2 and 1GBFile-
3 to the clipboard.
14 Paste the files in the Hmarine_Sales share. (\\NAS_SMB\Hmarine_Sales)

Step Action
15 The copy process will proceed, but eventually become interrupted by an

error message. Review the error message.
The error message is due to the User Quota’s Hard Limit restricting the
consumable space for the user swest. Click Skip to end the copy
operation.
Verify that only one of the files was copied to the directory.
Click the Refresh icon to update the information displayed on the User
Quota Report.
Notice that the usage of the Swest account has increased above 2.0 GB.
One of the files could not be copied copy because it caused the 3 GB
hard limit to be exceeded.

Step Action
17 Double click the quota to edit the limits for swest.
Observe that the Soft Limit has been exceeded and the Grace Period (7
days) has been activated.
Modify the Hard Limit to 5GB and click OK.
18 In the User Quota Report page, observe that the User Quota Hard Limit
has been increased to 5.0 GB.
19 Return to the Remote Desktop session to the WIN1 system.
20 From the Local Disk (C: )\ Big_Files folder, copy 1GBFile-4 to the
clipboard.
21 Paste the file in the Hmarine_Sales share. (\\NAS_SMB\Hmarine_Sales)
The copy process should succeed. Verify that the copied files are present
on the share.

Step Action
22 Delete the copied files from the \\NAS_SMB\Hmarine_Sales directory.
Close the Windows Explorer windows and logoff the remote desktop
session.

Lab 13: Part 3 - Configure a Quota Tree
Step Action
1 In this section of the lab we are going to create a Quota Tree on a file
system.
From the Student Desktop, return to the open Unisphere session.
2 From the Quotas tab of the SMB_fs Properties window, select Quota Tree
on the left of the window.
3 Launch the Create Quota Tree wizard by clicking the + icon.
4 In the Create Quota Tree wizard, enter the configuration information for
the new quota tree.
Path: /Engineering_Data (This is case sensitive!)
Note: The path is relative to the root of the file system SMB_fs and must
start with a forward slash.
5 In the Limits page, enter the following configuration.
Soft Limit: 1 GB
Hard Limit: 3 GB
as shown here.

Step Action

successfully.
8 The new configuration will be displayed in the Quota Tree page.
You have successfully configured a File System Quota Tree.

Lab 13: Part 4 - Testing the Quota Tree
Step Action
1 In this section you will conduct testing of the Quota Tree configured in the
previous part of this Lab exercise.
From the Student Desktop system taskbar, select the Remote Desktop
2 Login to the WIN1 system as eplace.
In the User field input: hmarine\eplace
There are some sizeable files located in this folder which will be used for
testing the quotas.
4 Copy 1GBFile-1 and 1GBFile-2 to the clipboard.
In the Open field input \\NAS_SMB\Engineering_Data and click OK.
The share opens.
6 Paste the files into the share. Wait for the copy operation to complete.

Step Action
From the Quotas tab of the SMB_fs Properties window, click the Refresh
icon to update the information displayed.
Any changes to storage usage for the /Engineering_Data path? _______
How about the Soft Limit Usage (%)? __________
The usage for the /Engineering_Data path should have increased to 2.0
GB.
9 From the Local Disk (C: )\Big_Files folder, copy the 500MBFile-1, and the
750MBFile-1 files.
10 Paste the file in the Engineering_Data share.

(\\NAS_SMB\Engineering_Data)
One of the files will get copied to the share but the copy of the second file
is interrupted with the message displayed here.
The only way to allow this copy operation to complete is to increase the
Hard Limit of the Quota Tree for the /Engineering_Data directory.
Leave the error message open.

Step Action
From the Quotas tab of the SMB_fs Properties window, double click the
quota for the Engineering_Data path.
12 From the Quota Tree Properties window, notice that the Soft Limit has
been exceeded and the Grace Period (7 days) has been activated.
Modify the Hard Limit to 5GB and click Apply. Then click Close.
14 In the error message left open in a previous step, click Try Again to
continue with the copy operation.
The operation should be successful this time. You should now see two
1GB files, one 750MB file and a 500MB file in the share.
You have successfully configured and tested a Quota Tree.

Step Action
15 Delete the copied files from the \\NAS_SMB\Engineering_Data directory.
session.

Lab 13: Part 5 - Create a User Quota on a Quota Tree
In this section of the lab we are going to create a User Quota on a previously created Quota Tree.
Step Action
2 From the Quota Tree page, double click the quota tree.
3 From the Quota Tree Properties window, select the User Quotas tab.
4 Click the + icon to open the Create User Quota wizard.
In the Create User Quota wizard, click the + icon to add a user.
5 In the Configure User section, enter the following configuration.
User Name: epratt
Click Add User.
6 The user epratt is now listed on the table.
7 On the Configure Storage Limits page, enter the following configuration

information.
Soft Limit: 1 GB
Hard Limit: 3 GB

Step Action
as shown here.

successfully.
10 The new configuration will be displayed in the Quota Tree Properties page.
Note that the user name is NOT shown, but the User ID that corresponds
with the username is shown. Double click the quota to verify the username
in the Edit Selected User Quota Limits window.
Or click Find by Username and enter the domain and username.
At the top of this page, check the Enforce User Quotas checkbox.
Click Apply to commit the changes.
11 You have successfully configured a user quota on a Quota Tree.

Lab 13: Part 6 - Testing the User Quota on a Quota Tree Configuration
Step Action
1 In this section you will test the User Quota configured on the Quota Tree
created previously in this lab exercise.
From the Student Desktop system taskbar select the Remote Desktop
2 Login to the WIN1 system as epratt.
4 Copy 1GBFile-1 and 1GBFile-2 to the clipboard.
5 From the WIN1 system taskbar, click the Run icon.
In the Open field input \\NAS_SMB\Engineering_Data and click OK.
The share opens.
6 Paste the files into the share. Wait for the copy operation to complete.

Step Action
7 Now try copying the 500MBFile-1 and 750MBFile1 files from Big_Files to
Engineering_Data.
One of the files will get copied to the share but the copy of the second file
is interrupted with the message displayed here.
Leave the error message open.
From the User Quotas tab in the Quota Tree properties page, click the
Reload link to update the information displayed.
Observe that the usage of the Epratt account has increased due to the
copy operations. The hard limit was exceeded when trying to copy one of
the last two files. Notice that one file did get copied to the share.

Step Action
9 Verify the User Quota configuration for Eldon Pratt.
Double click the user quota.
Notice that the Soft Limit has been exceeded and the Grace Period (7
days) has been activated.
Modify the Hard Limit to 5GB and click OK.
11 In the error message left open in a previous step, click Try Again to
continue with the copy operation.
The operation should be successful this time. You should now see three
1GB files in the file system directory.
Copy the 1GBFile-4 from the Local Disk to the

\\NAS_SMB\Engineering_Data directory.
The operation completes an all the files copied are on the share.

Step Action
12 You have successfully configured and tested a User Quota on a Quota

Tree.
Delete the copied files from the \\NAS_SMB\Engineering_Data directory.
session.
From the Student Desktop, return to the open Unisphere session.
In the Quota Tree Properties page, click Close.
In the SMB_fs Properties page, click Close.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 14: Space Reclamation
Purpose: Demonstrate how to manually shrink a UFS64 file

system and reclaim space back to the storage pool, and
verify the new advertised size and the space allocated
from the pool.
Shrink a UFS64 file system with storage space.

Tasks:
Verify space usage within the pool.

Lab 14: Part 1 - Shrink a Thin UFS64 File System
Step Action
1 On this lab section we will manually shrink the capacity of a Unity thin file
system using the Unisphere interface.
From your Student Desktop system, open a Unisphere session to the lab
VSA-Source Unity system IP address 192.168.1.113
2 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > Pools.
Double-click the FAST VP-2 pool and open its properties.
3 From the FAST VP-2 properties window navigate to the Usage tab.
The default Capacity option is selected and the Current Pool Capacity is
displayed.
A graph showing space related information for the pool is displayed.

Hovering the mouse over the graph displays its used and free space
information as well as space used for any snapshots if present. The pool
subscribed information is also shown on the page. The subscribed space
used is the percentage of the pool’s total space that has been requested
by its associated storage resources. When this value is over 100%, the
pool is oversubscribed. For example, you can create a thin provisioned file
system having a size that is greater than the pool’s capacity and the pool
would then be oversubscribed.
Record the following:
- Pool Capacity: _______________

- Free space: __________________
- Subscribed percentage: ____________
- Used space: _________________

Step Action
4 From the Usage tab select the Storage Resources option.
The NAS servers and file systems that were created in the storage pool
are displayed along with the space they are using from the pool and space
consumed by their snapshots if present.
Review the values displayed in the Total Pool Space Used (GB) column.
Add all of these values together and verify that the sum correlates to the
Pool’s Used space you recorded above.
Select the SMB_fs file system and record its Total Pool Space Used
(GB) value. _______
Click on the edit icon (pencil) or double-click the selection to open its
properties.
5 The file system properties window displays various space related

information. Record the following:
Allocated capacity: ______________ (hover mouse over blue bar)

Used space: ______________
Pool free space: _______________
6 From the SMB_fs Properties window
Change the size field to 5 GB.
Click the Apply button to commit the change.
7 A warning message is displayed alerting the user the file system will be
reduced in size with an estimate of how much space will be returned to
the pool.
How much space will be returned to the storage pool? ______________
Click Yes to continue with the operation.

