Product Announcements

Huawei Storage Next Generation Client Plug-in Solution

Huawei Storage Next Generation Client Plug-in Solution Capabilities:

Huawei Storage Next Generation Client Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client, integrating with VMware vSphere platform, enabling VMware administrators to independently and centrally manage Huawei storage resources via VMware vSphere Web Client with more efficiency and ease. In addition, Huawei’s Storage NGC plug-in is integrated with Huawei OceanStor V3 series storage offering:

  • Storage Discovery
  • Health Monitor
  • Capacity Management
  • Provisioning Datastore
  • Backup
  • Restore Service

VMware administrators empowering effective and straightforward storage management via VMware vSphere web client.

Let’s take a look at Huawei’s plug-in!

1.       Where to find our plugin logo after installed.

2.       Summary of Huawei storage

3.       Monitor the alarms on Huawei storage

4.       Monitor datastores and LUNs for a specific host

5.       Implement storage operations for a specific host

6.       Create snapshot for a LUN, and recover LUNs from snapshots via our plugin

BENEFITS: What are the benefits of Huawei’s Storage Next Generation Client Plug-in Solution for vSphere?

  • Improving management efficiencies by enabling VMware administrators to effectively manage and monitor Huawei storage devices via vSphere web client
  • Simplifying data storage management with rapid provisioning
  • Providing Data protection with storage snapshots
  • Backup and restore LUNs mounted to ESX hosts by using Storage snapshots.
  • Examining Huawei Storage device health and status information
  • Viewing virtual machine information.
  • Providing all LUNs or File system information VM used on Huawei Storage

Read more about Huawei’s plug-in on VSX: https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/huawei-vcenter-plug-in-for-vmware

VMware’s Web Client Plug-in Certification Program:

Many companies are building and certifying their plug-in.  We have seen a surge in HTML 5 plugins being certified in 2017. Through VMware certification program, partners can ensure a better end user experience and have the trusted VMware brand behind their plug-in.  Look for new partner web client plug-in certifications in 2017!   Thanks to all of our partners for supporting the VMware vSphere web client plug-in certification and partner program.  

For more information, view the links below:

VMware’s Solution Exchange (VSX): https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/vsphere/web-client-plug-in

vCenter website for vSphere web client plug-ins: http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-server.html

Social Media Channels: vSphere YouTube Channel: VMwarevSphere and Twitter: @VMwarevSphere

vSphere Fling for developing plug-ins: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vsphere-html5-web-client

VMware Clarity – Plug-in development tool:  http://clarity.design