VMware vSphere5 Single server - Consolidation Installation ...



|VMware vSphere5

Livelink Node ID: | |Purpose of this Document

|This document provides a step-by-step guide for the installation and configuration of VMware vSphere5 dedicated for the Agfa |

|IIBU Pacs and HS Single Server and a general guideline towards any consolidation deployment. The main difference between the |

|full vSphere5 install guide is the HA feature and often the lack of central storage. Most SS and consolidation platforms are |

|build on local – direct attached storage. |

|[pic] |This document describes procedures that are usually carried out during product staging. The instructions given in this chapter|

| |are made available for Field Service in case it should be necessary to repeat any of the steps involved at customer site, e.g.|

| |in the event of clean installation (repair) or hardware upgrade. |

► Document History

|Edition. |Release Date |Changes |

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|1.0 |Q1-2012 |Initial Release vSphere5 installation guidelines |

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► Referenced Documents

|Document |Title |

|LLID: 35376100 |VMware vSphere5 IIBU Design guide |

|LLID: 35375621 |VMware vSphere ATP |

|LLID: 26804797 |VMware Platform HW Guidance |

|LLID: 34503195 |Vmware vSphere License activation |

|LLID: 36096172 |VMware vSphere 5 installation guide |

|LLID: 36127023 |VMware vSphere OVF deployment guide |

List of cONtents

1 VMware Installation Flowchart 4

2 Platform Preparation for Virtual environment. 5

2.1 HW Firmware Revision – HW platform check: 5

2.2 BIOS 5

2.3 VMware general BIOS advices: 5

2.4 HP Proliant Specific BIOS Settings: 5

2.4.1 HP Proliant Boot device 5

2.4.2 HP Proliant DL385 G7 series: 6

2.4.3 HP Proliant ML350 G6 series: 6

3 Software version, download location and licensing. 7

4 ESX5i Installation 7

4.1 Boot Discs 7

4.2 Initial configuration for SDHC (default) 7

4.3 Disc Layout 8

4.4 Disc Layout and configuration for IMPAX SS 8

4.5 Disc Layout and configuration for Heartstation SS 10

4.6 Booting from CD 10

4.7 Configuration 12

4.7.1 Network 13

4.8 Enable Secure Shell and console access 14

5 VMware vSphere Client Installation 15

5.1 Installation from CD/ISO 15

5.2 Download and Installation from ESXi Server 15

5.3 Overview of the Client Interface 16

6 Basic ESX5i Configuration 17

6.1 System configuration Hardware 17

6.1.1 Storage 17

6.1.2 Networking Adaptors 19

6.1.3 Networking 19

6.1.4 Power Management 20

6.2 System configuration Software 20

6.2.1 Licensed Features 20

6.2.2 Time configuration 21

6.2.3 DNS and Routing 21

6.2.4 Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown 21

6.2.5 Security Profile 22

6.2.6 Advanced Settings 22

7 Virtual Machine Creation and Configuration 23

7.1 Creating VM: CM1 23

7.2 Creating VM: AIO1 26

7.3 Creating VM: HS1 29

7.4 Creating VM: Backup (only from Impax 6.5 and for HS) 32

7.5 Update VM virtualization settings for all Win2008 OS 33

7.6 Install Operating System Windows 2003 33

7.7 Install VMware Tools 36

7.8 Update Screen settings and HW acceleration for Win2003 36

7.9 Install Operating System Win2008 36

7.10 Update Screen settings and HW acceleration for Win2008 32bit 38

7.11 Update Screen settings and HW acceleration for Win2008 64bit 39

7.12 Install VMware Tools 39

8 ESX4i Configuration continued after VM creation. 39

8.1 System configuration Software 39

8.1.1 Virtual Machine Startup / Shutdown 39

9 Configure SAS DAT tape for AIO and CM DB backup on win2003 OS. 40

10 Configure SAS DAT tape for AIO and CM DB backup on win2008 OS. 43

VMware Installation Flowchart

|[pic] |It is strongly recommended to follow the installation flowchart for best practices |

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Platform Preparation for Virtual environment.

1 HW Firmware Revision – HW platform check:

|[pic] |Update HW to the latest firmware revision according Platform Design Document. |

| |Validate HW installation with ATP |

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| |DL385G7 Platform Design Document LLID: 30953582 |

3 BIOS

|[pic] |BIOS settings strongly affect the behavior and performance of VMware vSphere Server. |

| |It is Mandatory that these settings are changed for a Virtualization installation. |

| |The Bios settings in Section 2.3 are VMware Generic. |

| |The Bios settings in section 2.3.1 are mandatory settings dedicated towards the servers identified within the Platform Design |

| |Document. Bios Settings might be different depending on HW version or even not available by other OEM. |

5 VMware general BIOS advices:

| |VMware vSphere5 Best Practices |

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7 HP Proliant Specific BIOS Settings:

1 HP Proliant Boot device

| |Depending on the boot device following settings must be set: (warning: bios versions might provide different naming) |

