Deciding whether to read the SnapCenter Administration information

This information describes how to manage SnapCenter by managing your hosts, the SnapCenter Server repository, EMS data collection, and untrusted domains, and how to provision storage on Windows hosts, maintain role-based access control (RBAC), use the Dashboard, and generate reports.

You should read this information if you want to use SnapCenter in the following ways:

• Use Application Request Routing and Network Load Balancing
• Provision storage on Windows hosts or reclaim storage space
• Create and manage SMB shares on Windows hosts
• Modify hosts and plug-ins or remove a host
• Start or restart plug-in services

  Information on restarting the VMware vSphere web client service is in the Data Protection Guide for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

• Suspend or restart schedules on hosts
• Configure, backup, or restore the SnapCenter repository
• Register, modify, or unregister hosts in untrusted domains
• Configure your SnapCenter dashboard

  Dashboard information for the SnapCenter VMware vSphere web client is in the Data Protection Guide for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

• Configure, export, or print reports

  Information on VMware vSphere web client reports is in the Data Protection Guide for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

• Monitor jobs, schedules, events, and logs

  Monitoring information for the VMware vSphere web client is in the Data Protection Guide for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

• Stop, start, modify, and monitor EMS data collection
• Use SnapCenter REST APIs

  Information on VMware vSphere web client REST APIs is in the Data Protection Guidefor SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

You should have already performed the following tasks:

• Read the SnapCenter Software Release Notes

You can also use the following information to help accomplish your data protection goals:

• SnapCenter Server and plug-in installation and setup

  Installing and setting up SnapCenter

  Getting Started

• SnapCenter concepts, including architecture, features, and benefits

  Concepts

• Other SnapCenter Data Protection Guides for specific types of resources, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Windows file systems, and custom plug-ins
• SnapCenter PowerShell cmdlets or Linux commands

  SnapCenter Software 4.1 Windows Cmdlet Reference Guide

  SnapCenter Software 4.1 Linux Command Reference Guide