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HP 3PAR Solutions Software for vSphere User Manual

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Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................................4

Related Documentation..............................................................................................................4
Typographical Conventions........................................................................................................4
Advisories................................................................................................................................4

2 Overview and Features...............................................................................5

About VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI).............................................................5
About HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.0.............................................5

Hardware Assisted Locking (ATS)...........................................................................................6
Full Copy (XCOPY)...............................................................................................................6
Block Zeroing (WRITE-SAME).................................................................................................6

Package Contents.....................................................................................................................6
System Requirements.................................................................................................................7

Supported InForm OS Versions and Features............................................................................7

Special Considerations..............................................................................................................7

3 Installation and Deinstallation.......................................................................8

Installing HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in Software for VMware vSphere 5.0.................................................8

Before You Begin.................................................................................................................8
Installing the Plug-in Using VMware Update Manager (VUM)....................................................8

Import the HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in Software Package.............................................................8
Install HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in Software Package on the ESXi Host...........................................9

Installing the Plug-in Software Using the VMware vSphere CLI for ESXi Hosts................................9
Verifying the Installation......................................................................................................10

Using the VMware vSphere CLI for ESXi hosts...................................................................10

Deinstalling HP 3PAR VAAI Plug-in 2.2.0 Software for VMware vSphere 5.0...................................10

Deinstalling the Plug-in Software Using the vSphere CLI on ESXi Hosts.......................................10

4 Troubleshooting........................................................................................11

Run Time Error Messages.........................................................................................................11

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