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| |FOR SYSTEMS SHIPPED WITH SD CARD (new default 2012) |

| |Log into BIOS: |

| |System Options – USB Options: |

| |Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence : Internal SD card First |

| |USB control: enabled |

| |Standard Boot order: |

| |Make sure that USB drive is before local hard drive and after CDrom |

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| |FOR SYSTEMS SHIPPED WITH ONBOARD HD |

| |Log into BIOS: |

| |Standard Boot order: |

| |Make sure that Onboard C drive is after CDrom and before anything else |

2 HP Proliant DL385 G7 series:

| |System Options – Processor Options: |

| |No-Execute Page Protection: Enabled |

| |AMD-V: Enabled |

| |AMD Core Performance boost: Enabled (only with AMD 6200 gen) |

| |Power Management Options: |

| |HP Power Profile: Custom |

| |HP Power Regulator: OS Control Mode |

| |Redundant Power Supply Mode: High Efficiency Mode (Auto) |

| |Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options: |

| |Minimum Processor Idle Power State: Core C6 state (only with AMD 6200 gen) |

| |Minimum Processor Idle Power State: Core C1 state (only with AMD 6100 gen) |

| |Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response: Fast |

| |Advanced Options – Advanced Performance Tuning Options |

| |Node Interleaving: Disabled |

| |Date and Time |

| |Set Date and Time |

3 HP Proliant ML350 G6 series:

| |System Options – Processor Options: |

| |No-Execute Memory Protection: Enabled |

| |Intel Virtualization Technology: Enabled |

| |Intel Hyperthreading Options: Enabled |

| |Intel Turbo Boost Technology: Enabled |

| |Intel vt-d: Enabled |

| |Power Management Options: |

| |HP Power Profile: Maximum Performance |

| |HP Power Regulator: HP Static High Performance Mode |

| |Redundant Power Supply Mode: High Efficiency Mode (Auto) |

| |Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options: |

| |Minimum Processor Idle Power State: No C-states |

| |Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response: Fast |

| |Date and Time |

| |Set Date and Time |

| |Advanced Options – Advanced Performance Tuning Options: |

| |Node Interleaving: Disabled |

Software version, download location and licensing.

|[pic] |Latest supported SW version can be downloaded from agfa ftp. |

| |With a VMware license and account the SW can also be downloaded from . |

| |ESXi freeware can be downloaded by just creating an account on . |

| |HP specific ESXi ISO can be downloaded from the HP software depot this requires HP portal ID (free ) and order ID. |

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| |Q1 2012 launch, following packages have been tested against the installation guide: |

| |ESXi SW: |

| |HP-ESXI-5.0.0-20110904001-STANDA.iso (HP specific ISO which includes additional drivers and HP hardware agents for Nagios |

| |monitoring, use this ISO as default) |

| |VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0-469512.x86_64.iso (standard VMware image, optional usage) |

|[pic] |New installations will automatically generate a 60 days full functionality free trail. |

| |For consolidation use a perpetual free ESXi license (this will revert to basic hypervisor functionality) |

| |How to assign licenses with VMware SW is explained in section 6.2.1 |

ESX5i Installation

|[pic] |From vSphere5 on the only available Hypervisor is ESXi. |

| |From vSphere5 on the ESXi SW source DVD will be based on the OEM provider. Meaning that a Rebranded OEM vSphere5 install ISO |

| |will be used. (these include all drivers available on the OEM platform and include additional monitoring tools. |

1 Boot Discs

|[pic] |Servers ordered for High Availability purpose have a build in SDHC card as default, optional two internal storage discs are |

| |used, these discs must be configured as RAID1 disc array (mirror mode). An optional 3th disc can be used for HSP. |

| |Servers ordered for Consolidation have SDHC + internal discs to be configured depending on platform documentation with two |

| |main internal discs always in RAID1 disc array (mirror mode). |

2 Initial configuration for SDHC (default)

| |No further steps required, the system will default boot from the card if BIOS section is set correct. |

3 Disc Layout

|[pic] |The Single Server Platforms Design Document describes a dedicated disc layout for its purpose. The 2 initial discs must be |

| |mirrored always based on high speed discs to contain the ESXi sw and the remaining space to cover for the VM OS and DBS |

| |partitions. |

| |The remaining discs will be used in a Raid5 to hold the storage data and backup partitions. |

| |Within the R5 configuration additional LUNS will be created for DB Backup and Caches |

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| |Last option is the Consolidation configuration that doesn’t have a fixed HD configuration: |

| |General rules for the consolidation configurations is that VM and DB must ALWAYS reside on fast spindles preferable in R1 – |

| |R10 |

4 Disc Layout and configuration for IMPAX SS

| |During System startup insert Smart Start CD or Virtual Smart Start CD through ILO. |

| |The Smart Start CD will launch. (REMINDER: requires BIOS boot priority CD higher then Disc). |

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| |Select Language and agree license agreement |

| |Select Maintenance Icon. |

| |Select HP Array Configuration and diagnostics. |

| |On the left tap “Select an available Device” -> Select Smart Array P410. |

| |Select the Smart Array in the systems and devices tab. |

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| |To create main OS boot discs: |

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| |Select “Create Array”. |

| |Select discs from Bay1 and Bay2. (450GB SAS discs) |

| |Press OK |

| |Select “Create logical Drive”. |

| |Select “RAID1” and leave other options default. |

| |Click Save to confirm. |

| |additional LUNS will be created for DB Backup and Caches |

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| |To create additional disc groups with 300GB discs: (DL38x series) |

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| |On the left tap “Select an available Device” -> Select Smart Array P410. |

| |Select “Create Array”. |

| |Select All remaining bays according (Depending on design these can be 300-500GB-1TB-2TB) |

| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size to 150GB (Backup DB Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size 1TB (DICOM Cache1 Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Remaining Size (WEB Cache1 Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

| | |

| |EXIT ACU |

| |EXIT SMARTSTART (request for reboot – remove CD) |

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| |To create additional disc groups with 1TB discs: (ML350 series) |

