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ISPT ViPR Fundamentals
This coursecoversthefundamentalsoftheViPRsolution.Examinetheslidetoconfirmthatthe
description,audienceandobjectivesareinlinewithyourexpectations.
This modulefocusesonanintroductiontotheViPRsolution.
Thislessonpresentsanintroductiontothesoftwaredefined storageenvironment.
Withinthetraditionaldatacenter,eachapplicationtypehaditsownverticalstackofserverand
operatingsystem,networking,securityandstorageresources.Asstoragehasevolved,ithasledto
thedevelopmentofadiversesetofstoragearrays,eachwithitsownuniquevalue.While
applicationneedshavebeenmet,thishascreatedcomplexityforstorageadministrators.This
complexityanditsassociatedcostscannolongerbesustained.
TheSoftwareDefinedDataCenter(SDDC)aimstobreakdowndatacentersilosandtheir
associatedcomplexity.ButthevalueofSDDCisbroaderthansimplycomputeservervirtualization.
TheSoftwareDefinedDataCenterabstractsthefunctionalityofallthehardwarecomponentsand
poolscompute,networking,andstorageresources.TheSoftwareDefinedDataCenterprovidesthe
abilitytotrulyrealizeendtoendautomationthroughtheentiredatacenter.Thelesshuman
interaction,thelowerthecostandthelessroomthereisforerror.
Analystsestimatethatenterpriseshavevirtualizedbetween30to75percentoftheircompute
infrastructureand20percentoftheirnetworkinfrastructure,butonly5to10percentoftheir
storageinfrastructure.Thisisdueinparttothefactthat,unlikenetworkandcompute,storage
lacksasetofclearlydefinedprotocolsandstandardization.
TorealizethefullvalueoftheSoftwareDefinedDataCenter,compute,network,andstoragemust
allbevirtualized.
ThislessonpresentsanoverviewoftheViPRsolution.
TheabstractionmodeloftheSDDCrequiressoftwaredefinedstorage.FromtheEMC
perspective,therearethreefundamentalcharacteristicstosoftwaredefinedstorage:
simple,extensible,andopen.
Tosimplifymanagement,theentirestorageinfrastructuremustprovideasinglecontrol
point,soitcanbemanagedthroughautomationandpolicies.
Thestorageinfrastructuremustbeeasytoextendsothatnewstoragecapabilities
canbeaddedtotheunderlyingarraysinsoftware.
Theplatformmustbebuiltinanopenmanner,sothatcustomers,othervendors,
partners,orstartupscanwritenewdataservicesandbuildacommunityaroundit.
EMCViPRisthesoftwaredefinedstoragesolutionthatwasbuiltwithallofthese
requirementsinmind.Ittransformsexistingheterogeneousphysicalstorageintoasimple,
extensible,andopenstorageplatform.ViPRwasbuiltfromthegrounduptoprovidea
policybasedstoragemanagementsystemforautomatingstandardizedstorageofferingsin
amultitenantenvironmentacrossheterogeneousstorageinfrastructure.
OurfirstusecasehighlightsthekeybenefitsofautomationforblockandfilestorageusingViPR.
TheITinfrastructureofaleadingmoneymanagementfirmconsistsoftwositesadatacenterin
CityAandafront officeinCityB.Ahighspeed,lowlatencybackboneisinplacebetweenthesites.
Thestoragestackasitexiststodayissiloed byapplication,whichiscommon. Thedatacenterin
CityAhostsmostofthecriticaltrading andbackofficefunctions.InCityB,therelativelysmaller
datacenterisfocusedonthefrontoffice,servingtheneedsofcustomerfacingemployees.
The solutionenablesefficient,automated,policybasedstorageprovisioningandmanagement.By
automatingtaskssuchasfabriczoning,LogicalUnitNumber(LUN)masking,andconfiguring
protectionforsupportedarraysandtechnologies,ViPRreduces theneedforhighlyskilled
administratorswithspecializedknowledge.Itusesa configureonce,usemanytimesapproach,
facilitating selfservice.
TheViPRSolutionPack,bundledwiththeproduct,offerssimplifiedmonitoringandcapacity
forecastingacrossthestoragestack.Simplermanagementoffersthepromiseofsavingsin
operationalexpenses.
OursecondusecasehighlightstheadvantagesoftheViPRobjectdataservice.
Considerahealthcareoperationthatgenerateslargevolumesofmedicalimagedata.The
companyhascontractedoutallservicesforinitialimagegenerationtoseveralthirdparty
diagnosticlaboratories.
Fortheimagerepository,therearetwocriticalaccessrequirements:webbasedaccessandmobile
access.Theseaddresstheneedsofboththirdpartycontractorsexternaltothecompanyand
employeeswhoareremote.Forscalablewebenablementandmobileaccesstoauthorizedusers
bothwithinandoutside,thecompanyhaschosentohosttheimagedatainthePubliccloud.They
haveselectedareputableserviceproviderandimplementedbestpracticestomeetregulatory
compliance.Thetypicalworkflowforeachimageisasfollows:
AlaboratorygeneratesadiagnosticimageanduploadsittothePubliccloudforarchival.
