Beginning with ONTAP 9.17.1, you can use ONTAP Cloud Mediator to enable business continuity by monitoring the health of each cluster. ONTAP Cloud Mediator is a cloud-based service. When you use ONTAP Cloud Mediator with SnapMirror active sync, you must first confirm that NetApp console services and client information are configured and ensure proper cluster peering.

As with ONTAP Mediator, ONTAP Cloud Mediator provides a persistent and fenced store for high availability (HA) metadata used by the ONTAP clusters in a SnapMirror active sync relationship. ONTAP Cloud Mediator provides a synchronous node health query functionality to aid in quorum determination and serves as a ping proxy for controller liveliness detection.

Before you begin

Before you configure ONTAP Cloud Mediator, you should confirm the following information:

The cluster is configured.

Configure ONTAP clusters for SnapMirror active sync
You have copied your NetApp Console organization ID from the NetApp Console and created a Console member service account to use when you configure ONTAP Cloud Mediator. When you create the service account, the organization must be set to the subscription where you configured the ONTAP Cloud Mediator. The category must be set to Application, and the role type must be ONTAP Mediator Setup Role. You must save the client ID and client secret when you create the role.

Steps

You can add ONTAP Cloud Mediator using ONTAP System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

ONTAP System Manager

Navigate to Protection > Overview > Mediator and select Add.
In the Add a mediator window, select Cloud as the mediator type and enter the following information:
- NetApp console organization ID
- NetApp console client ID
- NetApp console client secret
Select the cluster peer.
If you are using an HTTP proxy and it’s not already configured, enter the HTTP proxy information for the local and remote hosts.

It’s recommended that you use a different proxy server for each cluster peer.
Optional: If a root CA certificate needs to be installed in ONTAP, especially when using a proxy server, paste the certificate in the text box provided.
Select Add.
Navigate to Protection > Overview and check the status of the relationship between the SnapMirror active sync clusters and ONTAP Cloud Mediator.

CLI

Configure ONTAP Cloud Mediator:
snapmirror mediator add -peer-cluster <peerClusterName> -type cloud -bluexp-org-id <NetApp console Organization ID> -service-account-client-id <Service Account Client ID> -use-http-proxy-local <true|false> -use-http-proxy-remote <true|false>

Check ONTAP Cloud Mediator status:
snapmirror mediator show

Example:

C1_cluster::> snapmirror mediator show
Mediator Address Peer Cluster     Connection Status Quorum Status Type
---------------- ---------------- ----------------- ------------- -------
0.0.0.0          C2_cluster       connected         true          cloud

ONTAP 9 Manuals ( CA08871-402 )

Configure the ONTAP Cloud Mediator for SnapMirror active sync

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