Step Action
8 From the file system properties window record the following:
Allocated capacity: ______________

Pool free space: _______________
Did the Pool free space value recorded here increase from the value
recorded in step 5 above? __________
Did the increase in Pool free space correlate to the value recorded in step
7? ____
9 From the Storage Resources page review the Total Pool Space Used
(GB)
What is the Total Pool Space used by the file system? _____________
Notice that the space this file system uses from the pool is actually greater
that the file system’s capacity. To explain this, when a new file system is
created it uses space from the pool corresponding to its Minimum
Allocation size which is 3 GB in this case. It also allocates another 3 GB of
space used for tracking the pool slices that the file system uses. This is
metadata needed for file system operations as data gets stored on the file
system and as extensions to the file system are made.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 15: LUN Snapshots
Purpose: Create snapshots of a LUN, create a snapshot schedule,

access the snapshot from another host to see its point-
in-time data state, and perform a restore operation.
Tasks: Create a manual snapshot of an existing LUN. Also

create a snapshot schedule to automatically create
LUN snapshots.
Configure a host for snapshot access and attach the

host to the snapshot to access its point-in-time data
state. Also perform write operations to the snapshot.
Perform a snapshot restore operation to a LUN.

Lab 15: Part 1 - Create a Snapshot of a LUN
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system taskbar, launch the RDP application
and create an RDP session to the WIN1 host as the administrator.
2 From the WIN1 host taskbar launch File Explorer. Select the WIN1 LUN0
drive and open the text document created in the earlier exercise.
Add a line of text to the document: This line was written to the LUN
from WIN1 prior to the initial snapshot.
3 From your Student Desktop system taskbar launch Internet Explorer and
establish a Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system and login.
Navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs and select WIN1 LUN0. Click the
Edit icon to open the LUN Properties window.

Step Action
4 Select the Snapshots tab and click the + icon to create a snapshot of the
LUN.
The Create Snapshot window opens. In the Name field, replace the
default system provided name with: Initial_snap
In the Description field input the current time as displayed from the
Student Desktop taskbar.
The window displays several Retention Policy options with the Pool
Automatic Deletion Policy selected. You will keep this option; it will allow
the snapshot to be retained until the pool the LUN was created from
reaches some pre-defined capacity threshold. Then delete the snapshot
and return the space back to the pool. The Retain Until option can be
configured to retain the snapshot to a specified calendar date and time for
up to a year. The No Automatic Deletion option will prevent the snapshot
from being deleted.
Click OK to create the snapshot.
The new snapshot is now listed in the Snapshots tab.
You have manually created a snapshot of an existing LUN.
5 With the LUN Snapshots tab still open select the Snapshot Schedule
option.
Click the Snapshot schedule dropdown to display a list of available

schedules.
The list displays three system defined schedules. Select the Default
Protection schedule and review its creation and retention times. Select
and review the other two system defined schedules one at a time.

Step Action
6 The system defined schedules cannot be modified or deleted. User

defined schedules can be created and customized to fit a wide range of
snapshot needs.
Click the New Schedule button and the Create Schedule window opens.
The window provides a snapshot frequency granularity that is
hourly/daily/weekly based and also provides a retention policy
configuration. You are going to configure a snapshot schedule that
creates a snapshot every Monday morning at 7:00 AM and is retained for
7 days.
In the Name field input: Monday AM Snap
The Daily/Weekly option should be checked along with each day of the
week. Uncheck Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun and leave Mon checked.
In the Snapshot time dropdown list, select 7:00 AM
The Retention Policy section should have the Retain for radio button
selected and set to 7 Days
Click the Create button to create the schedule.
7 The newly created schedule is now listed in the Snapshot schedule field.
Click the Apply button to schedule snapshots for the LUN.
A Modify Schedule window is displayed. Review the message and click

Yes to continue.
Snapshots of the LUN will now be created and retained automatically by

the system.
Close the Snapshots tab window.
8 Open the existing RDP session to the WIN1 host. From the open File
Explorer window, open the text document on the WIN1 LUN0 drive.
Add the following line of text: This line was written to the LUN from
WIN1 after the initial snapshot was taken.

Step Action
9 From your Student Desktop system taskbar, launch the RDP application
and create an RDP session to the WIN1 host as the administrator.
10 From the WIN1 host taskbar launch File Explorer. Select the WIN1 LUN0
drive and open the text document created in the earlier exercise.
Add a line of text to the document: This line was written to the LUN
from WIN1 prior to the initial snapshot.

Lab 15: Part 2 - Access a LUN Snapshot
Step Action
1 You will now access the LUN snapshot from another Windows host –
WIN2.
From your Student Desktop system taskbar, launch the RDP application
and establish an RDP session to the WIN2 host as the administrator.
2 The WIN2 host needs to be registered to the VSA-Source system. A first

step is to connect its iSCSI initiator to the array.
From the WIN2 system taskbar, click the iSCSI Initiator icon to launch the
application.
Select the Discovery tab. Click the Discover Portal button. In the
Discover Target Portal window, in its IP address or DNS name field input:
192.168.3.100
Select the Targets tab. In the Discovered targets section the VSA-Source
IQN is displayed with an Inactive status. Click the Connect button to
connect the initiator to the target.
In the Connect to Target window, check the Enable multi-path checkbox.

Click the Advanced button.
From the Advanced Settings window, in the Local adaptor dropdown list,
select Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. In the Initiator IP dropdown list, select
192.168.3.107. From the Target portal IP dropdown list, select
192.168.3.100 /3260. Click OK to configure the settings.

Step Action
3 From the Student Desktop system Unisphere session, navigate to Access

> Hosts and click the + icon and select Host from the list to add a new
Host. The wizard to add a new host opens. Input the following
configuration:
Name: WIN2
In the Select Discovered Initiators or Manually Add Initiators section, the

WIN2 host initiator IQN should be displayed.
Check the initiator checkbox and click Next to continue the wizard.
In the Review the host configuration section a summary of the host

configuration is displayed as shown here
Click Finish to add the host.
The Results window displays the status of the operation to add the host.
When it has completed successfully Close the window.
The WIN2 host should now be listed in the Hosts window with 1 displayed
in the Initiators column.

Step Action
4 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs and select the WIN1
LUN0 LUN and click the Edit icon to open its properties page.
Select the Snapshots tab and check the checkbox for the Initial_snap.
From the More Actions dropdown list select the Attach to host action.
Click the + icon to configure access. In the Access Type dropdown list
select Read/Write.
Check the checkbox for WIN2 and click OK.
When attaching a host to a snapshot with the Read/Write access type, by

default an option is checked for the system to automatically create a copy
of the existing snapshot to preserve its data state. You will keep the option
checked to create the copy but in the Name field remove the system
provided name and input: Initial_snap_copy and click OK to create the
copy and attach the host.
A snapshot copy is made and the host is attached to the Initial_snap

snapshot with read/write access.
5 Open the existing RDP session to the WIN2 host. From its taskbar click
the Server Manager icon to launch the application.
6 Navigate to File and Storage Services > Disks.
From the upper right corner Tasks dropdown, select Rescan Storage.
A 5.00 GB disk will be listed, Right-click it and select Bring Online. A

Bring Disk Online window is displayed. Click Yes to bring the disk online.
In the Volumes section the new disk is assigned a drive letter.

Step Action
7 From the WIN2 taskbar, launch File Explorer and select the WIN1 LUN0
drive. Open the text document.
Is the line of text present in the file that you entered from the WIN1 host
prior to the initial snapshot? __________________________________
Is the line of text present in the file that you entered from the WIN1 host
after the initial snapshot was created? __________________________
Explain the results. _________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
8 Add the following line of text to the file: This line was written to the LUN
snapshot from WIN2.
Was the line written to the file? ________________________________
9 Now you will remove the snapshot disk from the host.
In Server Manager right click the 5.00 GB disk and select Take Offline. In
the Take Disk Offline window click Yes to offline the disk. The disk status
is shown as Offline.
Close Server Manager.
In File Explorer the W IN1 LUN0 drive is no longer present.
Close File Explorer and logoff from the WIN2 RDP session.
10 From the Student Desktop, open the existing Unisphere session.
From the WIN1 LUN0 LUN Properties page Snapshots tab, the
Initial_snap should still be checked. If not, check it.
From the More Actions dropdown, select Detach from host from the list.
Click Yes in the Detach confirmation window.
No should now be displayed in the Attached column for the Initial_snap.

Lab 15: Part 3 - Restore a LUN from a Snapshot
Step Action
1 Open the existing RDP session to the WIN1 host. In its open File Explorer
window with the WIN1 LUN0 drive selected, open the text document.
Is the line of text that was written to the snapshot from the WIN2 host present in
the file? _______________________________________________________
Why? _________________________________________________________
Add the following line of text to the file: This line was written to the LUN from
WIN1 after the initial snapshot was taken and before the Restore
operation.
2 Launch Server Manager from the WIN1 taskbar. Navigate to File and Storage
Services > Disks. Right-click the 5.00 GB disk and select Take Offline from the
list. In the Take Disk Offline window click Yes to Offline the disk.
The disk now shows Offline status.
In File Explorer the WIN1 LUN0 drive is no longer present.
3 From your Student Desktop system open the existing Unisphere session.
From the WIN1 LUN0 LUN Properties page Snapshots tab, the Initial_snap
should still be checked. If not, check it.
From the More Actions dropdown, select Restore from the list.
The system will automatically create a backup snapshot of the LUN to preserve
its state before initiating a restore operation. The Restore window provides a
field for the snapshot name and provides a message recommending to quiesce
IO from the host. Click OK to perform the snapshot restore operation.
The LUN has now been restored to the data state that the Initial_snap snapshot
captured.

