Dell POWERVAULT MD3620I - Manual (Page 4)

MD vCenter Plug-In Features ................................................................................................................................. 29
Summary View ........................................................................................................................................................29
Organizing Storage Arrays ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Using Asset Tags .................................................................................................................................................... 30
Assigning Asset Tags And Values ....................................................................................................................31
Managing Asset Tags .............................................................................................................................................32
MD vCenter Plug-In Security ..................................................................................................................................32
Accepting And Installing The Trusted SSL Certificate .....................................................................................33
Microsoft Enhanced Browser Security ............................................................................................................36
Configuring Storage Arrays .................................................................................................................................... 38
Discovering Storage Arrays ................................................................................................................................... 39
Adding Storage Arrays To The vCenter Plug-In Manager View ............................................................................ 40
Removing Storage Arrays From The vCenter Plug-In Manager View ....................................................................41
Editing Storage Array Properties ............................................................................................................................42
Changing The vCenter Plug-In Password ........................................................................................................ 43
Resolving A Password Mismatch Between The MD Storage Array And The vCenter Plug-In .......................43
Storage Array Configuration Backup ..................................................................................................................... 43
Enabling Automatic Save Configuration Backups ........................................................................................... 44
Initiating A Manual Save Configuration ........................................................................................................... 44
Formatting Virtual Disks ..........................................................................................................................................45
Decision-Making Schemes .....................................................................................................................................46
Using The Predictive Scheme To Make Virtual Disk Decisions .......................................................................46
Using The Adaptive Scheme To Make Virtual Disk Decisions .........................................................................46
Creating A Disk Group ............................................................................................................................................ 47
Creating Virtual Disks ............................................................................................................................................. 48
Creating A Standard Virtual Disk ......................................................................................................................48
Creating A Thin Provisioned Virtual Disk ......................................................................................................... 49
Mapping A Virtual Disk ........................................................................................................................................... 51
Datastores View ..................................................................................................................................................... 52
Snapshots Premium Feature ...................................................................................................................................53
Legacy-Based Snapshots ................................................................................................................................ 53
Creating A Legacy Snapshot Of A Base Virtual Disk ....................................................................................... 53
Disabling A Legacy Snapshot .......................................................................................................................... 54
Re-Creating a Legacy Snapshot .......................................................................................................................54
Deleting A Legacy Snapshot ............................................................................................................................54
Point-In-Time Snapshots ........................................................................................................................................ 54
Creating A PiT-Based Snapshot Image ............................................................................................................55
Creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk ..................................................................................................................... 56
Creating A Virtual Disk Copy ...................................................................................................................................56
Creating A New Virtual Disk Copy ....................................................................................................................57
Changing Virtual Disk Copy Parameters .......................................................................................................... 58
Remote Replication .................................................................................................................................................59