VSI USM Plug-in for VNX/VNXe - Download Available

The VSI Unified Storage Management Plug-in 4.1 supporting the VNX and VNXe platforms is now available.

VSI USM 4.1 has been posted on Powerlink:

http://powerlink.emc.com/km/appmanager/km/secureDesktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=servicesDownloadsTemplatePg&internalId=0b0140668056443c&_irrt=true&rnavid=0b01406680566610

Here is a brief description of what this VMware plug-in provides.

The EMC® VSI for VMware vSphere: Unified Storage Management feature can provision Network File System (NFS) datastores on NAS storage and Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastores and Raw Device Mapping (RDM) volumes on block storage, and perform array-based compression and array-based cloning of virtual machines in NFS datastores. The cloning functions include Full Clones (copies) and Fast Clones (snaps) of Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) files. VMware administrators can use the feature to manage NAS and block storage in VMware environments by using the existing vSphere Client user interface.

Updates to this release include:

1. VNX & VNXe platform support

2. Integrated DHSM interface setup support - vastly improved

3. Support for creating Thin LUNs on both VNX and CLARiiON block storage

4. Several bug fixes and improvements in the wizard screens

Looking forward to hearing your feedback on the utility of this management tool.

Thanks,