• SnapCenter Software 4.6 docs
• Release notes
• Concepts
  • SnapCenter overview
  • Security features
  • SnapCenter role-based access control (RBAC)
    • Types of RBAC
    • RBAC permissions and roles
    • Pre-defined SnapCenter roles and permissions
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Resources, resource groups, and policies
  • Prescripts and postscripts
  • SnapCenter Automation using REST APIs
• SnapCenter Server installation
  • Installation workflow
  • Prepare for installing the SnapCenter Server
    • Domain and workgroup requirements
    • Space and sizing requirements
    • SAN host requirements
    • Supported storage systems and applications
    • Supported browsers
    • Connection and port requirements
    • SnapCenter licenses
    • Authentication methods for your credentials
    • Storage Virtual Machine connections and credentials
  • Install the SnapCenter Server
  • Log in to SnapCenter
  • Configure CA Certificate
    • Generate CA Certificate CSR file
    • Import CA Certificates
    • Get the CA certificate thumbprint
    • Configure CA certificate with Windows host plug-in services
    • Configure CA certificate with SnapCenter site
    • Enable CA Certificates for SnapCenter Server
  • Configure Active Directory, LDAP, and LDAPS
    • Register untrusted Active Directory domains
    • Configure CA client certificate for LDAPS
  • Configure High Availability
    • Configure SnapCenter Servers for High Availability using F5
    • Configure Microsoft Network Load Balancer manually
    • Switch from NLB to F5 for high availability
    • High availability for the SnapCenter MySQL repository
    • Export SnapCenter certificates
  • Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
    • Add a user or group and assign role and assets
    • Create a role
    • Add an ONTAP RBAC role using security login commands
    • Create SVM roles with minimum privileges
    • Create ONTAP cluster roles with minimum privileges
    • Configure IIS Application Pools to enable Active Directory read permissions
  • Add storage systems
  • Add SnapCenter Standard controller-based licenses
  • Add SnapCenter Standard capacity-based licenses
  • Provision your storage system
    • Provision storage on Windows hosts
      • Configure LUN storage
      • Create and manage igroups
      • Create and manage disks
      • Create and manage SMB shares
      • Reclaim space on the storage system
      • Provision storage using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Provision storage in VMware environments
  • Configure secured MySQL connections with SnapCenter Server
  • Features enabled on your Windows host during installation
• Protect Microsoft SQL Server databases
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    • SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server overview
    • What you can do with the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    • SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server features
    • Support for Asymmetric LUN Mapping in Windows clusters
    • Storage types supported by SnapCenter Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows and for Microsoft SQL Server
    • Storage layout recommendations for SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    • Minimum ONTAP privileges required for SQL plug-in
    • Prepare storage systems for SnapMirror and SnapVault replication
    • Backup strategy for SQL Server resources
      • Define a backup strategy for SQL Server resources
      • Type of backups supported
      • Backup schedules for database plug-ins
      • Number of backup jobs needed for databases
      • Backup naming conventions
      • Backup retention options
      • How long to retain transaction log backups on the source storage system
      • Multiple databases on the same volume
      • Backup copy verification using the primary or secondary storage volume
      • When to schedule verification jobs
    • Restoration strategy for SQL Server
      • Define a restoration strategy for SQL Server
      • Sources and destinations for a restore operation
      • SQL Server recovery models supported by SnapCenter
      • Types of restore operations
    • Define a cloning strategy for SQL Server
  • Quick start to install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
  • Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    • Installation workflow for SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    • Prerequisites to add hosts and install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    • Host requirements to install SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows
    • Set up credentials for the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows
    • Configure credentials for an individual SQL Server resource
    • Configure gMSA on Windows Server 2012 or later
    • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
      • Add hosts and install the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows
      • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server on multiple remote hosts by using cmdlets
      • Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server silently from the command line
      • Monitor the status of installing Plug-in for SQL Server
    • Configure CA Certificate
      • Generate CA Certificate CSR file
      • Import CA certificate
      • Get the CA certificate thumbprint
      • Configure CA certificate with Windows host plug-in services
      • Enable CA Certificates for plug-ins
    • Configure Disaster recovery
