Learn about converging a vSphere environment with existing datastores to a VCF management domain
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Any supported vSphere environment can be made as part of a VCF private cloud environment. It can be converged to a VCF management domain or imported as a workload domain. This solution demonstrates how existing VMFS or NFS datastores in vSphere become principal storage when the cluster is converted to a VCF management domain.
Solution overview
This solution demonstrates how existing VMFS or NFS datastores in vSphere become principal storage when the cluster is converged to a VCF management domain.
This process benefits from the robustness and flexibility of ONTAP storage to ensure seamless data access and management. After a VCF management domain is established through the converge process, administrators can efficiently import additional vSphere environments, including those using both VMFS and NFS datastores, into the VCF ecosystem.
This integration not only enhances resource usage but also simplifies the management of private cloud infrastructure, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption to existing workloads.
Architecture overview
The architecture of ONTAP tools integrates seamlessly with VMware environments, leveraging a modular and scalable framework that includes the ONTAP tools services, vSphere plug-in, and REST APIs to enable efficient storage management, automation, and data protection.
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere can be installed in either HA or non-HA configurations.
Supported solutions for converging a vSphere environment
Refer to the following solutions for the technical details to convert a vCenter instance.
Additional information
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For video demos of these solutions, refer to VMware datastore provisioning with ONTAP.
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For an overview of the convergence process, refer to the Converging Existing Virtual Infrastructure to a VCF.
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For information on configuring ONTAP storage systems, refer to ONTAP 9 documentation.
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For information on configuring VCF, refer to VMware Cloud Foundation documentation.
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For supported storage and other considerations to converge, refer to Supported and Not Supported Configurations to Converge to VCF.