NetApp OnCommand WFA 5.0 Installation and Configuration

OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) is a software solution that helps to automate storage management tasks, such as provisioning, migration, decommissioning, data protection configurations, and cloning storage. You can use WFA to build workflows to complete tasks that are specified by your processes. WFA supports ONTAP.

A workflow is a repetitive and procedural task that consists of sequential steps, including the following types of tasks:

• Provisioning, migrating, or decommissioning storage for databases or file systems
• Setting up a new virtualization environment, including storage switches and datastores
• Setting up storage for an application as part of an end-to-end orchestration process

Storage architects can define workflows to follow best practices and meet organizational requirements, such as the following:

• Using required naming conventions
• Setting unique options for storage objects
• Selecting resources
• Integrating internal configuration management database (CMDB) and ticketing applications

OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) server is installed to orchestrate the workflow operations across several datacenters.

You can centrally manage your automation environment by connecting your WFA server to several OnCommand Unified Manager deployments and VMware vCenters.

Download OnCommand WFA 5.0 from NetApp and launch the installation.

Set web interface admin password.

Set the Mysql DB root password

Select the ports for HTTP and HTTPS.

Default Installation Location.

Installing and Configuring MYsql.

INstalling Java Runtime.

Installing Active State Perl.

Registering Product.

WFA installed successfully.

Launch the WFA and Login using admin password.

Now Initial setup ---- Integrating to Data sources.

Select the data source (OCUM or Vcenter Server)

Then Login to OCUM create a DB user with Integration Schema role.

Peer the OCUM and WFA.

WFA integration successfully done.

Now connect to the data source (OCUM 9.4)

Now add the controller credentials (Cluster).

Setup completed successfully.

WFA Portal Management screen.

1. Portal Management
2. Execution Management
3. Designer Management.