Step Action
4 Open the existing RDP session to WIN1.
In the Open Server Manager application right-click the 5.00 GB disk and select
Bring Online from the list. In the Bring Disk Online window click Yes to bring
the disk online.
In the Volumes section the disk now is assigned a drive letter.
In the open File Explorer window with the WIN1 LUN0 drive selected, open the
text document.
Is the line of text written to the LUN by WIN1 prior to the initial snapshot present
in the file? _____________________________________________________
Is the line of text written to the LUN by WIN1 after the initial snapshot and prior
to the restore present in the file? ___________________________________
Is the line of text written to the snapshot from WIN2 present in the file? _____
Explain the data seen in the file. ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________
5 Close the file and close File Explorer.
Close Server Manager.
This completes the LUN Snapshot lab exercise. You have created a LUN
snapshot and a snapshot schedule. You accessed a LUN snapshot to see its
captured data state and wrote to the snapshot. You also performed a Snapshot
restore operation to restore a LUN to the data state captured in the snapshot.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 16: File System Snapshots
Purpose: Enable a snapshot schedule during the creation of a file

system, manually create read-only and read/write
snapshots of a file system, configure access to a
read/write file system snapshot and access it, access
read-only snapshots from an SMB Windows client, and
form an NFS Linux client.
Tasks: Enable a snapshot schedule during file system

creation.
Create a manual snapshot of existing file systems.
Configure access to a read/write snapshot and

perform write operations to it.
Access read-only snapshots from an SMB Windows

client and from an NFS Linux client.

Lab 16: Part 1 - Enable a Snapshot Schedule during File System Creation
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system, launch Internet Explorer and

establish a Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system IP address:
192.168.1.113. The login credentials are: admin/Password123!
2 In Unisphere navigate to Storage > File > File Systems. Click the + icon
to create a new file system.
The Create a File System wizard opens. In the Protocol section, select the
Windows Shares (SMB) radio button. In the NAS Server list, the
NAS_SMB is listed for the NAS Server. Click Next to continue the wizard.
In the Name field input: DP_fs

In the Description field input: Data Protection file system
In the Pool field select FAST VP-2. Configure the size to be 5 GB. Leave
all other settings at default. Click Next to continue the wizard.
In the Shares section check the SMB Share (Windows) checkbox. Name
the share: DP_FS_share. Click Next to continue the wizard.
In the SMB Share’s Other Settings section you will keep the defaults. Click
In the Snapshot section check the Enable Automatic Snapshot

Creation checkbox. From the Snapshot schedule dropdown select the
Protection with longer retention schedule from the list. Click Next to
You will not configure Replication; click Next to continue the wizard.
The Summary section displays the details of the file system creation. Click
Finish to perform the creation operation.

Step Action
3 Check the DP_fs file system checkbox and click the Edit icon to open its
Properties page.
Select the Snapshots tab and navigate to the Snapshot Schedule page.
It displays the schedule enabled during the file system creation. The
schedule will automatically create snapshots every day at 8:00 AM and
retain them for 7 days.
Navigate to the Snapshots page. There are currently no snapshots of the

file system because the scheduled time for the automatic creation has not
yet occurred. The system will create snapshots of the file system that are
read-only and named based on the date and time the snapshot was
created.
Leave the page open in Unisphere.
4 You will now access the DP_fs file system share and create data on it
prior to any snapshot creation.
From the Student Desktop system taskbar launch the RDP application
and establish an RDP session to WIN1 as the domain administrator.
5 From the WIN1 system taskbar click the Run icon. In the Open field input:
\\NAS_SMB\DP_FS_share and click the OK button. The share window
opens.
Right-click in the share window and select New > Text Document. Open
the file and input the following text: This line was written to the file
system prior to any snapshot creation. Save and close the file.

Lab 16: Part 2 - Create Read/Write and Read-only File System Snapshots
Step Action
1 From the existing Unisphere session on your Student desktop, from the
Snapshots tab and click the + icon to create a new snapshot.
In the Name field input: First_snap_ro. In the Description field input: This
is the first snapshot of the file system. It is a read-only snap.
Leave the Retention Policy set to Pool Automatic Deletion Policy.
Leave the Access Type set to Read-only (hidden .CKPT access).
Click the OK button to create the snapshot.
The new snapshot is now listed.
2 Open the existing RDP session to WIN1. In the share window, open the
New text document and add the following line to the file: This line was
added after the first read-only snapshot was created.
3 Return to your open Unisphere session. In the Snapshots tab, click the +
icon to create a new snapshot.
In the Name field input: Second_snap_rw. In the Description field input:

This is the second snapshot of the file system. It is a read/write snap.
Select the radio button to set the Access Type to Read/Write (shares).
The page now lists the two manually created snapshots; one read-only
snap and one read/write snap.
4 Open the existing RDP session to WIN1. In the share window, open the
New text document and add the following line to the file: This line was
added after the second read/write snapshot was created.

Step Action
5 You will now place some data on the NFS_fs file system prior to creating a
snapshot of it.
From your Student Desktop system taskbar click the PuTTY icon to
launch the application and establish an SSH session to the Linux1
system.
Mount the engineering NFS share by issuing the command:
mount 192.168.1.116:/engineering /nfs
Verify the client is mounted to the remote file system.
Its output should show the filesystem 192.168.1.116:/engineering

mounted on /nfs
Switch user to epallis by issuing the command: su epallis
Access the NFS share by issuing the command: cd /nfs
Add a line of text to the epallis file by issuing the command: echo “this is
text written to the file prior to the read-only snapshot of the file
system.” >> epallis
The line of text will be appended to the end of the epallis file. Verify the
text is present by issuing the command: more epallis

Step Action
6 You will now create a read-only snapshot of the NFS_fs file system.
Return to your open Unisphere session. Navigate to Storage > File > File
Systems and select the NFS_fs file system by placing a check in its
checkbox and unchecking any other checkboxes.
Click the Edit icon to open the properties page and select the Snapshots
tab. Click the + icon to create a new snapshot.
In the Name field input: NFS_cvfs. In the Description field input: This is a
read-only snapshot to be accessed via NFS using the .ckpt data
path.
Leave the Access Type set to Read-only (hidden .CKPT access)
The page now lists the new read-only snapshot.
Close the Snapshots window.
7 Return to the open SSH session to Linux1.
Add a line of text to the epallis file by issuing the command: echo “this is
text written to the file after the creation of the read-only snapshot of
the file system.” >> epallis
Verify the text was appended to the end of the epallis file by issuing the
command: more epallis

Lab 16: Part 3 - Access Read/Write and Read-only File System Snapshots
Step Action
1 Accessing read/write snapshots requires creating a specific share to the

snapshot. You will now create an SMB share to the read/write snapshot of the
DP_fs file system.
From the existing Unisphere session on your Student desktop, navigate to

Storage > File > SMB Shares and click the + icon to create a new SMB share.
The Create an SMB Share wizard opens.
Click in the File System selection field and select the DP_fs file system. Click
the Select button. Select the Snapshot for File System “DP_fs” radio button.
From the dropdown list, select the Second_snap_rw snapshot.
In the Share Name field input: DP_fs_RW_snap_share
Leave the Local Path setting as is to create a top-level share. Click Next to
In the Advanced section leave the default settings in place and click Next to
The Summary screen displays the share configuration to be created. Click

The Results screen will display the share creation process. Close the window
when the share is successfully created.
The newly created SMB share is now listed.

Step Action
2 Open the existing RDP session to WIN1. It should have an open window to the
DP_FS_share. From the system taskbar, click the Run icon to open another
window to the read/write snapshot share. In the Open field input:
\\NAS_SMB\DP_fs_RW_snap_share and click the OK button. The share
window opens.
There should now be two open share windows; one to the file system share
DP_FS_share and one to the RW shapshot share DP_fs_RW_snap_share.
From each window, open the existing New Text Document and compare them.
What are the differences between the content of the two files? ____________
______________________________________________________________
Why? _________________________________________________________
3 Close the file opened from the DP_FS_share.
Add the following line of text to the New Text Document opened from the
DP_fs_RW_snap_share: Text added to the RW snapshot.
Open the file from the DP_FS_share. Is the newly added line to the
DP_fs_RW_snap_share present in this file? __________________________
Why? ________________________________________________________
Close the file.
Close the share window to the RW Snapshot share DP_fs_RW_snap_share.

Step Action
4 You will now access the read-only snapshot of the DP_fs using the snapshot
CVFS mechanism.
From your open DP_fs_share window, right click in the white space and select
Properties.
Select the Previous Versions tab.
The Folder versions section will list read-only snapshots of the file system with a
date and time timestamp when the snapshot was taken. You should see the
read-only snapshot you created manually. If time had elapsed for the snapshot
schedule to have automatically created snapshots, they would be listed here.
Select the snapshot you manually created and click the Open button.
A new window opens with the snapshot path listed in its navigation field.
Open the existing New Text Document.
What data state is captured by the file on the snapshot? _________________
______________________________________________________________
Close the file.
Right-click the file to display the list of operations that can be done to the file. Is
the Delete option present? _________________________________________
Why? _________________________________________________________
5 In the open window to the file system share having the navigation NAS_SMB >
DP_FS_share listed, right click the New Text Document to display the list of
operations. Is the Delete option present? _____________________________
Delete the file. Did it get deleted? ___________________________________
Why? _________________________________________________________
6 You can now recover the original file from the read-only snapshot. In the open
window to the read-only snapshot select the file. Drag and drop copy the file to
the open file system window.
Did the file get copied to the file system? ______________________________
Close the open windows to the file system share and the read-only snapshot.
Logoff the Win1 RDP session.

Step Action
7 You will now access the read-only snapshot of the file system from the Linux1
NFS client.
Access the existing SSH session to Linux1.

