New features with VLSR/SRM and ONTAP Tools
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With the transition from the legacy virtual appliance, ONTAP tools brings a wealth of new features, higher limits, and new vVols support.
Latest versions of vSphere and Site Recovery Manager
NetApp has shared a deep partnership with VMware for nearly two decades and strives to provide support for the latest releases as soon as possible. Always check the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) for the latest qualified combinations of software.
Support for IPv6
IPv6 is now supported with the following limitations:
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Not supported with SRM 8.2 (8.1, 8.3, and 8. 4 and later are supported)
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Check the Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) for the latest qualified versions.
Greater scale
The ONTAP tools 10.4 SRA can now support the maximum scale of VLSR/SRM.
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Total number of protected VMs = 5000
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Number of VMs per Protection Group = 1000
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Total number of recovery plans = 250
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Total number of protection groups per recovery plan = 250
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Total number of replicated datastores = 255
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Total number of concurrently running recovery plans. = 10
Synchronous replication
A long awaited and much anticipated new feature is SnapMirror Synchronous (SM-S) with ONTAP 9.5 and later which delivers a volume granular zero RPO data replication solution for your mission-critical applications. SM-S requires ONTAP tools 9.8 or later.
REST API support
SRA server configuration can now be managed by REST APIs. A Swagger UI has been added to assist in building your automation workflows and can be found on your ONTAP tools appliance at https://<appliance>:8443/.