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    • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
    • Release notes
    • 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
    • Get started
      • Deployment Overview
      • Deployment workflow for new users
      • Deployment workflow for existing users
      • Requirements for deploying SCV
        • Deployment planning and requirements
        • Minimum ONTAP privileges required
        • Minimum vCenter privileges required
      • 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
    • Quick start
      • Overview
      • Download the OVA (Open Virtual Appliance)
      • Deploy SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
      • Add storage
      • Create backup policies
      • Create resource groups
    • Monitor and report
      • View status information
      • Monitor jobs
      • Download job logs
      • Access reports
      • Generate a support bundle from the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere GUI
      • Generate a support bundle from the maintenance console
    • Manage storage
      • Add storage
      • Manage storage VMs - modify, rename, remove
      • Modify the configured storage timeout
    • 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
    • Mount and unmount datastores
      • Mount a backup
      • Unmount a backup
    • Restore from backups
      • Overview
      • How restore operations are performed
      • Search for backups
      • Restore VMs from backups
      • Restore deleted VMs from backups
      • Restore VMDKs from backups
      • Restore the most recent backup of the MySQL database
      • Restore a specific backup of the MySQL database
      • Attach VMDKs to a VM
      • Detach a virtual disk
    • Restore guest files and folders
      • Workflow, prerequisites, and limitations
      • Restore guest files and folders from VMDKs
      • Set up proxy VMs for restore operations
      • Configure credentials for VM guest file restores
      • Extend the time of a guest file restore session
      • Guest file restore scenarios you might encounter
    • 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
    • Manage your configuration
      • Modify time zones
      • Modify logon credentials
      • Modify vCenter logon credentials
      • Modify network settings
      • Modify configuration default values
      • Create the scbr.override file
      • Configuration properties you can override
      • Enable SSH
    • 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
    • Upgrade
      • Upgrade from an earlier release of SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
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    • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

    Deployment workflow for new users

    08/11/2021 Contributors netapp-madhulik

    If you have not used SnapCenter before and do not have any SnapCenter backups, then use the following workflow to get started.

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