Hpe storevirtual vsa software installation and startup service. Of life announcement of the hpe storevirtual vsa software recently. License keys are assigned to individual storage systems. Not stockable by the channel, must order as drop ship and have single enduser quantities represented on the order. Hewlett packard enterprise provides flexible deployment options to fit any requirement, including vsa software, bare metal storage arrays and hyperconverged. Hp storevirtual is the most versatile storage platform on the market today. Includes 3 years of software support for each license. This service includes installation of hpe storevirtual vsa software and deployment.
Hpe storeonce vsa delivers a high efficiency hpe storeonce deduplication and replication backup target as a virtual appliance. Hp storevirtual vsa software data sheet us english hp storage. Hp storevirtual vsa software eltu electronic vsa software product entitlement installable on either vmware vsphere or microsoft hyperv up to 10 tb capacity licensed per virtual storage appliance vsa includes 3 yr of software support for each license note. Vmware itself offers such product vmware vsan, but today i would like to write about one of the competitors hpe store virtual vsa. The hp storevirtual vsa software vsa is a virtual storage appliance that provides complete array functionality for vmware infrastructure or microsoft hyperv without external array hardware. Hp storevirtual vsa, based on the lefthand os, helps customers gain the benefits of a fullyfeatured array without dedicated external storage. 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. The software can be run using the embedded evaluation license for up to 60 days from installation.
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 storevirtual vsa software, based on the lefthand operating system, helps customers gain the benefits of a fully featured array without dedicated external storage. Its ideal for evaluating the benefits before purchasing the licensed version of the platform. Storevirtual vsa software defined storage solutions hpe. Storevirtual vsa storage software comes with part number such as d4u01a and entitlement order number. Including software updates and comprehensive support enhances the performance and availability of your software. Deploying hp storevirtual vsa on hyperv 2012 r2 cluster. This takes you to the download page where the storeonce vsa software can be downloaded.
You then send hpe a feature key mac address for appliance activation and ge. One license key is issued per storage system, and it licenses all the included features. Jan 31, 2016 sometimes on the other hand we can easily use one of the software defined storages that are available on the market. Built on proven data services technology, hpe storevirtual vsa delivers softwaredefined storage by virtualizing up.
Hp 250 series hc storevirtual storage product usage and special features and will be available to answer questions, as appropriate. The customer must have applied for and obtained the required licensing. Solved true cost of ownership thoughts on hp vsa spiceworks. We have a couple of storevirtual vsa 2014 in production and every time we need support its very hard to open a case. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software 3year and 5year term licenses can now be converted to noterm licenses. Go to the licensing portal if you have ordered edelivery software products, the electronic delivery receipt includes a direct link to the licensing portal with the entitlement order number. 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.
Hpe storevirtual vsa end of life announcement realdolmen. Hpe storevirtual storage ensures that organisations can optimise the benefits of server virtualisation with costeffective high availability and disaster recovery. This feature moves data blocks to highperformance or costoptimized storage automatically, based on application needs, for. Hp storevirtual vsa turns hypervisor attached storage into virtual iscsi storage to bring computer and storage resources closer. Hp helps softwaredefined storage customers maximize server. Hp storevirtual vsa 2014 software 10tb 500 pack 3year stock ltu. By virtualizing the internal disk capacity of the server running.
Server supported to run hyper v, vsphere or kvm microsoft windows server 2019, 2016, 2012 r2 supported by storevirtual os 12. 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. Hp storevirtual vsa is licensed by instance and capacity. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 for network functions virtualization systems ltu. Hp software license manager licensing website for real time delivery of software passwords, codewords and related licensing information. For software skus, this date is less relevant as inventory availability only depends on commercial availability of the licenses. Installable on vsphere, microsoft hyperv or linux kvm. 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. Enterpriseclass storage software functionality and leading virtualization software integration are builtin. 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. In reality the hpe storevirtual gui is very intuitive and more importantly allows for quick deployment operations as well go through. Hewlett packard enterprise provides flexible deployment options to fit any requirement, including vsa software, bare metal storage arrays and hyperconverged systems. This trial allows you to evaluate the full version of hpe storeonce vsa for 60 days. Hp storevirtual vsa 2014 software upgrade 10tb to 50tb 5year eltu d4u15aae.
This orientation session will be completed on the same day of the installation and will specifically cover a. Vsa licence help hewlett packard enterprise community. Lets see how to install hpe storevirtual vsa on vsphere. Hpe storevirtual vsa software is a virtual storage appliance vsa that provides complete array functionality for vmware infrastructure or microsoft hyperv without external array hardware.
Firstly hp storevirtual vsa works great it is two vsa storage systems and one failover manager fom providing high availability and automatic failover. Contact your local hewlett packard enterprise sales representative to discuss purchase options and timelines. Hpe storeonce systems with hpe storeonce catalyst provide a single, highperformance backup architecture that spans the entire enterprise. Includes 3 yr of software support for each license. If you have storevirtual vsa 2014 license, there was a 5 year option available that included 5 years of support. How to register storevirtual vsa software in hpe support.
