Prior to Purity 5.3.0, the FlashArray had a limitation of only being able to provide the VASA Providers to be registered against a single SSO. Which meant that a FlashArray would only be able to have Storage Providers registered with a single vCenter Server, with one exception: vCenter Servers that were in Enhanced Linked Mode could all register, as they shared the same SSO.
With the release of Purity 5.3.0, the FlashArray will now support the ability to import certificates to the VASA Providers on each controller. This means that by importing a certificate for both VASA providers, the FlashArray will allow multiple non-linked vCenters to register against that certificate and VASA provider. Beyond that, this also provides the ability for end-users to generate Certificate Signing Requests for each VASA Provider and get a CA Signed certificate imported.
Please note that by importing certificates to the VASA providers, you will cause any existing storage providers that are registered to go out of sync and report as offline since the certificate has changed. This will require the end-user to remove the old storage providers and re-register the storage providers once the new certificates are imported. Each step of this process is covered below.
The FlashArray VASA version 1.1.0 is the first certified VASA version for Multi-vCenter Support. This VASA version is only available in Purity 5.3.6 and higher.
All VASA version above 1.1.0 will also support Multi-vCenter configurations.