VMware vCenter clusters prerequisites in NetApp Disaster Recovery

05/12/2026 Contributors

Before using NetApp Disaster Recovery, ensure your environment meets the VMware vCenter cluster requirements.

General prerequisites

These prerequisites apply to both on-premises vCenter clusters and to VMware Cloud for AWS software-defined data center (SDDC).

Review vCenter privileges required for NetApp Disaster Recovery.
All VMware clusters that you want NetApp Disaster Recovery to manage use ONTAP volumes to host any VMs that you want to protect.
All VMware datastores to be managed by NetApp Disaster Recovery must use one of the following protocols:
- NFS
- VMFS using the iSCSI or FC protocol
VMware vSphere version 7.0 Update 3 (7.0v3) or later

VMware Cloud SDDC prerequisites

If you are using VMware Cloud SDDC, these additional prerequisites apply:

In the VMware Cloud Console, use the service roles of Administrator and NSX Cloud Administrator. Also use the organization owner for the Organization role. Refer to Using VMware Cloud Foundations with AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP documentation.
Link the VMware Cloud SDDC with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP instance. Refer to VMware Cloud on AWS integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP deployment information.