Deployment workflow for converting vCenter server instances to VCF management domains with Fibre Channel datastores
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Convert an existing vSphere 8 cluster with NetApp ONTAP Fibre Channel (FC) datastores to a VMware Cloud Foundation management domain. You'll review configuration requirements, deploy ONTAP tools and provision FC datastores, and use the VCF Import Tool to validate and convert the cluster.
For an overview of the conversion process, refer to the VMware documentation: Convert a vSphere environment to a management domain or Import a vSphere environment as a VI workload domain in VMware Cloud Foundation.
Review the key requirements for converting vCenter server instances to VCF management domains using FC datastores.
Deploy ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere and provision a FC datastore.
Use the VCF Import Tool to validate and convert the vSphere 8 cluster to the VCF management domain.