NetApp VSC Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Clone VMs using VSC

Summary
Specified number of VMS will be cloned on selecting the existing VM in the vCenter server using VSC.
Description
This task will clone the number of specified VMs using the VSC on the Host where the selected VM present in the vCenter Server. Task will list only the powered off VMs where the clone operation will be performd on only powered off VMs. This task will work only for ONTAP accounts.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select VM Optionally select a VM for cloning vm Y
Datacenter Name Datacenter Name Net​App​VMware​Datacenter​Identity Y
New VM Name New VM Name gen_​text_​input
Clone Count No.​ of VMs to be cloned gen_​text_​input Y
VSC URL VSC Location gen_​text_​input
Outputs
No Outputs

Create Datastore using VSC

Summary
Create a datastore either of type VMFS or NFS in the vCenter server using VSC.
Description
This task will create a datastore either of type VMFS or NFS on Datacenter/Host based on the selection in a vCenter Server using VSC. If we choose NFS option, the VSC will automatically create a Volume under the selected Aggregate and mounted the volume as NFS datastore in the UNIX system with the specified name in the vCenter Server. If we choose VMFS option, the VSC will aumtoamtically create a LUN under the selected Volume and mapped the LUN as VMFS datastore in the WINDOWS system with the specified name. This task will work only for ONTAP accounts.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Filer Name Filer Name ONTAPCModefiler​Identity Y
Cloud Name Select a Cloud Name.​ Net​App​VMware​Account​Identity Y
Select Resource Type Select Resource Type netapp​Resource​Type Y
Datacenter Name Datacenter Name Net​App​VMware​Datacenter​Identity Y
Host Name Select Host Name Net​App​VMware​Host​Name​Identity Y
Datastore Type Select Datastore Type netapp​Datastore​Type Y
Aggregate Name Select aggregate name aggregate​Identity Y
Cluster Aggregate Name Select cluster aggregate name aggregate​Cluster​Identity Y
Select SVM Name Select SVM name which is having the selected aggregate name netapp​Cluster​VServer​Identity Y
Select v​Filer Name Select vfiler name on which datastore to create.​ v​Filer​Identity
Volume Name Select volume name volume​Identity Y
Cluster Volume Name Select cluster volume name netapp​Cluster​Volume​Identity Y
Datastore Name Enter new datastore name gen_​text_​input Y
Storage Size (GB) Enter the size of Storage.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Thin Provision Is Datastore thin provision gen_​text_​input
Auto Grow Is datastore auto grow gen_​text_​input
Auto Grow Increment Is datastore auto grow increment gen_​text_​input
Auto Grow Maximum Size Auto Grow Maximum Size gen_​text_​input Y
VSC URL VSC Location gen_​text_​input
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DATASTORE_​NAME Datastore name data​Store​Name
VMWARE_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Name of the VMware Account.​ vmware​Account​Name
OUTPUT_​VOLUME_​IDENTITY Identity of the Volume volume​Identity
LUN_​IDENTITY Identity of the LUN lun​Identity
OUTPUT_​DATACENTER_​NAME VMware Datacenter Name datacenter​Name
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DATASTORE_​IDENTITY Datastore name identity vmware​Datastore​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DATASTORE_​INFO_​IDENTITY Datastore Info identity gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​IDENTITY VMware Host Node Identity vmware​Host​Node​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​NAME Host Node Name.​ vmware​Host​Multi​Select

Destroy Datastore using NetApp VSC

Summary
Destroy datastore from the vCenter server using VSC.
Description
This task will destroy the selected datastore irrespective of type by the VSC pluggined to the vCenter Server. Once the datastore has been deleted, it is no more exist in the vCenter server.This task will work only for ONTAP accounts.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Cloud Name Select a Cloud Name.​ Net​App​VMware​Account​Identity Y
Datastore Name Select a Datastore Name.​ Net​App​VMWare​Data​Store​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DATASTORE_​NAME Datastore name data​Store​Name

Resize Datastore using NetApp VSC

Summary
Datastore can be resized using the VSC.
Description
This task resizes the datastore in the vCenter server which is mapped the storage target either NFS Volume or VMFS LUN to the Storage system by the VSC pluggined to the vCenter Server. we can either increase or decrease the datastore of type NFS exported as volume, but the we cannot decrease the datatstore of type VMFS mapped to storage target as LUN. This task will work only for ONTAP accounts.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Cloud Name Select a Cloud Name.​ Net​App​VMware​Account​Identity Y
Datastore Name Select a Datastore Name.​ Net​App​VMWare​Data​Store​Identity Y
Storage Size (GB) Enter the size of Storage.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DATASTORE_​NAME Datastore name data​Store​Name

Resize VM Datastore using NetApp VSC

Summary
Selected VM's Datastore can be resized using the VSC.
Description
This task resizes the datastore which is associated for the selected VM in the vCenter server and is mapped the storage target either NFS Volume or VMFS LUN to the Storage system by the VSC pluggined to the vCenter Server. we can either increase or decrease the datastore of type NFS exported as volume, but the we cannot decrease the datatstore of type VMFS mapped to storage target as LUN. This task will work only for ONTAP accounts.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select VM Optionally select a VM for resizing the storage on vm Y
Datastore Name Select a Datastore Name.​ Net​App​VMWare​Data​Store​Identity
Storage Size (GB) Enter the size of Storage.​ data​Store​Size Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DATASTORE_​NAME Datastore name data​Store​Name