HowTo: Install VMware vSphere 4.x on IBM XIV :)

HowTo: Install VMWare vSphere 4.x on IBM XIV

Episode 1

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Episode 2

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Boot from SAN Setup

Use the following guides from VMware and IBM to configure Boot from SAN.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sanconfig/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=sanconfig&file=esx_san_cfg_bootfromsan.8.1.html

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1319&context=STJTAG&context=HW3E0&dc=D400&q1=ssg1*&uid=ssg1S4000795&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

Datastore Multi-pathing (Roundrobin and IOPS)

Use the following instructions to set the vSphere Multi-pathing and also increase the IOPS.   Read the below IBM Redbooks to understand the requirements for these commands.

Use the following command to find the identifier for the XIV disk.

#esxcli nmp device list

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eui.0017380000510f4c

Device Display Name: IBM Fibre Channel Disk (eui.0017380000510f4c)

Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA

Storage Array Type Device Config:

Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR

Path Selection Policy Device Config: {policy=rr,iops=1000,bytes=10485760,useANO=0;lastPathIndex=5: NumIOsPending=0,numBytesPending=0}

Working Paths: vmhba4:C0:T1:L1, vmhba4:C0:T2:L1, vmhba4:C0:T3:L1, vmhba4:C0:T4:L1, vmhba4:C0:T5:L1, vmhba4:C0:T0:L1

eui.0017380000511326

Device Display Name: IBM Fibre Channel Disk (eui.0017380000511326)

Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA

Storage Array Type Device Config:

Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR

Path Selection Policy Device Config: {policy=iops,iops=32,bytes=10485760,useANO=0;lastPathIndex=5: NumIOsPending=0,numBytesPending=0}

Working Paths: vmhba4:C0:T1:L2, vmhba4:C0:T2:L2, vmhba4:C0:T3:L2, vmhba4:C0:T4:L2, vmhba4:C0:T5:L2, vmhba4:C0:T0:L2

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Then run the following two commands to increase the iops

esxcli nmp roundrobin setconfig -d eui.0017380000511326 –iops 32 –type iops

esxcli nmp roundrobin setconfig -d eui.0017380000510f4c –iops 32 –type iops

Commands History

All actions on the IBM XIV GUI is recorded in the following text file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\XIV\GUI10\logs\guiCommands****.log

Example – guiCommands***.log