The virtual appliance for Virtual Storage Console (VSC), VASA Provider, and Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) has the VASA Provider capability enabled by default. You can configure VVol datastores with required storage capability profiles for each VVol datastore.
Before you begin
- You must have set up your vCenter Server instance and configured ESXi.
- You must have deployed the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA.
About this task
If the VASA Provider capability is disabled before upgrading to the 9.6 release of the virtual appliance for
Virtual Storage Console (VSC), VASA Provider, and Storage Replication Adapter (SRA), the VASA Provider capability remains disabled after the upgrade.
Steps
- Log in to the web user interface of VMware vSphere.
- From the vSphere Client, click .
- Click Settings.
- Click Manage Capabilities in the Administrative Settings tab.
- In the Manage Capabilities dialog box, select the VASA Provider extension to enable.
- Enter the IP address of the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA and the administrator password, and then click Apply.