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