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ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Associate a storage backend with a vCenter Server instance

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Associate a global storage backend, one added in ONTAP tools Manager but not yet linked to a specific vCenter Server instance, with a vCenter Server instance. For NetApp MetroCluster configurations, also associate the 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.

Note For NetApp MetroCluster configurations, when you associate a storage backend cluster, also associate its peer cluster with the vCenter Server.
What's next?

ONTAP tools associates the selected storage backend with the vCenter Server instance, making it available for datastore operations in that vCenter Server environment.