TheITadministratordownloadsthisoriginalimagefromthecloudarchivetoaninhouse
NASfilestore.
Physiciansanalyzetheimagecopy.Usingafilebasedimageeditingapplication,they
highlightimageareasandmakeannotations.
Onceimageanalysisiscomplete,theITadministratoruploadstheeditedimagebacktothe
cloudforarchival.
ThesolutionistotransitionimagerepositoriesfromthePubliccloudtoViPRobjectstoresthatare
basedonfileshares intheVNXandIsilonarraysalreadyinproduction.
Withthenewworkflow,theViPRobjectdataserviceenableslaboratoriestouploadeach
diagnosticimagedirectlytoaViPRobjectstorewithinthecompanyusingtheircustomaryobject
browserstoupload.TheITadministratorcreatesaneditablecopyoftheimagebysimplytoggling
thecopyfromobjecttofilemode.Onceimageeditsarecomplete,theITadministratortogglesthe
editedfilebacktoobjectmodeforarchival.
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ThismoduleprovidedanintroductiontotheViPRsolution.
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This modulefocusesonthearchitectureandcomponentsofViPR.
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ThislessonpresentsanoverviewofViPRarchitecture.
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ViPRhasfourmajorcomponents.AlthoughstoragearraysarecentraltotheuseofViPR,theyare
notacomponentofViPR.ThemajorcomponentsaretheViPRcontroller,ViPRobjectdataservice,
ViPRintegration,andViPRmonitoringandreporting(M&R).Eachofthesecomponentsisinstalled
separately.
ViPRcontrollerabstracts,pools,andautomatesphysicalstorageresourcesintopolicy
basedvirtualpoolswithselfserviceaccesstoacatalogofresources.Italsoprovidesblock
andfilecontrolservices.ThisisthefirstandmostfundamentalcomponentofViPR.There
canbenoViPRdeploymentwithouttheViPRcontroller.
ViPRobjectdataservicedeliversascalablestorageplatformthatprovidesobjectstorage
capabilities.ThiscomponentofViPRisoptional.IftheViPRobjectdataserviceisdeployed,
theViPRcontrollermustalsobedeployed.
ViPRintegration withcloudplatformsprovidesanalternativetoprovisioningstoragefrom
theViPRUI.TheViPRintegrationfeaturesallowusersofVMware,Microsoft,and
OpenStacktostayintheirpreferredmanagementtoolandinitiatestorageprovisioning
withoutswitchingtoanotherUI.Thesecomponentsareoptionaland,liketheViPRobject
dataservice,theycannotexistwithouttheViPRcontroller.
ViPRmonitoringandreporting.ViPRsoftwaredistributionincludestheSolutionPackfor
ViPR.TheSolutionPackleveragestheViPRmonitoringandmeteringRESTAPIbulkfeedsto
exposeavailabilityandusageofViPRmanagedstorage.Whenusedincombinationwith
StorageResourceManagement(SRM)Suite,thisSolutionPackconnectsthedotsfrom
physicaltoViPRmanagedvolumes.
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InstallingtheViPRcontrollerrequiresinstallingmultipleVMsforblockandfilevirtualization,aload
balancer,theRESTAPI,andsupportforthecommandline.ThecontrollerisdeliveredasaVMware
vApp (OVFfile)thatmustbeinstalledonVMwareESXi.
ThevApp forthecontrollerhastwoconfigurations,either3VMsor5VMs.Bothconfigurationsare
abletohandleexpectedViPRworkloadswiththesamelevelofperformance.
TheViPRcontroller3VMconfigurationcanhandlethelossofasingleVMwithoutimpacting
users.
TheViPRcontroller5VMconfigurationcanhandlethelossoftwoVMswithoutimpactingusers.
ThechoiceofconfigurationshouldbedeterminedbytheleveloftolerancetoViPRVMloss.The
loadbalancerincludedwiththeViPRcontrollerallowseachcontrollerVMtobehaveastheentry
point,sothatcustomerscanconnecttoanyVMandtheworkloadwillbebalancedacrossallVMs.
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TheViPRobjectdataserviceprovidestheobjectonfile featuresofViPR,andtheobjectAPI
supportforS3,Swift,andAtmos.Toenabletheobjectdataservice,thecustomermustinstallone
ormoredataserviceVMs.
The dataserviceVMsareusedbytheViPRcontrollertoholdtheobjectmetadatausedbytheViPR
objectdataservice.Likethecontroller,multipleVMsprovidetolerancetoVMlosswithout
impactingusers.
TheVMfortheViPRobjectdataserviceisalsodeliveredasanOVF, butitinstallsasingleVM.If
multipleVMsaredesiredforobjectdataservicescalability,thedataservice VMissimplyinstalled
multipletimes.
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UsingtheViPRobjectonfiledataservice,youcanoptionallytoggletheaccessmodeofabucket
betweenthestandardRESTaccess(default)andfilesystem access(viaNFS)usingthefileaccess
modefeature.Thefileaccessmodedetermineswhetheraresourcecanbeaccessedasafileona
filesystemorasanobjectviaaRESTAPI.
