Add Vcenter To The Storeserv - HPE 3PAR StoreServ Software User's Manual

Add vCenter to the StoreServ

NOTE: Starting with SP 4.4 MU8 release, VmCollect is referred to as Cross Stack Analytics.
NOTE: This option is available only with SP version 4.4 MU7 and later as a part of Cross Stack Analytics
feature of the SP.
NOTE: If the SP is configured with SSA and Policy Server is not configured on SP, you cannot add
vCenter to the Storage system attached to the SP.
NOTE: If the SP is configured with SSA and Policy Server is configured on SP, after adding vCenters to
the Storage system policy server cannot be removed from the configuration. To remove the Policy server,
you must remove the vCenters first.
NOTE: HPE recommends that VSP is allocated with 4 GB of Memory and four CPU cores before adding
vCenter to the storage system attached to the VSP.
NOTE: If SP is at a version 4.4. MU5 or earlier, do not increase the CPU cores as multiple CPU cores are
not supported.
SP 4.4 MU7 and later provides an option to add vCenter to the newly added or existing StoreServ
Storage System where this vCenter has a data store from this Storage System. The Cross Stack
Analytics feature of the SP version 4.4 MU7 and later enables addition of vCenter to the storage system.
This feature also helps to collect daily configuration data of the vCenter and hourly performance data (for
CPU, memory, latency, and so on) for all the VMs hosted on ESX of the vCenter.
SP supports following vCenter versions:
• ESXi 5.5
• ESXi 6.0
• ESXi 6.5
• ESXI 6.7
NOTE: If StoreServ Storage System attached to the SP is removed, all the vCenters added to it are
removed automatically.
NOTE: When CA certificates are imported on the SP where vCenter is already added, all processes
related to Cross Stack Analytics feature are stopped. To avoid this, add vCenter only after importing the
CA certificates on the SP. If vCenter is already added to the SP, then after importing the CA certificates
reboot the SP.
NOTE: If all vCenters added to the StoreServ Storage System are removed, the collection of
configuration data and performance data stops. If vCenter is added later to the StoreServ Storage
System, the collection starts again.
NOTE: If StoreServ Storage System with vCenter added is updated, the collection of configuration data
and performance data stops before the update. The collection starts again after the update is complete.
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