- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Additional Resources
- Introduction
- Import requirements and restrictions
- General requirements for importing data
- Dell EqualLogic PS Series specific requirements
- Dell Compellent SC Series specific requirements
- Dell Unity specific requirements
- Dell VNX2 Series specific requirements
- Dell XtremIO XI and X2 specific requirements
- Dell PowerMax and VMAX3 specific requirements
- NetApp AFF and A Series specific requirements
- General block-based import restrictions
- General file-based import restrictions
- Host plugin installation (block-based non-disruptive import only)
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Linux-based host
- Installing the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using the vSphere CLI
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using setup.pl script on VMA
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using VUM
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit during an ESXi-based host upgrade
- Uninstalling the host plugin for import
- Import workflows
- Non-disruptive import workflow
- Cutover workflow for non-disruptive import
- Cancel workflow for non-disruptive import
- Agentless import workflow
- Cutover workflow for agentless import
- Cancel workflow for agentless import
- File-based import workflow
- Cutover workflow for file-based import
- Cancel workflow for file-based import
- Configuring and managing import
- Configure a non-disruptive import
- Refresh hosts and volumes in a non-disruptive import
- Manage non-disruptive import sessions
- Configure an agentless import
- Manage agentless import sessions
- Configure a File Mobility Network for file-based import
- Configure the connection to a remote system for file-based import
- Configure file import interface
- Configure a file-based import
- Manage file-based import sessions
- Import-CLI (Linux)
- Additional tasks related to import for Linux-based hosts
- ImportKit-CLI (Windows)
- How to run the ImportKit CLI commands
- List supported arrays
- Host plugin log information
- Import kit version
- Restart import kit host plugin service
- Import volumes information
- Get Web server port information
- Install import kit certificate
- Re-generate the import kit certificate
- Set Web server port information
- Set host plugin logging debug log level
- Import-CLI (VMware)
- CLI for EQL MPIO
- Fault handling by PowerStore import
Dell PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using the vSphere CLI
Prerequisites
About this task
NOTE:To avoid application disruption, move the ESXi host out of the cluster before installing the host plugin. After installing the host plugin and rebooting, re-join the ESXi host with the cluster. Virtual machines should be moved out from the installing host and moved back after the install. Also, to avoid multiple reboots, the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit install can be planned and combined with any other operating system reboot task.
To install the supported Dell EqualLogic MEM kit (see the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs), do the following:
NOTE:To enable only MEM functionality, execute only steps 1, 2 and 6.
Steps
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Download the latest version of the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit and associated installation guide from the Dell EqualLogic support site
https://eqlsupport.dell.com.
After login, the kit and its associated installation guide can be found under downloads for VMware Integration.
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Run the install command.
For example,
#esxcli software vib install -–depot /var/tmp/dell-eql-mem-esx6-<latest version>.zip
The following message appears:Operation finished successfully. Reboot Required: true VIBs Installed: DellEMC_bootbank_dellemc-import-hostagent-provider_1.0-14112019.110359, DellEMC_bootbank_dellemc-import-satp_1.0-14112019.110359 VIBs Removed: VIBs Skipped:
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Stop hostd.
For example,
#/etc/init.d/hostd stop Terminating watchdog process with PID 67143 hostd stopped.
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Start hostd.
For example,
#/etc/init.d/hostd start
hostd started. -
Add import command rules.
For example,
#esxcli import equalRule add
After adding the SATP rules, they can be listed by running the list command. For example,#esxcli import equalRule list
DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP EQLOGIC 100E-00 user VMW_PSP_RR All EQL Arrays DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP DellEMC PowerStore user VMW_PSP_RR iops=1 All PowerStore Arrays -
Reboot the system.
NOTE:The system must be rebooted before the Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module with import becomes active.
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