List the content of the NFS share by issuing the command: ls –la /nfs
Verify you see the epallis file.
Issue the following command to see the file content: more /nfs/epallis
This is the file that resides on the file system. To view and access the read-only
snapshot of the file system, you must explicitly use the hidden .ckpt data path.
You will then see a snapshot folder having a date/time name format for when
the snapshot was created. To see the read-only snapshot, issue the following
command: ls –la /nfs/.ckpt
Record the snapshot folder name. __________________________________
To access the snapshot, change directory into the snapshot folder name using
the following command: cd /nfs/.ckpt/<snapshot folder name>
List the content of the snapshot by issuing the following command: ls –la
You should see the epallis file.
Look at the file content using the following command: more epallis
Is the content of the epallis file on the snapshot different than the content of the
file on the file system? ___________________________________________
Why? ________________________________________________________
8 Stop accessing the NFS export by issuing the following command: cd /
Logoff the epallis user by issuing the following command: exit
Unmount the file system by issuing the following command: umount /nfs
Disconnect the SSH session by issuing the following command: exit
This completes the lab exercise. You have applied a snapshot schedule to a file
system during its creation. You have created manual Read/Write and read-only
snapshots of file systems and have accessed them.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 17: Install Destination VSA
Purpose: Install a UnityVSA system using the initcli tool to

discover it and configure the management IP address
and name. Run the Initial Configuration wizard to
perform the required initial configuration tasks and also
perform the optional configuration of virtual disks, Pools
and iSCSI interfaces.
Tasks: Discover and configure a UnityVSA system using

the initcli command.
Run the Initial Configuration wizard to perform

required and optional system configuration tasks.

Lab 17: Part 1 - Discover and Configure UnityVSA with the Initcli tool
In this part of the lab you will use the initcli tool to discover an uninstalled UnityVSA system and
configure it with a management IP address and friendly name.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP application and
establish a session to the WIN2 system as the local administrator.
2 From the WIN2 system taskbar open a Command Prompt window.
Issue the following command to change directory to the folder containing

the initcli executable file: cd C:\Unity Software
To discover the uninstalled UnityVSA system, issue the following

command:
Unity-initcli-4.1.0.1.145.exe discover -output csv
Your output should be as follows:
VIRT171285ZJAX,UnityVSA, VIRT171285ZJAX,SP_A,Ready to be
configured,auto,,auto,fe 80::260:1651:65b5:fef9|64|
This output indicates that a UnityVSA system having an ID of

VIRT171285ZJAX has been discovered.

Step Action
3 Now you will use the initcli tool to configure a management IP address
and friendly name for the system by issuing the following command:
Unity-initcli-4.1.0.1.145.exe configure -id VIRT171285ZJAX -ipv4

static -addr 192.168.2.113 -mask 255.255.255.0 -gateway 192.168.2.1 -
name VSA-Destination
The command takes a moment to run. The output of the command should
be as follows:
Configuring storage system VIRT171285ZJAX

Configuration completed
The UnityVSA system now has been configured with an IP address and
friendly name.
4 Close the command window by issuing the following command: exit

Lab 17: Part 2 - System Initial Configuration
In this part of the lab you will use the Initial Configuration wizard.
Step Action

establish a Unisphere session to the newly installed VSA-Destination
Unity system using the IP address 192.168.2.113
The browser will display a website security certificate warning screen that
relates to the UnityVSA self-signed certificate. Click the Continue to this
website (not recommended) link.
You will now install the UnityVSA certificate into the browser to prevent
subsequent security warnings. On the Address line of the browser, click
on the Certificate error as shown here:
An Untrusted Certificate window opens. Click the View certificates link at

the bottom of the window. A Certificate window opens that has several
tabs for displaying certificate information. On the General tab review the
Certificate Information displayed.
You will now install the certificate as the message indicates. Click the
Install Certificate button.
The Certificate Import Wizard opens. Select the Local Machine radio
button and click Next to continue the wizard.
On the next wizard screen select the Place all certificates in the
following store radio button. Click the Browse button to select a store.
From the Select the certificate store you want to use tree select the
Trusted Root Certification Authorities and click OK. Click Next to
Click the Finish button to import the certificate.
A window opens stating the import was successful. Click OK to close the
window.
Click OK to close the Certificate window. Close all tabs to the browser.
Launch Internet Explorer and on the address line input: 192.168.2.113
You will use the following default credentials for login:

admin/Password123#

Step Action
2 A Unisphere session opens to the Initial Configuration window. This

wizard is used to perform configuration tasks of a newly installed system.
The wizard includes some required configuration tasks and some optional
tasks.
3 In the Copyright section the Software License Agreement is displayed.

Review the agreement and select the Accept license agreement radio
button.
4 The Admin and Service Password section requires that a new password
be assigned to the system.
In the Password field input: Password123!
In the Confirm Password field input: Password123!
Ensure the Set service password the same as admin password option is
checked.
5 The system will now be licensed in the Unisphere Licenses section. Click
the Install License button.
In the Select LicenseFile window, click the Browse button. Navigate to the
C:\VSA Licenses\Destination folder and select the license file present.
Click the Open button to use this license file.
Click the Finish button to upload the license file.
When the upload is complete, Close the window.
The Unisphere Licenses section now displays the license file installed
successfully.

Step Action
6 The DNS Servers section opens with the radio button selected for
Configure DNS server address manually. Click the Add button to add
the DNS Server address.
The Add DNS Server window opens. In the IP Address field input:
192.168.1.50 and click the Add button.
The newly added address is now displayed.
7 The NTP Servers section opens to configure an NTP server. Click the
Add button.
The Add NTP Server window opens. In the IP Address field input:
192.168.1.50 and click the Add button.
The newly added address is now displayed.

Step Action
8 The Pools section opens for configuration. Click the Create Pools button.
The Create Pool Wizard now opens.
In the Name field input: FAST VP-1
The Tier Assignment section opens. It will display the Virtual Disks seen
by the UnityVSA system. The system has been configured to see six
virtual disks: two 9.9 GB disks, two 19.9 GB disks and two 49.9 GB disks.
You will now assign a Storage Tier to each of the virtual disks by
individually selecting the Storage Tier dropdown list for each virtual disk.
For each 9.9 GB virtual disk, select Extreme Performance Tier. For each
19.9 GB virtual disk, select Performance Tier. For each 49.9 GB virtual
disk, select Capacity Tier.
Once all virtual disks have been assigned to the specified storage tier,
click Next to continue the wizard.
The Tiers section opens for configuration. In this window you will select
the Storage Tiers that will be used for creating the Pool. Place a check in
all three Tiers; Extreme Performance Tier, Performance Tier, and
Capacity Tier.
The Select Virtual Drives section opens for configuration. In this window
you will assign one virtual disk from each Storage Tier for use in the Pool.
By default all of the disks are selected. Deselect the second virtual disk in
each Storage Tier by unchecking its checkbox. You will have the first
virtual disk in each of the tiers checked: Extreme Performance Tier,
Performance Tier, and Capacity Tier.
The Capacity and Profile Name and Description section opens. You will
not configure this section. Click Next to continue the wizard.
The Summary section opens displaying the Pool configuration defined.

Click Finish to start the Pool creation operation.
The Results section opens and displays the status of the Pool creation.
Close the window when the operation is complete.
You have just created a storage Pool.

Step Action
9 With the Pool section still open you will now configure a second Pool.
Click the Create Pools button.
The Create Pool Wizard opens again. In the Name field input: FAST VP-2
The Tier Assignment section opens. You have already assigned the
Storage Tiers to the virtual disks. Click Next to continue the wizard.
The Tiers section opens to assign Tiers to the Pool. Place a check in all
three Tiers; Extreme Performance Tier, Performance Tier, and
Capacity Tier.
The Select Virtual Drives section opens for configuration. The one
remaining virtual disk in each tier is selected for use. You will keep this
configuration for the Pool.
The Capacity and Profile Name and Description section opens. You will
not configure this section. Click Next to continue the wizard.
The Summary section opens displaying the Pool configuration defined.

Click Finish to start the Pool creation operation.
The Results section opens and displays the status of the Pool creation.
Close the window when the operation is complete.
You have just created a second storage Pool.
10 The Alert Settings section opens. You will not configure this section. Click
The Proxy Server section opens. You will not configure this section. Click

Step Action
11 The iSCSI Interfaces section opens for configuration. You will create an
iSCSI Interface, click the Add iSCSI Interface button to create an
interface.
The Add iSCSI Network Interface window opens.
In the Ethernet Port dropdown list ensure Ethernet Port 0 is selected.
In the IP Address field input: 192.168.3.101
In the Subnet Mask/Prefix Length field input: 255.255.255.0
Leave the Gateway field blank.
Click the OK button to configure the interface.
The new iSCSI Interface is now displayed.
12 The NAS Servers section opens. You will not configure this section. Click
13 The Results section opens. The Initial Configuration wizard is now

complete. Close the window.
You have installed and performed an initial configuration of the VSA-

Destination system. This completes the lab exercise.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 18: Asynchronous Remote Replication
Purpose: Create Asynchronous remote replication sessions for

LUNs, NAS servers and their associated file systems.
Perform replication Failover, Failback, Failover with
Synch, and Resume operations.
Tasks: Configure Replication communications between two

Unity systems by creating Replication Interfaces and
Replication Connections.
Create a remote replication session for a LUN.
Create remote replication sessions for a NAS Server

and its associated file systems.
Perform Failover, Failback, Failover with Synch, and

Resume operations on the sessions testing data
access with each operation
References: EMC Unity: Replication Technologies A Detailed Review

white paper

Lab 18: Part 1 - Create Replication Communications
Step Action
1 This replication lab will use both UnityVSA systems in the lab setup; VSA-
Source and VSA-Destination. You will configure replication
communications between the two systems in this part of the lab exercise.
From your Student Desktop system taskbar, launch Internet Explorer and
establish a Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system at IP address
192.168.1.113. Open another Internet Explorer tab and establish a
Unisphere session to the VSA-Destination system at IP address
192.168.2.113. The login credentials for both systems are
admin/Password123!
2 The first replication communications you will create are the Interfaces for
replication on both systems. The Interfaces will establish an IP connection
between the systems to carry the replicated data.
In the Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system, navigate to

Protection & Mobility > Interfaces. Click the + icon to create an
Interface for replication.
In the Ethernet Port dropdown list, select Ethernet Port 2.
In the SPA IP Address field, input: 192.168.4.100
In the Subnet/Prefix Length field input: 255.255.255.0
Leave the Gateway field blank. Note: The Interfaces you will create on
both systems are on the same network so a Gateway will not be required.
If Interfaces are created on both systems are on different networks, the
Gateway configuration would be needed.
Click OK to create the Interface.

