Hpe Nimble Virtual Array Download

Hello,

I work for a HPE partner in Germany.

Some weeks ago I was on a HPE Nimble Event.

We got introduced to the System, its features, to InfoSight and the Virtual Array software was mentioned and that we could get it through Infosight.

So I applied for an account, got it granted and looked into the docs as I was interested in the array integrations with snapshots, VMware and so on and wanted to gain real experience before introducing it to customers.

Then I looked for the Virtual Array software, but could not find it.

I asked my local contacts in Germany, but did not get an answer at all.

Well...

This week I opened a call though InfoSight and asked for access to the software.

It as denied:

"""Unfortunately, I can't grant access to the virtual array to anybody other than HPE employees."""

Instead I should go to a site named "surveymonkey" and ask for access to a remote lab.

Well ... that web page is awwful! It uses the same painfull "dimmed text on white background" that I see in other areas.

And it uses useless "hoover-over" effects which are confusing and distracting!

Then I am supposed to fill in an endless page with lots of data in the hope to get granted a 24-hour slot (do they REALLY beleive I would try it 24 hours???) on a crowded system.

OK, so no more in-depth working with Nimble.

Have a nice day and Good-Bye!

An update - the virtual array reboots whenever I try to do anything that causes IO - deploying a VM template, copying files, etc. The system seems to issue a boot command while the system is already up and running which leads to a complete reset. See attached.

Hpe Nimble Virtual Array Download

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Where can I download nimble virtual storage appliance 5.0.4.0? I want to test it in a virtualized environment, but I don't have HPE partner account. Can you give me a download link? Thank you! personal info erased

I recently had the opportunity to test drive Virtual Volumes on Nimble Storage. This was my first time ever touching a Nimble Storage array, and if I had to summarize the experience in one word it would be simplicity. The array setup, vVols configuration, and eventually management of my vVols was extremely simple, highly available, and had some pretty differentiating functionality.

The purpose of this post is not to identify every configuration step and design consideration but I did want to share some of my takeaways with using vVols on Nimble Storage. As always for detailed information on the setup and configuration of any storage array I refer you to the respective vendor documentation. Product information for Nimble can be found at infosight.nimblestorage.com

For starters, all Nimble arrays from the earliest production adaptive flash models to their newer all-flash models are capable of supporting vVols as of NimbleOS 3. There is a GUI-driven registration of the VASA provider, auto-creation of protocol endpoints, and a simple folder creation wizard that makes storage container provisioning a breeze.

Availability is another theme that runs through the Nimble vVols offering. From the near six-nines availability of the vendor provider running directly on array hardware, to built-in protection policies via SPBM, deferred volume deletion, and options for business continuance using array based replication, availability is paramount. Yes Nimble is currently offering array based replication functionality when managed in Nimble OS. More on this later.

Like most vendor vVols implementations, Nimble vVols are tuned through SPBM to be an exact fit for the application that will run within them. Simple policies allow you to configure block size, compression, deduplication, flash usage policy, encryption, and data protection on a per-vVol basis. One of the interesting things with Nimble is how they provide application policies pre-configured for commonly used applications. Since Nimble is a block storage array providing storage over iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols and not a NAS, I guess it goes without saying that there is no NFS support for vVols on Nimble.

Nimble has made the design choice of running the VASA provider directly on the Nimble array itself, rather than relying on an external virtual appliance to host the provider. Nimble arrays are highly available in an active/standby configuration and have demonstrated uptime as measured across thousands of arrays at over 8,100 customers to be 99.9997% available. As the VASA provider runs directly on the array, it is also highly available thanks to the availability of the underlying platform. Should the active controller in the Nimble array fail for some reason, the standby controller will take over and continue to provide data services without any resulting loss in performance. This holds true for the VASA provider as well, making the provider as highly available as the arrays themselves.

