Beginning with VMware vSphere version 5.1, VMware provides a web-based interface, vSphere Web Client, to monitor and manage virtual data centers. The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Virtual Storage Manager Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client is a management interface to Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance that operates within the vSphere Web Client to provide users with a single 'pane-of-glass' view when provisioning and monitoring storage for use in their vSphere virtual data centers.
The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Virtual Storage Manager Plug-in for VMware vSphere provides monitoring for all Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance models in the VMware vShere environment. The plug-in provides the following primary features:
Gathers and presents share and project information for an one or more appliances
Provides basic share and project provisioning on an appliance
Provides access to the Analytics facility on an appliance
Designed to support VMware vSphere versions 5.5 and earlier, (VMware vSphere 5.5.x and later employs a Web Client), the plug-in employs a primary interface referred to as the Oracle ZFS Virtual Storage Manager.
For the latest versions of these plug-ins, including full documentation with installation and administration information, see the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) page: Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Plug-in Downloads (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/sun-unified-storage/downloads/zfssa-plugins-1489830.html).