Step Action
3 In the Unisphere session to the VSA-Destination system navigate to

Protection & Mobility > Interfaces. Click the + icon to create an
Interface for replication.
In the Ethernet Port dropdown list, select Ethernet Port 2.
In the SPA IP Address field, input: 192.168.4.200
In the Subnet/Prefix Length field input: 255.255.255.0
Leave the Gateway field blank. Click OK to create the Interface.
4 The next part of replication communications you will configure is the

Replication Connections. It establishes the channel used for managing the
replication between the systems.
In the Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system navigate to

Protection & Mobility > Replication and select the Connections tab.
Click the + icon to create the connection. In the Remote System
Management IP Address field input: 192.168.2.113
The User Name and Password fields will be populated with credentials
which are: admin/Password123!
In the Local System Password field input: Password123!
Because UnityVSA will only support Asynchronous replication, the Mode

dropdown list is grayed out with Asynchronous selected. Note: On a
physical Unity system, the Mode dropdown list would also show
Synchronous and Both.
Click OK to create the Replication Connection. The new Connection

between the two systems is now listed.
5 Now access the VSA-Destination Unisphere session and navigate to

Protection & Mobility > Replication. Select the Connections tab to
view the new Connection. Click Verify and Update to verify the new
connection from the VSA-Destination perspective. Click Yes to proceed
with the verification operation. The operation takes a moment to complete
and will update the connection. The Replication communications are now
complete.

Lab 18: Part 2 - Create a Remote Replication for a LUN
Step Action
1 In the VSA-Source Unisphere session, navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs.
Select the WIN1 LUN0 LUN by placing a check in its checkbox.
Click the Edit icon to open the LUN properties page.
Select the Replication tab and click the Configure Replication button.
2 A wizard to Create a Session opens.
The first section presents the configuration of mode, RPO and the destination.
From the Replication Mode dropdown list select Asynchronous.
Decrease the RPO time to 10 minutes.
In the Replicate To dropdown list, select VSA-Destination.
3 The next wizard section configures the destination storage resources for
creating the replicated LUN. The Name field defines the name the LUN will have
on the destination system. You will keep the populated name of: WIN1 LUN0
The Pool field defines the destination system storage pool the LUN will be
created from. You will keep the populated pool of FAST VP-1
The destination Tiering Policy can also be configured. You will keep the default
policy of Start High Then Auto-Tier

Step Action
4 The wizard displays a Summary for the configuration of the replication session
as shown here.
Click Finish to start the session creation.
The Results section displays the status of the creation operation. Close the
window when the operation completes successfully.
The details of the replication session for the LUN will be displayed. It shows last
synchronization time, the replicated object on the two systems, identifies which
system allows IO to the LUN, and what Replication operations can be done to
the session.
Which replication operation buttons are active? _________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Which replication operation buttons are grayed out? ______________________
________________________________________________________________
Close the Replication window.
5 Navigate to Protection & Mobility > Replication > Sessions. The new
replication session is displayed. Click the More Actions dropdown list. Compare
its active and grayed out replication operations to the ones recorded in the
previous step. Are they the same or different? __________________________

Step Action
6 Click the Edit icon to open the session details page.
Click the Edit icon for the Session Name. Change the name to WIN1_LUN0 and
click the OK button.
Close the session details page.
7 In the VSA-Destination Unisphere session, navigate to Protection & Mobility >

Replication > Sessions
The replication session is displayed.
What is its name? _________________________________________________
If the original name is still displayed, refresh the page until the new name is
displayed.
8 Click the More Actions dropdown list. Compare its active and grayed out
replication operations to the ones recorded previously from the VSA-Source
system.
Are the active operations different on the destination system? ______________
Why? __________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
9 Navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs. The WIN1 LUN0 LUN is displayed. It was
created on the destination system by the replication process.
10 Double-click WIN1 LUN0 to open the properties page of the LUN.
Select the Host Access tab and you will see no host has been granted access
to the LUN. Host access will need to be configured to the LUN so its replicated
data will be accessible to a host should the source site become unavailable and
the replication session failed over.

Step Action
11 From your Student Desktop system taskbar, launch the RDP application and
establish an RDP session to the WIN2 host as the administrator.
12 From the WIN2 system taskbar, click the iSCSI Initiator icon to launch the
application.
Select the Discovery tab. Click the Discover Portal button. In the Discover
Target Portal window, in its IP address or DNS name field input: 192.168.3.101
Select the Targets tab. In the Discovered targets section the VSA-Destination
IQN is displayed with an Inactive status. Select it and click the Connect button
to connect the initiator to the target.
In the Connect to Target window, check the Enable multi-path checkbox. Click
the Advanced button.
From the Advanced Settings window, in the Local adaptor dropdown list, select
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. In the Initiator IP dropdown list, select 192.168.3.107.
From the Target portal IP dropdown list, select 192.168.3.101 /3260. Click OK to
configure the settings.
13 Return to the VSA-Destination Unisphere session.
From the LUN properties page Host Access tab, click the + icon to add host
access to the LUN.
The Select Host Access window opens. From the More Actions dropdown list
select Add Host.

Step Action
14 The Add a Host wizard opens. Input the following host configuration:
Name: WIN2
The WIN2 IQN should be displayed in the Auto-Discovered Initiators window.

Check the initiator IQN checkbox and click Next to continue the wizard.
A Summary window displays the information for the host being added. Click
Finish to initiate the Add Host operation.
The Results window displays the progress of the operation. Close the window
when the operation completes.
15 In the Select Host Access window, check the WIN2 checkbox to select the host
and click OK.
The WIN2 host is now configured to access the replicated WIN1 LUN0 LUN.
Close the window.

Lab 18: Part 3 - Create Remote Replication for a NAS Server and File
Systems
Step Action
1 In the VSA-Source Unisphere session, navigate to Storage > File > NAS
Servers.
Select the NAS_SMB NAS Server.
Click the Edit icon to open the NAS Server properties page.
Select the Replication tab and click the Configure Replication button.
2 A wizard to Create a Session opens.
The first section presents the configuration of mode, RPO and the
destination. From the Replication Mode dropdown list select
Asynchronous.
Decrease the RPO time to 20 minutes.
In the Replicate To dropdown list, select VSA-Destination.

Step Action
3 The next wizard section configures the destination storage resources for
creating the replicated NAS Server and any of its associated file systems.
The Name field defines the name the NAS Server will have on the
destination system. You will keep the populated name of: NAS_SMB
The Pool field defines the destination system storage pool the NAS Server
will be created from. You will keep the populated pool of FAST VP-2
The Associated File Systems/VMware NFS Datastore section will display

two file systems associated with the NAS Server; SMB_fs and DP_fs. Also
displayed is the destination pool the file systems will be created from. You
will keep the populated pool of FAST VP-2
A Summary is displayed for the replication configuration to create as shown

here.
Click Finish to initiate the creation operation.
The Results window displays the status of the replication creation

operation. It will take some time to complete so please be patient. Close
the window when the operation completes.
The NAS Server replication session details are displayed in the Replication
tab of the properties page. Close the properties page.

Step Action
4 Select the File Systems page and from it, select the SMB_fs file system
and click the Edit icon to open its properties page.
Select the Replication tab. The details of the file system replication
session are shown. The system automatically replicates the existing file
systems that are associated with a NAS Server when the NAS Server is
replicated.
Click the Edit icon next to the Session Name.
In the Session Name field replace the existing name with: SMB_fs_rep
and click OK.
Close the file system properties page.
5 Navigate to Protection & Mobility > Replication > Sessions.
6 Locate the replication session for the DP_fs file system and select it. Then
click the Edit icon to open its details page.
Click the Edit icon for the Session Name. Replace its session name with:
DP_fs_rep and click OK. Close the session details window.
7 Locate the session for the NAS_SMB NAS Server and select it. Click the
Edit icon to open its session details page.
Click the Edit icon for the Session Name. Replace its session name with:
NAS_SMB_rep and click OK. Close the session details window.

Step Action
8 In the Unisphere session to the VSA-Destination, navigate to Storage >

File > NAS Servers. The NAS_SMB NAS Server is listed. Double-click it
to open its properties page. Select the Network tab.
In the Network Interfaces section, the interface for the NAS_SMB server is
shown. This interface configuration was replicated along with the NAS
Server from the VSA-Source. However the VSA-Destination system is
connected to a different network. So the interface configuration of the
replicated NAS Server will need to be changed. Select the interface and
click the Edit icon.
Check the Override address checkbox.
You can now enter a new interface configuration for the NAS Server.
Leave the Ethernet Port selection set to Ethernet Port 1
In the IP Address field input: 192.168.2.115
Leave the Subnet Mask/Prefix Length field set to: 255.255.255.0
In the Gateway field input: 192.168.2.1
Click the OK button.
In the Edit NAS Server Interface confirmation window click Yes to apply the
change.
The interface is now modified for the network that is connected to the VSA-
Destination system. If the NAS Server replication session is failed over, it
will be available on the correct network and be able to provide data
services to users.
Close the NAS Server properties window.

