I want to configure our 3PAR to work with SCVMM so I can use rapid provisioning. I was wondering if anyone knew of the documentation on setting this up and how to configure SCVMM for this. I already have my 3PAR added to SCVMM storage under Arrays and I cna see all my logical disks.

I'm just not sure how to configure it so I can use rapid provisioning.

One of the things i'm not understand is I guess I can't use a file server library that has SAN access for SAN copy? This article makes me think that the library server HAS to be a hyper-v host for this to work: http://www.thecloudbuilderblog.com/blog/2013/2/26/san-based-rapid-provisioning-with-scvmm-2012-sp1-and-netapp.html

I got it working. What I did is presented a LUN to my SCVMM server and created a mount point (instead of drive letter) for the new volume inside of the SCVMM Library. Then I refreshed my 3PAR in SCVMM and refreshed the library. Now it says SAN Copy Capable.

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NOTE: I take it back. I go into it again and now it sans its not SAN Copy Capable. ARGH!

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EDIT: Can I only have one VHDX on an entire SAN LUN? When I have just one it says SAN Copy Capable. When there is more than one it changes to NO

• Marked as answer by Quadrantids Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:41 PM
• Unmarked as answer by Quadrantids Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:52 PM
• Edited by Quadrantids Wednesday, January 21, 2015 11:24 PM

I got it working. What I did is presented a LUN to my SCVMM server and created a mount point (instead of drive letter) for the new volume inside of the SCVMM Library. Then I refreshed my 3PAR in SCVMM and refreshed the library. Now it says SAN Copy Capable.

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NOTE: I take it back. I go into it again and now it sans its not SAN Copy Capable. ARGH!

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EDIT: Can I only have one VHDX on an entire SAN LUN? When I have just one it says SAN Copy Capable. When there is more than one it changes to NO

• Marked as answer by Quadrantids Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:41 PM
• Unmarked as answer by Quadrantids Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:52 PM
• Edited by Quadrantids Wednesday, January 21, 2015 11:24 PM

Hi Quadrantids,

"Can I only have one VHDX on an entire SAN LUN?"

Yes , you can .

Paul

That seems a little odd... doesn't it? So I need to create a LUN from the SAN for each master image I create?

>>So I need to create a LUN from the SAN for each master image I create?

Yes, For Rapid provisioning this is a restriction as snapshot is done at the LUN level and every thing on that LUN (mount point inside the library server share) will be available in a LUN snapshot/Clone that will be provisioned to host/cluster.