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| |On the left tap “Select an available Device” -> Select Smart Array P410. |

| |Select “Create Array”. |

| |Select All remaining bays according (Depending on design these can be 300-500GB-1TB-2TB) |

| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size to 150GB (Backup DB Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size to 1,95TB (DICOM Cache1 Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Remaining Size (WEB Cache1 Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

| | |

| |EXIT ACU |

| |EXIT SMARTSTART (request for reboot – remove CD) |

| |To create additional disc groups with 2TB discs: (ML350 series) |

| | |

| |On the left tap “Select an available Device” -> Select Smart Array P410. |

| |Select “Create Array”. |

| |Select All remaining bays according (Depending on design these can be 300-500GB-1TB-2TB) |

| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size to 150GB (Backup DB Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

| | |

| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size to 1,95TB (DICOM Cache1 Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size to 1,95TB (DICOM Cache2 Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 5 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Remaining Size (WEB Cache1 Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |EXIT ACU |

| |EXIT SMARTSTART (request for reboot – remove CD) |

5 Disc Layout and configuration for Heartstation SS

| |During System startup insert Smart Start CD or Virtual Smart Start CD through ILO. |

| |The Smart Start CD will launch. (REMINDER: requires BIOS boot priority CD higher then Disc). |

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| |Select Language and agree license agreement |

| |Select Maintenance Icon. |

| |Select HP Array Configuration and diagnostics. |

| |On the left tap “Select an available Device” -> Select Smart Array P410. |

| |Select the Smart Array in the systems and devices tab. |

| | |

| |To create main OS boot discs: |

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| |Select “Create Array”. |

| |Select discs from Bay1, Bay2 (450GB SAS discs) |

| |Press OK |

| |Select “Create logical Drive”. |

| |Select “RAID1” and leave other options default. |

| |Click Save to confirm. |

| | |

| |To create additional disc groups with 1TB discs: |

| | |

| |On the left tap “Select an available Device” -> Select Smart Array P410. |

| |Select “Create Array”. |

| |Select All remaining bays. (1TB) |

| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 1 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Size to 150GB (Backup DB Partition) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

| | |

| |Select “Create Logical Drive”. |

| |Select RAID 1 and leave other options default. |

| |Set Remaining Size (ECG cache) |

| |Click “Save to Confirm”. |

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| |EXIT ACU |

| |EXIT SMARTSTART (request for reboot – remove CD) |

6 Booting from CD

| |Insert the ESXi 5 CD VMware –VMvisor-Installer or an ISO image of the CD to the ILO – Virtual console – DVD drive |

| |Boot from CD or from image (mount CD or image). |

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|[pic] |The screenshot above is an example for a blade Integrated Lights-out (ILO). |

| |Depending on actual server hardware the display may look different. |

| |Press on the ESXi 5 window for new installation. This will start the graphical interface of the installer: (HP ISO |

| |used below) |

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| |[pic] [pic] |

| |Press on the ESXi 5 welcome window for new installation. |

| |Press to accept the License Agreement and continue: |

| |Select a disc and press to continue: |

| |Flash Reader is the new SDHC card, HP Logical Volume is the onboard HD raid group. |

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| |Confirm Disc Selection |

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| |Select Keyb Layout |

|[pic] |The Password security has changed to minimal 8 character, |

| |Therefore the default password was changed since vSphere4. (contact staging for the latest supported password list: |

| |staging.emea@) |

| |Provide root Password |

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| |Press to confirm the installation: |

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| |[pic] |

| |Remove the disc or image before you continue. Press |

| |to complete the installation with a reboot: |

| |ESXi 5 is installed.[pic] |

| |After Reboot the ESXi will start |

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7 Configuration

| |After installation, press on the next screen to customize the system: |

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| |Insert the root Password |

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| |The Customize System screen appears. |

| |Current settings for each option are shown to the right: |

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1 Network

|[pic] |ML350G6 servers have 2 onboard NIC |

| |DL385G6-7 consolidation servers have 4 onboard NIC (select all 4 adaptors for these configurations) |

| |Select Configure Management Network on the Customize System screen. |

| |Click . |

| |Select Network Adapters and click : |

| |Select the Onboard Network Adapter vmnic0, use spacebar to toggle, and . |

| |Make sure that the State is “Connected” |

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| |Back in Configure Management Network screen. |

| |Select IP Configuration and click . |

| |Select Static IP Address and enter the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. |

| |Press to confirm IP configuration. |

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| |Select DNS Configuration and enter Primary and Alternate DNS Server |

| |if available. |

| |Press to confirm DNS configuration. |

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| |Select Custom DNS suffix |

| |Enter the Fully Qualified Hostname (FQH) of the ESX Server, |

| |e. g. AGFAESX1.impax.local. |

| |Press to confirm DNS configuration. |

| |[pic] |

| |Press to leave the network configuration window. |

| |Select to save the changes and Restart the management network. |

8 Enable Secure Shell and console access

| |Select Troubleshooting options. |

| |Enable ESXi shell |

| |Enable SSH |

| |Restart Management Agents |

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|[pic] |Watch the status on the right, when pressing on the selected entry the status will change from enable to disable. |

VMware vSphere Client Installation

|[pic] |vSphere client is used for communication with ESX(i) host or vCenter and must be installed on remote, workstation, laptop, |

| |physical system etc. |

| |When you install the vSphere Client you have two options: |

| |Installation from installation CD. |

| |Download and installation from ESX server. |

| |Both options are described in the following sections. |

1 Installation from CD/ISO

| |Insert the VCenter VMware-VIMsetup-all-5.X installation CD or ISO image. |

| |Choose vSphere Client. |

| |Follow the instructions of the VI Client installer while using the default settings. |

| |The VI Client icon will appear on your desktop. |

2 Download and Installation from ESXi Server

| |Verify that you can access the VMware ESX Server 5 Welcome page by opening a browser on your desktop and pointing to the URL |

| |of the ESX Server or Virtual Center. The Web page looks like the following figure: |

