The SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere provides a vSphere web client GUI on vCenter to protect VMware virtual machines (VMs) and datastores, and supports SnapCenter application-specific plug-ins in protecting virtualized databases on primary and secondary storage.
For SnapCenter 4.3 and later, the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (formerly NetApp Data Broker) is deployed as a virtual appliance Linux-based VM.
For SnapCenter 4.2.x, the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere is deployed as part of the NetApp Data Broker virtual appliance Linux-based VM.