You should deploy the virtual appliance for Virtual Storage Console (VSC), VASA Provider, and Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) in your environment and specify the required parameters to be able to use the appliance.
Before you begin
- You must be running a supported version of vCenter Server.
Note: The virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA can be deployed on either a Windows deployment of vCenter Server or a VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) deployment.
Interoperability Matrix Tool: VSC 9.6
- You must have configured and set up your vCenter Server environment.
- You must have set up an ESXi host for your virtual machine.
- You must have downloaded the .ova file.
- You must have the administrator login credentials for your vCenter Server instance.
- You must have logged out of and closed all of the browser sessions of vSphere Client, and deleted the browser cache to avoid any browser cache issue during the deployment of the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA.
Cleaning the vSphere cached downloaded plug-in packages
- You must have enabled ICMP.
If ICMP is disabled, then the initial configuration of the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA fails, and VSC cannot start the VSC and VASA Provider services after deployment. You must manually enable the VSC and VASA Provider services after deployment.
About this task
If you are deploying a fresh installation of the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA, then VASA Provider is enabled by default. But in case of an upgrade from an earlier version of the virtual appliance, the state of VASA Provider is retained and you might need to enable VASA Provider manually.
Enabling VASA Provider for configuring virtual datastores
Steps
- Log in to the vSphere Client.
- Select .
- Right-click the required datacenter, and then click Deploy OVA template.
- Select the applicable method to provide the deployment file for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA, and then click Next.
Location |
Action |
URL |
Provide the URL for the .ova file for the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA. |
Folder |
Select the .ova file for the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA from the saved location. |
- Enter the following details to customize the deployment wizard:
- Name for your deployment
- Destination datacenter to apply permissions
- Host on which the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA is to be deployed
- Virtual disk format, VM Storage Policies, storage location, and network
- Administrator user name and password
Note: - You can set the administrator credentials for the vCenter Server while deploying the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA.
If the password for the vCenter Server changes, then you can update the password for the administrator by using the following URL: https://<IP>:8143/Register.html, where the IP address is of the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA that you provide during deployment.
- You must not use any spaces in the administrator password.
- You must access the maintenance console by using the "maint" user name
The password is set to "admin123" by default.
- If you are not using DHCP, specify a valid DNS hostname (unqualified) as well as the static IP address for the virtual appliance and the other network parameters. All of these parameters are required for proper installation and operation.
- The IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of the vCenter Server instance to which you want to register the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA.
The type of VSC and VASA certificates generated depends on the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) that you have provided during deployment. While deploying the virtual appliance for
VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA, if you have not entered any static IP details and your DHCP network provides both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses:
Important: IPv6 is supported only with vCenter Server 6.7 and later.
- Review the configuration data, and then click Next to finish deployment.
As you wait for deployment to finish, you can view the progress of the deployment from the Tasks tab.
- Power on the virtual appliance virtual machine, and then open a console of the virtual machine running the virtual appliance.
- When prompted on the appliance console, return to the vCenter Server.
- In the Summary tab of the appliance virtual machine, select Install/Upgrade VMware Tools, and then click Mount.
VMware Tools will automatically be installed. Follow the instructions in the appliance console to disconnect the Tools ISO when the installation complete.
- If the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA is not registered with any vCenter Server, use https://appliance_ip:8143/Register.html to register the VSC instance.
- Log out and re-login to the vSphere Client to view the deployed virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA.
- Log out from your existing vSphere Client and close the browser.
- Log in to the vSphere Client.
It might take a few minutes for the plug-in to be updated in the
vSphere Client.
After you finish
Note: If you want to view the VASA Provider for ONTAP dashboard, then you must download and install OnCommand API Services.
Registering OnCommand API Services with the virtual appliance for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA