Storage Provider for VMAX

Question

I'm setting up the trial vApp and have a root login to the Vipr console. I've added a Storage provider but the connection fails. When setting up the Storage Provider, I tried both the host name and the IP of the solutions enabler host but no luck getting the storage system added.

So a couple of basic questions.

1. Is the default installation of solutions enabler on a linux host with gate keepers assigned and VMAX discovered with symcfg enough to serve as a storage provider host? If not, how do I make the solutions enabler host into a storage provider.

2. In the "Add Storage Provider" form in the vipr controller there is a required user name and password. Is this a linux OS account with priviliges sufficient to run SE commands? If so, is it possible to have vipr use this account in conjunction with sudo?

Velik1 · Accepted Answer

default is not enough
1. you have to download SMI-S + Solutions Enabler bundle, version 7.6.2 for ViPR 2.0. , and install it
2. you need to map gatekeepers if VMAX
3. you have to use TestSmisProvider executable (/opt/emc/ECIM/ECOM/bin I believe, start it, accept all defaults) and use "addsys" functionality to add VMAX/VNX systems to it. You can use "dv" to list systems.
In Add Storage Provider panel - you add IP for the host where SMIS is deployed and started up, and default user/pwd for SMI-S (unless it was changed post-installation).
All arrays your SMI-S sees should be discovered in ViPR
consult documents at ViPR 2.0 Product Documentation Index

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Storage Provider for VMAX

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