Whenfilesystem accessisenabledforabucket,allexistingobjectsinthebucketarenolonger
accessibleviaREST,butaremountableusinganNFSclient.Mountpointsforeachobjectcanbe
obtainedwithaGETcall.
UserscanaccessobjectsasfilesusingViPRextensionstoAmazonS3,OpenStack Swift,andEMC
AtmosAPIs.TheViPRextensionscanbeusedtospecifythefileaccessmodeofresourceswithina
bucketsuchasvideos,images,ordocuments.
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TheservicecatalogintheViPRUIenablesuserstoselectapreconfiguredservicewhichis
appropriatetothestorageoperationtheywanttoperform.Servicesencapsulatethemost
commonstorageoperationsthatViPRprovisioninguserswillwanttoperform.Usersrunservices
fromtheservicecataloginordertocreateandmanageblockandfilestorage.
Someexamplesofservicesintheblockstorageservicescategorymightincludetheabilitytocreate
ablockvolumeforahostortoexpandablockvolume.Changestoavirtualarrayorvirtualpoolare
alsocommonservicesfoundinthecatalog.
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ThislessonpresentsanoverviewoftheViPRphysicaltovirtualabstraction.
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Withphysicalstorage, eachswitch,array,andconnectionmustbeindividuallymanaged.Most
enterpriseITandmanagedserviceproviderenvironmentscontainmanyofeach,andoftenhave
multiplemodelsfrommultiplemanufacturers.Managingeachresourceindividuallyistime
consuminganderrorprone.
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Byabstractingstoragefromthephysicalarrays,ViPRdoesmuchofthemanagementofthe
individualcomponents,allowingadministratorsanduserstotreatstorageasalargeresource
focusingjustontheamountofstorageneededandtheperformanceandprotectioncharacteristics
required.
ViPRexposesthestorageinfrastructurewithinitscontrolthroughasimplifiedmodel,hidingand
handlingthedetailsofarrayanddiskselection,LUNcreation,SANzoning,LUNmasking,andthe
differencesbetweenonestoragedeviceandanother.
ViPRisawareofandleveragesintelligencesuchasFAST,snapshots,andcloningcapabilitieswithin
individualmodelsofstoragearrays.Thesameappliestoprotectiontechnologiessuchas
RecoverPointandVPLEX.ViPRprovidesabstractionstotakefulladvantageofthesetechnologies.
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Thevirtualarrayisa ViPRabstractionforthephysicalarraysandthenetworkconnectivitybetweenhosts
andthesearrays.Thevirtualarrayprovidesamoreabstractviewofthestorageenvironmentforuse
ineitherapplyingpolicyorprovisioning.
AllphysicalarraysparticipatinginavirtualarrayshouldbeconnectedtothesamefabricsorVSANs
(virtualstorageareanetworks)toensurethattheyallhaveequivalentnetworkconnectivitytothe
environment.WhenastorageadministratoraddsphysicalarraystoViPR,ViPRdiscoverstheir
storagepools,ports,andconfiguration.AfterFCswitchesareadded,ViPRautomaticallydiscovers
andmapstheFCnetworks.Whenpopulatingavirtualarraywithphysicalarraysandnetworks,the
administratormustensurethatwhenstorageispresentedfromthevirtualarraytoahost,thehostmustbe
abletophysicallyreachthestoragepresentedtoit.
Havingexaminedtheconnectivitybetweenhostsandarrays,theadministratorcanbuildthevirtualarrays.
Whenallhostscanreachallarrays,theentirestorageinfrastructurecanbegroupedintoasinglevirtual
array;however,physicalarraysmayneedtobeplacedintoseparatevirtualarraystoaccommodate
differentphysicalconfigurationsanddifferentrequirementsforfaulttolerance,networkisolation,ortenant
isolation.
Inthetypicalphysicalenvironmenttherearemultiplearrays,eachwiththeirownmanagementtools,
processes,andbestpractices.WiththeViPRvirtualarray,alloftheuniquecapabilitiesofthephysicalarrays
areavailable,butViPRautomatestheoperationsofthetools,processes,andbestpracticestosimplify
provisioningstorageacrossaheterogeneousstorageinfrastructure.InthiswayViPRcanmakeamulti
vendorstorageenvironmentlooklikeonebigvirtualarray.ViPRcanaccomplishthesetasksfor
specifictypesofblockandfilestorage,including:VMAX,VNX,Isilon,VPLEX,andNetApp.
WiththephysicalarraysconfiguredintoViPRvirtualarrays,theadministratorcannowbuildViPRpolicies
thatareautomaticallyappliedacrossheterogeneousarrays.