Hp storevirtual vsa transforms your servers internal or direct attached. Hp storevirtual vsapowered by the proven hp lefthand operating system and introducing new adaptive optimization capabilitiesis the industrys first scaleout softwaredefined storage solution to offer data tiering. Hpe storevirtual vsa software hewlett packard enterprise. The hpe storevirtual vsa eliminates the need for external shared storage required to implement. Hpe storeonce virtual storage appliance 60day evaluation. Licensing for enterprise license agreement ela customers is a unique process tailored to each customer. A couple of things about hpe storevirtual vsa licensing. This is a 10x increase on previous generation storeonce vsa enabling not just more capcity but more performance, more streams, more replication sources and more stores. Requires 2ghz proc, 3gb ram, 1 virtual network ta688bae hp storevirtual vsa software. The last version that works with the old vsa is 12. There is no need to wait for the current term to near expiration. As of 07 august 2017, the 3year and 5year term licenses are designated as end of life eol. No results hpe store us hewlett packard enterprise.
I have worked with hp store virtual vsa on several projects and i must say it really do. License keys enable all features of the hpe storevirtual vsa, including storage clustering, applicationmanaged snapshots and remote. Its hardwareagnostic and hypervisorindependent, with support for vmware vsphere, microsoft hyperv and linux kvm. 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. Storevirtual vsa delivers software defined storage by virtualizing up to 50tb of disk capacity per server running vmware vsphere, microsoft hyper v or linux kvm. Hp storevirtual vsa software hewlett packard enterprise. The new offer, announced last november 20, and it is available with 10 models of proliant and includes a 1tb free entitlement license. Theres also a new no term license that has 5 years support. 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. The hpe vsa is t he first software defined virtual storage appliance to support all major industrystandard servers and multiple hypervisors and has a proven 6year track record with. Runs on all hp proliant or thirdparty servers and cclass server blades certified with vmware vsphere or microsoft hyperv. Hpe storevirtual storage registering and licensing. The ssd drives must be installed in bays 8, 9, and 10 located on the far right of the front panel. License keys can be added to storage systems either when they are in the available systems pool or after they are in a management group.
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. Hpstorevirtualstorageuserguide abstract thisguideprovidesinstructionsforconfiguringindividualstoragesystems,aswellasforcreatingstorageclusters,volumes. Hpe storevirtual is a leader in virtual softwaredefined storage. Hp is offering a free a 1terabyte tb hp storevirtual virtual storage. Aug 15, 2016 the current storevirtual 4000 and software defined vsa family is a typical scaleout platform by implementing networkraid 10 across multiple minimum 2, up to 16 storage nodes. All of the information looked exactly the same, however you could not rehost hp storevirtual licenses. You can reduce the amount of backup data you need to store by 95% and choose between powerful dedicated appliances for larger offices and data centers, and flexible virtual appliances for smaller and remote. 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. 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.
Hpe storevirtual vsa software installation and startup service data. Some hpe storevirtual vsa licenses and upgrade licenses come with a three or five year term license. The iscsibased, scaleout storage platform is easy to manage and change meeting ongoing business demands without creating it bottlenecks or application downtime. How to register storevirtual vsa software in hpe s.
Software defined backup storage of up to 500 tb with hpe storeonce vsa. Its software defined storage vsa software, and proliant rack and bladesystembased hardware models provide options to fit any infrastructure and budget. Hp gives away free 1tb vsa with new hp proliant gen 9 purchases. Hp brought software defined storage as a bundle with storevirtual vsa virtual storage appliance with every purchase of new proliant gen8 server. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software convert 3year and 5. Hp storevirtual vsa 2014 software upgrade 10tb to 50tb 5year stock ltu.
So not to confuse things with todays containers but think of vsa as a container and storevirtual os runs within the vsa container. In an earlier post, i covered the latest enhancements announced for our softwaredefined data protection solu. The software virtualizes the individual storage resources it controls and creates flexible pools of shared storage capacity that handle unpredictable workloads. One is storevirtual vsa storevirtual vsa virtualizes and pools the inexpensive local server disks so they can be shared. Hp p4500 virtualization san and multisite san, each include. Take advantage of the free 1tb storeonce vsa option. Hpe storevirtual vsa software requires a vsphere, hyperv or kvm licensed server with the following. Storevirtual vsa software defined storage solutions hpe europe. With hp storevirtual vsa, you can amplify your existing server virtualization investments by using internal and directattached disks for shared storage purposes. The new sv3200 storage nodes hold by default 2 controllers in 1 system, like an msa, but with lefthand os running on it. From the same download page, there is also a link to download the license key entitlement certificate.
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