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View Vendor Provider Information
After you register a vendor provider component with the vCenter Server, the vendor provider appears on
the vendor providers list in the vSphere Client.
View general vendor provider information and details for each vendor component.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Select View > Administration > Storage Providers.
2 In the Vendor Providers list, view the vendor provider components registered with the vCenter Server.
The list shows general vendor information including the name, URL, and the time of the last view
refresh.
3 To display additional details, select a specific vendor provider from the list.
The details include storage array vendors and array models that the vendor provider supports.
NOTE A single vendor provider can support storage arrays from multiple different vendors.
Unregister Vendor Providers
Unregister vendor providers that you do not need.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Select View > Administration > Storage Providers.
2 From the list of vendor providers, select the one you want to unregister and click Remove.
The vCenter Server terminates the connection and removes the vendor provider from its configuration.
Update Vendor Providers
The vCenter Server periodically updates storage data in its database. The updates are partial and reflect
only those storage changes that storage providers communicate to the vCenter Server. When needed, you
can perform a full database synchronisation for the selected storage provider.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Select View > Administration > Storage Providers.
2 From the list, select the vendor provider that you want to synchronise with and click Sync.
The vSphere Client updates the storage data for the provider.
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