Administrator Guide
Register a VMware vCenter Server
Register a VMware vCenter Server to manage it on the Servers view.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select the Servers folder in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Register Server and select Add VMware vCenter Server.
The Register Server dialog box opens.
4. In the Host or IP Address eld, enter the host name or IP address of a vCenter Server
5. Type the user name and password of an administrator on the vCenter Server in the User Name and User Password elds.
6. Select a parent folder for the server in the Folder navigation tree.
7. Congure automatic management settings for the Storage Center for Storage Centers to which the server is connected.
• To automatically create and manage the server on the Storage Center, select the Auto Manage Storage Centers checkbox.
• To automatically create and manage virtual machines hosted by the server on the Storage Center, select Auto Manage
Virtual Machines On Storage Centers.
8. To register a VASA provider, select the Register VASA Provider check box. You must register a VASA provider if you intend to
use VMware virtual volumes in your environment.
a. Select the version of VASA (VMware vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness) to be used: either VASA 1 or VASA 2.
b. The URL of the VASA Provider is generated automatically based on the host’s conguration. The format for the URL is:
VASA 1.0: https://host ID:3034/vasa-provider/vasa1/vasa-version.xml
VASA 2.0: https://host ID:3034/vasa-provider/vasa2/vasa-version.xml
The host ID is either the IP address or the Fully-Qualied Domain Name (FQDN) of the host on which the Data Collector is
installed.
CAUTION: The host must use an FQDN known by DNS so that IP address changes do not cause vCenter to lose
connection to the VASA provider. If FQDN use is not possible, IP address changes will not automatically be
known by vCenter, and unregistering and reregistering the VASA provider will be required after each change. For
this reason, nonphysical address locked DHCP addressing is discouraged.
c. Type the user name and password of the Storage Manager associated with the VASA provider.
CAUTION: The user name for the VASA Provider should be a service account, not a user account. If a user
account is specied in this eld, and later the user is deleted, the VASA information could be lost.
9. Click OK.
NOTE: After a Storage Manager upgrade, the VASA version number displayed in vCenter is not updated unless the VASA
provider is unregistered and subsequently reregistered with that vCenter.
NOTE: In the event of network access issue to the external database, after operations are restored, the VASA provider
will need to be unregistered and reregistered to continue with operations. Network access issues could result if there is
not sucient networking gear, or if a battery pack was not used in the event of a switching outage.
Organizing and Removing Registered Servers
Use server folders to organize servers into groups. You can also use server folders to apply Space Recovery settings to multiple
Windows servers.
Create a Server Folder
Create a server folder to group servers together.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select a server folder in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Create Server Folder. The Create Server Folder dialog box opens.
4. Enter a name for the folder in the Name eld.
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