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How to Configure the Storage Provisioning Manager

Use the following process to establish the CA Server Automation Storage Provisioning Manager environment for NetApp:

  1. Verify that the data center uses NetApp Storage Systems that include NetApp Operations, Provisioning, and Protection Managers.
  2. Confirm that the Storage Architect (or equivalent) has created a storage service catalog using the NetApp Provisioning Manager.

    A storage service is a combination of provisioning policies, protection policies, resource pools, and vFiler templates. These objects are preconfigured and then applied as a package to different data sets with different storage needs.

    Note: For more information about NetApp Storage Systems or NetApp Operations, Provisioning, and Protection Managers, see the corresponding NetApp documentation.

  3. Define credentials for CA Server Automation that match existing credentials for the NetApp DataFabric Manager server.
  4. Configure DataFabric Managers for use with CA Server Automation.

    Note: For more information about configuring DataFabric Managers, see "Configure DataFabric Managers" in this chapter.

  5. (Optional) Perform the prerequisites for VMware vCenter ESX server provisioning.

    Note: For more information about these prerequisites, see "Prerequisites for VMware vCenter ESX Servers" in this chapter.

  6. (Optional) Perform the prerequisites for supporting Windows physical server attachment during storage provisioning.

    Note: For more information about these prerequisites, see "Prerequisites for Windows Physical Server Attachment" in this chapter.

  7. (Optional) Confirm that the prerequisites for using CA Server Automation with CA Process Automation have been met. You can use CA Process Automation connectors to provision, discover, resize, move, and deprovision storage.

    Note: For more information about these prerequisites, see the section "IT PAM Prerequisites" in this Guide.