Lab 18: Part 4 - Remote Replication Operations for a LUN
Step Action
1 In this part of the lab you will perform replication operations on the
replicated LUN and access its data after the operations.
From the Student Desktop system taskbar, launch the RDP application
and establish an RDP session to the WIN1 host as the administrator.
2 The WIN1 system should have access to the WIN1 LUN0 LUN from the
previous lab exercises.
From the WIN1 system taskbar open File Explorer and select the WIN1
LUN0 drive.
Open the New Text Document. Add the following line of text to the file:
This line was added from WIN1 before the Failover with sync was
performed.
3 Prior to performing the replication operation Failover with sync, you will
quiesce host IO to WIN1 LUN0 on the VSA-Source system. This will be
done by using Server Manager to offline the disk.
From the WIN1 taskbar launch Server Manager.
In Server Manager navigate to File and Storage Services > Disks.
Right-click the 5.00 GB disk and select Take Offline. Click the Yes button
to offline the disk.

Step Action
4 From your Student Desktop system, access the Unisphere session to the
VSA-Source and navigate to Protection & Mobility > Replication >
Sessions.
Select the WIN1_LUN0 session. From the More Actions dropdown list,
select the Failover with sync operation.
A Failover Session After Sync window displays information about the

operation. Review the message and click Yes to perform the operation.
The WIN1_LUN0 session State will now be Failed Over with Sync.
The operation will make the WIN1 LUN0 LUN read/write on the VSA-
Destination system. The operation will remove host access to WIN1 LUN0
LUN on the VSA-Source system.
5 Access the existing RDP session to WIN1. In the open Server Manager
window, right-click the 5.00 GB disk and select Bring Online. Click the
Yes button to bring the disk online.
What is the result of the online operation? _______________________
Why? ____________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Click the Close button.
6 From your Student Desktop system, open the RDP session to the WIN2
system.
From the WIN2 system taskbar launch Server Manager.
In Server Manager, navigate to File and Storage Services > Disks. In

the upper right corner from the Tasks dropdown, select Rescan Storage.
Right-click the 5.00 GB disk and select Bring Online.
Click Yes to bring the disk online.

Step Action
7 From the WIN2 taskbar open File Explorer and select the WIN1 LUN0
disk. Open the New Text Document.
Is the line of text added prior to the Failover with sync present in the file?
_____
Add the following line of text to the file: This line was added from WIN2
when failed over to VSA-Destination.
8 Next, you will perform the Resume operation on the replication session.
The resume operation will keep the read/write access to the LUN form the
VSA-Destination system and will restart the replication with the direction
being from the VSA-Destination system to the VSA-Source system
From your Student Desktop system, in the Unisphere session to the VSA-
Destination, navigate to Protection & Mobility > Replication >
Sessions.
Select the WIN1_LUN0 session and from the More Actions dropdown list
select Resume. The Resume Session window provides information about
the operation. Review the information and click the Yes button to resume
the replication session.
The session is now displayed with a normal state
9 Now you will perform a Sync operation. This will manually synchronize the
data state of the LUN on the VSA-Source to the data state that is currently
on the VSA-Destination system.
With the WIN1 LUN0 LUN selected, from the More Actions dropdown list,
select the Sync operation. Click Yes in the Sync Session window to
perform the synchronization operation.
10 At this point the data states of the LUNs on the VSA-Destination and the
VSA-Source are the same with the LUN on the VSA-Destination system
being in the read/write state. The LUN on the VSA-Source is still
unavailable for access.
To test this, from your Student Desktop system open the existing RDP
session to WIN1. From its open Server Manager window, try to bring the
LUN online again.
What were the results? ______________________________________

Step Action
11 In the next few steps you will return the replication as it was prior to the
Failover with sync operation. But before doing that, the WIN2 host IO
should be queisced. You will do this using Server Manager to offline the
disk.
From your Student Desktop system open the existing RDP session to
WIN2. From its open Server Manager window, right-click the 5.00 GB disk
and select Take Offline. Click Yes to offline the disk.
12 You will now perform a Replication Failover operation to return the LUN to
read/write status on the VSA-Source system.
Source, navigate to Protection & Mobility > Replication > Sessions.
Select the WIN1_LUN0 session. If the session state is still showing Failed
over with Sync, refresh the page.
Form the More Actions dropdown list, select the Failover operation.
Review the information about the operation in the Failover Session

window. Click the Yes button to perform the failover operation.
The replication session will now be shown in the Failed Over state.
13 From your Student Desktop system open the existing RDP session to the
WIN1 system. In the open Server Manager window, right click the 5.00
GB disk and select Bring Online. Click the Yes button to online the disk.
From the WIN1 system taskbar open File Explorer and select the WIN1
LUN0 disk. Open the New Text Document.
Is the line that was written by the WIN2 host during failover present? ___
Close the document.

Step Action
14 After the Failover operation, the Replication session is paused and will
need to be restated by performing a Resume operation.
Source, navigate to Protection & Mobility > Replication > Sessions.
With the WIN1_LUN0 session selected, from the More Actions dropdown
list, select the Resume operation. Click the Yes button to resume the
replication session.
The session is now shown in the normal state. The source of the
replication is again on the VSA-Source system and the replication
destination is to the VSA-Destination system.
Logoff the RDP sessions to WIN1 and WIN2.

Lab 18: Part 5 - Remote Replication Operations for a NAS Server and File
Systems
Step Action
1 In this part of the lab you will perform replication operations on the
replicated NAS Server and its file systems, and then access the data after
the operations.
From the Student Desktop system taskbar, launch the RDP application
and establish an RDP session to the WIN1 host as the domain
administrator.
2 Before performing replication operations, you will add some data to the
Top$ share on the SMB_fs file system served by the NAS_SMB NAS
Server.
From the WIN1 taskbar click the Run icon and in the Open field input:
\\NAS_SMB\Top$
A window to the share opens. Right-click in the share and select New >
Text Document. Open the file and add the following line to the file: This
line was added prior to the manual sync operation.
3 From your Student Desktop system, in the Unisphere session to the VSA-
Source system navigate to Storage > File > File systems. Select the
SMB_fs file system and click the Edit icon to open the properties page.
Select the Replication tab.
Record the time displayed for Time of Last Sync ___________________
Click the Sync button to perform a manual Sync of the replication session.
Click Yes to perform the sync operation.
Did the Time of Last Sync change? _____________________________

Step Action
4 Return to the RDP session to the WIN1 system. From the WIN1 system
taskbar, click the Run icon and in the Open field input: \\NAS_SMB\Top$
A window to the share opens. Open the New Text Document and add the
following line to the file: This line was added prior to the failover
operation.
5 Now you will perform a failover operation for the NAS Server and its
associated file systems. The NAS Server will be failed over first, then the
file systems.
Destination system, navigate to Protection & Mobility > Replication >
Sessions.
Select the NAS_SMB_rep session. From the More Actions dropdown list
select the Failover operation. Review the information displayed in the
Failover Session window and click Yes to perform the failover operation.
When the operation completes select the SMB_fs_rep session and from
the More Actions dropdown list select the Failover operation. Click Yes
to perform the failover.
When the operation completes select the DP_fs_rep session and from the
More Actions dropdown list select the Failover operation. Click Yes to
perform the failover operation.

Step Action
6 Now you will access the data from the VSA-Destination system.
Return to the RDP session to the WIN1 system. From the WIN1 system
taskbar, click the Command Prompt icon.
Input the following command: ipconfig /flushdns
The command will flush the client DNS Resolver cache. This is used
because the WIN1 client had previously accessed the NAS_SMB NAS
Server on the VSA-Source system where it has an IP address of
192.168.1.115. So that name to IP address is held in the client’s DNS
cache. The NAS_SMB NAS Server on the VSA-Destination system is
configured for the IP address of 192.168.2.115. The client DNS cache
therefore needs to be flushed in order for it to be able to access the
NAS_SMB NAS Server at its new IP address
7 Now you will access the Top$ share from the NAS_SMB NAS Server.
From the WIN1 system taskbar, click the Run icon.
In the Open field input: \\NAS_SMB\Top$
A window to the share opens. Open the New Text Document.
Is the line of text added prior to the manual sync operation present? ____
Is the line of text added prior to the failover operation present? ________
Why? _____________________________________________________
8 Add the following line to the file: This line was added during failover to
the VSA-Destination system.
9 From your Student Desktop system, access the open Unisphere session
to the VSA-Destination system. Navigate to Protection & Mobility >
Replication > Sessions and refresh the page.
Review the State of the three sessions: NAS_SMB_rep, SMB_fs_rep,

and DP_fs_rep
The sessions will be listed as Failed Over state.

Step Action
10 You will now perform a Failback operation on the three replication

sessions.
From your Student Desktop system, access the open Unisphere session
to the VSA-Destination system. Navigate to Data Protection >
Replication > Sessions and refresh the page.
Select the SMB_fs_rep session and from the More Actions dropdown list
select the Failback operation. Click the Yes button to failback the session.
Did the operation succeed? ___________________________________
Why? ____________________________________________________
11 Select the NAS_SMB_rep session and from the More Actions dropdown
list, select the Failback operation. Click the Yes button to failback the
session.
Repeat the Failback operation for the SMB_fs_rep and DP_fs_rep

sessions one at a time.
The replication sessions should all be shown in a normal state. The

session replicated Resource is a Source on the VSA-Source system and a
Destination on the VSA-Destination system.
12 Return to the RDP session to the WIN1 system. In the Command window
flush the DNS client cache by running the following command: ipconfig
/flushdns
From the taskbar click the Run icon and in the Open field input:
\\NAS_SMB\Top$ to access the Top$ share.
A window to the share opens. Open the New Text Document.
Is the line of text added during failover present in the file? ___________
Why? ____________________________________________________

Step Action
13 From you Student Desktop system, access the open the Unisphere
session to the VSA-Source system. Navigate to Storage > File > NAS
Servers. Select the NAS_SMB NAS Server and click the Edit icon to
open its properties page.
In the General tab review the information in the Network Interfaces

section.
What is shown in the Preferred column? ________________________
14 Access the open Unisphere session to the VSA-Destination system and

navigate to Storage > File > NAS Servers. Select the NAS_SMB NAS
Server and click the Edit icon to open its properties page.
Select the Network tab review the information in the Network Interfaces
section.
What is shown in the Preferred column? _________________________
15 In this step you will ping the two different IP addresses of the NAS_SMB
NAS Servers.
Access the RDP session to the WIN1 system. In the command window
issue the following command: ping 192.168.1.115
What is the result? __________________________________________
In the command window issue the following command: ping

