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Snapdrive - SDCLI and HA Config
We are loking to setup our Snapcentre 4.4 P1 servesr behind a load balancer. The load balancer provide s VIP/DNS Alias to access Snapcentre. From the SDCLI perspective, how to we specif this VIP?
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Snapcenter Roadmap and Release Dates
Is there any published feature set for Snapcenter i.e. do we know what might be released with Snapcenter 4.5 and when that might be released?
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SnapDrive Transport Protocol Password Change
I am resetting all local NetApp cluster passwords to upgrade the hash from MD5 to SHA512 and I am down to my last one - the local service account used by SnapDrive for the Transport Protocol Settings. We only have SnapDrive running on Windows Failover Clusters, and only for LUN management (due to a SnapCenter bug I'm…
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Snapcentre and Snapdrive interdepednacies
New to SnapCentre. Does use of SnapCentre negate the requirement for Snapdrive at the target server where storage is presented.
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Snapdrive for Oracle Split off Cloned Database
Using Snapcentre for Oracle 3.4.1 P4 on Windows 2008 R2 (don't ask why! 🙂 ). Obviously SMO works by creating flex-clones in the underlying storage then presenting back to the OS as a new instance of oracle. It was indicated to me though that these clones of the DB could not be split out into a new standalone DB like you…
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Upgrading from SnapDrive/SnapManager for SQL to SnapCenter
We've got some old systems that are still running SnapDrive and SnapManager for SQL. There's VMware in my world and we're running Virtual Storage Console. It's past time to upgrade to current software. - Are there any blogs, guides, etc. about how to do this upgrade? - In general, is it possible to run the old and new…
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SnapDrive and OnTAP Compatibility
FIrst, some background: we are migrating from SnapDrive/SMSQL to SnapCenter, however SC has numerous bugs <related to failover clusters and mount points> that requires us to keep SnapDrive (but not SMSQL) on a few servers until the bugs are patched. We are running OnTAP 9.3 because SnapDrive isn't supported in OnTAP 9.4…
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Is SnapDrive/SMSQL Now Supported Through OnTAP 9.7?
I heard recently that some older SnapManager products such as SnapManager for Hyper-V are now coming bundled with SnapDrive 7.1.5P2 which is supposedly supported through OnTAP 9.7. I say "supposedly" because the IMT is inconsistent on this point. When looking at SnapManager for Hyper-V it shows compatibility through 9.7,…
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SnapCenter vs. SnapDrive - How to Create a LUN in a Windows Failover Cluster
Hello, I am trying to create a LUN in a Windows Failover Cluster for the first time using SnapCenter after having used SnapDrive for years. I'm running across two very confusing elements and wondered if someone could provide insight. Specifically: * In the Disk Type screen I of course select Shared Disk, but then it…
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SNAPMANAGER FOR EXCHANGE 2007
Hello, We have SME 6.0.0.706 for exchange 2007 which is running on Windows 2003 X64. Exchange 2007 has 10 databases which are snapmirrored to the DR site. Since few days the backup fails with atleast 1 Database with the following error in the backup log. [09:54:49.475] [SnapDrive Error]:VDS disk object for the LUN s/n…