Storage Optimization with Unity All-Flash Array

Wu Victor

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Learn deployment and configuration of Unity storageKey features Overview of Dell EMC Unity Hybrid and All-Flash storage Deployment of Dell EMC Unity storage and UnityVSA Management of Dell EMC Unity storage Data protection on EMC Unity storage Data replication across EMC Unity storage Data Migration across EMC Unity storageDescriptionDell EMC Unity is a powerful midrange storage array with high-performance and deployment flexibility; it is available in the Hybrid model and All-Flash model. This solution is recommended for a mixed workload environment, remote office, and small-sized deployment. Unity systems are designed to have simple and easy implementation, configuration, and administration. In this book, the reader will get an overview of Dell EMC Unity Hybrid and All-Flash storage. This book includes seven chapters, wherein you will learn the hardware installation of Unity storage and UnityVSA deployment, storage provisioning, data protection, and data replication across two Unity systems. The reader will also learn how to migrate Block data to Dell EMC Unity storage from the source storage using a data migration methodology.What you will learnBy the end of the book, you will have knowledge of various features of Dell EMC Unity storage, e.g., deployment, storage provisioning, and data protection and replication. Finally, you will learn a different migration methodology to migrate data to Unity storage from the source storage.Who this book is forThe book is intended for anyone wanting to learn the plan and design of Dell EMC Unity storage. Storage administrators and architects, in particular, can learn about storage provisioning, data protection, and data migration in this book.Table of contents1. Dell EMC Unity Overview2. Dell EMC Unity Installation3. Dell EMC Unity Administration and Management4. Dell EMC Unity Data Protection5. Dell EMC Unity Replication6. Host Connectivity of Dell EMC Unity7. Data Migration to Dell EMC UnityAbout the authorVictor Wu is a senior solutions architect with over thirteen years of experience in system infrastructure, mainly focusing on storage, virtualization, and HCI solutions. He is the only qualified person in Macau with a certificate in VMware VCIX6.5-DCV, VCIX6-DCV, VCAP6.5-DCV Design, VCAP6-DCV Deploy, VCAP6-DCV Design, VCAP6-DTM Design, VCAP5-DCD, VCAP5-DCA and VCAP4-DCA. Further, he was awarded VMware vExpert 2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019, vExpert NSX 2016/2017/2018, vExpert VSAN 2017/2018/2019, vExpert PRO, Cisco Champion 2017/2018/2019, Veeam Vanguard 2019, and Dell EMC Elect 2017.He has authored Mastering VMware vSphere Storage and Cisco UCS Cookbook, published by Packt Publishing in July 2015 and March 2016, respectively. Victor has participated in Dell EMC Proven Professional Knowledge Sharing Competition in 2018 and 2019; his technical article has been selected for publication. You can find his technical articles "Storage Migration - Hybrid Array to All-Flash Array" and "Unmatched Availability Solution for VxRail" here: https://education.emc.com/content/knowledgesharingHis Blog: http://wuchikin.wordpress.comHis LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-wu-95a07022/

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• Informatique
• Computer science

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• Publié par: BPB Publications
• Date de parution: 20 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789389328271
• Langue: English

