NetApp TR 4128 - vSphere 6 on NetApp MetroCluster 8.3Recently I discussed with my colleague the vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) running on NetApp clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 or later as it is supported already by VMware. Our customer wanted to build a highly available virtual infrastructure stretched between two data centers and based on… Read More »
In this post I will show how to use vRealize Hyperic Server + plugin to monitor NetApp Filers via vRealize Operations Manager (vROps). You will find answers for the following topics/questions: Prerequisites to monitor NetApp via vRealize Hyperic Server. How to install and configure NetApp plugin for vRealize Hyperic Server? Overview of available metrics for… Read More »
Recently I have been playing with VVOL on NetApp. During registering VASA Provider for clustered Data ONTAP with VSC for VMware vSphere I got the following error: NVPF-00014: Unable to contact VASA server on hosts of xxx In the Virtual Storage Console nvpf.log (C:\Program Files\NetApp\Virtual Storage Console\log), I found the following info: [2015-04-10 20:22:40,262] [qtp129672157-30]… Read More »