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InViPR,avirtualpoolrepresentsastandardizedstorageserviceofferingoutofwhich
storagemaybeprovisioned.Virtualpoolsareabstractions.AspartofconfiguringViPR,the
administratormapsthephysicalarraypoolsintovirtualpools.Virtualpoolsexposeperformance
andprotectionlevelsfromthediskstotheuser.Whendefiningthevirtualpool,theadministrator
willseparateblockfromfilepools;thentheadministratorwillselectthepoolsthatdeliverthetiers
ofperformancecharacteristicstheywishtoexposetousers.Finally,theadministratorwillidentify
thelevelofdataprotectionavailabletoeachpool.
Thenameassignedtothevirtualpoolshouldreflecttheattributesthatthepoolrepresents.Ifthe
virtualpoolcontainsFlashdisks,anamesuchasHighPerformancePoolmightbeappropriate.
Whenprovisioningstoragetheuserwillidentifythetypeofstoragetheydesireusingthisname,so
ensurethatthisnameclearlyidentifiesthecapabilitiesofthestoragewithinthevirtualpool.Inthis
waythevirtualpoolbecomesthedefinitionusedbyViPRtoenablepolicybasedstorage
provisioningwithinvirtualarrays.Forexample:
BlockstoragepoolsonflashdrivesprotectedbyVPLEXMetrocanrepresentatier1virtual
pool.
BlockstoragepoolsonFibreChannelthatcanbereplicatedwithRecoverPointmayrepresenta
secondvirtualpoolfortier2blockstorage.
BlockstoragepoolsonFibreChannelthatarenotreplicateddefineatier3virtualpool.
Filestoragepoolscouldallbegroupedtogetherintoasinglevirtualpool.
Later,whenstorageisprovisioned,theuserwillidentifywhichvirtualpooltheywanttheirstorage
touse.ViPRwillthenapplyitsbuiltinbestpracticestoselectthebestphysicalarrayandstorage
poolthatmeetstheprovisioningrequest.
Note:Eachvirtualpoolcancontaineitherblockstoragepoolsorfilestoragepoolsbutnotboth.
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Havingdefinedvirtualarraysandvirtualpools,youcannowdefinethevirtualdatacenter.In ViPR,
thevirtualdatacenteridentifiesthevirtualarraysthatarewithinmetrodistanceofoneanother
thatcanbemanagedbyasingleinstanceofViPR.Forexample,startwithaphysicaldatacenter
thathasfourarraysinit,eachwithredundantpathsfromhoststoarrays.
WithinmetrodistanceyouhaveasimilarphysicaldatacenterconnectedusingRecoverPointanda
VPLEXfordistributedvolumes.InViPRparlance,thisdefinesthevirtualdatacenter.Storage
systemswithinmetrodistanceproximitytooneanother,connectedbyRecoverPointorVPLEX,can
be managedaspartofasinglevirtualdatacenter, byasingleViPRinstance.
AdditionaldatacentersbeyondmetrodistancewouldrequiretheirownViPRinstance.
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ViPRemploysapolicybasedplacementalgorithmtofindthebestfitintheinfrastructure
fortherequestgiventhetargetvirtualpoolandvirtualarray.
Thestepstoapplyapolicyare:
Selectaphysicalarraythatmatchesthepoliciesspecifiedinthevirtualarrayandvirtualpool,
thenselectadiskandcreateaLUNorfilesystem.
Establishthedatapathbetweenthehostandthestoragebyselectingportsandfabricsthat
connectthedevicesatanoptimallevelofperformancesettingupzonesasneeded.
PlacethedeviceintodiskgroupsandapplydiskpoliciessuchasFAST.
PerformtheInitiatorTargetLUN(ITL)exportworkflow toexportthestoragefromthearray.
Connectthestoragetothehost.
BecauseallthisworkisperformedbyViPRwithoutrequiringadministratororuseractivities,ViPR
canexposeaselfserviceuserinterface(UI)forenduserssotheycanprovisiontheirstorageon
theirown.
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ViPRorganizes thestorageexposedtohoststhroughalogical groupingfeaturecalledaproject.A

ViPRprojectisagroupingofresourcesallocatedforaparticularpurposesuchasanapplication,
department,oractivitymeaningfultotheuser.Storageresourcesarealwaysallocatedtoaproject.
Virtualarraysandvirtualpoolscanbesharedbymultipleprojects.Projectscannotbenested,so
theusercannotcreateaprojectandhavesubprojectsbeneathit.
UserswiththeViPRProjectAdminrolecancreatetheirownprojectsandprovisionmultipleblock,
file,orobjectstorageresourcesintotheseprojects.Theuserthatcreatestheprojectistheowner
ofthatproject.TheViPRprojectdoesNOTaffectwhocanorcannotputfilesonthatstorage.For
example:
AusercouldcreateaprojectcalledRecruitingandthenprovisiononeblockvolume
forauseraccountdatabaseandoneobjectstoreforstoringthepicturesintothat
project.
AusercouldcreateaprojectcalledRelocation"andthenprovisionitwithmultiple
volumesforusebytheirESXicluster.
OnebenefitiswhenlookingatViPRreporting.TheSolutionPackforViPRpresentsstoragebroken
downandtotaledbyprojectsfortrackingcurrentuse,projectingstorageusetrends,and
showback/chargeback.
