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NetApp virtualization solutions help deliver maximum value from your servers. With a responsive virtual server infrastructure built on groundbreaking, high-performance ONTAP flash systems, you gain the ability to access your data much faster. Your granular virtual infrastructure scales without disruption to multiple petabytes of data, delivering the performance you need for shared access to multiple workloads. ONTAP helps streamline and reduce the complexity of your virtual server infrastructure deployment with key partnerships, deployment guidance, application integration, and superior design. ONTAP provides many recommended practices and solutions for a robust virtualization environment both on-premises and in the cloud.
These technical reports expand on the ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere product documentation.
TR-4597: VMware vSphere for ONTAP
ONTAP has been a leading storage solution for VMware vSphere environments for almost two decades and continues to add innovative capabilities to simplify management while reducing costs. This document introduces the ONTAP solution for vSphere, including the latest product information and recommended practices, to streamline deployment, reduce risk, and simplify management.
TR-4400: VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) with NetApp ONTAP
ONTAP has been a leading storage solution for VMware vSphere environments for over two decades and continues to add innovative capabilities to simplify management while reducing costs. This document covers ONTAP capabilities for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols), including the latest product information and use cases along with recommended practices and other information to streamline deployment and reduce errors.
TR-4900: VMware Site Recovery Manager with NetApp ONTAP
ONTAP has been a leading storage solution for VMware vSphere environments since its introduction into the modern data center in 2002, and it continues to add innovative capabilities to simplify management while reducing costs. This document introduces the ONTAP solution for VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), VMware's industry leading disaster recovery (DR) software, including the latest product information and recommended practices to streamline deployment, reduce risk, and simplify ongoing management.
Introduction to automation for ONTAP and vSphere
Automation has been an integral part of managing VMware environments since the first days of VMware ESX. The ability to deploy infrastructure as code and extend practices to private cloud operations helps to alleviate concerns surrounding scale, flexibility, self-provisioning, and efficiency. This document introduces the ONTAP solution for automating ONTAP and VMware vSphere environment.
WP-7353: ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere - Product security
This document describes the techniques and technology used to secure ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.X from both existing and emerging threats in product environments.
WP-7355: SnapCenter plug-in VMware vSphere - Product security
This document describes the techniques and technology used to secure the NetApp SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere 4.X from both existing and emerging threats in product environments.
TR-4568: NetApp deployment guidelines and storage best practices for Windows Server
Microsoft Windows Server is an enterprise-class operating system that covers networking, security, virtualization, cloud, virtual desktop infrastructure, access protection, information protection, web services, application platform infrastructure, and much more. This document focuses on Microsoft Windows, with a particularly heavy emphasis on Hyper-V virtualization technology, including the latest product information and recommended practices, to streamline deployment, reduce risk, and simplify management.