- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Linux
- Overview—deployment steps and options
- Preparation for deployment
- Download installation packages—Linux
- Deploying PowerFlex with SELinux
- Prepare server operating systems for support of large-scale systems (up to 2048 SDCs)
- Prepare the DAX devices
- Install and configure the PowerFlex Gateway
- Install PowerFlex Gateway on Linux
- Install PowerFlex Gateway on Windows
- Configure PowerFlex Gateway properties
- Advanced and optional PowerFlex Gateway tasks
- Install the PowerFlex Gateway without assigning an admin password
- Reset PowerFlex Gateway password
- Store Tomcat's keystore password in the lockbox
- PowerFlex Gateway installation with a custom Java configuration
- Install Java on SUSE 12 servers
- Certificate management for PowerFlex Gateway
- Using SSH authentication on the PowerFlex Gateway
- Preparation tasks for SLES, Oracle Linux and Ubuntu
- Prepare the CSV file
- Clean the PowerFlex VMware environment
- Deploying PowerFlex using a non-root user
- Configure the OpenStack Nova Compute service
- Deploy PowerFlex
- Installation wizard
- Customizable installation using CSV file—hyper-converged system
- Customizable installation using CSV file—two-layer system
- Log in and upload installation packages
- Upload the CSV file
- Start the customized installation
- Complete the customized installation—two-layer system backend
- Install SDC on frontend servers
- Install the PowerFlex presentation server
- SDC (scini) driver configuration for SELinux
- Add components to a PowerFlex system—Linux
- VMware ESXi
- Overview—deployment steps
- Preparation for deployment
- Deploy PowerFlex using the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in
- Manually deploy PowerFlex on ESXi servers
- Manual Deployment of VxFlex OS on ESXi Servers
- Deploying the PowerFlex storage virtual machine (SVM)
- Manually install PowerFlex components on the SVMs
- Register the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in
- Install SDC on an ESXi server using the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in
- Install the SDC on an ESXi-based server and connect it to PowerFlex using esxcli
- Manually remove a VIB file from an ESXi host
- Add components to a PowerFlex system—ESXi
- PowerFlex Installer REST API
- PowerFlex VASA
- Post-deployment tasks
Deploy Dell PowerFlex v3.6.x
Troubleshoot PowerFlex plug-in registration issues
You can use logs to assist in troubleshooting problems that may occur during registration of the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in.
Search for issues in the log files. To find relevant log entries, search for scaleio in the log file. You can also use the troubleshooting procedure to completely remove and clean-up the PowerFlex plug-in files, and then reregister the PowerFlex plug-in. In PowerFlex plug-in downgrade scenarios, complete removal and clean-up procedures, followed by vCenter restart, are mandatory.
The vSphere web client (Virgo) logs are located in the following directories:
| vCenter | Operating system | Path to file |
|---|---|---|
| 6.x | Windows | C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\vsphere-client\logs |
| Linux | /var/log/vmware/vsphere-client/logs |
Other relevant logs:
| vCenter | Operating system | Path to file |
|---|---|---|
| 6.x | Windows | Plug-in logs and other files:
C:\Users\vspherewebclientsvc\AppData\Roaming\VMware\scaleio Plug-in location: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\cfg\vsphere-client\vc-packages\vsphere-client-serenity |
| Linux | Plug-in logs and other files:
/etc/vmware/vsphere-client/vc-packages/scaleio Plug-in location: /etc/vmware/vsphere-client/vc-packages/vsphere-client-serenity |
For more information about log collection, refer to PowerFlex Log Collection Technical Notes
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