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TheViPRadministratorcanlimitaccesstostorageresourcesbydefiningtenants.Atenant
representsacollectionofstorageconsumersoperatingwithinthevirtualdatacenter.Tenantsare
createdtoisolateorganizationsandbusinessunitsfromeachother.Asanexample,imagine
FinanceandHRaretwotenantssharingthesamestorageinfrastructurewithinthevirtualdata
center;securityisolationbetweenthetenantsensuresthatnoonefromFinancecanknowofor
affectanythinginHRandviceversa.Usersfromdifferenttenantsseestorageresourceslimitedto
theinformationassociatedwiththeirtenancy.Forexample,HRusersonlyseeinformationrelated
toHR.
Eachtenantisconfiguredwithitsownlistofmappeduserswhoareauthenticatedtoperform
provisioningoperationswithinthattenant.ViPRisdesignedtooperateinamultitenant
environmentwhereeachtenanthasitsownlistofauthenticatedusers.
AuthenticationofusersoccursthroughintegrationbetweenViPRandthecustomersActive
Directory(AD)orLightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol(LDAP)provider.TheseAD/LDAPuser
groupsanddomainsarespecifiedintheauthenticationproviderssetupbytheViPRSecurity
Administratortobringusersintotheentirevirtualdatacenter.
ATenantAdministratorcreatesatenantbymappingusersfromtheauthenticationprovidersinthe
virtualdatacenter.Usersaremappedbasedoncharacteristicsoftheuserintheauthentication
providersuchasdomain,userattributes,orgroupmemberships.
UsingtheViPRAccessControlList(ACL),theSystemAdministratorcanlockdownvirtualarraysand
virtualpoolstocontrolwhichtenantsmayaccessthemforprovisioningstorage.Fromapolicy
perspective,avirtualarrayisassignedaccesspermissionsthatdeterminewhichtenantsare
allowedtoseeitandallocatestoragefromit.Thisallowsaggregatecapacityandbandwidthtobe
restrictedtoaspecifictenantortobeusablebymultipletenants.
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ThismoduleprovidedanintroductiontothearchitectureofViPR.
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This modulefocusesonspecificfeaturesandcapabilitiesoftheViPRsolution.
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IntheViPRopencloudplatform,hardwareisabstracted.Itseasyforenterprises,serviceproviders,
andthirdpartiestowriteconnectorsorcodethatunderstandstheunderlyingarraysandexposes
themtotheViPRplatform.
ThisapproachisuniquebecausetypicallythesesouthboundAPIsareproprietary.ButwithViPR,
theyareopen.Mostimportantly,whenthirdpartyarraysareaddedtoViPR,theykeeptheirunique
attributes,eventhoughtheirmanagementandprovisioningarecentralizedinViPR.
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IntegrationwithvSpheretakestwoforms.ThefirstintegrationusesthevSphereserverandthe
ViPRVASAProvider.ThesecondintegrationusesthevSpherewebclientandtheViPRVSIplugin.
TheVASAProviderenablesvisibilityintostorageassociatedwithvirtualpools.Itprovidesasingle
interfacetotheheterogeneousstoragebehindViPR.
TheVSIpluginallowstheadministratortoidentifysuitablestoragetomatchVMstorageprofiles.
ThisfacilitatespolicybasedprovisioningforbothdatastoresandRDMpassthrough.
Thekeybenefitsare:
OnlyasingleVASAproviderisneededfortheentireheterogeneousinfrastructure
SimplifiedprovisioningfromnativeVMwareinterfaces
VisibilityintoVMwaretophysicalstoragemapping
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VMwarevCenterOrchestratorisusedincloudenvironmentstofacilitateschedulingofoperations
basedonevents,time windows,andotherpolicies.Toenableautomatedstorage provisioningand
configurationintheseselfserviceenvironments,ViPRoffersaplugin.
Withthisplugin,usersgetaccesstoaselfserviceportaltoprovisionintegratedcomputeand
storageresourcesbasedonestablishedpolicies.ViPRalsoprovidesinstructionforVMwarevCloud
AutomationCenterintegration.
NotethatvCenterOrchestratorintegrationwiththecomputestackishypervisorneutral;itis
enabledforbothVMwareandMicrosoftHyperVenvironments.Thisextendsthebenefitofthe
ViPRplugintobothVMwareandnonVMwarestacks.
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TheViPRaddinforSCVMMallowstheHyperVadministratortomanagestoragefortheirVMs
withoutleavingtheirprimaryuserinterface.FromwithinSCVMM,theadministratorcanuseViPR
toprovisionastoragevolume,expandastoragevolume,ordeleteastoragevolume.
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WithViPR,thestoragelayercannowbeanotherprogrammaticvirtualresourceintheSoftware
definedDataCenter(SDDC).AlldataandresourcesmanagedbyViPRareaccessibleviatheopen
API,whichalsointegrateswithVMwareaswellasOpenStack cloudenvironments.
AnorganizationcaneasilyintegrateViPRintotheirexistingdatacenteroperations.ViPRprovides
specificVMwareintegrationwithinterfacesintoVMwarevCenterOrchestrator,vCenter
Operations,andvCAC.
