Applies to NetApp HCI NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter (Element VCP) Raw device mapping (RDM) Description This article describes how to provision a volume directly to the virtual machine
Applies to NetApp Element Plug-In for vCenter Server (VCP) 5.0 and above VMware vSphere 6.7, 7.0U3f and above Issue The VCP is unresponsive or showing a banner that the Server is not responding or Ser...Applies to NetApp Element Plug-In for vCenter Server (VCP) 5.0 and above VMware vSphere 6.7, 7.0U3f and above Issue The VCP is unresponsive or showing a banner that the Server is not responding or Server Error The /opt/solidfire/sioc/data/logs/vcp-remote.log on the Management Node (mNode) is not displaying new messages
Applies to NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server Element Issue Deleting a VMware datastore using the Element Plug-In for vCenter, fails with the following error: Cannot remove datastore 'Da...Applies to NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server Element Issue Deleting a VMware datastore using the Element Plug-In for vCenter, fails with the following error: Cannot remove datastore 'Datastore Name: Datastore1 ... because "file system is busy". Correct the problem and retry the operation
After installing or upgrading to vCenter 7.0 Update 1 and subsequently registering the NetApp Element plug-in for vCenter (VCP) 4.4, the plug-in components does not appear in the vSphere web client.
Applies to NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server Issue When trying to delete a VMware datastore using the NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server, the deletion fails with the error...Applies to NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server Issue When trying to delete a VMware datastore using the NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server, the deletion fails with the error: Failed to delete datastore from host=XX.XX.XX.XX, due to: The resource 'Datastore Name: datastorename VMFS uuid: XXXXXXXXXX' is in use.
Access to the objects within vCenter is controlled by the vSphere Roles and Permissions assigned to the user. If the user has access to the Element plug-in within vCenter , then the user can manage th...Access to the objects within vCenter is controlled by the vSphere Roles and Permissions assigned to the user. If the user has access to the Element plug-in within vCenter , then the user can manage the storage cluster using the plug-in. Element plug-in for vCenter server doesn’t have a role based access control that we can set. All the tasks inside the plug-in are performed using the credential ( which is usually the cluster admin credential) specified during the deployment.
Applies to NetApp HCI 1.10 Element Software 12.5 and higher VMware vCenter 7.X and higher NetApp Element Plug-In for vCenter Server (VCP) 5.0 and higher Description The VCP is unresponsive or showing ...Applies to NetApp HCI 1.10 Element Software 12.5 and higher VMware vCenter 7.X and higher NetApp Element Plug-In for vCenter Server (VCP) 5.0 and higher Description The VCP is unresponsive or showing a banner that the Server is not responding or Server Error This document describes the procedure to create a custom user and role and then assign global permissions to the new role in vCenter. The new user can then be used to perform administrative and cluster provisioning tasks through VCP.
NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server 5.0 After what appears a successfull registration of the plug-in, a blue banner appears in vCenter When verifying the credentials for the HCC user on t...NetApp Element Plug-In for VMware vCenter Server 5.0 After what appears a successfull registration of the plug-in, a blue banner appears in vCenter When verifying the credentials for the HCC user on the REST API /controllers/{controller_id}, the response code contains ERROR: Authentication error occurred : Unable to connect to vCenter <vCenter_IP> due to invalid credentials. Login with the known credentials for the HCC user into vCenter does work
If issues are encountered with SSL certificates in vCenter, it's possible that users will be unable to manage VVOLs through the Element Plugin for vCenter (VCP) and will instead see SSL certificate er...If issues are encountered with SSL certificates in vCenter, it's possible that users will be unable to manage VVOLs through the Element Plugin for vCenter (VCP) and will instead see SSL certificate errors. Storage provider may show active in vCenter but ESXi hosts show “Not Connected”. The vvol datastores show “(inactive)”. <DATE / TIME> warning vvold[2100222] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] VasaSession::GetEndPoint: failed to get endpoint, err=SSL Exception: Verification parameters:
