6.0.1

Securing Communication with Storage Providers
To communicate with a storage provider, the vCenter Server uses a secure SSL connection. The SSL
authentication mechanism requires that both parties, the vCenter Server and the storage provider, exchange
SSL certicates and add them to their truststores.
The vCenter Server can add the storage provider certicate to its truststore as part of the storage provider
installation. If the certicate is not added during the installation, use one of the following methods to add it
when registering the storage provider:
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Direct the vCenter Server to the storage provider certicate. In the New Storage Provider dialog box,
select the Use storage provider  option and specify the certicate's location.
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Use a thumbprint of the storage provider certicate. If you do not direct the vCenter Server to use the
provider certicate, the certicate thumbprint is displayed. You can check the thumbprint and approve
it. The vCenter Server adds the certicate to the truststore and proceeds with the connection.
The storage provider adds the vCenter Server certicate to its truststore when the vCenter Server rst
connects to the provider.
View Storage Provider Information
After you register a storage provider component with the vCenter Server, the Storage provider appears on
the storage providers list.
View general Storage provider information and details for each storage component.
Procedure
1 Browse to vCenter Server in the vSphere Web Client navigator.
2 Click the Manage tab, and click Storage Providers.
3 In the Storage Providers list, view the storage 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.
4 To display additional details, select a specic storage provider from the list.
The details include storage array vendors and array models that the provider supports.
N A single Storage provider can support storage arrays from multiple dierent vendors.
Unregister Storage Providers
Unregister storage providers that you do not need.
C You cannot manually unregister storage providers supplied by VMware, such as Virtual SAN
storage providers.
Procedure
1 Browse to vCenter Server in the vSphere Web Client navigator.
2 Click the Manage tab, and click Storage Providers.
3 From the list of storage providers, select the one you want to unregister and click the Unregister the
storage provider icon.
vCenter Server terminates the connection and removes the storage provider from its conguration.
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