ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9 and 10 feature comparison
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Learn why migrating from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9 to ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.2 or later may be the right choice for your environment.
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For the latest compatibility information, refer to NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool. |
For the latest end-of-support information for ONTAP tools 9.x, refer to Software Version Support.
| Feature | ONTAP tools 9.13 | ONTAP tools 10.2 onwards |
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Key value proposition |
Streamline and simplify day-0 to day-2 operations with enhanced security, compliance and automation capabilities Supports only one vCenter Server per ONTAP tools appliance. |
Expanded support to include FC for VMFS and NVMe-oF for VMFS only. Ease of use for NetApp SnapMirror, simple setup for vSphere metro storage clusters, and three-site VMware Live Site Recovery support Supports multiple vCenter Server instances per ONTAP tools appliance, reducing the number of appliances and overall resource requirements. |
ONTAP release qualification |
ONTAP 9.9.1 to ONTAP 9.16.1 |
ONTAP 9.12.1 to 9.15.1 for ONTAP tools 10.2. ONTAP 9.14.1, 9.15.1, 9.16.0, and 9.16.1 for ONTAP tools 10.3. ONTAP 9.14.1, 9.15.1, 9.16.0, and 9.16.1 for ONTAP tools 10.4. ONTAP 9.16.1P3 and later is required for ONTAP tools 10.4 when using ASA r2 systems. ONTAP 9.15.1, 9.16.1, and 9.17.0 for ONTAP tools 10.5 ONTAP 9.16.1, 9.17.1, 9.18.1, and 9.19.1, and ASA r2 versions 9.16.1P3, 9.17.1, 9.18.1, and 9.19.1 for ONTAP tools 10.6. |
VMware release support |
vSphere 7.x-8.x VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 8.5 to VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0 |
vSphere 7.x-8.x vSphere 9.0 from ONTAP tools 10.5 onwards VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 8.7 to VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2,9.0.3, and 9.0.4 |
Protocol support |
NFS and VMFS datastores: NFS (v3 and v4.1), VMFS (iSCSI and FCP) |
NFS and VMFS datastores: NFS (v3 and v4.1), VMFS (iSCSI/FCP/NVMe-TCP and NVMe-FC) |
Scalability |
Hosts and VMs: 300 Hosts, up to 10K VMs Datastores: 600 NFS, up to 50 VMFS |
Hosts and VMs: 600 Hosts |
Observability |
Performance, capacity, and host compliance dashboards Dynamic VM and datastore reports |
Updated performance, capacity, and host compliance dashboards Dynamic VM and datastore reports |
Data protection |
SRA replication for VMFS and NFS. SCV integration and interoperable for backup. |
SRA replication for iSCSI VMFS and NFS v3 datastores three-site protection combining SMAS and VMware Live Site Recovery. SRA support for FCP with VMFS. Granular datastore protection and consistency group management from ONTAP tools 10.6. NOTE: In ONTAP tools 10.x, SRM supports shared sites, enabling enhanced scalability and improved performance. |
VASA Provider support |
VASA 4.0 |
VASA 3.0 |