Step Action
1 System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your “Student Desktop”) Connect to your
“Student Desktop” via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
2 Verify that SnapView is licensed:
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
From the navigation bar select System.
From the right-side Tasks Pane in the System Management section, click the System Properties link.
Click the Software tab on the Storage System Properties dialog.
The dialog displays a list of the licensed products. Verify that the following entry appears (note the dash in front of the name):
o -SnapView
If the entry is present, then the SnapView software is ready to be used. If the entry is not present, consult the instructor.
Click Cancel
3 Verify free Reserved LUN Pool LUNs:
Navigate to Data Protection > Reserved LUN Pool and select the Free LUNs tab.
The Reserved LUN Pool has already been configured. The LUNs free are RLP_LUN_2010 through RLP_LUN_2041
Select one of the RLP LUNs and click Properties.
Step Action 1 Add LUN to the Storage Group:
Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups. Select your Windows Storage Group and click Properties.
Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your RG10 LUNs Folder, locate and add the RG10 LUN to your Windows Storage Group.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
2 Access Remote Desktop of Windows host::
From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
Connect to your Windows host according to the following information:
Computer(s): Enter your Windows host User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!
Click Connect.
Step Action 3 Bring disk Online:
Click the Server Manager icon on the taskbar of your Windows host.
From the Server Manager window, expand the File and Storage Services container on the left-side panel and select Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
Disks that were previously allocated to the host will still be present.
Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring the disk online on the server. Click Yes.
Verify that the drive is now “Online”.
4 Initialize Disk:
Right click on the drive and select “Initialize”.
A message will appear asking if you are sure that you want to continue. Click Yes.
5 Create a new Simple Volume named SnapViewLUN:
Right click on the drive and select “New Volume”.
The New Volume Wizard will appear. Click Next.
For the Select the server and disk click Next.
For the Specify the Size of the Volume click Next.
For Assign to a drive letter or folder use the default and click Next.
For Select file system settings enter the name SnapViewVol in the Volume label field.
Review your configuration and click Create.
What is the drive letter for the new simple volume you just created?_____________________
6 Create a folder and a text file on the new volume:
Open File Explorer from the taskbar. In File Explorer click the Computer icon.
Open your SnapViewVol volume, right click the empty space and select New
> Folder.
Name the folder SnapView.
Open the SnapView folder.
Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
Name the file SnapView.txt.
Open SnapView.txt file and add some text into the file, such as your student number, date and time and save it.
7 Create a SnapView Snapshot:
From your Student Desktop system, in your Unisphere session, navigate to Storage > LUNs.
From the LUNs section, right click the RG10 LUN and select SnapView >
Create Snapshot.
Name the Snapshot SnapView Snap.
Do not assign the Snapshot to the Storage Group.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
8 View Snapshot Source LUNs:
Navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots> LUN Snapshots.
No VNX Snapshots have been created at this point; click OK to acknowledge any message that appears
Select the SnapView Snapshots tab.
Click the Source LUNs tab. Select the RG10 LUN.
In the Snapshot Details pane you will see that the state of SnapView Snap is Inactive.
Step Action 9 Start a SnapView Session:
Select the Source LUNs tab
Right-click the RG10 LUN and select SnapView > Start SnapView Session
Name the session SnapView Session.
Leave all other parameters at their default values.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
Click the Sessions tab. The SnapView Session will be present.
10 Activate the Snapshot for the session:
Click the Snapshot LUNs tab and select SnapView Snap. Click Activate.
Select SnapView Session from the Available Snapshot Sessions pane and click OK, Yes, OK.
Navigate to Data Protection > Reserved LUN Pool. Under the Allocated LUNs tab expand RG10 LUN.
Which Reserved LUN is in the RG10 LUN container?
________________________________
Select the Reserved LUN and click Pool Properties.
What is the current Usage?
___________________________________________________
Click OK.
11 Delete the text file from your SnapViewVol volume:
Access your existing RDP Plus session to your Windows host.
On your Windows host, launch File Explorer which is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
12 Add snapshot to your peer (Secondary) Windows Host Storage Group:
In Unisphere, click Hosts > Storage Groups from the navigation bar.
From the Storage Groups window locate your Peer Storage Group.
If the Peer Storage Group is not present, click Create to create it, adding your Peer Windows host to it.
Click Properties.
Select the LUNs tab on the Storage Group Properties dialog.
Expand the SnapView Snaps container, select SnapView Snap and click Add.
Then click OK, Yes, OK.
13 Navigate to the Server Manager menu on your peer (Secondary) Windows host and verify Snapshot:
From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
Connect to your Peer Windows host according to the following information:
Computer(s): Enter your Peer Windows host User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!
Click Connect.
On the peer Windows Server, click on the Server Manager icon.
From the Server Manager window, select File and Storage Services >
Volumes > Disks.
Click on Tasks and select Rescan Storage.
Disks that were previously allocated to the host may still be present.
Your disk should appear as “Offline”. Right click on the drive and select
“Bring Online”.
A message will appear asking if you are sure you want to bring this disk online on the server. Click Yes.
Verify that the drive is “Online”.
When the scan is complete, select your disk and verify that the drive letter is
Step Action 14 Create a text file on the Snapshot:
From your Peer Windows host, open your SnapViewVol (Snapshot) volume, right click the empty space and select New > Folder. Name the folder SnapView_Snapshot.
Open the SnapView_Snapshot folder.
Right click the empty space and select New > Text Document.
Name the file SnapView_Snapshot_file.txt.
Open SnapView_Snapshot_file.txt and add some text into the file, such as your student number, date and time and save it.
15 Verify that no changes have been made to the source Volume:
From your Student Desktop system, access your existing RDP session to your Windows host.
Open the File Explorer and select and open the SnapViewVol volume.
Verify that the text file that was created on the Snapshot is not present on the source volume.
End of Lab Exercise Part 2
Step Action 1 Trespass LUNs:
From you Student Desktop system, in the Unisphere session, navigate to Data Protection > Snapshots > LUN Snapshots. Click OK to clear any message that appears.
Click the SnapView Snapshots tab, and then click the Source LUNs tab.
Right click RG10 LUN, and choose Trespass. Click Yes, OK.
2 Check to see if the session survived the LUN trespass:
Click the refresh icon in the upper right hand corner of the pane.
Select the source LUN, and click the Properties button. The LUN has been trespassed if the Current Owner and Default Owner are different SPs. Click Cancel to close the dialog.
Click the Sessions tab and verify the state of SnapView Session.
Did SnapView Session survive the trespass? Why or why not?
________________________
3 Look for a trespass event in the SPA Event Log:
Navigate to System > Monitoring and Alerts > SP Event Logs and select Show SPA Event Log. Click Yes to dismiss any informational dialog that appears.
Does the SP event log have a record for the trespass?
_________________________________
Click Cancel to close the SPA Events dialog.
End of Lab Exercise Part 3