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| |[pic]’ |

| |Click Download the vSphere Client. |

| |Click to download the VI Client installer. |

| |Click to run the VI Client installer. |

| |Follow the instructions of the VI Client installer while using the default settings. |

| |Check that the VI Client icon will appear on your desktop. |

3 Overview of the Client Interface

| |Click the VI Client Icon on your desktop. |

| |Enter the hostname of your ESXi Server or vCenter (use either the short name, |

| |IP address or the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). |

| |Log in as user root. |

| |[pic] |

| |The VI Client is divided into three main items: |

| |The global settings at the top. |

| |The host and virtual machine information on the left. |

| |The host configuration and global information settings at the centre. |

| |Using the tabs at the centre of the VI Client (Summary/Virtual Machines/ ...) lets you perform the steps for an entire |

| |configuration of ESX Server: |

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| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Whenever you are working with the VI Client, please observe the status bar in the lower part of the screen that displays the |

| |progress of currently running tasks: |

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Basic ESX5i Configuration

1 System configuration Hardware

1 Storage

|[pic] |Always make sure to refresh the Datastore storage list before modifying anything. |

2 Storage for Impax SS

| |Select Configuration |

| |Select Storage |

| |Rename the initial datastore1 to VM_datastore_DB by double click on the Identification name. |

|[pic] |Following steps will add the LUNS to ESX(i) that were created on the controller. Depending on the disc size and LUN creation |

| |order the LUN ID within the ESX(i) can be different. |

| |Select Add Storage |

| |Select Disc/LUN |

| |Select LUN 1 (disc from R5 volumes) approx 150GB size and click |

| |Select File System Version VMFS5 and click |

| |Enter datastore name: VM_DB_Backup |

| |(Represents the location containing both backup DB) |

| |In the Capacity window, Select Next “Max available space will be used” |

| |Click Next and Finish |

| |Select Add Storage |

| |Select Disc/LUN |

| |Select LUN 2-3-4 (disc from R5 volumes) approx 1,95TB size or remaining size and click |

| |Select File System Version VMFS5 and click |

| |Enter datastore name: VM_Cache_01: |

| |(Represents the location containing file cache) |

| |In the Capacity window, Select Next “Max available space will be used” |

| |Click Next and Finish |

| |Continue step 1-7 again for all remaining caches |

| |VM_Cache_02: (Represents the location containing Cache volumes) |

| |VM_Cache_03: (Represents the location containing Cache volumes) |

| |[pic] |

4 Storage for Heartstation SS

|[pic] |Make sure to refresh the Datastore storage list before modifying anything. |

| |For Heartstation SS all VM, DB and ECG will be located on the same datastore. |

| |Select Configuration |

| |Select Storage |

| |Rename the initial datastore1 to VM_datastore_DB by double click on the Identification name. |

|[pic] |Following steps will add the LUNS to ESX(i) that were created on the controller. Depending on the disc size and LUN creation |

| |order the LUN ID within the ESX(i) can be different. |

| |Select Add Storage |

| |Select Disc/LUN |

| |Select LUN 1 (disc from R1 volumes) approx 150GB size |

| |Select Next |

| |Enter datastore name: VM_DB_Backup |

| |(Represents the location containing both backup DB) |

| |Change Max File Size to 8MB |

| |Click Next and Finish |

| |Select Add Storage |

| |Select Disc/LUN |

| |Select LUN 2 (disc from remaining R1 volume) approx 770GB size or remaining size |

| |Select Next |

| |Enter datastore name: VM_ECG_Cache |

| |(Represents the location containing file cache) |

| |Change Max File Size to 8MB |

| |Click Next and Finish |

5 Storage for General Vmware Consolidation

|[pic] |The base install for Vmware consolidation will increase. More and more local disc solutions will be installed on the ESXi in |

| |combination with large direct attached storage solutions. |

| |How to configure these remains the same as the SS and AIO above. |

| |Dedicated Datastore for VM, when larger configurations even a dedicated datastore wil exist for DB. To finish with datastores |

| |for backup and cache solutions. |

2 Networking Adaptors

|[pic] |Write down all available network cards and what vmnic is assigned to which physical network adaptor. This data is required to |

| |create nic redundancy further in the document. |

| |In some consolidation platform only 2 nics are available, if more nics are available they must be added to the same vSwitch0 |

| |configuration explained in section 6.1.1.6. |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Verify that all adaptors always provide the 1000 Full link speed. |

| |General VMware advice to have the vmnic configuration set to Autonegotiate. |

3 Networking

| |Select Networking |

| |Open the properties of vSwitch0 |

| |Select vSwitch0 – Properties |

| |Select Network adaptors tab |

| |Add network adaptors – select all vmnic from the Unclaimed Adapters list. |

| |and click . |

| |Leave both adaptors active and click |

| |click |

| |Select Ports tab |

| |Select vSwitch and edit |

| |Leave General – Security and Traffic Shaping default |

| |Select NIC Teaming tab and make sure that following settings are set: |

| |Load Balancing: Route based on the originating virtual port ID |

| |Network Failover Detection: Link Status Only |

| |Notify Switches: YES |

| |Failback: YES |

| |Close the vSwitch properties |

| |Change the Virtual Machine Network and edit |

| |Change Network Label to Production |

| |Close the vSwitch0 properties |

| |vSwitch0 properties should now look like this: (vmnics can have x depending on the link status) |

