The iscsibased, scaleout storage platform is easy to manage and change meeting ongoing business demands without creating it bottlenecks or application downtime. So thats where you were supposed to be migrating to. When the license expires, several features become disabled such as new. With a comprehensive feature set, the storevirtual vsa is optimized for virtual environments and is a flexible shared storage solution that scales as needed.
Hp p4500 virtualization san and multisite san, each include. Most virtualized server environments require shared storage for high availability, as well as application data, and storage solutions should be as highly available as the vms. Storevirtual vsa software defined storage solutions hpe europe. Purchase an entitlement certificate and use it to generate licenses from the hpe software for licensing site to exit the evaluation state and enable the capacity. License keys enable all features of the hpe storevirtual vsa, including storage clustering, applicationmanaged snapshots and remote. Add more storevirtual vsas or storage to a storevirtual vsa on the fly. When registering storage systems for advanced feature licenses, user must have users entitlement order number, found on users license entitlement certificate or in a physical storage systems hardware report under warranty information, and submit to the website the appropriate storage system feature keys to obtain the license keys. This orientation session will be completed on the same day of the installation and will specifically cover a.
Some hpe storevirtual vsa licenses and upgrade licenses come with a three or five year term license. Hpe storevirtual vsa software licenses hpe store us. Hpe storevirtual storage registering and licensing advanced. May 23, 2014 first of all an introduction to storevirtual vsa virtual storage appliance, which i will call vsa from now on. Now you can deliver the dedicated performance required for your. Hpe storevirtual vsa cluster configuration learnvmware. Built on proven data services technology, hpe storevirtual vsa delivers softwaredefined storage by virtualizing up. Storevirtual vsa software has new licensing options based on capacity levels 4tb, 10tb, 50tb easily upgrade 4tb and 10tb licenses on the fly for more capacity. Hpe storeonce vsa delivers a high efficiency hpe storeonce deduplication and replication backup target as a virtual appliance. Register and generate the license key at the hpe software for licensing. Hp storevirtual vsa includes threeyear hp software support, standard 9x5 business hours phone support software technical support and software product and documentation updates, and a 90day media replacementonly warranty. Based on hp proliant gen8 technology, new storevirtual models are now available. Software licensing terms some hpe storevirtual vsa licenses and upgrade licenses come with a three or five year term license. Mar 01, 2015 im not sure exactly when, but hp changed the licensing portal from poetic to a new portal named my hp licensing portal.
With hp storevirtual vsa, you can amplify your existing server virtualization investments by using internal and directattached disks for shared storage purposes. Hp adds sublun tiering, new licensing to hp storevirtual vsa. Aug 04, 2014 the hp storevirtual 4335 hybrid storage is built on a 1u hp storage server platform, housing ten drive bays, which are labeled in the software as 1 through 10. I have worked with hp store virtual vsa on several projects and i must say it really do. Evaluate all the hpe storeonce vsa features with trialware that enables up to 90 days usage. Adaptive optimization will work with pcie flash, ssd, sas and sata drives. Hp storevirtual vsa software data sheet us english hp storage. For software skus, this date is less relevant as inventory availability only depends on commercial availability of the licenses. Hp 250 series hc storevirtual storage product usage and special features and will be available to answer questions, as appropriate.
Buying additional 4000 g3s is only if you have an existing deployment you need to expand vs migrating to a 3200. Hp storevirtual is the most versatile storage platform on the market as it scales from softwaredefined storage vsa software to proliant rack and bladesystembased hardware models. Of life announcement of the hpe storevirtual vsa software recently. Hp brought software defined storage as a bundle with storevirtual vsa virtual storage appliance with every purchase of new proliant gen8 server. The software virtualizes the individual storage resources it controls and creates flexible pools of shared storage capacity that handle unpredictable workloads. The customer must have applied for and obtained the required licensing. Hpe storevirtual vsa software installation and startup service data. Hpstorevirtualstorageuserguide abstract thisguideprovidesinstructionsforconfiguringindividualstoragesystems,aswellasforcreatingstorageclusters,volumes. If you have storevirtual vsa 2014 license, there was a 5 year option available that included 5 years of support. Theres also a new no term license that has 5 years support. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software 3year and 5year term licenses can now be converted to noterm licenses. A couple of things about hpe storevirtual vsa licensing. Hpe storevirtual storage adding a license to a storevirtual vsa. Run hpe storeonce vsa on vmware vsphere and microsoft hyperv or both with a single console to manage vsas on both hypervisors.
Hp storevirtual is the most versatile storage platform on the market as it scales from software defined storage vsa software to proliant rack and bladesystembased hardware models. Hp helps softwaredefined storage customers maximize server. In addition to the 10terabyte tb standard license, the company now offers a 4tb license for small sites and a 50tb highcapacity license. Hp storevirtual vsa software, based on the lefthand operating system, helps customers gain the benefits of a fully featured array without dedicated external storage.
The first softwaredefined virtual storage appliance to support all major industrystandard servers and multiple hypervisors, hp storevirtual vsa has a proven 6year track record with. Term license for 3year or 5year with matching hp support. Storevirtual vsa software defined storage solutions hpe. At the end of the 3 year term, the license expires as well as the support. Instead they ported the code over to a slightly new design using arm processors and released the storevirtual 3200 which is like the msa and storevirtual had a baby together. Hpe storevirtual is a leader in virtual softwaredefined storage. Hewlett packard enterprise provides flexible deployment options to fit any requirement, including vsa software, bare metal storage arrays and hyperconverged systems. This service includes installation of hpe storevirtual vsa software and deployment. The hp storevirtual vsa software vsa is a virtual storage appliance that provides complete array functionality for vmware infrastructure or microsoft hyperv. Vmware itself offers such product vmware vsan, but today i would like to write about one of the competitors hpe store virtual vsa.
