Deciding whether to read the SnapCenter Data Protection Guide for Windows File Systems

This guide describes how to use SnapCenter to perform backup, restore, and clone operations on Windows file systems.

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

• You want to create data protection policies and resource groups for Windows file systems
• You want to perform backup, restore, or clone operations on Windows file systems using the graphical user interface (GUI)
• You want to perform backup, restore, or clone operations on Windows file systems using Windows PowerShell cmdlets

You should have already performed the following tasks:

• Installed SnapCenter Server and the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
• Configured role-based access control (RBAC), storage system connections, and credentials
• Deployed the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere and registered the plug-in with SnapCenter, if you want to protect Windows file systems on virtual machines. The SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere documentation has more information.

  SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere Deployment Guide

• Set up SnapMirror and SnapVault relationships, if you want backup replication

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 commands

  SnapCenter Software 4.4 Cmdlet Reference Guide

• SnapCenter administration, including dashboards, reporting capabilities, and REST APIs, and managing licenses, storage connections, and the SnapCenter Server repository

  Performing administrative tasks

• For SnapCenter 4.1.1 users, the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere 4.1.1 documentation has information on protecting virtualized databases and file systems. For SnapCenter 4.2.x users, the NetApp Data Broker 1.0 and 1.0.1, documentation has information on protecting virtualized databases and file systems using the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere that is provided by the Linux-based NetApp Data Broker virtual appliance (Open Virtual Appliance format). For SnapCenter 4.3.x users, the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere 4.3 documentation has information on protecting virtualized databases and file systems using the Linux-based SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere virtual appliance (Open Virtual Appliance format).

  SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere Data Protection Guide