A
minor update to the 8.3.1 build recipe, partly because there is an 8.3.2 version
of the VSIM available which I really should be using, partly because I’m … ahem
… on holiday (I’ve not shipped my lab machine with me on the plane), but mostly
because of Bushmr’s awesome comment to the previous recipe - thank you so much
Bushmr!
Note:
This is in VMware Workstation 12.
Part 1) Up to Completing Node Setup
1.1) Download and deploy the OVA (vsim-netapp-DOT8.3.2-cm.ova)
- this is very simple to do!
Image:
Deploying the OVA
1.2) Add additional Virtual Network Adapters as required.
1.3) Power on the virtual machine
1.4) When it says -
Hit
[Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt
- press any other key
1.5) Run the following commands from VLOADER>
setenv
bootarg.vm.no_poweroff_on_halt false
setenv
SYS_SERIAL_NUM XXXXXXX-XX-X
setenv bootarg.nvram.sysid XXXXXXXXXX
setenv bootarg.sim.vdevinit
31:14:0,31:14:1,31:14:2,31:14:3
setenv bootarg.vm.sim.vdevinit
31:14:0,31:14:1,31:14:2,31:14:3
printenv
bootarg.vm.no_poweroff_on_halt
printenv SYS_SERIAL_NUM
printenv bootarg.nvram.sysid
printenv bootarg.sim.vdevinit
printenv bootarg.vm.sim.vdevinit
boot
Note on serial
number/sysid:
Replace
XXXXXXX-XX-X and XXXXXXXXXX with the serial number you want to give your SIM. You
will need license keys for that serial. If you only intend to have one SIM,
don’t bother changing the Serial Number and Sysid. The 8.3.2 SIM serial numbers
are below:
4082368511
(Original ESX build)
4082368507
(Original VM Workstation/Player/Fusion build)
4034389062
(Second node in a cluster)
And
if you’ve been recording all the serial numbers and license keys for all the
cDOT Simulators ever released with V2 licenses codes, then by now you’ll have a
lot of different sets of serial number and - serial-number-linked - feature
license keys.
Note on vdevinit:
The
simulator as standard has 2 shelves of 14 x 1 GB disks (28 GB total). The
vdevinit environment variables allow the simulator be initialized differently.
The entries above initialize the SIM with 4 shelves of 14 x 4 GB (type 31)
disks (224 GB total.) There is a 9 GB (type 36) disk - which would allow up to
504 GB total - and you can use this no problem, you will likely at some point need
to resize Hard Disk 4 on the SIM though (which is only 230.7 GB).
{See
the Appendix below for different types of VSIM disks}
1.6) When it says -
*
Press Ctrl-C for Boot Menu *
- press Ctrl-C
1.7) In the Boot Menu, select -
(4) Clean configuration and
initialize all disks
- and follow the prompts with y, to kick
off the wipeconfig request:
Zero
disks, reset config and install a new file system? y
This
will erase all the data on the disks, are you sure? y
Wait
for the wipeconfig request to complete
1.8)
Welcome to node setup...
Type
yes to confirm (AutoSupport) and continue {yes}: yes
Enter
the node management interface port [e0c]:
Enter
the node management interface IP address: X.X.X.X
Enter
the node management interface netmask: X.X.X.X
Enter
the node management interface default gateway: X.X.X.X
Note:
Replace X.X.X.X as required.
1.9) Login as admin (initially there is no password):
login:
admin
Part 2) Pre-Cluster Setup Enabling SSH (PuTTY) Access
Since
it’s a pain doing stuff via the console (no copy and paste), we enable SSH
access to our pre-cluster setup node.
::> security login password
Please
enter your current password:
Enter
a new password:
Enter
it again:
::> security login create
-vserver Default -user-or-group-name admin -application ssh -authmethod
password -role admin
Then use an SSH client to access the
node management IP
Part 3) Assigning Disks, Making the Root Vol and Root Aggregate
bigger, Halt and VM Snapshot
Note:
The following assumes we’re using the 4 GB (type 31) disks.
The
root vol on a VSIM is small - the standard VSIM with 1 GB disks, has a root
aggr of ~1 GB and the root vol is 95% of this size - and can fill up with logs and take the node
offline. So, we do the following:
1)
Assign all disks
2)
Add two more disks to aggr0
3)
Verify no snapshot schedule on aggr0
4)
Delete any aggregate snapshots on aggr0
5)
Make sure aggr0 has 0% snapshot space
6)
Resize vol0 to ~75% of aggr0’s size
::> node run local
> disk assign all
> aggr add aggr0 2
> snap sched -A aggr0 0 0 0
> snap delete -a -A aggr0
> aggr options aggr0
percent_snapshot_space 0
> df -A -m
> vol size vol0 8100m
> exit
::> rows 0
::> disk show -container-type
aggregate
::> disk show -container-type
spare
::> aggr show
You should have 56 disks - 5 in aggr0
and 51 spares, and an aggr0 of size 10.55 GB and 75% used (by vol0).
