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1、FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance Setup Guide v1.0Cormac HoganProduct Support Engineering January 2009FalconStor provide a very easy method for deploying their NSS Virtual Appliance (VA). The download is in the form of an ISO image which contains an installation script. When this script is run, the s
2、cript prompts you for a datastore on which to place the VA. Once the script completes, you will have a Virtual Machine called FalconStor-NSSVA.More information and eval copies of the NSS VA can be found at http:/.Requirements: 2 IP addresses (static or DHCP allocated) 2 vCPUs 1GB Memory 3GB of disk
3、space for the OS Additional disk space for LUN presentation and snapshots FalconStor IPStor Management ConsoleThis guide is split into 5 parts: Part 1:Configuring the FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance Part 2:Configuring the ESX to use FalconStor NSS VA Storage Part 3:Configure Replciation on the NSS
4、VAs. Part 4:Install the FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter Part 5: Configure the SRA & Test SRM FunctionalityPart 1: Configuring the NSS VASection 1: Configure the NSS VA networkOnce the NSS VA is deployed, open a console session. Login as root (the default password is IPStor101). This should au
5、tomatically launch the setup menu. If not, at the command line, run the command vaconfig. This will launch the setup menu.Here you can setup hostname, time zone, root password, network configuration, gateway, DNS & NTP. Once complete, tab to finish and hit enter.Section 2: Configure the NSS VA stora
6、geOur next step is to configure the NSS VA with additional storage so that can be used for LUN presentation by the appliance. This is quite straight forward as all we have to do is assign additional virtual disks to the appliance.In this example I have created two additional virtual disks. Later on,
7、 we will see that one of these is used by the NSS VA to present a LUN and the other disk is used for holding my snapshots. Of course, I could have added a single virtual disk and used it to manage both the LUN presentation and snapshot holding area.One thing that you will notice here is that there i
8、s a new SCSI controller. The virtual disks that we wish the appliance to use as storage entities must be placed on a different controller. This is easily achieved by giving the new virtual disks a target id of 1 rather than 0. This will automatically create a new (LSI Logic) SCSI controller. However
9、 the appliance must be powered off in order to do this configuration. Do the same for both the primary and secondary NSS VAs.Section 3: Configure the NSS VA iSCSI targetIn order to configure the iSCSI target on the NSS VA, we need to use the FalconStor IPStor Console. Once installed, this can be use
10、d to manage multiple virtual appliances. Here is the main screen of the console after installation:Step 1: Right click on the IPStor Servers icon and select Add to add individual IPStor Servers. Alternatively, right click on the IPStor Servers icon and select Discover to discover all IPStor servers
11、on a particular subnet:Add:Discover:Step 2: In this example, I have successfully discovered two NSS VAs. The first is on my primary/protected site; the second is on my target, recovery site. You will need to authenticate against each NSS VA in order for it to expand its properties as shown below:Ste
12、p 3: Now I need to ensure that one of the devices that I added as an additional virtual disk to this appliance are configured for use as a LUN that can be presented to the outside world. To do that, I must first assign this new storage for use as a LUN which can be presented to the outside world. Ty
13、pically, once you authenticate against the NSS VA via the IPStor Console, you will receive a pop-up window stating that a LUN is ready for use. Note that these storage configuration steps are only necessary on the primary/protected site these steps are not necessary on the target/recovery site.Notic
14、e that the category is currently Unassigned. The first thing we must do is to click on the Prepare Disk button.If you do not see the disk that you just added to the NSS VA, you should be able to rescan the adapter to pick up the new disk. On the IPStor Console under Physical Adapters right click on
15、SCSI Adapter.0 and perform a rescan. This should rescan the scsi bus of the VM and pick up the new storage you have added.Step 4: Change Device Category from Unassigned to Reserved for Virtual Device.Click OK, and at the next prompt type the word YES in upper case to confirm the action. Click OK. The device is now assigned to the category Reserved for Virtual Device.Step 5: Next, click on the Create SAN Resource button. Alternatively, for future reference, navigate to Logical Resources, then SAN Resources, right click and select New. Either of thes