Asaresult,avCenteradministratorhasendtoendvisibilityfromthevirtualmachinetophysical
storage.
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ViPRispurposebuilttosupportcloudscaleapps.ViPRsupportsindustryrecognizedAmazonS3
andOpenStack.ItincludesnativesupportfortheSwiftobjectstorageAPIandaCinderpluginfor
block.ViPRisalsointegratedwithMicrosoftHyperVthroughtheVMwarevCloudAutomation
Center.
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ViPRprovidesaRESTfulinterfaceforboththedatapathandthecontrolpath.StandardAPIs
providetheessenceofchoice.WithsuchbroadandopenAPIsupport,ViPRenablesyoutohandle
anyAPIdrivenstoragerequirementfromprivate,public,orhybridclouds.ViPRenablesyoutouse
ViPRstoragemanagementorVMware,orintegrateyourownpreferredmanagementtoolof
choice.
DeveloperscanwriteapplicationstomultiplecloudAPIsandexecutethoseworkloadsonViPRin
anenterprisedatacenteroraserviceproviderscloud.
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ViPRdefinesfile,block,andobjectstorageinsoftwareasdataservices.Specifically,ViPRfileand
blockdataservicesprovideallthefunctionalityofphysicalblockandfilestoragearrays,including
advancedprotectionservicessuchassnapshots,cloning,andreplication.
BecauseViPRfileandblockservicesdonotoperateinthedatapath,usersareabletoretainand
leveragealltheuniqueattributesoftheunderlyingblockandfilearrays.ThismeansthatVMAX
userscancontinuetouseFASTandtheUnisphereelementmanagerwithViPRastheydotoday,
plusenjoyallthebenefitsofcentralizedprovisioning,management,reporting,selfserviceaccess,
andmore.Applicationsaccessfileandblockdatadirectly.
Overtime,EMCwillcontinuetobuildanddelivergreaterservicesandfosteracommunityof
servicesthatcontinuetoextendandaddvaluetotheViPRplatform.
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Inadditiontoblockandfile,ViPRcanalsoincorporateadditionaldataservicesthatcanspan
heterogeneousarrays.Theseglobaldataservicesextendadditionalstoragefunctionalitytothe
underlyingarrays.Fortheinitialrelease,ViPRofferstwoglobaldataservices:theViPRobjectand
theViPRHDFSdataservices.
TheViPRobjectdataserviceprovidestheabilityforthefirsttimeevertostore,access,and
manipulateunstructureddataasobjectsinplaceonfilebasedstoragesuchasIsilon,VNX,and
NetAppstoragesystems.Thismeansobjectsdonothavetobecopiedfromobjectstoragetoafiler
tobemanipulatedandthencopiedbacktoobjectstorage.And,thisabilityisprovidedwithout
havingtorewriteorreworkexistingfilebasedapplications.TheViPRobjectdataserviceisa
softwarelayerthatworkstransparentlywithdifferenthardwareplatforms.
ViPRs objectdataserviceisastateoftheartlimitlessscaleobjectservice.Ithasfeaturessimilarto
theobjectmodelpopularizedbyAmazonS3,including:
Limitlessscale
Highperformanceforbothlargeandsmallobjects
SupportfortheAmazonS3API
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TheseconddataserviceistheViPRHDFSdataservice.HDFSisbecomingincreasinglypopularasa
filesystemlayerfordistributedapplications,beyondHadoop.ViPRHDFSsupportallowscustomers
toscaleanalyticsbeyondappliances.
Todoanalyticsondatatoday,itisnecessarytocopythedatatoaHadoop appliance.Theissueis
thatdataisheavyandyouwantyourdatawithyourcompute.Thesameholdstruewith
analyticsyouwantdataclosetotheanalyticsengine.Theproblemsometimesisgettingdataover
totheappliance.
WithViPR,allarraysunderthecontrolofViPR,thathaveanHDFSdataservicesetuponthem,can
doinplaceanalytics.So,theprocessingisdoneontheworkernodewherethedataresides
withoutunnecessarilytraversingthenetworkandtherebyreducingbackbonetraffic.Thisopensup
ahugeopportunitytodoBigDataanalyticsinplaceacrossheterogeneousplatformswithinexisting
environments.
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ViPRisawareof,andleveragesintelligencesuchasFAST,snapshots,andcloningcapabilitieswithin
individualmodelsofstoragearrays.Thesameappliestoprotectiontechnologiessuchas
RecoverPointandVPLEX.
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ThismodulefocusedonspecificfeaturesandcapabilitiesoftheViPRsolution.
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This modulefocusesonViPRmanagementoptionsandinterfaces.
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ThislessonpresentsViPRorchestrationandautomationconcepts.
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ViPRdeploymentrequiresfirstidentifyingthephysicalstoragecomponentsthatwillbebrought
underViPRcontrol.Afterthis,thephysicalentitiesmustbemappedtoViPRabstractions.
