topic Re: SMBR 8.3 in Data Protection

SMBR 8.3

FelixZhou — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:01:14 GMT

Plan to install SMBR 8.3 and SnapCenter 6.1. can someone share your experience?

will install SnapCenter and SMBR on different servers.

1. on SnapCenter server, push Exchange plug in to Exchange servers, connect to NetApp SVM, configure snapshot policy

2. on SMBR server, install outlook 2016 32bit, SnapCenter windows plug in, SMBR software, FC connections to NetApp storage

any correction on my plan? Not sure if i should install SCW on SMBR server.

thanks,

Re: SMBR 8.3

aladd — Tue, 10 May 2022 05:03:24 GMT

SnapCenter versions only go through 4.x presently, are you working with SnapManager/SnapDrive in the case of the 6.1?

Page 7/8 of the following documentation depicts the prerequisites to install and use SMBR 8.3:

https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2863893

Also, depending on the environment you're installing this on, you may consider the following:

https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Software/Single_Mailbox_Recovery_(SMBR)/SMBR_8.3_may_pick_up_incorrect_log_path_while_mounting_database_from_snapshot

Re: SMBR 8.3

FelixZhou — Fri, 13 May 2022 15:28:25 GMT

we are on SnapCenter 4.3.1

Re: SMBR 8.3

CSCOTTENO — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:37:13 GMT

We found the SMBR/SnapCenter integration too problematic. Instead, I created a PSTK script to get the backups of the exchange db in question, clone the preferred backup and attach it to a management box via in-guest iSCSI. We then open the edb with SMBR and restore what's requested.

Re: SMBR 8.3

aladd — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 05:20:43 GMT

@CSCOTTENO,

thank you for the feedback. This is something I can pass on to the interested teams to try and improve the experience with SMBR for future.

Re: SMBR 8.3

aladd — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 06:32:59 GMT

Can you provide us with some additional information on your experience with SMBR?

1. steps followed.

2. Errors experienced

3. Behavior/misbehavior

4. Plug-in hosts OS versions and updates.