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4 Power Management

|[pic] |Power management features have changed a lot since vSphere5, new VMware guidelines are existing to introduce more power |

| |reduction and utilize the new Turbo features within the CPU. |

| |Wrong settings can influence response time and performance. |

| |IIBU rules remain to keep the settings on high performance mode. Bios settings have changed to allow VMware to control the CPU|

| |states. |

| |Select Power management - Properties |

| |Select High Performance Policy and click |

| |Select Refresh |

| |* These settings in Vmware are only available when the correct BIOS updates are done. |

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2 System configuration Software

1 Licensed Features

|[pic] |Verify the current license set. In case the final ESXi configuration will be based on a vCenter cluster proceed to next step |

| |without changes. In case this ESXi installation will be used for single consolidation servers continue following steps: |

| |Select Edit |

| |Select Assign a new license key to this host |

| |Select enter Key and fill in the new key in the pop-up window. |

| |Close the key window and confirm the key functionality. |

2 Time configuration

|[pic] |It is recommended to align the Time Configuration with the hospital NTP server for accurate timing in both ESX and VM, this |

| |can only be done onsite but general time should be configured correct before installing VM’s. |

| |If the displayed time is RED means that the time on the ESX server is not in line with the vSphere (vi client). Select |

| |Properties and update time manually. |

| |Select the Time Configuration properties |

| |Check “NTP Client Enabled” |

| |Select Options |

| |Select NTP settings |

| |Add NTP servers (preferable IP) and click |

| |Select General |

| |In the Startup policy tab select “Start and Stop with host” and start the service command |

| |Select “ Restart NTP service to apply changes” |

3 DNS and Routing

| |Select Properties |

| |Check if the correct Host Identification information is entered |

| |Insert available DNS servers |

| |Add available domain lookup |

| |Open Routing tab |

| |Add default gateway VMkernel (Service Console and VMkernel for ESX) |

|[pic] |If only one LAN is available then both gateways are the same. In case multiple vlans are available for HA redundancy the |

| |gateway of the VMkernel can be different to the gateway from the Management Network (Service Console). |

4 Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown

|[pic] |This function is only valid for VMware Consolidation platforms (NO HA). This function will auto start the VM’s automatically |

| |after ESX(i) failure or reboot. |

| |Select properties (upper right location) |

| |Check “Allow virtual machines to startup with the system” |

| |Select each VM and move the VM to top with the Move up button into the automatic startup part. |

| |Select priority and possible delay depending on application type. |

5 Security Profile

|[pic] |This Option allow changes to the firewall, for now there are no modifications required until further field feedback. |

6 Advanced Settings

|[pic] |Finetuning the ESXi SW with following settings (must be done on each ESXi host) |

| |Remove default shell warning |

| |Central log file location |

| |Select Advanced settings |

| |Select Syslog – global |

| |Insert following info in the Syslog.global.logDir: [VM_datastore]/log or VM_datastore_DB depending on solution to be |

| |installed. |

| |Check Syslog.global.logDirUnique |

| |[pic] |

| | |

| |Select UserVars |

| |Change value from 0 to 1 for UserVars.SuppressShellWarning |

| |Select OK to save changes |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Following Advanced setting is ONLY required when a large amount of VMDK are attached to the ESXi server. The default setting |

| |“80” allows a total of 20TB VMDK space, “120” allows 30TB, “160” allows 40TB, etc to a max of 256. This setting increases the |

| |VMkernel memory usage so this adaption must be taken with care. Setting requires reboot to activate. |

| |Select Advanced settings |

| |Select VMFS3 |

| |Change VMFS3.MaxHeapSizeMB to the value explained above. |

| |Select OK to save changes |

| |[pic] |

Virtual Machine Creation and Configuration

1 Creating VM: CM1

| |Open the VI Client and right click on the host in the left lower tab. |

| |Click New Virtual Machine. A wizard will open. |

| |Select custom and click . |

| |Enter a name for the VM: CM1 |

| |Click . |

| |Select Datastore for the virtual machine (VM_Datastore_DBS) and click . |

| |Select Virtual Machine Version: 8 and click . |

| |Select Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, standard Edition (32bit) for CM 2.2 and click . |

| |Select Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32bit) for for CM 2.3 and click . |

| |Enter the Number of Virtual Sockets: 1 Select Number of cores per virtual socket: 2 and Click . |

| |Set memory Configuration: 3GB and Click . (4GB from Impax 6.5 on) |

| |Configure Network NIC1: Production, change the adaptor type to “VMXNET3” and Click . |

| |[pic] |

| |In the SCSI Controller window change the controller to VMware Paravirtual and Click . |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Disc size is version depending: |

| |Select 45GB for CM OS disc versions 2.2 and older. Select 55GB for 2.3 and higher |

| |Select 50GB for CM DB |

| |Select 50GB for CM DB backup (backup size to be network mapped from the 3rd VM from Impax 6.5 on) |

| |Click on Create a new Virtual Disc and then . |

| |Enter Disc size = xx GB |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk |

| |Select Store with the virtual machine and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Right click Virtual Machine CM1 and edit settings |

| |Click “Add” button |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = 50 GB and select Store with the virtual machine and click . |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Click “Add” button (optional from Impax 6.5 see updated Backup VM specifications) |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = 50 GB and select Specify a datastore and click . |

| |Select datastore: VM_DB_Backup and click . |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |An example how the CM1 VM settings will look like: |

