Install Nimble Storage Windows Toolkit on Windows 2016

Nimble Storage Windows Toolkit (NWT) installation package consists of the following components

  • VSS for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Hyper-V
  • iSCSI (Nimble Connection Service) and Fibre Channel connection management
  • Nimble Setup Manager (NSM) management – initial configuration wizard for Nimble Storage
  • PowerShell Module
  1. Download the Nimble Storage Windows Toolkit (NWT) 5.0 (Around 30MB) via https://infosight.hpe.com

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Ensure that the Nimble Storage is running on version 5.0 or above

  1. Install MPIO, change the ISCSI StartupType to Automatic and reboot the server
#Install Multipath
Add-WindowsFeature -Name Multipath-IO 

#Change ISCSI Services to Start Up Automatically 
Set-Service -name MSiSCSI -StartupType Automatic

#Reboot Computer
Restart-Computer
  1. Double Click Setup-NimbleNWT-x64.5.0.0.7991.exe to start the installation

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  1. Verify whether Critial Micorosft Hotfixes are installed

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  1. Uncheck the Nimble Setup Manager

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  1. The following ports will be opened in Windows Firewall (if enabled)

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  1. The following registry keys are added to optimize the MPIO

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  1. Reboot the server once the installation completed successfully

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  1. You can now use Nimble Connection Manager to manage the ISCSI configuration instead of the default Microsoft ISCSI Configuration

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