Toenablethismapping,ViPRprovidesthreenativemanagementinterfaces:API,UI,andCLI.These
interfacesdrivediscoveryofthephysicalresources,mappingthemtoViPRabstractionsandthen
makingstorageavailableforprovisioningandmanagement.TheViPRAPIarchitectureformsthe
centerofallinterfaces,drivingtheUIandCLI.
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TheViPRAPIisthecoreinterface,alltheresourcesmanagedbyViPRareaccessiblethroughthe
API.TheViPRRESTAPIisusedtoextractinformation,create,delete,modify,monitor,andmeter
logicalstorageresources.Alluserinterfaces forViPRincludingtheCLI,UI,ViPRprovided
integrationUIs,anduserdevelopedUIsarelayeredontheAPI.The APIarchitectureofViPR offers
anopenenvironmentenablingdevelopersanduserstoextendViPRfunctionality.Thisprovidesa
meanstointegrateadditionalstorageplatformsandapplications.
TheViPRAPIcanbeaccessedbyusinganywebbrowserorprogrammingplatformthatcanissue
HTTPrequests.
SpecificbrowserpluginsarerequiredtoissueGET,POST,PUT,andDELETEHTTPrequests.
Examples include:HTTPAnalyzerforInternet Explorer,Posterfor Firefox,andPostMan forChrome.
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TheViPRCLIleveragestheViPRAPItoprovideascriptableenvironmentfordevelopers,storage,
andcloudadministrators.TheCLImakesiteasierforadministratorstodosimpletaskswithout
resortingtoprogramming.TheCLIprovidesverygranularaccesstothefunctionsoftheAPI.This
means thatusersoftheCLImustbepreparedformoredetailandmorestepstoaccomplishtasks,
buttheCLIprovidesmorecustomcontroloveroperationswhencomparedtotheViPRUI.
TheViPRCLIisinstalledalongwithallthenecessarysupportfilesoneachViPRvirtualmachine;
however,the recommendedpracticeistoinstalltheCLIonaseparateLinuxorWindowshost.
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ViPRincludesanelementmanagercalledtheViPRUserInterface.TheUIprovidesagraphicaluser
interface(GUI)thatleveragestheViPRAPIcapabilitiestosimplifyViPRoperations.
Although theViPRUIusestheViPRAPIbehindthescenes,ithidesthearcanedetailsbehindauser
interfacethatisorganizedintooperationstheadministratoranduserwillperformstepbystep
throughconfiguringViPRandthenprovisioningstorage.TheViPRUIiswebbrowserbasedandcan
beaccessedusingtheplacingtheViPRintheURLusingport6443.
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AfterconfiguringtheViPRabstractions,theadministratorwillcustomizeandexposeViPR
services.EachserviceexposesaViPRuserfacingoperationforselfserviceprovisioningand
useofstorage.AllthestorageservicesareorganizedintocategoriesintheServiceCatalog.
Anadministratorcanconfigurethesecategoriesandservicestorestrictthemtospecific
usersandgroups.Thisrestrictionisbasedontheuseraccountorongroupmembership.
FromtheServiceCatalogadministrativeview,anewserviceiscreatedbycopyingand
modifyinganexistingoneorbycreatingonefromscratch.Theadministratorcanalso
restorethedefaultcatalog.Thiswillremoveanychangesthatweremadeandrestorethe
catalogtoitsconfigurationatinstallation.
TheViPRAdminviewprovidestheabilitytodefineexecutionwindowsthatcontrolwhen
anordercanbeexecuted.TheSystemsareaprovidesaccesstoRecentOrderstoviewthe
ordersthatwerecreatedwhenservicesweresubmittedforexecution.
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WhenaccessedfromtheAdminView,theServiceCatalogcanbeeditedandorganized;
however,itcannotbeusedtoprovisionstorage.Tousetheconfiguredservice,switchto
theUserViewofthecatalog.TheUserViewoftheServiceCatalogpresentsalltheservices
andcategoriesthatareavailableforprovisioningforaspecificuser.Ausercanrequesta
servicebysimplyclickingtheserviceandplacinganorderforit.Anorderissimplyarecord
oftherequesttorunaservice.Basedontheconfiguration,theordermightrequire
approvalbeforeitcanbeexecuted.
Aftertheorderisplacedandexecuted,itreportsthedetailsoftherequest,suchas,whichservice
wasrequested,whichparameterswerespecifiedintheservicerequest,whorequestedit,whether
theorderwasscheduled,theoutcomeoftheordersubmission,andtheaffectedresourcesand
volumes.
HereisanexampleoftheorderdetailsofaBlockStorageServiceOrder:CreateVolumeand
Datastore.Thereportprovidesrealtimefeedbackontheprogressoforderexecution,andwhen
finished,willindicatesuccessorfailure.
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ThislessonpresentsanoverviewofViPRmonitoringoptions.
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TheSystemHealthpagedisplaysthestatusofalltheViPRservices.Thedifferentservices
availablewithinViPRareAPIservice,Authenticationservice,Coordinatorservice,
Controllerservice,Databaseservice,Objectcontrolservice,Portalservice,Systemservice,
andVASAservice.