Finally, halt the node and take a
snapshot of this nice pre-Cluster setup build.
::> system node halt local
Appendix: Different Types of VSIM Disk
Type Vendor ID Product ID Usable Size[B] Actual Size[B] Zero
BPS RPM
0 NETAPP__
VD-16MB_________
16,777,216 38,273,024 No
512 10000
1 NETAPP__
VD-35MB_________
35,913,728 57,409,536 No
512 10000
2 NETAPP__
VD-50MB_________
52,428,800 73,924,608 No
512 10000
3 NETAPP__
VD-100MB________
104,857,600 126,353,408 No
512 10000
4 NETAPP__
VD-500MB________
524,288,000 545,783,808 No
512 10000
5 NETAPP__
VD-1000MB_______ 1,048,576,000 1,070,071,808 No
512 10000
6 NETAPP__
VD-16MB-FZ______
16,777,216 38,273,024 Yes
512 15000
7 NETAPP__
VD-35MB-FZ______
35,913,728 57,409,536 Yes
512 15000
8 NETAPP__
VD-50MB-FZ______
52,428,800 73,924,608
Yes 512 15000
9 NETAPP__
VD-100MB-FZ_____
104,857,600 126,353,408 Yes
512 15000
10 NETAPP__
VD-500MB-FZ_____
524,288,000 545,783,808 Yes
512 15000
11 NETAPP__
VD-1000MB-FZ____
1,048,576,000 1,070,071,808 Yes
512 15000
12 NETAPP__
VD-16MB-520_____
16,777,216 38,273,024 No
520 10000
13 NETAPP__
VD-35MB-520_____
35,913,728 57,409,536 No
520 10000
14 NETAPP__
VD-50MB-520_____
52,428,800 73,924,608 No
520 10000
15 NETAPP__
VD-100MB-520____
104,857,600 126,353,408 No
520 10000
16 NETAPP__
VD-500MB-520____
524,288,000 545,783,808 No
520 10000
17 NETAPP__
VD-1000MB-520___
1,048,576,000 1,070,071,808 No
520 10000
18 NETAPP__
VD-16MB-FZ-520__
16,777,216 38,273,024 Yes
520 15000
19 NETAPP__
VD-35MB-FZ-520__
35,913,728 57,409,536 Yes
520 15000
20 NETAPP__
VD-50MB-FZ-520__
52,428,800 73,924,608 Yes
520 15000
21 NETAPP__
VD-100MB-FZ-520_ 104,857,600
126,353,408 Yes 520
15000
22 NETAPP__
VD-500MB-FZ-520_
524,288,000 545,783,808 Yes
520 15000
23 NETAPP__
VD-1000MB-FZ-520
1,048,576,000 1,070,071,808 Yes
520 15000
24 NETAPP__
VD-16MB-FZ-ATA__
16,777,216 51,388,416
Yes 512 7200
25 NETAPP__
VD-35MB-FZ-ATA__
36,700,160 73,801,728 Yes
512 7200
26 NETAPP__
VD-50MB-FZ-ATA__
52,428,800 91,496,448 Yes
512 7200
27 NETAPP__
VD-100MB-FZ-ATA_
104,857,600 150,478,848 Yes
512 7200
28 NETAPP__
VD-500MB-FZ-ATA_
524,288,000 622,338,048 Yes
512 7200
29 NETAPP__
VD-1000MB-FZ-ATA
1,048,576,000 1,212,162,048 Yes
512 7200
30 NETAPP__
VD-2000MB-FZ-520
2,097,512,000 2,119,007,808 Yes
520 15000
31 NETAPP__
VD-4000MB-FZ-520
4,194,304,000 4,215,799,808 Yes
520 15000
32 NETAPP__
VD-2000MB-FZ-ATA
2,097,512,000 2,391,810,048 Yes
512 7200
33 NETAPP__
VD-4000MB-FZ-ATA
4,194,304,000 4,751,106,048 Yes
512 7200
34 NETAPP__
VD-100MB-SS-512_
104,857,600 126,353,408 Yes
512 15000
35 NETAPP__
VD-500MB-SS-520_
524,288,000 545,783,808 Yes
520 15000
36 NETAPP__
VD-9000MB-FZ-520
9,437,184,000 9,458,679,808 Yes
520 15000
37 NETAPP__
VD-9000MB-FZ-ATA 9,437,184,000
10,649,346,048 Yes 512
7200
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