Qlogic Hyper-V and System Center VMM2008 Quick start guide

Brand: Qlogic

Model: Hyper-V and System Center VMM2008

Type: Quick start guide

[ Quick Start Guide ]

QUICK START GUIDE

FIBRE CHANNEL HBA AND

VM MIGRATION

Hyper-V™ and System Center VMM2008

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Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic

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. Click

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for specific troubleshooting information.

Troubleshooting/In Depth Documentation

For troubleshooting help and to access a more detailed version of this Quick Start Guide,

see the Fibre Channel Adapter NPIV Deployment Guide for Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 on www.qlogic.com

Quick Start Guide

Overview

This guide describes the steps that a data center system administrator should follow to deploy the QLogic Fibre Channel

(FC) adapter N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) solution in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environments in

conjunction with Microsoft System Center (SC) Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008. The combined QLogic and

Microsoft solution enables storage administrators to create virtual adapter ports within multiple FC switch zones to

enable seamless configuration and free migration of virtual machines.

Setting up NPIV and configuring Hyper-V and VMM2008 for VM migration can be done in six simple steps.

Step 1. NPIV Deployment Requirements and Sample Topology

Hardware Requirements

❑ NPIV Enabled FC Adapter. QLogic 2400 series (4Gb) or 2500 series (8Gb) FC adapter

❑ NPIV Enabled FC Switch. QLogic SANbox

5600/5800/9000 FC switch or similar

❑ Server Hardware. Microsoft recommended server configuration for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

and VMM2008

Software Requirements

❑ QLogic FC Adapter Driver. Version 9.1.7.18 or higher

❑ QLogic FC Switch Firmware. Version 6.8.0.03 or higher

❑ QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI and Agent. Version 5.0.1 build 37 or higher

❑ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

❑ Microsoft VMM2008

❑ Multipathing I/O (MPIO) software. Available from your storage array vendor

Sample Topology

A real-life data center is a more complex version of the following figure.

Step 2. Configure the Host and Virtual Machine Manager Servers

Configure the Host (Hyper-V) Servers

1. Install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64.

2. Configure the server to be part of the same Windows domain as the VMM server.

3. Install the latest QLogic FC adapter driver available for Windows Server 2008 x64.

4. Install the QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager agent (qlremote).

5. Install the storage vendor’s MPIO solution (for example, EMC

PowerPath

6. Configure the QLogic FC switch so that the physical FC adapters on both host servers have access to

the same storage array. The switch is configured by creating the appropriate zones. Refer to your

switch configuration guide for more details.

Configure the Virtual Machine Manager Server

1. Install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64.

2. Configure this server to be part of the same Windows domain as the host servers.

3. Install VMM2008.

4. Install the QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (or SANsurfer FC HBA CLI) management tool.

5. Start VMM2008. In the Actions toolbar, click the Add host button to add host (Hyper-V) servers to

the VMM server.

6. Start the QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI on the VMM server. In the toolbar, click the Connect

button and type the IP addresses/host names of the host servers on which the QLogic FC adapters

reside.

Step 3. Create the Virtual Adapter (NPIV) Port

1. Start SANsurfer on the VMM server. Select the host server where you want to deploy a SAN-enabled

Virtual Machine (VM). Expand the tree and highlight an FC adapter port.

2. In the right pane, click the Virtual tab. Right-click the QLogic FC adapter image, and click Create vPort

as shown in the following figure.

3. In the vPort WWPN Generation dialogue box, click OK to accept the automatically generated WWPN

(recommended). The default password for SANsurfer is config.

Step 4. Present the LUNs to the Virtual Adapter Port

Refer to your storage array vendor’s documentation; look for sections that describe how to create LUNs and selective

presentation/LUN masking to WWPNs. Use these instructions to create and present LUNs to the virtual adapter port.

Ensure that the size of the LUNs meets the disk requirements of the operating system you plan to install in the VM.

Check if the LUNs can be seen from the host server. Configure the LUNs in NTFS format in preparation for VM placement.

Step 5. Create a Virtual Machine via Virtual Machine Manager 2008

To create a SAN migration-capable VM hosted on the LUN presented via a virtual adapter port, do the following:

1. On the VMM server, in the VMM2008 Actions pane, click New virtual machine to begin the creation

of a VM.

2. Select the source of the new VM by clicking Create the new virtual machine with a blank virtual

hard disk.

3. Enter the VM name.

4. Click Next until the Select Destination dialog box displays. Ensure that the Place Virtual Machine

on host button is selected.

5. Click Next. The Select Virtual Machine Host dialogue box displays. Verify that the Transfer type

column has a SAN entry for the host you want to select. Check the SAN Explanation tab to ensure

that there are no warnings other than for iSCSI, as shown in the illustration below.

6. Click Next. The Select Path dialog box displays. By default, a path on the local hard drive of the host

server is shown. The path specified in this box determines where the virtual hard drive that contains

the operating system image of the VM resides.

7. Click Browse and select the destination folder as a network drive that is a LUN that was formatted as

an NTFS partition (see Step 4). By providing the destination folder, a SAN LUN that is visible to other

host servers in the SAN ensures that a SAN-based VM migration is possible. VMM automatically

marks a volume that is capable of SAN migration as Migration Capable, as shown in the illustration

below.

8. Click OK and continue with the rest of the process for creating a VM.

Step 6. Migrate Virtual Machines and Virtual Ports

Microsoft VMM2008 allows you to quickly migrate VMs from one host to another. Depending on the medium of transfer

of the VM files, there can be either LAN- or SAN-based migration of VMs. This section defines the requirements for SAN

transfers, describes how to start a SAN transfer, and discusses how NPIV plays a role in SAN transfers.

Requirements for a SAN Transfer

❑ Both the source and destination hosts involved in a transfer of a VM need to have physical access to the

storage array presenting the LUNs.

❑ Both the source and destination hosts must have NPIV-capable adapters connected to an NPIV-capable switch.

❑ The VM and all its associated files (VHDs) must reside on the SAN as seen through an NPIV virtual adapter

port (not on a local disk).

❑ The LUN must be configured as a basic/fixed disk and a single volume must be created on the basic disk.

❑ A single VM and all its associated files must be placed on this volume.

❑ Both the source and destination volumes must be formatted with the NTFS file system.

❑ There must be one-to-one mapping of a LUN to a VM.

Performing SAN Transfers

Microsoft VMM2008 can intelligently identify and report if all requirements of a SAN transfer have been met. Perform

the following steps to determine if all the requirements of a SAN transfer have been met, and to start SAN transfer.

1. In VMM, click the Actions tab. Under Virtual Machines, click Migrate.

2. The Migrate Virtual Machine Wizard dialog box displays. Choose the destination host for the VM

migration.

3. When all the requirements of SAN transfer have been met for the selected destination host, the screen

displays “This host is available for SAN migrations” in the SAN Explanation tab.

4. Click Next. Select an NTFS formatted and migration capable volume available on the destination host.

5. Click Next to complete the Migrate Virtual Wizard and start the migration process.

6. Monitor the migration status through the Jobs windows by clicking the Jobs tab in the left pane of

VMM.

7. Verify that the virtual HBA port associated with the Virtual Machine has been migrated to the destination

host. The entry for the virtual HBA port in the FC switch Name Server has moved from the physical

port of the source server to the physical port of the destination server.

8. You do not need to re-configure the switch zoning and the selective LUN presentation/LUN masking

on the storage array. The migration of the virtual HBA port (WWPN), along with the Virtual Machines,

enables quick and easy Virtual Machine migration.

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Qlogic Hyper-V and System Center VMM2008 Quick start guide

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