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Configure NFS vVols storage in a VCF VI workload domain using ONTAP tools

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Configure NFS vVols storage in a VI workload domain. After you deploy ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere, you'll use the vSphere client interface to add the storage system, create a storage capability profile, and provision a vVols datastore.

Step 1: Deploy ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere

For VI workload domains, ONTAP tools is installed to the VCF Management Cluster but registered with the vCenter associated with the VI workload domain.

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere is deployed as a VM appliance and provides an integrated vCenter UI for managing ONTAP storage.

Steps

  1. Obtain the ONTAP tools OVA image from the NetApp Support site and download to a local folder.

  2. Log into the vCenter appliance for the VCF management domain.

  3. From the vCenter appliance interface right-click the management cluster and select Deploy OVF Template…

    Deploy OVF Template…​

     

  4. In the Deploy OVF Template wizard, click the Local file radio button and select the ONTAP tools OVA file downloaded in the previous step.

    Select OVA file

     

  5. For steps 2 through 5 of the wizard, select a name and folder for the VM, select the compute resource, review the details, and accept the license agreement.

  6. For the storage location of the configuration and disk files, select the vSAN datastore of the VCF management domain cluster.

    Select OVA file

     

  7. On the Select network page, select the network used for management traffic.

    Select network

     

  8. On the Customize template page, enter all required information:

    • Password to be used for administrative access to ONTAP tools.

    • NTP server IP address.

    • ONTAP tools maintenance account password.

    • ONTAP tools Derby DB password.

    • Do not check the box to Enable VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). VCF mode is not required for deploying supplemental storage.

    • FQDN or IP address of the vCenter appliance for the VI Workload Domain

    • Credentials for the vCenter appliance of the VI Workload Domain

    • Required network properties.

  9. Click Next to continue.

    Customize OTV template 1

    Customize OTV template 2

  10. Review all information on the Ready to complete page and click Finish to begin deploying the ONTAP tools appliance.

Step 2: Add a storage system

Perform the following steps to add a storage system using ONTAP tools.

Note vVol requires ONTAP cluster credentials rather than SVM credentials. For more information, refer to the ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere documentation: Add storage systems.
Steps

  1. In the vSphere client navigate to the main menu and select NetApp ONTAP tools.

    Navigate to ONTAP tools

  2. Once in ONTAP tools, from the Getting Started page (or from Storage Systems), click Add to add a new storage system.

    Add storage system

     

  3. Provide the IP address and credentials of the ONTAP storage system and click Add.

    Provide IP and credentials of ONTAP system

     

  4. Click Yes to authorize the cluster certificate and add the storage system.

    Authorize cluster certificate

Step 3: Create an NFS datastore in ONTAP tools

Complete the following steps to deploy an ONTAP datastore running on NFS. Use ONTAP tools.

Steps

  1. In ONTAP tools select Overview and from the Getting Started tab click on Provision to start the wizard.

  2. On the General page of the New Datastore wizard, select the vSphere datacenter or cluster destination.

  3. Select NFS as the datastore type, enter a name for the datastore, and select the protocol.

  4. Choose whether to use FlexGroup volumes and whether to use a storage capability file for provisioning.

  5. Click Next to continue.

    Note Selecting to Distribute datastore data across the cluster will create the underlying volume as a FlexGroup volume, which precludes the use of Storage Capability Profiles. Refer to Supported and unsupported configurations for FlexGroup volumes for more information on using FlexGroup Volumes.

  6. On the Storage system page, select the select a storage capability profile, the storage system, and the SVM. Click Next to continue.

  7. On the Storage attributes page, select the aggregate to use and then click Next to continue.

  8. Review the Summary and click Finish to begin creating the NFS datastore.

Step 4: Create a vVols datastore in ONTAP tools

To create a vVols datastore in ONTAP tools, complete the following steps.

Steps

  1. In ONTAP tools, select Overview and from the Getting Started tab, click Provision to start the wizard.

  2. On the General page of the New Datastore wizard, select the vSphere datacenter or cluster destination.

  3. Select vVols as the datastore type, enter a name for the datastore, and select NFS as the protocol.

  4. Click Next to continue.

  5. On the Storage system page, select a storage capability profile, the storage system, and the SVM.

  6. Click Next to continue.

  7. On the Storage attributes page, select Create a new volumes and enter the storage attributes of the volume to be created.

  8. Click Add to create the volume and then Next to continue.

  9. Review the Summary page and click Finish to start the vVol datastore creation process.

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