      • Disaster recovery of SnapCenter Plug-in for SQL Server
      • Storage disaster recovery for SnapCenter Plug-in for SQL Server
      • Failback from SnapCenter Plug-in for SQL Server secondary storage to primary storage
    • Import archived backups from SnapManager for Microsoft SQL Server to SnapCenter
      • Import archived backups overview
      • Limitations related to the import feature
      • Import archived backups
      • View the imported backups in SnapCenter Server
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • Prepare for data protection
    • Prerequisites for using SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    • How resources, resource groups, and policies are used for protecting SQL Server
  • Back up SQL Server database, or instance, or availability group
    • Backup workflow
    • Determine whether resources are available for backup
    • Migrate resources to NetApp storage system
    • Create backup policies for SQL Server databases
    • Create resource groups and attach policies for SQL Server
    • Requirements for backing up SQL resources
    • Back up SQL resources
    • Back up SQL Server resource groups
    • Monitor backup operations
      • Monitor backup operations in the SnapCenter Jobs page
      • Monitor operations in the Activity pane
    • Create a storage system connection and a credential using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Back up resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Cancel the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server backup operations
    • View SQL Server backups and clones in the Topology page
    • Remove backups using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Clean up the secondary backup count using PowerShell cmdlets
  • Restore SQL Server resources
    • Restore workflow
    • Requirements for restoring a database
    • Restore SQL Server database backups
    • Restore an SQL Server database from secondary storage
    • Reseed Availability Group databases
    • Restore and recover resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor restore operations
    • Cancel restore operations
  • Clone SQL Server database resources
    • Clone workflow
    • Clone from a SQL Server database backup
    • Clone backups using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Perform Clone Lifecycle
    • Monitor clone operations in SnapCenter
    • Cancel clone operations
    • Split a clone
• Protect SAP HANA databases
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Databases
    • SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database overview
    • What you can do using the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    • SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database features
    • Storage types supported by SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    • Minimum ONTAP privileges required
    • Prepare storage systems for SnapMirror and SnapVault replication
    • Backup strategy for SAP HANA databases
      • Define a backup strategy for SAP HANA databases
      • Automatic discovery of resources on Linux host
      • Type of backups supported
      • How SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database uses consistency group Snapshot copies
      • How SnapCenter manages housekeeping of log and data backups
      • Considerations for determining backup schedules for SAP HANA database
      • Number of backup jobs needed for SAP HANA databases
      • Backup naming conventions
    • Restore and recovery strategy for SAP HANA databases
      • Define a restore and recovery strategy for SAP HANA resources
      • Types of restore strategies supported for manually added SAP HANA resources
      • Types of restore strategies supported for automatically discovered SAP HANA databases
      • Types of restore operations for auto discovered SAP HANA databases
      • Types of recovery operations supported for SAP HANA databases
  • Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    • Installation workflow of SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    • Prerequisites for adding hosts and installing SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    • Host requirements to install SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows
    • Host requirements for installing the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Linux
    • Set up credentials for the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    • Configure gMSA on Windows Server 2012 or later
    • Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Databases
      • Add hosts and install plug-in packages on remote hosts
      • Install SnapCenter Plug-in Packages for Linux or Windows on multiple remote hosts by using cmdlets
      • Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database on Linux hosts by using the command-line interface
      • Monitor SnapCenter plug-in package installation status
    • Configure CA Certificate
      • Generate CA Certificate CSR file
      • Import CA certificates
      • Get the CA certificate thumbprint
      • Configure CA certificate with Windows host plug-in services
      • Configure the CA Certificate for the SnapCenter SAP HANA Plug-ins service on Linux host
      • Configure the CA Certificate for the SnapCenter SAP HANA Plug-ins service on Windows host
      • Enable CA Certificates for plug-ins
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • Prepare for data protection
