Does anyone have any experience with vCenter 4.1 (build 925676) and NetApp Virtual Storage Console 4.2?
We're formerly a HP EVA storage environment , and now migrating to an HA pair of Netapp v3240's. (Ontap 8.1.3 7-mode)
From within VSC (on a XP client), I'm trying to add the NetApp storage but having some issues, and finding it VERY frustrating. (HP integration was a snap, compared to this)
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of consistency within the Plug-in GUI. When we install VSC, and are trying to add the NetApp controllers, are we doing it from the Datacenter object,
or the Cluster object? Does it matter which?
The reason is that I see two COMPLETELY different “Overviews” of the controller status when I change from the Datacenter to the Cluster.
Not only that It still shows as “updating” long after the Netapp Storage Discovery has completed.
One controller is "somewhat there", but status indicates "?unknown"
I’ve setup SSL a few times in onCommand System Manager and re-tried adding the controller.
Also it’s showing as my two ESXi hosts as being “Non-compliant”. What does this mean? We don’t use Host profiles.
In VSC when adding a storage system, sometimes it takes forever to come back with anything (verifying credentials). Sometimes I get the "controller privileges popup" for the account being used,
sometimes, I get "the hostname:port# cannot be resolved", using either the IP or the FQDN.
The Vmware and Netapp systems are on the same subnet. I can ping the Controller management IP's, and their respective DNS names from the vCenter server.
I can Putty into the SP's no problem. In onCommand System Manager everything looks ok, using the same management IP's as I am with VSC.
I've uninstalled/reinstalled VSC several times now, and am at a loss as to what the problem is.
Any Ideas?
Thanks.
G