1. Briefing: Leverage HPE Storage Solutions in Windows/Hyper-V
Rambo Wang
Technical Marketing Engineering, HPE Storage

2. HPE 3PAR Solutions for Windows/Hyper-V
22 July 2018
HPE 3PAR Solutions for Windows/Hyper-V
HP Confidential

3. Offloaded Data Transfer - ODX
ODX allows Hyper-V and OS to move storage faster and more efficiently
Enables protocol and transport agnostic, cross-machine storage subsystem assisted data transfer
Practically eliminates load on the server, enables a significant reduction in the load on the transport network, and presents an opportunity for innovation for the storage subsystem.
Used for VM Migration, VM Instantiation, General Bulk Data Movement (such as Large Database Files, HD Video, etc.)
File Copy Request
Array–Offloaded
Copy
SMB
File Copy Request
Advantages
No application-specific transport bottleneck
Host minimally impacted by shuffling of bits
Host and transport network (SAN) offloaded
Storage systems can provide innovation and further improve experience
Time required for data movement can be significantly reduced or even eliminated
Minimal (if any) changes required to apps
No changes to OS security model - can leverage existing policies and administration practices
Performance Considerations
Array Model - Different disk array models have different amounts of cache available for copy operations and hence will show different performance.
Number of Physical Disk Drives - The number and type of drives will influence the speed with which the array can copy data internally and hence more disk and faster drives will improve performance.
Array–Offloaded
Copy
D:\
SMB
LUN1
D:\
LUN1
E:\
E:\
E:\
LUN2
E:\
LUN2

4. HPE CLX Live Migration and Automatic Recovery
Live Migration of VMs on
Cluster Shared Volumes
between sites
Fully automatic failover
in case of data center or
component outages
Live Migration of Virtual Machines across data centers with HPE 3PAR Cluster Extension & Microsoft Hyper-V

5. CSV Support with CLX for Windows
VM Config File
Virtual Machine
HP CLX
Cluster Shared Volume
All Physical Disk resources or a Cluster Shared Volume depend on a CLX resource
Very smooth integration

6. 3PAR Peer Persistence for MS Windows
Available since 3PAR OS A
Active LUN presentation
Standby LUN presentation
Hyper-V VM
Clustered Application S
What does it provide?
High Availability across data centers
Automatic or manual transparent LUN swap
Transparent Live Migration between data centers
How does it work?
Based on 3PAR Remote Copy and MS MPIO
Presents Active LUN paths as active and Standby LUN paths as standby
Automated LUN swap arbitrated by a Quorum Witness (QW Linux MS Hyper-V VM on 3rd site)
Supported environments:
Windows 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016
Standalone Servers and Windows Cluster
Hyper-V
Requirements:
Two 3PAR Disk Arrays with loaded license
Two RC sync links (RCFC or RCIP)
3PAR OS ≥3.2.1
Hyper-V
MS Windows Failover Cluster A
Data Center 1 P
HP 3PAR
Synchronous Remote Copy + Peer Persistence
host mode persona 15 must be configured on the 3PARs for these Windows servers P A
LAN/WAN
Witness
QW DC 3
HP 3PAR
Data Center 2

7. Peer Persistence for MS Windows
Never lose access to your volumes
Windows Server Failover Cluster
Each host is connected to each array on both sites via redundant fabrics (FC or iSCSI or FCoE)
Synchronous copy of the volume is kept on the partner array/site (RCFC or RCIP)
Each Volume is exported in R/W mode with same WWN from both arrays on both sites
Volume paths for a given volume are “Active” only on the array where the “Primary” copy of the volume resides. Other volume paths are marked “Standby”
Both arrays can host active and passive volumes
Quorum Witness on 3rd site acts as arbitrator in case of failures
Fabric A
Fabric B
Up to 2.6ms RTT latency
Vol B sec
Vol B prim B B A
Vol A prim
Vol A sec A
Hyper-V
Active Path Vol A
Active Path (Vol B)
Passive/Standby Path
Hyper-V VM
Clustered Application QW
3PAR Array
Site A
3PAR Array
Site B
Site C

8. Peer Persistence for Windows – MPIO Path View
Hyper-V 2 2’
Windows Server Failover Cluster
3PAR Array
Site A
Site B QW
Site C
Vol A sec
Vol A prim 2 2’
Windows MPIO View
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3PAR SSMC Remote Copy View

9. 3PAR PowerShell Toolkit Cmdlets (Just as an example! There are more!)
Import the module
PS C:\> Import-Module HP3PARPSToolkit
To view the list of cmdlets available to you
PS C:\> Get-3parHelp
To see cmdlet specific help
PS C:\> Get-Help Get-3parVVSet
Get-3parCPG Get list of common provisioning groups (CPGs) in the system. Get-3parFCPorts Query 3PAR to get FC ports Get-3parFCPortsToCSV Query 3PAR to get FC ports Get-3parHelp Get list of All 3par PowerShell cmdlets Get-3parHost Lists hosts Get-3parHostPorts Query 3PAR to get all ports including targets, disks, and RCIP ports. Get-3parHostSet Get list of host set(s) information Get-3parVersion Get list of HP 3par server software version information Get-3parVLUN Get list of LUNs that are exported/ presented to hosts Get-3parVV Get list of virtual volumes per Domain and CPG Get-3parVVSet Get list of Virtual Volume(VV) sets defined on the storage system New-3parCPG Creates a new CPG
New-3parVLUN Creates a new vLUN and presents it to host New-3parVV Creates a vitual volume. New-3parVVSet Creates a new VolumeSet Remove-3parCPG Removes a CommonProvisionGroup(CPG) Remove-3parHost Creates a new host. Remove-3parHostSet Remove a host set or remove hosts from an existing set Remove-3parVLUN Unpresent virtual volumes Remove-3parVV Delete volumes Remove-3parVVSet Remove a Virtual Volume set or remove VVs from an existing set Set-3parFCPORTS Configure 3PAR FC ports Set-3parHost Add WWN or iSCSI name to an existing host. Set-3parHostPorts Configure settings of the 3PAR array.