Configure a stretch cluster for a VI workload domain using SnapMirror Active Sync
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In this use case we outline the procedure to configure a stretch cluster for a Virtual Infrastructure (VI) workload domain using SnapMirror Active Sync with ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere. This procedure includes creating a VCF Workload Domain with VMFS on Fibre Channel, registering the vCenter with ONTAP tools, registering storage systems, and protecting the vSphere cluster.
Scenario Overview
The datastores on VCF Workload domain can be protected with SnapMirror active sync to provide stretch cluster solution. The protection is enabled at vSphere cluster level and all ONTAP block datastores in the cluster will be protected.
Principal storage on Workload Domain
Workload domain can be created either importing using the VCF import tool or deploy using the SDDC manager. Deploying with SDDC manager will provide more networking options than importing an existing environment.
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Create Workload domain with VMFS on FC
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Register workload domain vCenter to ONTAP tools manager to deploy vCenter plugin
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Whenever the cluster is expanded or shrank, need to update the Host Cluster relationship on ONTAP tools for the cluster to indicate the changes made to source or target. |
Supplemental storage on Workload Domain
Once the workload domain is up and running, additional datastores can be created using ONTAP tools which will trigger the consistency group expansion.
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If a vSphere cluster is protected, all the datastores in the cluster will be protected. |
Additional information
For information on configuring ONTAP storage systems refer to the ONTAP 9 Documentation center.
For information on configuring VCF refer to VMware Cloud Foundation Documentation.