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Contents Preface vii Intended audience vii Productversion vii What'snew vii Related documents ix Getting help ix Comments x Chapter1:HCPAnywheresystem overview 1 AboutHCP Anywhere 2 ManagementConsole 2 Systemcomponentsand architecture 2 Systemavailability and failover management 5 Monitoring HCP Anywhere 5 Chapter2:Sitepreparation 7 ESXi hostrequirements 8 VMwareproductrequirements 8 Virtual machinerequirements 9 Storagerequirements 9 Supported VMwarefeatures 11 Unsupported VMwarefeatures 11 Network requirements 11 Network connection information 12 User authentication requirements 20 Timesourcerequirements 21 Systemavailability recommendations 21 Contents iii DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem Chapter3:Creatingandconfiguringthevirtualmachines 23 Information you need 24 Resourcesyou need 25 Step 1: Log into vSphereWeb Client 25 Step 2: Conditionally, add ESXi hosts 26 Step 3: Specify timesettingsfor theESXi hosts 26 Step 4: Createthedatastores 28 Step 5: Configurethenetworks 30 Step 5a: Conditionally, configurethefront-end network 30 Step 5b: Createtheback-end network 32 Step 6: Createthevirtual machines 34 Step 6a: Unpack thevirtual machineimagefile 34 Step 6b: Deploy theOVFtemplate 34 Step 7: Conditionally, reconfigureeach virtual machine 37 Step 7a: ReconfigureCPUand memory 38 Step 7b: Conditionally, add hard disks 39 Step 7c: Conditionally, reconfigurehard disks 41 Step 7d: Configuretheother virtual machine 42 Step 8: Startthevirtual machines 43 Chapter4:InstallingandconfiguringtheHCP Anywheresoftware 45 Information you need 46 Configuring network settingsfor each HCP Anywherenode 46 Step 1: Log in for thenetwork configuration 47 Step 2: Configurefront-end network settings 49 Step 3: Configureback-end network settings 51 Step 4: Apply thechanges 52 Step 5: Configurenetwork settingsfor theother node 52 Installing theHCP Anywheresoftware 52 Performing theHCP Anywheresoftwareinstallation 53 Step 1: Log in for theinstallation 53 Step 2: ConfiguretheHCP Anywheresystem 55 Step 3: Verify thesystemconfiguration 62 Step 4: Executetheinstallation 62 Verifying theHCP Anywhereinstallation 63 Logging into theManagementConsole 66 After installing thesoftware 67 AppendixA:AddingESXihosts 69 Information you need 70 Adding thehosts 70 iv Contents DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem AppendixB:Forms 73 Virtual MachineCreation Information 74 HCP AnywhereSoftwareInstallation Information 75 Glossary 77 Index 83 Contents v DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem vi Contents DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem Preface Thisbookisthesetup guidefor Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere(HCP Anywhere)VM systems.It providesall theinformation you need todeploy a virtualized HCPAnywheresystem in your VMwarevSphere® environment. Note: This book does notexplain how toconfigure Hi-Track Monitor to monitor the nodes inthe HCPAnywhere system. For thatinformation, see InstallinganHCPAnywhere System —Final On-site Setup. Intended audience Thisbookisintended for thepeopleresponsiblefor deploying an HCP AnywhereVM system at acustomer site.It assumesyou haveexperience with computer networking,creating virtual machines,familiaritywith VMwareproductsand concepts,and abasicunderstanding of HCP Anywheresystems. Product version Thisbookappliestorelease2.0 of HCPAnywhere. Important: Tobe installedinvirtual machines, the HCP Anywhere software mustbe atrelease 1.2or later. Earlier versions are notsupportedandnot knowntowork invirtual machines. What's new Thissection describesthenewfeatures,product enhancements,and other changesfor thisversion of thedocument. Preface vii DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem What'snew Support foraccessing networksharesfromHCPAnywhere Administratorscan nowuseHCPAnywheretogrant usersaccesstonetwork shareson CIFS serversin their organization'snetwork.Userscan workwith thecontentsof thesesharesfrom theUser Portal and from their mobile devices. AdministratorsusetheManagement ConsoletomakeCIFS serversand sharesknown tothe HCP Anywheresystem.For information on doing this, seetheHCP Anywhere AdministratorHelp. For information on thenetworkconnectionsnecessarytosupport this feature,see"Network connectioninformation" on page 12. VM systemsizing recommendations Thisbookhasbeen updated toincludeinfrastructuresizing recommendationsfor creating HCP AnywhereVM systemsthat support anywherefrom 1 to50,000 users.Previously,sizing recommendationswere provided onlyfor systemssupporting 5,000 or 20,000 users. For moreinformation,see"Storage requirements" on page 9 and "Virtual machine requirements" on page 9. VM environment requirements Thevirtualization infrastructurerequirementsfor HCPAnywherehavebeen revised. For information,see"Chapter2: Site preparation" on page 7. Support forVMwareDRS and vMotion HCPAnywhereVM systemsnowsupport theVMwareDistributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)and vMotion features. Support fornewHDI devicetypes In release2.0,HCPAnywherecan nowconfigureand monitor HDI Single Nodeand virtual machinedevices. Administratorscan alsousethe Management Consoletoadd support for newdevicetypes,asnecessary. For information on managing HDI devices,seetheHCP Anywhere AdministratorHelp. viii Preface DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem Relateddocuments Related documents Thesedocumentscontain information about HCPAnywhere: • HCP Anywhere AdministratorHelp—Thisset of help topicscontains theinstructionsyou need tousetheHCPAnywhereManagement Consoletoconfigureand monitor an HCPAnywheresystem and its hardware.Thisset of help topicsalsoincludesinstructionson administering thefilesynchronization and sharing and HDI device management features. Thisset of help topicsisaccessiblefrom theHCP AnywhereManagement Console. • HCP Anywhere UserHelp—Thisset of help topicsexplainshowtouse HCPAnywherefor filestorageand synchronization.Thesetopicsdiscuss thefilesynchronization interfacesthat HCPAnywhereprovides,which includedesktop and mobileapplicationsand aweb application called the User Portal. Thisset of help topicsisaccessiblefrom theHCPAnywhereUser Portal. • InstallinganHCP Anywhere System–FinalOn-site Setup—This bookcontainsinstructionsfor deploying an assembled and configured physical HCPAnywheresystem at acustomer site.It explainshowto makethenecessaryphysical connectionsand reconfigurethesystem for thecustomer computing environment.It alsocontainsinstructionsfor configuring Hi-Track®Monitor tomonitor an HCPAnywheresystem. • Third-party Copyrights andLicenses —Thisbookcontainscopyright and licenseinformation for third-partysoftwaredistributed with or embedded in theHCPAnywhereoperating system,coresoftware,and filesynchronization and sharing applications. Getting help TheHitachi DataSystemscustomer support staff isavailable24 hoursa day,seven daysaweek.If you need technical support,log on totheHitachi DataSystemsPortal for contact information:https://portal.hds.com. Preface ix DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem Comments Comments Pleasesend usyour commentson thisdocument: [email protected] Includethedocument title,number,and product version number,and refer tospecificsectionsand paragraphswhenever possible.All comments becomethepropertyof Hitachi DataSystems. Thank you! x Preface DeployinganHCPAnywhereVMSystem