Deploying an HCP VM System on ESXi

Version: 9.6.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-94HCP010-08
Published: 2023-07-11

HCP system overview
Introduction to Hitachi Content Platform
HCP VM system architecture and components
HCP VM architecture
HCP VM system components
Host platform
Compute
Storage
HCP network connectivity
Front-end network
Back-end network
Management port network
Storage network
Dedicated database volume
Hardware monitoring and alerting
HCP software
HCP upgrades
HCP VM node failover (vCenter and vSphere HA)
Storage licensing
Configuration guidelines for the HCP VM environment
Supported VMware versions
Supported VMware functionality
HCP VM hardware requirements
HCP VM system limits
HCP VM availability considerations
Configuring the HCP VM environment
ESXi considerations
Enabling NTP for the ESXi hosts
Configuring a vSphere HA cluster for HCP VM
Provisioning HCP VM storage
Adding VMFS datastores to a vSphere HA cluster
About NFS datastores
Creating an NFS datastore
Configuring networking
Configuring networking for front-end switching
Configuring networking for back-end switching
(Optional) Configuring networking for management port switching
Creating the HCP VM system
Unpacking and uploading the ISO zip file
Creating and configuring the new virtual machine
Creating the virtual machine
Configure the network adapters
Delete the ISO image connection
Installing the Appliance Operating System
Installing the HCP software
Step 1: Identify the nodes in the HCP system
Step 2: Configure the HCP system
Step 3: Run the HCP installation
Step 4: Verify the HCP software installation
Setting additional configuration options
Monitoring and alerting
Software monitoring
HCP VM resource monitoring
HCP VM diagnostic menu
Maintenance procedures
Adding logical volumes
Moving storage node databases to optimal volumes
Deleting databases from older database volumes
Adding HCP VM nodes
Recovering storage nodes (and preserving storage volumes)
Configuring HCP monitoring with Hitachi Remote Ops
Enabling SNMP in HCP
Configuring Hitachi Remote Ops
Step 1: Log in to Hitachi Remote Ops
Step 2: Set the base configuration
Step 3: (Conditional) Configure transport agents
Step 4: Identify the HCP system
Changing the HCP VM network adapters
About network adapters
Disabling LRO on the ESXi host for VMXNET3
Changing the HCP VM network adapter
Step 1: Power off the HCP VM
Step 2: Remove the previous network adapters
Step 3: Configure the front-end network adapters
Step 4: Configure the back-end network adapters
Step 5: Power on the HCP VM
Modifying the DRS settings
Configuring the HCP VM small instance
Managing failover

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