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Set up Google Cloud Storage as the ONTAP FabricPool cloud tier

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If you are running ONTAP 9.6 or later, you can set up Google Cloud Storage as the cloud tier for FabricPool.

Additional considerations for using Google Cloud Storage with FabricPool

  • A BlueXP tiering license is required when tiering to Google Cloud Storage.

  • It is recommended that the LIF that ONTAP uses to connect with the Google Cloud Storage object server be on a 10 Gbps port.

  • On AFF and FAS systems and ONTAP Select, FabricPool supports the following Google Cloud Object storage classes:

Steps

  1. Specify the Google Cloud Storage configuration information by using the storage aggregate object-store config create command with the -provider-type GoogleCloud parameter.

    • The storage aggregate object-store config create command fails if ONTAP cannot access Google Cloud Storage with the provided information.

    • You use the -access-key parameter to specify the access key for authorizing requests to the Google Cloud Storage object store.

    • If the Google Cloud Storage password is changed, you should update the corresponding password stored in ONTAP immediately.

      Doing so enables ONTAP to access the data in Google Cloud Storage without interruption.

    storage aggregate object-store config create my_gcp_store_1 -provider-type GoogleCloud  -container-name my-gcp-bucket1 -access-key GOOGAUZZUV2USCFGHGQ511I8

  2. Display and verify the Google Cloud Storage configuration information by using the storage aggregate object-store config show command.

    The storage aggregate object-store config modify command enables you to modify the Google Cloud Storage configuration information for FabricPool.