192.168.2.115
What is the result? __________________________________________
The NAS Server that is Preferred is the NAS Server that is the source of
the replication session and therefore has its interface up and available for
access. The NAS Server that is not Preferred is the NAS Server that is the
destination of the replication session and should not be reachable for
access. Therefore its interface is down and not accessible.
This completes the lab exercise
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 19: Protecting VMware Datastore on Unity Storage with
AppSync
Purpose: Use AppSync to perform a backup and restoration of a

VMware datastore that is being presented on Unity
storage array.
Tasks:  Perform an AppSync Installation
 Invoke AppSync and add Unity and vCenter

resources
 Protect a VMware Datastore that resides on

Unity storage
 Adjust VMware datastore contents
 Restore a VMware datastore using AppSync
 Verify your results

Lab 19: Part 1 - AppSync Installation
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system taskbar, click the File Explorer icon
to launch the application.
2 Invoke the AppSync executable. Navigate to the C:\AppSync directory

and double click the file named AppSync-3.0.0-win-x64.exe.
3 Start the installation wizard.
Click Next.
4 Accept the license agreement. Select the radio button next to the value
that states, “I accept the terms of the License Agreement”.
Click Next.
5 Accept the default installation path. Confirm the installation path is

C:\EMC\AppSync
Click Next.
6 Define the administrator user credentials. Populate the data fields as

described below:
User Name: admin (default)

Password: Appsync123!
Confirm Password: Appsync123!
Click Next.
7 Accept the default port values. Confirm the data values as described
below:
http port: 8085 (default)

https port: 8445 (default)
CAS port: 8444 (default)
Tomcat port: 8015 (default)
Click Next.

8 Validate pre-installation summary. Examine the information provided
Click Install.
9 Wait for the installation to complete. The installation process takes

approximately 10 minutes to complete, please allow the operation to
complete.
10 Acknowledge completed installation.
Click Next.
11 Acknowledge JBOSS installation files.
Click Done.

Lab 19: Part 2 - Invoke AppSync and Add Resources
Step Action
1 Launch AppSync.
 Appsynch will open in a browser window after installation is

complete.
 It can also be started by double-clicking its icon on the desktop.

Step Action
2 Address any certificate errors.
The browser will display a website security certificate warning screen that
relates to the Appsync self-signed certificate. Click the Continue to this
website (not recommended) link.
You will now install the Appsync certificate into the browser to prevent
subsequent security warnings. On the Address line of the browser, click
on the Certificate error as shown here:
An Untrusted Certificate window opens. Click the View certificates link at

the bottom of the window.
A Certificate window opens that has several tabs for displaying certificate
information. On the General tab review the Certificate Information
displayed.
You will now install the certificate as the message indicates. Click the
Install Certificate button.
The Certificate Import Wizard opens. Select the Local Machine radio
button and click Next to continue the wizard.
On the next wizard screen select the Place all certificates in the
following store radio button. Click the Browse button to select a store.
From the Select the certificate store you want to use tree select the
Trusted Root Certification Authorities and click OK. Click Next to
Click the Finish button to import the certificate.
A window opens stating the import was successful. Click OK to close the
window.
Click OK to close the Certificate window.
Close all tabs to the browser.

Step Action
3 Launch Appsync. Double-click the Appsync desktop icon.
Authenticate on the AppSync server. Enter the values as listed below:
User: admin
Password: Appsync123!
Click Login.
4 Begin the process of adding storage.
Note: AppSync recognizes that there is no storage, so you will be

prompted to perform this operation.
With the default value of “Add Storage Now” selected, Click OK.
5 Add the Unity storage array to AppSync. In the middle of the display, left
hand side, click on Add. Select Unity from the product list.

Step Action
6 Provide AppSync with Unity credentials. Provide AppSync the information

listed below:
Management Interface: 192.168.1.113

Global user name: admin
Click OK.
Allow approximately 10-15 seconds for the operation to complete.
7 Navigate to the vCenter section in AppSync. Click on Settings.
Select VMware vCenter Servers.

Step Action
8 Add vCenter to AppSync. Click Add (located in the lower left hand side).
Provide AppSync the information listed below:
Name: 192.168.1.49
Username: root
Run Discovery Now: Selected (default)
Click OK.

Lab 19: Part 3 - Protect a VMware Datastore
Step Action
1 Using the AppSync GUI navigate to the copy management section. Select
Copy Management from the AppSync menu Bar.
Locate VMware Datacenters and click on it.
2 Locate your VMware datacenter and select it. An informational window

opens relating to the display of a datastore to be protected. Check the
option: Do not display this hint again, and click OK.
Examine the upper left-hand side and click on Datacenter.
An informational window opens relating to the subscription of a datastore

to be protected. Check the option: Do not display this hint again, and
click OK.

Step Action
3 Select your VMFS datastore. Select the line that contains the
VMFS_Datastore entry, not the name of the datastore which is a link.
Note: If you did select the datastore entry you will be redirected to view
the copies section of that entry. While service plans can be invoked from
this section, the lab instructions corresponded to another method of
service plan subscription. Navigate back to the VMware Datacenter ->
VMware Datastores tab to complete the next step.
4 Subscribe your datastore to a bronze service plan and run it.
Using the command buttons on the bottom portion of the screen select
Protect -> Subscribe to Plan and Run -> Bronze

Step Action
5 Examine the details of the protection plan. Click on Details and examine
the details section as the protection plan runs.
Observe the output until the plan completes successfully.
Close the window when the plan completes successfully.

Lab 19: Part 4 - Make Changes on the Protected VMware Datastore
Step Action

establish a session to vCenter using the vSphere Web Client.
In the web address field, enter https://vcsa.hmarine.test:9443
The browser displays a security certificate warning that relates to the

vCenter server self-signed certificate.
Click the Continue to this website (not recommended) link on the page.
You will need to click it twice.
At the login screen, input the following credentials:
User name: root

Click Login.
2 Navigate to the storage section. From the home screen, select Storage.

Step Action
3 Select your VMware datastore and browse the files. Right-click on

VMFS_Datastore and select Browse Files.
4 Create a new folder in your datastore and name it.
Click on the New Folder icon
Name the folder ThisWillGoAwayAfterRestore
Click Create.

Lab 19: Part 5 - Use AppSync to Restore the Datastore
Step Action
1 Navigate back to the AppSync interface and confirm you are in the proper
location.
Using the image below confirm you are presented with this view in the
AppSync. If this matches proceed to the next step, if not follow the steps
after the image.
In order to be presented with the view above follow the steps listed below:
Click on Copy Management from menu bar

Click on VMware Datacenters
Click on the Datacenter entry
Ensure you are on the VMware Datastore tab, not the Protected
Virtual Machines tab
2 Navigate to the VMFS_Datastore copies section. Select the

VMFS_Datastore entry.

Step Action
3 Begin the process of restoring the datastore. Click on copy you have
previously created and click Restore.
4 Complete step 1 (Select a Copy) of the Datastore Restore wizard.
Select your datastore copy so that it is highlighted.
Click Next.
5 Complete step 2 (Virtual Machine Operations) of the Datastore Restore

wizard.
Accept all default values (no options selected) and click Next.
6 Complete step 3 (Summary) of the Datastore Restore wizard.
Confirm your selection and click Finish.

Step Action
7 Complete step 4 (Results) of the Datastore Restore wizard.
Click the Details link to watch the restoration process.
When complete, click Close.

Lab 19: Part 6 - Verify Results
Step Action
1 Navigate back to the vSphere Web Client.
Using the image below confirm you are presented with this view in the
vSphere Web client. If this matches proceed to the next step, if not follow
the steps listed in part 4 of this lab guide.
2 Refresh the VMFS_Datastore and note the results.
Click on the refresh icon and allow the operation to complete.
Note that the folder you created is no longer available.
This completes the lab exercise. Close your sessions to AppSync and the
vSphere Web Client.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 20: Local LUN Move
Purpose: In this lab you will move a LUN.
Tasks:  Move an existing LUN to a different storage

pool
 Access data from the LUN prior to, during and

after the move operation
 Move the LUN back to its original storage pool

Lab 20: Part 1 - Move a LUN
Step Action

establish a Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system IP address:
192.168.1.113. The login credentials are: admin/Password123!
2 Navigate to Storage > Block > LUNs. Select the WIN1 LUN0 LUN.
From the More Actions list, select Move.
A Move LUN message is displayed. Review the message.
As the message indicates, this LUN cannot be moved because it is

participating in a replication session.
Click OK to close the window.
3 Select the Linux1 LUN0 LUN. Verify the Pool associated to this LUN.
This LUN is currently provided from the FAST VP-1 storage pool. You will
move the LUN to a different storage pool on the system. Before moving
the LUN you will access its data from the Linux1 host to see how the
move operation is transparent to the host.
4 From your Student Desktop system taskbar click the PuTTy icon to launch
the application.
Establish an SSH session to the Linux1 system.
In the PuTTY security message, click the Yes button to connect to the
system.
You are now logged in as root to the Linux1 client as indicate by the #
cursor symbol.

