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- SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Release notes
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Concepts
- Product overview
- Overview of the different SnapCenter GUIs
- Licensing
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Types of RBAC for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere users
- ONTAP RBAC features in SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Predefined roles packaged with SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- How to configure ONTAP RBAC for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
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Get started
- Deployment Overview
- Deployment workflow for new users
- Deployment workflow for existing users
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Requirements for deploying SCV
- Download the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere OVA (Open Virtual Appliance)
- Deploy SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Post deployment required operations and issues
- Log in to the SnapCenter VMware vSphere web client
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Quick start
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Monitor and report
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Manage storage
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Protect data
- Data protection workflow
- View backups
- Create backup policies
- Create resource groups
- Prescripts and postscripts
- Add a single VM or datastore to a resource group
- Add multiple VMs and datastores to a resource group
- Back up resource groups on demand
- Back up the MySQL database
- Manage resource groups - suspend, resume, modify, delete
- Manage policies - detach, modify, delete
- Manage backups - rename, delete
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Mount and unmount datastores
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Restore from backups
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Restore guest files and folders
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Manage SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere appliance
- Restart the VMware vSphere web client service
- Access the maintenance console
- Modify the SnapCenter VMware Plug-in password from the maintenance console
- Create and import certificates
- Unregister SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere from vCenter
- Disable and enable SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Remove SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
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Manage your configuration
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REST APIs
- Overview
- Access REST APIs using the Swagger API web page
- REST API workflows to add and modify storage VMs
- REST API workflows to create and modify resource groups
- REST API workflow to back up on demand
- REST API workflow to restore VMs
- REST API workflow to restore deleted VMs
- REST API workflow to restore VMDKs
- REST API workflows to attach and detach VMDKs
- REST API workflows to mount and unmount datastores
- REST APIs to download jobs and generate reports
- REST APIs workflows to modify built-in schedules
- REST API to mark stuck jobs as failed
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Upgrade
- Legal notices