| |[pic] |

| |Hard disc 1 is the main C drive |

| |Hard disc 2-3 are for the E drive database and backup |

| |Select Video card and modify the total Video Ram to 32MB |

| |[pic] |

| |In the tab Resources: |

| |Select Memory and set the reservation to 50% of the available VM memory. |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Following steps only need to be done on Intel based solutions (ML350G6) and for the IMPAX AIO or dedicated Curator |

| |In the tab Resources: |

| |Select Advanced CPU Set Hyperthreading Core Sharing Mode to None. |

| |Click to leave the Edit settings |

2 Creating VM: AIO1

| |Open the VI Client and right click on the host in the left lower tab. |

| |Click New Virtual Machine. A wizard will open. |

| |Select custom and click |

| |Enter a name for the VM: AIO1 and click . |

| |Select Datastore for the virtual machine (VM_Datastore_DBS and click . |

| |Select Virtual Machine Version: 8 and click . |

| |Select Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, standard Edition (32bit) for PACS 6.4 and click . |

| |Select Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32bit) for PACS 6.5 and click . |

| |Enter the Number of Virtual Sockets: 1 Select Number of cores per virtual socket: 2 and Click . |

| |Set memory Configuration: 3GB and Click . (4GB from Impax 6.5 on) |

| |Configure Network NIC1: Production, change the adaptor type to “VMXNET3” and Click . |

| |[pic] |

| |In the SCSI Controller window change the controller to VMware Paravirtual and click . |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Disc size is version depending: |

| |Select 85GB for PACS OS disc for versions 6.4 and older. Select 66GB for 6.5 and higher. |

| |Select 74GB for PACS DB drive for 6.4 and older. Select 30GB for 6.5 and higher. |

| |Select 74GB for PACS DB backup for 6.4 and older. Select 90GB for 6.5 and higher. (Backup lun to be network mapped from Backup|

| |VM from impax 6.5 on) |

| |Select total space -5GB for each cache volume for any version. |

| |Click on Create a new Virtual Disc and then . |

| |Enter Disc size = xx GB and select Store with the virtual machine |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Right click Virtual Machine AIO1 and edit settings |

| |Click “Add” button |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = xx GB and select Store with the virtual machine |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| | |

| |Click “Add” button |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = xx GB/TB and select Specify a datastore and click . |

| |Select datastore: VM_Cache_0X and click . |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Do this for every cache available |

| |Click “Add” button (optional from Impax 6.5 see updated Backup VM specifications) |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = xx GB and select Specify a datastore and click . |

| |Select datastore: VM_DB_Backup and click . |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |An example how the AIO VM settings will look like: (hard disc amount is depending on disc space) |

| |[pic] |

| | |

| |Hard disc 1 is the main C drive and optional small drives for logs/iis etc |

| |Hard disc 2 is the E drive database |

| |Hard disc 3-5 are the cache luns for image cache and curator cache |

| |Select Video card and modify the total Video Ram to 32MB |

| |[pic] |

| |In the tab Resources: |

| |Select Memory and set the reservation to 50% of the available VM memory. |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Following steps only need to be done on Intel based solutions (ML350G6) |

| |In the tab Resources: |

| |Select Advanced CPU Set Hyperthreading Core Sharing Mode to None. |

| |Click to leave the Edit settings |

4 Creating VM: HS1

| |Open the VI Client and right click on the host in the left lower tab. |

| |Click New Virtual Machine. A wizard will open. |

| |Select custom and click . |

| |Enter a name for the VM: HS1 and click . |

| |Select Datastore for the virtual machine (VM_Datastore_DB) and click . |

| |Select Virtual Machine Version: 8 and click . |

| |Select Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32bit) click . |

| |Enter the Number of Virtual Sockets: 1 Select Number of cores per virtual socket: 2 and Click . |

| |Set memory Configuration: 4GB and Click . |

| |Configure Network NIC1: Production, change the adaptor type to “VMXNET3” and Click . |

| |[pic] |

| |In the SCSI Controller window change the controller to VMware Paravirtual and click . |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Disc size is version depending: |

| |Select 40GB for HS OS disc |

| |Select 50GB for scrub and oracle |

| |Select 50GB for HS DB |

| |Click on Create a new Virtual Disc and then . |

| |Enter Disc size = 40 GB and select Store with the virtual machine |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Right click Virtual Machine HS1 and edit settings |

| |Click “Add” button |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = 50 GB and select Store with the virtual machine |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Right click Virtual Machine HS1 and edit settings |

| |Click “Add” button |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = 50 GB and select Store with the virtual machine |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Click “Add” button |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = xx GB/TB and select Specify a datastore and click . |

| |Select datastore: VM_ECG_Cache and click . |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |An example how the HS1 VM settings will look like: |

| |[pic] |

| |Hard disc 1 is the main C drive |

| |Hard disc 2 is for scrub and |

| |Hard disc 3 is for the E drive database |

| |Hard disc 4 is the ECG cache |

| |Select Video card and modify the total Video Ram to 32MB |

| |[pic] |

| |In the tab Resources: |

| |Select Memory and set the reservation to 50% of the available VM memory = 2048GB. |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Following steps only need to be done on Intel based solutions (ML350G6) |

| |In the tab Resources: |

| |Select Advanced CPU Set Hyperthreading Core Sharing Mode to None. |

| |Click to leave the Edit settings |

5 Creating VM: Backup (only from Impax 6.5 and for HS)

| |Open the VI Client and right click on the host in the left lower tab. |

| |Click New Virtual Machine. A wizard will open. |

| |Select custom and click . |

| |Enter a name for the VM: Backup and click . |

| |Select Datastore for the virtual machine (VM_Datastore_DBS) and click . |

| |Select Virtual Machine Version: 8 and click . |

| |Select Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 (64bit) and click . |

