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Associate a storage backend with a vCenter Server instance in ONTAP tools

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Use this task to associate a global storage backend with a vCenter Server instance. A global storage backend is a backend added in ONTAP tools Manager that is not yet associated with specific vCenter Server instances. For NetApp MetroCluster configurations, when you associate a storage backend cluster, also associate its peer cluster with the vCenter Server.

Steps

  1. Launch ONTAP tools Manager from a web browser: https://<ONTAPtoolsIP>:8443/virtualization/ui/

  2. Log in with the ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere administrator credentials you provided during deployment.

  3. Select vCenter from the sidebar.

  4. Select the vertical ellipsis next to the vCenter Server instance that you want to connect to the storage backends.

  5. From the dropdown menu, choose the storage backend you want to associate with the selected vCenter Server instance.