ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.13

Enable SRA to protect datastores

The ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere provides the option to enable the SRA capability to be used with ONTAP tools to configure disaster recovery.

What you will need

You must have set up your vCenter Server instance and configured ESXi.
You must have deployed ONTAP tools.
You must have downloaded the .tar.gz file for SRM appliance only if you want to configure the Site Recovery Manager (SRM) disaster recovery solution.

Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration Site Recovery Manager 8.2 has more information.

About this task

The flexibility to enable VASA Provider and SRA capabilities enables you to execute only the workflows that you require for your enterprise.

Steps

Log in to the web user interface of VMware vSphere.
From the vSphere Client, select Menu > ONTAP tools.
Click Settings.
Click Manage Capabilities in the Administrative Settings tab.
In the Manage Capabilities dialog box, select the SRA extension want to enable.
Enter the IP address of ONTAP tools and the administrator password, and then click Apply.
You can use one of the following methods to deploy SRA:

For SRM appliance
1. Access the VMware SRM Appliance Management Interface using the URL: https://:<srm_ip>:5480, and then go to Storage Replication Adapters in VMware SRM Appliance Management Interface.
2. Click New Adapter.
3. Upload the .tar.gz installer for the SRA plug-in to SRM.
4. Rescan the adapters to verify that the details are updated in the SRM Storage Replication Adapters page.

You must log out of the vSphere Client, and then log in again to verify that your selected extension is available for configuration.

Related information

Configure Storage Replication Adapter for disaster recovery