| |Enter the Number of Virtual Sockets: 1 Select Number of cores per virtual socket: 1 and Click . |

| |Set memory Configuration: 2GB and Click . |

| |Configure Network NIC1: Production, change the adaptor type to “VMXNET3”. |

| |[pic] |

| |Click . |

| |In the SCSI Controller window change the controller to VMware Paravirtual. |

| |Click . |

| |[pic] |

|[pic] |Disc size is version depending: |

| |Select 25GB for Backup OS |

| |Select 145GB for CM DB backup – PACS DB Backup and Application server backup |

| |Click on Create a new Virtual Disc and then . |

| |Enter Disc size = xx GB and select Store with the virtual machine. |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

| |Click “Add” button |

| |Select Hard Disc and click . |

| |Select “Create a new Virtual Disc” and click . |

| |Enter Disc size = 145 GB and select Specify a datastore and click . |

| |Select datastore: VM_DB_Backup and click . |

| |Select Disk provisioning: Flat disk and click . |

| |Leave the SCSI dependency unchanged and click . |

| |Click . |

6 Update VM virtualization settings for all Win2008 OS

|[pic] |Following changes are depending on HW revision. |

| |HP G5 AMD – Intel series and older can’t change this settings |

| |HP G6 Intel series can only set “Use VT-X for instruction set and software for MMU” |

| |HP G7 and higher Intel can set “Use VT-X for instruction set and EPT for MMU” |

| |HP G6 – G7 and higher AMD can set “ Use AMD-V for instructions set and RVI for MMU” |

| |Right click VM. |

| |Select Options tab |

| |Select CPU / MMU virtualization |

| |Update according to guidelines above |

| |[pic] |

7 Install Operating System Windows 2003

|[pic] |If a new VM is intended to run in production with at least 2 vCPU the VM settings should be adapted from the start with the |

| |right settings, this to load the correct multi cpu OS drivers. |

| |Open the VI Client. |

| |Select the virtual machine which you want to install the OS in. |

| |Right-click the VM and click Power On. Wait for the task to finish. |

| |Before installing the OS you need to connect the media that contains the OS image. |

| |Click Virtual CDROM [pic] and select the proper media often provided on a CDROM drive or a directory of the vSphere client or |

| |provided on the VM_Datastore. |

| |Select Console. |

| |Click inside the VM’s console to give the window the mouse focus. |

| |Should you need to release the cursor again, press + . |

| |Click + + to reboot. |

| |During reboot press to get into the boot menu. |

| |Select CD-ROM Drive and press . |

| |Follow the installation steps in the same manner as for a physical machine. |

| |Press F6 during MS OS installation to load the special disc driver during install |

| |[pic] |

| | |

| |Press “S“ to specify additional scsi adaptors. |

| |Click Virtual FLOPPY [pic] select “connect to floppy image on datastore” |

| |[pic] |

| |Browse the VM_Datastore_X and select the appropriate floppy image depending on OS. |

| |[pic] |

| |Click floppy image depending on OS. |

| |[pic] |

| |Verify the MS OS paravirtual driver |

| |[pic] |

| |Continue OS installation |

| |When installation is done edit VM settings and set back the floppy device to client device |

|[pic] |If the special VMware Paravirtual driver is not loaded during installation the MS OS can’t find any disc to install. |

|[pic] |Initial reports have been provided that when installing the MS OS win2003 32bit after the initial base install (Setup is |

| |copying files) the system will remain on following screen: |

| |[pic] |

| |To continue the normal installation just reset the VM and remount the virtual CDROM. |

| |[pic] |

8 Install VMware Tools

|[pic] |After MS OS installation the drivers for Network and storage are not found, the installation of VMware tools is first step to |

| |do after OS install. |

| |[pic] |

| |Open the VI Client. |

| |Select the virtual machine which you want to install the OS in. |

| |Right-click the virtual machine and click Install VMware Tools. |

| |Wait for the task to finish. |

| |Click . |

| |Go to the console and follow the instructions to install the VMware Tools: Installation Type = Typically |

|[pic] |The virtual machine will reboot after the installation of VMware Tools. |

9 Update Screen settings and HW acceleration for Win2003

| |Right click desktop select properties. |

| |Select Screen Saver tab |

| |Update Screen saver to (None) |

| |Press Apply |

| |Select Settings tab |

| |Update Screen resolution to desired settings |

| |Select advanced button |

| |Select Troubleshoot tab |

| |Set Hardware acceleration to FULL |

| |Apply and close the display properties |

10 Install Operating System Win2008

|[pic] |If a new VM is intended to run in production with at least 2 vCPU the VM settings should be adapted from the start with the |

| |right settings, this to load the correct multi cpu OS drivers. |

| |Open the VI Client. |

| |Select the virtual machine which you want to install the OS in. |

| |Right-click the VM and click Power On. Wait for the task to finish. |

| |Before installing the OS you need to connect the media that contains the OS image. |

| |Click Virtual CDROM [pic] and select the proper media: This can be provided by: |

| |CD Drive connected through client device (local drive from VI client) |

| |ISO image located on client device (local folder from VI client) |

| |CD drive on the server |

| |ISO image located on a datastore (VMFS file system) |

| |Select Console. |

| |Click inside the VM’s console to give the window the mouse focus. |

| |Should you need to release the cursor again, press + . |

| |Click + + to reboot. |

| |During reboot press to get into the boot menu. |

| |Select CD-ROM Drive and press . |

| |Follow the installation steps in the same manner as for a physical machine. |

| |With win2008 disc drivers must be added after the initial language and OS version selection. |