Step Action
5 Verify that the host has the LUN mounted by running the df –h command.
Verify that the output shows the /dev/emcpowerb1 is mounted on

/emcpowerb.
Access the LUN by running the cd /emcpowerb command.
Run the ls command to see the LUN content.
Verify in the output a file named newfile and a folder named lost+found.
6 You will now create and run a script that displays the current date and lists
the content of the LUN every two seconds. This script will run during the
LUN move operations to demonstrate how the move is transparent to the
host data access on the LUN
Enter the following: while true; do date; ls –l; sleep 2; echo; done
The script will continue displaying a varying time value on each loop to
indicate it is still running.
7 Return to you open Unisphere session. With the Linux1 LUN0 LUN
selected, from the More Actions list, select Move.
The Move LUN configuration window opens. Input the following

configuration:
Session Priority: Normal

Pool: FAST VP-2
Click OK to perform the move operation.
The right side of the page will display the move session progress. It
should show Running state.
8 Return to your PuTTY session and verify the script is still running. The
second value in the date output will increment with each loop.
This verifies that the move operation does not affect host data access.
9 Return to the Unisphere session.
Refresh the page. The move session should now show Completed.

Step Action
10 Initiate another Move operation to return the LUN to the FAST VP-1 pool.
From More Actions select Move.
Set the following move configuration:
Session Priority: High

Pool: FAST VP-1
Click OK to perform the move operation.
Verify the move status is Running.
11 Return to your PuTTY session and verify the script is still running with the
second value changing with each loop.
Stop the script by pressing the <Ctrl> <c> keyboard keys at the same
time. The scrip will stop and return the prompt.
Type exit to close the PuTTY session.
12 In the Unisphere session, refresh the screen and verify the move
operation is complete and the Linux1 LUN0 LUN is back on the FAST VP-
1 pool.
This completes the lab exercise.
End of Lab Exercise

Lab Exercise 21: Unity Maintenance
Purpose: In this lab you will perform a variety of maintenance

tasks.
Tasks:  Collecting the service information
 Saving and viewing the storage system

configuration settings
 Working with service mode
 Interpreting alerts and logs
 CRU simulator

Lab 21: Part 1 - Collect Service Information
In this lab, you will create a Collect Service Information job and then download the resulting file to your
Windows 8 system.
Step Action
1 From your Student Desktop system, launch Internet Explorer and establish
a Unisphere session to the VSA-Source system IP address: 192.168.1.113.
The login credentials are: admin/Password123!
2 Navigate to Service > Service Tasks.
Confirm the Collect Service Information task is highlighted and click

Execute.
3 The Collect Service Information window will open. Click the + icon to begin
a new collection. The Collect Service Information Service Task job
progress is displayed.

Step Action
4 When it has completed, select the file that was created and click the
download icon.
5 In the window that opens, click Save to save the file to your Windows 8
system.
6 Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the

C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads folder.
What is the name of the downloaded file? _________________________
__________________________________________________________
What is the size of the file? _____________________________________

Lab 21: Part 2 - Save Configuration
Step Action
1 In this step, you will save the system configuration settings to a file,
download the resulting file to your Windows 8 system, and view the contents
of the file.
In your open Unisphere session, select the Save Configuration task.

Select the Include sensitive information checkbox and then click the
Execute button.
2 In the window that opens, click Save.
3 Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the

C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads folder. Double click the
Telemetry.html file.
Use the tabs at the top to explore the telemetry file.

Lab 21: Part 3 - Working with Service Mode
Step Action
1 In this step, you will manually place the Storage Processor, or SPA, into
service mode. Then you will reboot it into normal mode. Note that since
this is a single SP system, putting the SP into service mode will stop all
I/O to the storage system. Be sure to disconnect all network shares,
LUNs, and VMware datastores from each host prior to this task.
2 From your open Unisphere session, select the Enter Service Mode task
and click the Execute button.

Step Action
3 In the window that opens, enter the service password Password123! and
click OK.
4 The Storage Processor status should now display: Entering service

mode.
5 After a few minutes, the SP will reboot and you will receive a
communication error from Unisphere. Click Cancel to close the window.
Close any open Internet Explorer tabs.
Open a Command window and run the ping 192.168.1.113 –t command.

After a few minutes the system will reply to the ping requests. Stop the
ping command by pressing the <Ctrl> <c> keys together.

Step Action
6 Open Internet Explorer and on the address line In the Authentication

window that opens, enter the IP address: 192.168.1.113. The login screen
will indicate the system is in Service mode. Input the password of
Password123! and click Login.
7 Unisphere will load and navigate to the Service page automatically. Try to
navigate away from the Service Tasks page using the navigation pane on
the left.
What happens? _____________________________________________
Select the Service Tasks tab and highlight the Reboot task and click the
Execute button.
Click OK to confirm.

Step Action
8 The Storage Processor status should report a status of Rebooting.
9 The SP will take a few minutes to reboot. Close your browser session.
In your command window issue the ping 192.168.1.113 –t command.

Wait until the system starts replying again to the ping requests. Stop the
ping command.
Open Internet Explorer and establish a Unisphere session to VSA-Source

with IP address 192.168.1.113. Use the login credentials of:
admin/Password123! to login.

Lab 21: Part 4 - Interpreting Alerts and Logs
Step Action
1 In this step, you will review the alerts generated from the previous lab steps.
Then we will take a look at the jobs page and the system logs.
Navigate to Events > Alerts.
2 In the Alerts page, review the alerts.
3 To acknowledge the alerts, select them using the checkbox on the left and
click the Acknowledge button near the top.

Step Action
4 Navigate to the Jobs page using the link in the Navigation pane. You can
double-click each job for more information.
5 Now let’s navigate to the system logs page. Navigate to System > Service >
Logs.
Shown here are the system logs. Hover over any log message to see the
complete details.

Lab 21: Part 5 - CRU Simulations
Step Action
1 In this CRU simulator lab, you will replace a 2.5-inch Disk Drive, an IO
Module, and a Converged Network Adaptor, or CNA. Contact your
instructor to acquire the CRU simulator files.
End of Lab Exercise

Check Your Knowledge
Unity Fundamentals
1) What does the ‘F’ at the end of a Unity Model number indicate?
a. An evaluation machine on loan
b. An all Flash model
c. An array with FAST VP and FAST Cache
d. A UnityVSA
2) Which interface is not supported by the Unity Unified Storage Architecture?
a. iSCSI
b. FCoE
c. Ethernet
d. Fibre Channel
3) Which interface is not supported by the UnityVSA Unified Storage Architecture?
a. Fibre Channel
b. 1 Gb Ethernet
c. iSCSI
d. 10 Gb Ethernet

Unity Hardware Fundamentals
1) What area of the Unity Stage Array is used for a vaulting operation during a power failure?
a. The M.2 SSD Drive
b. The first four disks in each Storage Processor
c. The first five disks in each Storage Processor
d. The M.2 Sata Drive
2) Which two protocols will the onboard CNA ports support?
a. Ethernet and iSCSI
b. Fibre Channel and FCoE
c. Ethernet and FCoE
d. Ethernet and Fibre Channel
3) Which Unity models can use the 12 Gb SAS expansion I/O module?
a. Unity 500(F) and 600(F)
b. Unity 400(F), 500(F), and 600(F)
c. All Unity models, Flash and Hybrid
d. All Unity Flash models

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Course Number: MR-1CP-UNIDD.1.0

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LAB EQUIPMENT LAYOUT ................................................................................................................................................7

LAB EXERCISE 1: UNITYVSA INITIALIZATION ..........................................................................................................11

LAB EXERCISE 2: UNITY UNISPHERE TOUR ............................................................................................................21

LAB EXERCISE 3: STORAGE PROVISIONING ...........................................................................................................35

LAB 3: PART 1 - CREATING STORAGE POOLS ...............................................................................................................36

LAB EXERCISE 4: WINDOWS HOST ACCESS TO BLOCK STORAGE.................................................................57

LAB EXERCISE 6: SMB FILE STORAGE ACCESS ....................................................................................................75

LAB EXERCISE 7: NFS FILE STORAGE ACCESS .....................................................................................................92

LAB EXERCISE 8: UNITY AND VMWARE AWARE INTEGRATION......................................................................102

LAB 9: PART 1 - CREATE VVOL DATASTORE...............................................................................................................114

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LAB EXERCISE 10: FAST VP SETTINGS ...................................................................................................................130

LAB EXERCISE 12: FILE SYSTEM EXTENSION .......................................................................................................146

LAB EXERCISE 13: FILE SYSTEM QUOTAS.............................................................................................................149

LAB EXERCISE 14: SPACE RECLAMATION.............................................................................................................170

LAB EXERCISE 15: LUN SNAPSHOTS .......................................................................................................................174

LAB EXERCISE 16: FILE SYSTEM SNAPSHOTS .....................................................................................................185

LAB 18: PART 1 - CREATE REPLICATION COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................205

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LAB EXERCISE 20: LOCAL LUN MOVE .....................................................................................................................243

LAB EXERCISE 21: UNITY MAINTENANCE ..............................................................................................................247

LAB 21: PART 1 - COLLECT SERVICE INFORMATION ...................................................................................................248

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Server/Appliance Use Mgmt IP Address Credentials Data Network/iSCSI IP

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Purpose: To discover and configure the UnityVSA.

Tasks:  Install the Unity Connection Utility on your

 Discover the Unity storage system with the

 Launch Unisphere and configure the

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2 Click the OK button to accept the default language.

4 Click Next to select the default installation folder.

5 Click Install on the Pre-Installation Summary page to proceed.

This completes part 1 of the lab exercise.

Continued on next page

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2 The Connection Utility searches the network to discover unconfigured Unity

In the Management IPv4 Address section configure the following:

Select Use a static IPv4 address

In the Management IPv6 Address section configure the following:

Select Disable IPv6 access to the management address

Click Next to continue.

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6 A Security Warning is displayed related to the Unity certificate being imported.

This completes part 2 of the lab exercise.

Continued on next page

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Click Next to begin the wizard.

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Click the Install License button to continue.

8 Click Finish to upload the file to the storage system.

9 Click Close to exit the license wizard.

This exposes an empty list of DNS servers.