Including software updates and comprehensive support enhances the performance and availability of your software. Hpe storeonce virtual storage appliance 60day evaluation. Hp storevirtual is the most versatile storage platform on the market today. Allinclusive licensing lets you start small and support growth at all stages. Jan 31, 2016 sometimes on the other hand we can easily use one of the software defined storages that are available on the market. Product hpe storevirtual vsa license 10 tb capacity insight. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software convert 3year and 5. Hewlett packard enterprise provides flexible deployment options to fit any requirement, including vsa software, bare metal storage arrays and hyperconverged. Adaptive optimization will not be included for the new 4tb storevirtual vsa license. With hp storevirtual vsa software you can turn any microsoft or vmware virtualized servers internal andor directattached storage into a virtual san, without the expense of added. The gold standard hp has owned the left hand storage system since late 2008, and has made steady improvements since then.
Hpe storevirtual vsa software hewlett packard enterprise. Eol for the storevirtual vsa is 11012018 hewlett packard. Learn more at the official hewlett packard enterprise website. License keys enable all features of the hpe storevirtual vsa, including storage clustering, managed snapshots and remote copy. Mix and match the product models that best fit your infrastructure for management simplicity and feature consistency.
The 3 year term license on vsa consists of a term license for the vsa software and 3 years of technical support. Today i would like to show you how to actually configure a clustered system and create some volume to host our data. Enterpriseclass storage software functionality and leading virtualization software integration are builtin. Hyperv support is not currently supported with vsa version 4. During the podcast i asked a number of questions, one of which is the potential to use hp storevirtual vsa with hp io accelerator cards, with c7000 blades and local storage for vdi. Vsa licence help hewlett packard enterprise community. As of 07 august 2017, the 3year and 5year term licenses are designated as end of life eol. The vsa can run on either hyperv or vmware vsphere esxi. The product had already been officially supported on a vm. So not to confuse things with todays containers but think of vsa as a container and storevirtual os runs within the vsa container. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 for network functions virtualization systems ltu.
Hp storevirtual vsa turns hypervisor attached storage into virtual iscsi storage to bring computer and storage resources closer. Product bulletin, research hewlett packard enterprise servers, storage, networking, enterprise solutions and software. When the license expires, several features become disabled such as new volume creation, new snapshots and remote copies. Hp software license manager licensing website for real time delivery of software passwords, codewords and related licensing information. The last version that works with the old vsa is 12.
Includes 3 years of software support for each license. The new offer, announced last november 20, and it is available with 10 models of proliant and includes a 1tb free entitlement license. Its hardwareagnostic and hypervisorindependent, with support for vmware vsphere, microsoft hyperv and linux kvm. With hp storevirtual vsa software you can turn any microsoft or vmware virtualized servers internal andor directattached storage into a virtual san, without the expense of added storage hardware. Hp now offers multiple licensing options for hp storevirtual vsa, providing flexibility to support current workloads as well as future growth requirements. The biggest challenge i had was making the whole environment recover automatically with all vms powering on if power cycling or power cut, for example long power cut at the weekend and ups. Hpe storevirtual vsa software installation and startup service. The first software defined virtual storage appliance to support all major industrystandard servers and multiple hypervisors, hp storevirtual vsa has a proven 6year track record with. For developing converged compute and storage solutions in virtualized environments, hpe storevirtual vsa software delivers high performance shared storage on your choice of servers and ssd or hdd media. Software defined convergence hp storevirtual vsa storage server turn servers into fully featured, highly available arrays support any server certified for vmware vsphere or qualified microsoft hyperv convert existing directattached storage into storevirtual storage keep storage acquisition costs low by combining servers and storage. In previous article we have looked at the basic features of hpe storevirtual vsa as well as the installation to the vsphere environment.
Hpe storevirtual storage ensures that organisations can optimise the benefits of server virtualisation with costeffective high availability and disaster recovery. Firstly hp storevirtual vsa works great it is two vsa storage systems and one failover manager fom providing high availability and automatic failover. Its softwaredefined storage vsa software, and proliant rack and bladesystembased hardware models provide options to fit any infrastructure and budget. Hpe storevirtual vsa end of life announcement realdolmen. Once signedin it is possible to download the storevirtual vsa along with other components and flavours. Server supported to run hyper v, vsphere or kvm microsoft windows server 2019, 2016, 2012 r2 supported by storevirtual os 12.
Paravirtualized scsi drivers for lower cpu utilization and more performance on vmware vsphere. The ssd drives must be installed in bays 8, 9, and 10 located on the far right of the front panel. All of the information looked exactly the same, however you could not rehost hp storevirtual licenses. Before the current term expires, purchase a noterm hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software license and update the license key in the hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software. This trial allows you to evaluate the full version of hpe storeonce vsa for 60 days. Contact your local hewlett packard enterprise sales representative to discuss purchase options and timelines. Hpe storevirtual vsa software requires a vsphere, hyperv or kvm licensed server with the following. This article covers the vsa install on a vmware vsphere environment coupled with a centralized management console deployed on a windows box. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software 4tb 3 pack 3year ltu. Hewlett packard enterprise storevirtual vsa 2014 software 4tb 3. While running this appliance on a hypervisor by choice, you can use storage of local disks in your hypervisor machine to shared storage by creating a virtual disk and. Deploying hp storevirtual vsa on hyperv 2012 r2 cluster.