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Storage Optimization with Unity All-Flash Array
by
Victor Wu
FIRST EDITION 2019
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About the Author
Victor Wu is a senior solutions architect with over thirteen years of experience in system infrastructure, mainly focusing on storage, virtualization, and HCI solutions. He is the only qualified person in Macau with a certificate in VMware VCIX6.5-DCV, VCIX6-DCV, VCAP6.5-DCV Design, VCAP6-DCV Deploy, VCAP6-DCV Design, VCAP6-DTM Design, VCAP5-DCD, VCAP5-DCA, and VCAP4-DCA. Further, he was awarded VMware vExpert 2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019, vExpert NSX 2016/2017/2018, vExpert VSAN 2017/2018/2019, vExpert PRO, Cisco Champion 2017/2018/2019, Veeam Vanguard 2019, and Dell EMC Elect 2017.
He has authored Mastering VMware vSphere Storage and Cisco UCS Cookbook, published by Packt Publishing in July 2015 and March 2016, respectively. Victor has participated in Dell EMC Proven Professional Knowledge Sharing Competition in 2018 and 2019; his technical article has been selected for publication. You can find his technical articles “Storage Migration - Hybrid Array to All-Flash Array” and “Unmatched Availability Solution for VxRail” here:
https://education.emc.com/content/knowledgesharing
Reviewer
Samson Tu is a senior service engineer with over seven years of experience in system infrastructure at BoardWare Information System Limited. He has solid experience in server hardware installation, virtualization solutions (Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere) and the different brands of storage deployment (Dell EMC VNX/Unity, HPE 3PAR, and Huawei Oceanstor). He was awarded the VMware vExpert 2019 and Dell EMC Knowledge Sharing Author awards.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samson-tu-164500b6/
Preface
Dell EMC Unity storage is a powerful midrange storage array with high performance and deployment flexibility; it is available in the Hybrid model and All-Flash model. This solution is recommended for a mixed workload environment, remote office, and small-sized deployment. Unity systems are designed to have simple and easy implementation, configuration, and administration.
In this book, the reader will get an overview of Dell EMC Unity Hybrid and All-Flash storage.
This book includes seven chapters, wherein you will learn the hardware installation of Unity storage and UnityVSA deployment, storage provisioning, data protection, and data replication across two Unity systems. The reader will also learn how to migrate Block data to Dell EMC Unity storage from the source storage using a data migration methodology. Chapter 1 : Gives an overview of the Dell EMC Unity storage. Chapter 2 : Explains how to install Unity storage and UnityVSA. Chapter 3 : Describes the administration and management on the Unisphere dashboard. Chapter 4 : Reviews data protection on Unity storage. Chapter 5 : Describes how to set up synchronous and asynchronous replication across Unity storage. Chapter 6 : Describes how to set up the host connectivity of Dell EMC Unity. Chapter 7 : Explains different migration methodologies across the source and destination Unity storage.
Acknowledgements
First of all, I would like to thank everyone at BPB Publications for giving me this opportunity to publish this book. This is my fifth technical book, and it’s been a pleasure working on it with all the team members at BPB Publications.
Lastly, I would like to thank the book reviewer and the Dell Technologies presales team. I would have never been able to write this book without their feedback.
-Victor Wu
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Table of Contents
1. Dell EMC Unity Overview
Introduction
Structure
What is Dell EMC Unity?
Overview of the Unity Systems
Unity Features
Overview of Unity Management
How to Access the Unisphere GUI?
What is Dell EMC UnityVSA?
Knowledge review
2. Dell EMC Unity Installation
Introduction
Structure
Site Preparation for Unity System
Dell EMC Unity Initialization
Site Preparation for UnityVSA System
Dell EMC UnityVSA Initialization
Summary
Knowledge review
3. Dell EMC Unity Administration and Management
Introduction
Structure
Unity Basic Management
License Management
Manage Users and Groups
Unisphere Settings
System Time and NTP
DNS Server
Unisphere Central
Unisphere IPs
Remote Logging
Unity Storage Access Management
iSCSI InterfaceManagement
Fibre Channel Interface Management
Host Initiators and Initiator Paths
NAS Servers
Unity Storage Resources Management
Storage Pool Management
LUNs Management
File Storage Management
File Systems
SMB Share
NFS Share
VMware Datastores Management
Unity Advanced Management
FAST Cache
FAST VP
Quality of Service
File System Quotas
Conclusion
Knowledge review
4. Dell EMC Unity Data Protection
Introduction of Unity Snapshots
Structure
Objective
What is the Unity Snapshot?
LUN Consistency Group Snapshot
Multiple Snapshots of a LUN
Multiple Snapshots of a File System
Unity Snapshot Operation
Creating LUN Snapshots
Create Snapshots in creating LUN Wizard
Create Snapshots in LUN Properties
Creating File System Snapshots
Create File System Snapshots in creating FS Wizard
Create Snapshots in File System Properties
Snapshot Schedules
Access the Unity Snapshot
LUN Snapshot Restore Operation
LUN Snapshot attach to the host
LUN Snapshot Detach from the host
LUN Snapshot Copy Operation
File System Snapshot Restore
File System Snapshot Copy Operation
Conclusion
Knowledge review
5. Dell EMC Unity Replication
Introduction of Unity Replication
Structure
Objective
What is Remote Replication?
Asynchronous Replication
Synchronous Replication
Set up the Unity Replication
Asynchronous Replication
Synchronous Replication
Unity Replication Management
Conclusion
Knowledge review
6. Host Connectivity of Dell EMC Unity
Introduction
Structure
Objective
Microsoft Windows Connectivity of Unity
Storage configuration
Host configuration
VMware vSphere Connectivity of Unity
Storage configuration
Host configuration
Red Hat Linux Connectivity of Unity
Storage configuration
Host configuration
Conclusion
Knowledge review
7. Data Migration to Dell EMC Unity
Introduction
Structure
Objective
Data Migration overview
Migrating data from VNX to Unity
Dell EMC Unity Native Block Import
Dell EMC PowerPath Migration Enabler
Dell EMC RecoverPoint
Migrating data from VNX to Unity with EMC SAN Copy
Migrating data from Unity to Unity with EMC Unity Replication
Migrating data from VNX to Unity with Microsoft Robocopy
Migrating data from VNX to Unity by VMware Storage vMotion
Conclusion
Knowledge review
Index
C HAPTER 1
Dell EMC Unity Overview
Introduction
Dell EMC Unity storage is the midrange storage with a powerful, high performance and deployment flexibility; it is available in the Hybrid model and All-Flash model. This solution is recommended for a mixed workload environment, remote office and small-sized deployment. In the information technology (IT) industry, storage and network (SAN) storage is a critical component of a system infrastructure. If the customer plans to buy a new SAN storage they will consider many factors, for example, performance, deployment, user-friendly GUI, data migration, upgrade flexibility, cost, and more. Unity systems are designed to be simple and easy for implementation, configuration, and administration. It can support multi-platforms, for example, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, AIX, VMware hypervisor, and more. Dell EMC Unity also offers the virtual storage appliance-UnityVSA. UnityVSA can deploy on VMware ESXi platform. It is a good choice if -no storage is connected to the VMware hypervisor in the deployment and remote offices.
Structure What is Dell EMC Unity? Overview of the Unity systems Unity features Overview of Unity Management How to Access the Unisphere GUI? What is Dell EMC UnityVSA? Knowl