Registering Spectrum Control as a storage provider in vCenter
Server
To use the IBM® Storage
Provider for VMware VASA solution component, you need to register IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition
as a storage provider on VMware vCenter server.
Before you begin
When the IBM Storage Provider
for VMware VASA and the IBM Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center
(TPC) storage provider are registered on the same VMware vCenter server,
while the same storage array is configured for both, vCenter uses IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center provider as the only source
of information for that array's storage views on vSphere Client.
In such a case, determine whether the IBM Tivoli Storage
Productivity Center capabilities are sufficient for replacing the IBM Storage Provider for VMware
VASA. If the IBM Storage Provider
for VMware VASA is still needed, IBM TPC 5.2 (or later) provides a method of excluding storage
arrays from a specific storage provider, allowing you to remove the
array association with the IBM TPC provider.
The date and time that are defined on both the vCenter
server and on Spectrum Control must be identical. To accurately synchronize
the date and time between the two servers, you can connect both to
a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.
About this task
The following procedure describes how to register Spectrum
Control on a single vCenter server by using vSphere Client.
Procedure
To register Spectrum Control in VMware vCenter Server,
complete the following steps.
In vSphere Client, click Administration > Storage Providers.
Click Add.Figure 1. vSphere Client – Storage Providers list
The Add Vendor Provider dialog box is displayed.
Enter the name, URL, and pre-configured username and password
(VASA Secret) for accessing Spectrum Control (the VASA Secret is predefined
as explained in GUI – Adding a new user). The URL should be entered in the ip:port format, specifying the relevant IP address and port number of Spectrum
Control:
https://[Spectrum Control IP address]:8443/services/vasa1 for VASA 1
https://[Spectrum Control IP address]:8443/services/vasa for VASA 2
Note: In this example, "Spectrum
Control IP address" stands for the IP address or domain
namespace of Spectrum Control .
Figure 2. Add Vendor Provider dialog
box for VASA 1
Click OK. A security alert dialog
box is displayed.Figure 3. vCenter certificate thumbprint dialog box
Click Yes to accept the certificate.
Spectrum Control is added to vCenter Server.
Note: The certificate provides improved security
by adding server authentication.
Figure 4. Vendor Providers
list displaying Spectrum Control