TheSystemHealthpageformsagoodstartingpointfortroubleshootinganyerrorsand
issueswithinViPR.Forexample,ifphysicalarraydiscoveryisfailing,checkthelogfilesfor
theControllerservicetogatherfurtherdetailsastowhythediscoveryisfailing.
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TheSystemLogpageexposes ViPRlogs.Bydefault,themostrecent,mostcriticalmessagesare
presented.UsingtheFilterbutton,theadministratorcanselectivelyexposemessagesfromspecific
services,dates,andimportance.TheDownloadbuttonpullsthelogfilesfromViPRtothelocal
machinesotheycanbeexaminedmanually.Downloadedlogsareoftenattachedtoemailandsent
toEMCSupportwhenassistanceisrequested.
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TheStorageResourceManagementSuiteprovidesinsightintothephysicalstorage
infrastructure.ThecombinationofSRMSuiteandViPRprovidescustomerswithendto
endcrossdomainvisibility.Itenablestheadministratortodrillfromthehostdowntothe
ViPRabstractions,suchasvirtualpoolsandvirtualarrays,andfurtherdowntothephysical
arraysandLUNs.
Withincreasedvisibility,customerswillbeinapositiontooptimizestorageutilizationto
avoidunnecessarypurchasesandjustifynewonesacrosstheirinfrastructure.Together,each
oftheseindividualsolutionsformsapowerfulsolutionforcloudmanagementinaheterogeneous
environment.
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Thenextstepinmonitoring istocheckthereportsgeneratedbytheSolutionPack forViPR.EMC

uses theWatch4netsoftwaresuitesaggressiveresearchanddevelopmentprogramthatcollects
andaggregatesperformancedatafromvarioussourcesintoasinglerepository.Thispresentsan
enterprisewideviewoftheentirebusinessinfrastructure.
Oneofthekeybenefitsofusing Watch4netformonitoringandreportingisthatitincludescross
domainperformancevisibilityandcontrol thatis madepossiblewithasinglepanecustomizable
dashboardview.Thiswebportalprovidesmultitenancysupportandsecurerolebasedaccess.It
hasflexibleandscalablearchitectureandreportingcapabilitiesandhasaneasytouseReport
Wizardtoaccessoutoftheboxreports. Itprovidestheabilitytoquicklycreatecustomizable
reports.Italsosupportsandmanagesmultipletechnologiesanddevicetypesfromdifferent
vendors.
Forproactiveperformancemanagement,Watch4netcanmanagetensofthousandsofdevicesand
processmillionsofmetricsperpollingcycle,whileanalyzingeverymetriconthefly.Itprovides
proactivealerting,includingSituationstoWatchandunexpecteduserorapplicationnetwork
traffictotroubleshootinfrastructureserviceperformanceproblemsbeforebusinessprocesses are
impacted.
Forresourceandserviceleveloptimization,itprovideslimitedhistoricalperformance trendingand
capacityreportstopredictfuturerequirementsandmoreaccuratelyplancapitalexpenditures.It
allowscontractualSLAmeasurementandreportingandsimulatesandmeasurestheendusers
experiencetoimprovethequalityofservicesdelivered.
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Thepiechartdisplaysthetotalvirtualpoolusablecapacityusedandfreeforblockandfile.
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InVMwareenvironments,vCenterOperations(vCOps)canbeusedtoprovidevisibilityintohealth,
risk,andefficiencyoftheinfrastructure,performance,management,andcapacityoptimization
capabilities.vCOps hasbuiltincapabilitiestomonitorthecomputestack.
ViPRprovidesanAnalyticsPackforthevCenter OperationsManagementSuitethat canbeusedto
monitorthevirtualstoragestack.Itprovidesanaggregateviewofcomputeandstoragemetricsfor
endtoendanalytics.TheViPRAnalyticsPackforvCOps can beinstalledandutilizedonitsownor
withEMCWatch4netformoreinsightfulreporting.
TheViPRAnalyticsPackforvCOps importsEMCViPRinventory,metering,andeventdatainto
VMwarevCOps Suites.Itusesthisdatatoprovideaholisticviewofanomalies,workload,capacity
remaining, and reclaimablewasteforalltheViPRmanagedcomponents.Itofferspreconfigured
dashboardsforcomputingkeyresourcestatusscoresfromViPRvirtualizedresources,volume,
storageport,andstoragesystemdatawhichcanbeusedtotroubleshootissuesinthe
environment.
vCOps alsopresentsthreedifferentdashboardviews:EMCViPRCapacity,EMCViPRPerformance,
andEMCViPRAtaGlancethatsummarizesresourcedetails,thebehaviorofindividualmetrics,
andViPReventalerts.
Thesedashboardscanbeusedtohelpimprove thehealthscoresofViPRresourcesbyutilizing
performancedata.
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ThismodulefocusedonViPRmanagementoptionsandinterfaces.
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ThiscourseprovidedanintroductiontotheViPRproductincludinganoverviewofthearchitecture,
features,andfunctionality.
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