| |When win2008 asks for the location to install select the load driver option |

| |[pic] [pic] |

| |Click Virtual FLOPPY [pic] select “connect to floppy image on datastore” |

| |[pic] |

| |Browse the VM_Datastore_DBS |

| |[pic] |

| |Click floppy image depending on OS. |

| |Select the Paravirtual Driver and click next. |

| |[pic] |

| |Windows will now provide a disc 0 Unallocated Space to continue installation |

| |When installation is done edit VM settings and set back the floppy and cdrom device to client device |

|[pic] |If the special VMware Paravirtual driver is not loaded during installation the MS OS can’t find any disc to install. |

11 Update Screen settings and HW acceleration for Win2008 32bit

| |Right click desktop select personalize. |

| |Select Display Settings |

| |Select advanced settings |

| |Select properties |

| |Select the driver tab and the Update Driver button |

| |Select “Browse my computer for driver software” |

| |Modify Location to c:\Program Files\Common Files\Vmware\Drivers\wddm_video\ |

| |Click next |

| |The system will install new drivers and request reboot of the OS. |

12 Update Screen settings and HW acceleration for Win2008 64bit

| |Right click desktop select screen resolution. |

| |Select Advanced settings |

| |Select properties |

| |Select Driver tab – Update Driver button |

| |Select “Browse my computer for driver software” |

| |Modify Location to c:\Program Files\Common Files\Vmware\Drivers\wddm_video\ |

| |Click next |

| |The system will install new drivers and request reboot of the OS |

14 Install VMware Tools

|[pic] |After MS OS installation the drivers for Network and storage are not found, the installation of VMware tools is first step to |

| |do after OS install. |

| |Open the VI Client. |

| |Select the virtual machine which you want to install the OS in. |

| |Right-click the virtual machine and click Install VMware Tools. |

| |Wait for the task to finish. |

| |Click . |

| |Go to the console and follow the instructions to install the VMware Tools: Installation Type = Typically |

| |The virtual machine will reboot after the installation of VMware Tools. |

ESX4i Configuration continued after VM creation.

1 System configuration Software

| |Navigate to the configuration tab, the default health status will be shown, some fields might have a remark, this can happen |

| |depending on the version and can be ignored, only red values should be taken care off. |

1 Virtual Machine Startup / Shutdown

|[pic] |This function is only valid for VMware platforms without HA. This function will auto start the VM’s automatically after ESX(i)|

| |failure or reboot. |

| |Select properties (upper right location) |

| |Check “Allow virtual machines to startup with the system” |

| |Select each VM and move the VM to top with the Move up button into the automatic startup part. |

| |[pic] |

Configure SAS DAT tape for AIO and CM DB backup on win2003 OS.

|[pic] |The SAS tape drive can only be assigned to 1 VM at the same time. The default installation of the Tape is attached to the AIO |

| |system where the dbs backup location from the CM can be shared into the AIO system to be able to take a backup of both |

| |solutions. |

| |Select the the AIO VM and edit settings |

| |Add SCSI device and Click . |

| |[pic] |

| |Select Tape – HP (virtual device node can be different without any issues.) |

| |[pic] |

| |Finish VM settings, new settings will now have additional scsi adaptor added. |

| |[pic] |

| |Boot VM OS and the new tape drive will be visible in the MS OS. |

| |[pic] |

| |Insert provided HP StorageWorks CD in vi-client drive and connect to the VM. |

| |[pic] |

| |Launch and complete driver installation. |

| |[pic] |

| |[pic] |

| |[pic] |

| | |

| |The main OS will now recognise the new HP tape solution and normal backup procedures from MS OS or SQL can be used for backup.|

| |[pic] |

Configure SAS DAT tape for AIO and CM DB backup on win2008 OS.

|[pic] |The SAS tape drive can only be assigned to 1 VM at the same time. The default installation of the Tape in the win2008 is |

|REQUIRED TIME: |attached to a dedicated VM. This because the win2008 has no longer natively backup SW within the OS. Therefore a 3th party |

|10 minutes |called HP Data protector Express will be installed within this dedicated VM. All DB related parts from AIO and CM (pacs dbs, |

| |pacs adam and cm dbs) will have backup through this dedicated backup VM. |

|[pic] |Dedicated install guide for the HP Data Protector Express SW can be found on Livelink Node ID: 34582700 |

|[pic] |The SAS tape drive can only be assigned to 1 VM at the same time. The default installation of the Tape is attached to the AIO |

| |system where the dbs backup location from the CM can be shared into the AIO system to be able to take a backup of both |

| |solutions. |

| |Select the Backup VM and edit settings |

| |Add SCSI device and Click . |

| |[pic] |

| |Select Tape – HP (virtual device node can be different without any issues.) |

| |[pic] |

| |Finish VM settings, new settings will now have additional scsi adaptor added. |

| |[pic] |

| |Boot VM OS and the new tape drive will be visible in the MS OS. |

| |[pic] |

| |Insert provided HP StorageWorks CD in vi-client drive and connect to the VM. |

| |[pic] |

| |Launch and complete driver installation. |

| |[pic] |

| |[pic] |

| |[pic] |

| | |

| |The main OS will now recognise the new HP tape solution and normal backup procedures from MS OS or SQL can be used for backup.|

| |[pic] |

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