ONTAP integration tools for NFS datastores in VMware environments
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Learn about the ONTAP integration tools for managing, monitoring, and protecting NFS datastores in VMware environments, including ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere, the NFS VAAI plug-in, and SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.
NetApp provides the following tools to manage and protect NFS datastores in VMware environments:
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ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere: Integrates ONTAP management into the vSphere Client for provisioning, monitoring, and managing NFS datastores, and applies the recommended ESXi host settings.
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NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI: Offloads storage operations such as cloning to ONTAP, improving performance and reducing load on ESXi hosts.
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Storage Replication Adapter (SRA): Integrates with VMware Live Site Recovery (previously VMware Site Recovery Manager) to orchestrate disaster recovery by using ONTAP SnapMirror replication.
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NetApp Disaster Recovery: Orchestrates disaster recovery of VMs on NFS datastores from the NetApp Console.
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SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere: Provides crash-consistent and VM-consistent backup and restore for VMs on NFS datastores.
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NetApp Data Infrastructure Insights: Provides visibility into the performance and health of ONTAP storage and VMware infrastructure.
These tools streamline operations, enhance performance, and provide data protection for NFS datastores in VMware environments.