Dell PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide

Manually register the VASA provider in vCenter Server

If you want to register multiple vCenter servers with PowerStore, you must manually register the VASA provider in vCenter. If you are unable to register the VASA provider successfully in PowerStore Manager, you can also use this method.

1. Use vSphere to connect to the vCenter server and select the vCenter server object in the inventory.
2. Select the Configure tab and then select Storage Providers.
3. Click the Add icon.
4. Enter the connection information.
   • Name — Name for the storage provider, such as PowerStore VASA provider.
   • URL — VASA provider URL. The URL must be in the format: https://<IP address>:8443/version.xml, where <IP address> is the management IP address of the PowerStore cluster.
   • User name — Username of a PowerStore VM Administrator user account.
     • For local users, use local/<user name>.
     • For LDAP users, use <domain>/<user name>.
     NOTE:If a VM Administrator user account does not exist on the PowerStore cluster, use PowerStore Manager to add a user account and select VM Administrator as the user role. If you use the default PowerStore admin user, a VM Administrator user account is not required because the PowerStore admin user already has VM Administrator role privileges.
   • Password—Password for the specified user account.
5. If you are registering multiple vCenter servers with PowerStore using a third-party certificate, clear the Use storage provider certificate checkbox.
6. Click OK.