Before using SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere and this user guide, the following tasks should be completed. See the installation information for detailed information.
- Verify that all proper licenses are installed on the NetApp storage systems, including those that are used at the sources and destinations of SnapMirror and SnapVault relationships. For more details on licensing, see the installation and setup documentation.
Installing and setting up SnapCenter
- Add "SCV" RBAC roles to SnapCenter VMware vSphere web client users and assign permissions to resources, including permissions for secondary (destination) resources if you are using SnapMirror or SnapVault.
- Configure the SnapCenter environment by adding SVM connections.
Note: SnapCenter does not support cluster connections, only individual SVMs. SnapCenter does not support multiple SVMs with the same name on
different clusters. Each SVM supported by SnapCenter must have a
unique name.
- Create Run As credentials.
- The SnapCenter admin role must have admin privileges.
- Although Run As credentials are not needed for scheduling jobs (except if you are using a SQL scheduler with SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows), they are needed when you upgrade or uninstall SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere from the SnapCenter Server. If you originally installed the plug-in from the SnapCenter GUI, then you already configured Run As credentials. However, if you manually installed SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere, then you must configure Run As credentials. See the installation information.
- Install the plug-in, add VM hosts, discover (refresh) the resources, and configure the plug-in.
- Set up SnapMirror and SnapVault relationships, if you want backup replication.