Nimble arrays support bidirectional replication between arrays that have been designated as replication partners. Downstream replicas can be used for recovery of VMware vVols in a couple of different ways.

The second means of recovery could be quite useful in a business continuance situation. The downstream vVols replica can be brought online, imported into any Nimble folder on the destination array, and presented to any vCenter instance with which the downstream array has a VASA provider registered. Today, this is a Nimble support driven activity.

Overall my experience with vVols on the Nimble storage array very positive. In addition to being simple to setup and configure I found the day to day management to be really straight forward. Behind the simple interface there are complex operations being handled for you i.e. creation of Protocol Endpoints, mapping of capability profiles to VM storage policies, and the seamless offloading of data services to the array. Lastly, Nimble is the first storage vendor to provide array based replication managed in Nimble OS. I want to extend a huge thanks to Julian Cates for showing me just how simple vVols on Nimble Storage really is.

I have a Nimble iSCSI array with 2 data IP addresses and 1 discovery IP on the same subnet. My XenServer hosts all have 2 NICs that I am using for iSCSI and I have created 2 iSCSI networks with 2 IP addresses on the same subnet as my Nimble data addresses. I am able to connect fine to the storage, however I only have one path from each host. I have used the discovery IP of the Nimble to connect to, however I need to get the XenServer hosts to use each of the 2 NICs to connect (giving me 2 connections per host to the storage). How do I configure this? I have enabled multipathing on the XenServer hosts but am unsure how to 'bind' the 2 iSCSI addreses to the iSCSI initiator (I am used to working with VMware so am assuming there is a similiar process on XenServer)

Veeam works hard to reduce backup windows and any performance impact on production workloads, while keeping the system completely simple and useable. This is where the Nimble Secondary Flash array can play a big part in helping speed up those backups, the ability to leverage this data for virtual labs and the ability to run multiple Instant VM Recovery functions at once.

SureBackup / SureReplica: SureBackup provides a fully automated process that allows you to verify the recoverability of a backup. Automatically start your VM(s) from the backup repository, directly from the compressed and deduped backup file, then it will check the heartbeat, run your custom scripts, and send a report. Everything is happening automatically, in an isolated virtual network environment. You can verify VM replicas with the SureBackup job known as SureReplica. Given the additional performance of the new Nimble Secondary Flash array, the time to perform this automated verification will be much faster.

Virtual Lab: The Virtual Lab feature within Veeam Backup & Replication allows businesses to leverage the investment made on the appliance storage to spin up isolated virtual environments that can be used to automate the verification of those backup files (SureBackup), but also giving the ability to run test and development VM workloads in an isolated network. The Virtual Lab does not require that you provision extra resources for it. You can deploy the Virtual Lab on any host in your virtual environment.

Per-VM backup file chains: By default, backup jobs write VM data to the backup repository in one write stream. Depending on the repository storage type, this may not lead to the most efficient and fastest way of getting that data to the backup target. Per-VM file chains allow for each VM to have its own chain. When writing per-VM to the repository, it means that there are multiple write streams. The Nimble Secondary Flash array can achieve much better performance from this configuration with multiple write streams and increase the write queue depth.

Align and Decompress: The Nimble Secondary Flash array uses a fixed block size for deduplication, Veeam aligns the VM data backup to a 4kb block size boundary. This allows for better deduplication on the array across all backup files. The Veeam backup proxy decompresses the backup data blocks before storing to the repository. This configuration allows for an uncompressed backup file to be sent to the target, meaning more efficient deduplication rates.

All of this, coupled with Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 and the addition of Nimble storage integration, reduces the impact on the VM environment by offloading application consistent snapshots down to the storage array, then presenting that snapshot directly to a Veeam backup proxy (Backup from Storage Snapshots). Take advantage of snapshot orchestration to a secondary Nimble array by performing the backup from the secondary Nimble array, which reduces production impact on both the VMware environment and production array (Backup from Secondary Storage Snapshot). ff782bc1db