    • Prerequisites for using the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    • How resources, resource groups, and policies are used for protecting SAP HANA databases
  • Back up SAP HANA resources
    • Back up workflow
    • Configure HDB User Store Key and HDBSQL OS User for the SAP HANA database
    • Discover resources and prepare multitenant database containers for data protection
      • Discover the databases automatically
      • Prepare multitenant database containers for data protection
    • Add resources manually to the plug-in host
    • Create backup policies for SAP HANA databases
    • Create resource groups and attach policies
    • Back up SAP HANA databases
    • Back up resource groups
    • Create a storage system connection and a credential using PowerShell cmdlets for SAP HANA database
    • Back up databases using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor backup operations
      • Monitor backup operations in the SnapCenter Jobs page
      • Monitor operations in the Activity pane
    • Cancel the backup operations
    • View SAP HANA database backups and clones in the Topology page
  • Restore SAP HANA Databases
    • Restore workflow
    • Restore and recover a manually added resource backup
    • Restore and recover an auto discovered database backup
    • Restore SAP HANA database using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Restore resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor restore operations
  • Clone SAP HANA resource backups
    • Clone workflow
    • Clone a SAP HANA database backup
    • Clone SAP HANA database backups using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor clone operations in SnapCenter
    • Split a clone
    • Delete or split SAP HANA database clones after upgrading SnapCenter
• Protect Oracle databases
  • Overview of SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database
    • What can you do with the Plug-in for Oracle Database
    • Features of Plug-in for Oracle
    • Storage types supported by Plug-in for Oracle Database
    • Prepare storage systems for SnapMirror and SnapVault replication for Plug-in for Oracle
    • Minimum ONTAP privileges required for Plug-in for Oracle
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database
    • Installation workflow of SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database
    • Prerequisites for adding hosts and installing Plug-ins Package for Linux or AIX
    • Add hosts and install Plug-ins Package for Linux or AIX
    • Alternate ways to install Plug-ins Package for Linux or AIX
    • Configure the SnapCenter Plug-in Loader service
    • Configure CA certificate with SnapCenter Plug-in Loader service on Linux host
    • Enable CA Certificates for plug-ins
    • Import data from SnapManager for Oracle and SnapManager for SAP to SnapCenter
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • Prepare for protecting Oracle databases
  • Back up Oracle databases
    • Backup workflow
    • Define a backup strategy for Oracle databases
    • Predefined environment variables for backup specific prescript and postscript
    • Determine whether Oracle databases are available for backup
    • Create backup policies for Oracle databases
    • Create resource groups and attach policies for Oracle databases
    • Requirements for backing up an Oracle database
    • Back up Oracle resources
    • Back up Oracle database resource groups
    • Back up Oracle databases using UNIX commands
    • Monitor Oracle database backup operations
    • Cancel backup operations of Oracle databases
    • View Oracle database backups and clones in the Topology page
  • Mount and unmount database backups
  • Restore and recover Oracle databases
    • Restore workflow
    • Define a restore and recovery strategy for Oracle databases
    • Predefined environment variables for restore specific prescript and postscript
    • Requirements for restoring an Oracle database
    • Restore and recover Oracle database
    • Restore and recover tablespaces using point-in-time recovery
    • Restore and recover pluggable database using point-in-time recovery
    • Restore and recover Oracle databases using UNIX commands
    • Monitor Oracle database restore operations
    • Cancel Oracle database restore operations
  • Clone Oracle database
    • Clone workflow
    • Define a clone strategy for Oracle databases
    • Predefined environment variables for clone specific prescript and postscript
    • Requirements for cloning an Oracle database
    • Clone an Oracle database
    • Clone a pluggable database
    • Clone Oracle database backups using UNIX commands
    • Split an Oracle Database Clone
    • Split clone of a pluggable database
    • Monitor Oracle database clone operations
    • Refresh a clone
    • Delete clone of a pluggable database
  • Manage application volumes
    • Add application volumes
    • Backup application volumes
      • Back up application volume
      • Back up the application volumes resource group
    • Clone application volume backup
• Protect Windows file systems
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows concepts
    • SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows overview
    • What you can do with the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
    • SnapCenter Plug-in for Windows features
    • How SnapCenter backs up Windows file systems
    • Storage types supported by SnapCenter Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows
    • Minimum ONTAP privileges required for Windows plug-in
    • Prepare storage systems for SnapMirror and SnapVault replication
