Chapter 7: Installing The Svp Software On A Vmware Esxi Host; Setting Up The Svp Locale; Network Connection For Virtual Svp - Hitachi SVP F 00 Series Manual

Chapter 7: Installing the SVP software on a
VMware ESXi host
You can use a virtual SVP with the VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models. The virtual
SVP is a software application that runs on either Windows 7 Professional x64 (64-bit) on a
VMware ESXi 6.0.0 host or on Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (64-bit) on a
VMware ESXi 6.0 U2 host.
Observe the following guidelines when installing a virtual SVP:
vSphere Cluster Failover: Due to the numerous vSphere server/cluster configurations
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and workloads, validate failover prior to placing the virtual SVP in production
environments.
Number of SVP virtual machines per vSphere cluster: One server supports up to eight
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VMs. Each VM can communicate independently with one storage system. Due to the
wide variety of vSphere server/cluster configurations and workloads, perform
simultaneous multi-system performance monitoring and log collections to verify
trouble-free management.
To provide the highest level of trouble-free operations, observe the following rules:
Do not locate a virtual machine on a storage system being managed by the same
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virtual machine.
Do not start the SVP virtual machine from the storage system it is managing.
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Setting up the SVP locale

The SVP and storage management software support the English and Japanese languages.
If you intend to install the SVP software using a language other than English and
Japanese, change the SVP's locale setting to reflect the appropriate language using the
procedure for the Windows version installed on the SVP. For more information, see the
instructions for your Windows operating system.

Network connection for virtual SVP

The SVP and storage system connection ports located at the rear of the components.
The following figure shows the physical network connection for a virtual SVP and Hitachi
Virtual Storage Platform G800. Adjust your connections appropriately if using different
VSP Gx00 models or VSP Fx00 models.

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