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StorageLink - Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V

StorageLink - Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V. Barry Flanagan Peter Benoit. Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V Product Overview. Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V Advanced automation and management for the virtual datacenter. 3. Customer Benefits. Get the most out of your storage

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StorageLink - Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V

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  1. StorageLink - Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V Barry Flanagan Peter Benoit

  2. Citrix Essentials for Hyper-VProduct Overview

  3. Citrix Essentials for Hyper-VAdvanced automation and management for the virtual datacenter 3

  4. Customer Benefits Get the most out of your storage • Example: Configure storage in minutes, provision storage for VMs instantly • Example: Snap, clone and deduplicate directly from a common virtualization interface Roll out new server workloads with ease • Example: Roll out web servers in minutes during peak demand, then discard when not needed • Example: Eliminate hundreds of needless server images; cut storage and maintenance costs Streamline test & dev environments • Example: Centrally manage and share multi-server test images across any development group • Example: Speed up testing with automated procedures, improve development Automate complex and script intensive operations • Example: Automate otherwise manual operations (E.g. disaster recovery, server provisioning) • Example: Eliminate manual, error prone tasks using familiar tools (Microsoft Powershell)

  5. Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V Advanced storage integration Automated lab management Dynamic provisioning services Workflow orchestration Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V Advanced virtualization management for the virtual datacenter

  6. Essentials for Hyper-V Editions

  7. Microsoft + Citrix Deliver Advanced Virtualization

  8. Part 2 - Installation and Configuration Part 3 - Deep Dive Part 1 - Introduction and Overview StorageLink Contents

  9. Benefits of StorageLink Components of StorageLink High Level Architecture What is StorageLink? Part 1 - Introduction and Overview

  10. What is StorageLink? StorageLink™ delivers deep integration with leading storage platforms to reduce the cost and complexity of managing storage in Hyper-V environments. StorageLink provides one-click access to native storage devices for simplified management through storage configuration wizards that leverage existing storage array-based services and technologies directly from within its Microsoft® Management Console

  11. Benefits of StorageLink • Extended Management of Storage Fabric and Arrays • Tight Integration with native features of Storage Arrays • Extended VM Lifecycle Management

  12. Components of StorageLink • StorageLink™ Gateway package • StorageLink™ Client package

  13. High Level Overview Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) StorageLink MMC Snap-In StorageLink CLI StorageLink PowerShell Snap-In StorageLink

  14. Installing and Licensing Array Hardware Compatibility List Before Using StorageLink service for the first time Configuring the service Installation Requirements Part 2 - Installation and Configuration

  15. Installation Requirements – StorageLink Gateway The StorageLink Gateway can be installed on a physical or virtual machine

  16. Installation Requirements – StorageLink Manager The StorageLink manager can be installed on a physical or virtual machine

  17. Installation Process • Install Citrix V6 license for StorageLink on Citrix Licensing Server • Getting Started with Citrix Licensing http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX109108 • Install StorageLink Gateway • screenshots follow • Install StorageLink Manager • Screenshots follow

  18. StorageLink Gateway Installation - 1

  19. StorageLink Gateway Installation - 2

  20. StorageLink Gateway Installation - 3

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  24. StorageLink Gateway Installation - 7

  25. StorageLink Gateway Installation - 8

  26. StorageLink Manager Installation - 1

  27. StorageLink Manager Installation - 2

  28. StorageLink Manager Installation - 3

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  30. StorageLink Manager Installation - 5

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  33. StorageLink Manager Left-hand Navigation Panel Right Action Area Main Content Area

  34. StorageLink Manager Interface Guide

  35. Main Working Areas

  36. Hypervisor Hosts • Hypervisor Host represents the connection to a host (currently Hyper-V only) from the StorageLink Manager. • Use StorageLink Manager to provide storage services • Add/Remove hosts (connect with username/password) • Obtain information (OS type, memory, CPUs) • Scan host initiators • List of VMs resident on that host

  37. Virtual Machines • Virtual Machine represents the currently available Virtual Machines on the systems being managed • Use StorageLink Manager to identify VMs that can use StorageLink services : • Create VM from template • Start/Destroy VM • (Cold) migrate VM from one host to the other • Scan VMs running on hosts

  38. Storage Infrastructure • Infrastructure around virtual storage for VMs • Categories Storage Systems - storage arrays like EMC, HP, NetApp Fabrics – Brocade SAN switches • Use StorageLink Manager to managestorage infrastructure: • Storage Systems • Manage Storage Adapter credentials • Scan storage systems • View storage pools and storage nodes on a storage system • Fabrics • Set Zoning Options

  39. Storage Repository • A Storage Repository (SR) is a template with a defined set of capabilities for creating storage volumes (LUNs) from your storage system • Use StorageLink Manager to managean SR: • Create/Delete/Destroy SR • Identify the Storage pool for the StorageLink repository • Set the Raid type, Provisioning Type (thick/thin),Options (dedup etc) • Storage protocol • SR can be populated with: • Existing LUNs on array • New LUNs dynamically created • Allocate/Delete Storage Volume • Add/Remove Storage Volumes • Import storage to VM

  40. Virtual Machine Templates • Virtual machine template identifies the resources required by the VM. VM templates include a storage profile that represent a “Golden Image” from which VM’s can be snapshotted or cloned • Storage profiles identify additional storage resources (LUNS) required by the VM • Create/Delete Templates • Create/Edit/Delete Storage Profiles • Create/Edit/Delete Hardware Profiles

  41. Jobs • Tasks executing on the system • Jobs can have sub-jobs. Eg Service initialization can have the following subjobs: • Discovering Storage System • Discovering Fabrics • Discovering Hypervisor Hosts • Actions on UI – Refresh/Clear Jobs

  42. Administration • General Admin tasks • Shows list of Storage Adapter credentials

  43. Initial Configuration Steps • Connect StorageLink Manager to the StorageLink service • Add Storage systems (Add Storage Adaptor Credentials) • Configure the service to enable automatic fabric zoning (optional step) • Add your hypervisor hosts

  44. Troubleshooting using the Job log • Most operations with StorageLink are done as asynchronously as ‘jobs’ • If a job fails you will see a red X on it and selecting the failed job will show details as to what went wrong.

  45. NetApp - Best Practices & Considerations • NetApp hardware has a limit of 255 snapshots per flexvolume. • When you first setup the NetApp hardware you must create one or “aggregates • Creation of a StorageLink Storage Repository will create a new flex volume in the specified aggregate. • Destroy Storage Repository will delete the NetApp flex volume associated with the SR. • StorageLink does notsupport for quotas in this version. • The 'size' of the Storage Pool (flexvolume) is the size of the flexvolume plus the available freespace in the parent aggregate.

  46. StorageLink SCVMM interplay

  47. StorageLink and XenDesktop interplay (Assigned desktop scenario)

  48. Storage vendor benefits

  49. Simplified Storage Integration • Works with any storage (simple) • Works with all storage architectures to provide seamless compatibility with a wide range of storage hardware platforms • One-click access to native storage services • Simplifies management and leverages existing storage array-based services and technologies • Works with existing Windows storage management products Citrix Essentials SMI-S, iSCSI, SAN, NAS, DAS Storage API Leverage the capabilities of enterprise storage systems

  50. Got Questions? • Contact me ( Barry.Flanagan@citrix.com )or Robin Brandl ( Robin.Brandl@citrix.com)

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