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Running Command View EVA within a VM
Your ability to deploy Command View EVA within a VM may be impacted by the following:
EVA model
Command View EVA version being used
Availability of a host bus adapter (HBA) that can be dedicated to the VM
Table 1 compares the options for deploying Command View EVA in a VM.
Table 1. Comparing requirements for Virtualized SCSI and VMDirectPath modes
Minimum Command View EVA
software
EVA8400,
EVA6400,
EVA4400,
EVA4400-S
EVA4100,
EVA6100,
EVA8100,
EVA8400,
EVA6400,
EVA4400,
EVA4400-S
Command View EVAPerf support
Caveats for installing Command View EVA in a VM
If you are installing Command View EVA in a VM, take care where you deploy the VMware virtual
disk hosting the operating system on which you plan to install Command View EVA. If you were to
deploy this virtual disk on the same array that you intend to manage with the Command View EVA
instance, any issue that causes the EVA array to be inaccessible would also impact your ability to
identify this issue.
In general, when deploying Command View EVA in a VM, use a virtual disk on the vSphere host’s
local datastore, if available.
If you must deploy the Command View EVA VM on the SAN, then consider deploying two or more
instances on two or more storage systems to increase availability in the event of an array failure.
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