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Register VASA Provider to vCenter

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You can register VASA provide to vCenter by using either self signed certificate or CA signed certificate. Self signed certificate is generated using VMware CA handshake.

About this task

You need to have the CA signed certificate placed in vCenter when using the CA signed certificate method.

Steps

  1. Navigate to vCenter server.

  2. Select Configure > Storage Providers.

  3. Click the Add icon.

  4. Enter the connection information for the storage provider:

    1. Name: Any user-friendly name like "ScaleoutVP"

    2. URL: https://<name>/virtualization/version.xml - the name in the URL corresponds to Virtual IP provided during the OVA deployment for Single vCenter deployment (or) Domain name for Multi-vCenter deployments. Add the certificates to the URL. Same certificates are published to vCenter.

    3. Credentials: <VASA Provider username>/< VASA Provider password> provided during OVA deployment.

  5. After the VASA is registered, click OK. Ensure that it is listed under Storage Provider and the status is Online.

    If you have placed CA signed certificate in vCenter, the VASA registration continues with CA signed certificate. Else, the handshaking fails and registration defaults to SSA certificate.

  6. You can register multiple vCenters to a single scaleout vp instance. Repeat the steps mentioned above to register multiple vCenters.