    • Define a backup strategy for Windows file systems
    • Sources and destinations of clones for Windows file systems
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
    • Installation workflow of SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
    • Installation requirements for SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
    • Configure gMSA on Windows Server 2012 or later
    • Add hosts and install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
    • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows on multiple remote hosts using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows silently from the command line
    • Monitor SnapCenter plug-in package installation status
    • Configure CA certificate
      • Generate CA Certificate CSR file
      • Import CA certificates
      • Get the CA certificate thumbprint
      • Configure CA certificate with Windows host plug-in services
      • Enable CA Certificates for plug-ins
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • Back up Windows file systems
    • Backup workflow
    • Determine resource availability for Windows file systems
    • Create backup policies for Windows file systems
    • Create resource groups for Windows file systems
    • Back up a single resource on demand for Windows file systems
    • Back up resource groups for Windows file systems
    • Create a storage system connection and a credential using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Back up resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor backup operations
    • Cancel the backup operations
    • View related backups and clones in the Topology page
    • Remove backups using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Clean up the secondary backup count using PowerShell cmdlets
  • Restore Windows file systems
    • Restore Windows file system backups
    • Restore and recover resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor restore operations
    • Cancel restore operations
  • Clone Windows file systems
    • Clone from a Windows file system backup
    • Clone backups using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor clone operations
    • Cancel clone operations
    • Split a clone
• Protect Microsoft Exchange Server databases
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server concepts
    • Overview
    • What you can do with SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server
    • Storage types supported by SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows and for Microsoft Exchange Server
    • Minimum ONTAP privileges required
    • Prepare storage systems for SnapMirror and SnapVault replication
    • Define a backup strategy for Exchange Server resources
    • Define a restore strategy for Exchange databases
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server
    • Installation workflow of SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server
    • Prerequisites to add hosts and install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server
    • Set up credentials for SnapCenter Plug-in for Windows
    • Configure gMSA on Windows Server 2012 or later
    • Add hosts and install Plug-in for Exchange
    • Install Plug-in for Exchange from the SnapCenter Server host using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for Exchange silently from the command line
    • Monitor SnapCenter plug-in package installation status
    • Configure CA Certificate
      • Generate CA Certificate CSR file
      • Import CA certificates
      • Get the CA certificate thumbprint
      • Configure CA certificate with Windows host plug-in services
      • Enable CA Certificates for plug-ins
    • Configure SnapManager 7.x for Exchange and SnapCenter to coexist
  • Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • Prepare for data protection
  • Back up Exchange resources
    • Backup workflow
    • Exchange database and backup verification
    • Determine whether Exchange resources are available for backup
    • Create backup policies for Exchange Server databases
    • Create resource groups and attach policies for Exchange Servers
    • Back up Exchange databases
    • Back up Exchange resources groups
    • Create a storage system connection and a credential using PowerShell cmdlets for Exchange Server
    • Back up Exchange resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor backup operations
    • Cancel backup operations for Exchange database
    • Remove Exchange backups using PowerShell cmdlets
    • View Exchange backups in the Topology page
  • Restore Exchange resources
    • Restore workflow
    • Requirements for restoring an Exchange database
    • Restore Exchange databases
    • Granular recovery of mails and mailbox
    • Restore an Exchange Server database from secondary storage
    • Restore Exchange resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Reseed a passive Exchange node replica
    • Reseed a replica using PowerShell cmdlets for Exchange database
    • Monitor restore operations
    • Cancel restore operations
• Protect Custom applications
  • SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins overview
    • What you can do with the SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins features
    • Storage types supported by SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • Minimum ONTAP privileges required for custom plug-in
    • Prepare storage systems for SnapMirror and SnapVault replication
    • Define a backup strategy
    • Backup strategy for custom plug-ins
      • Backup schedules of custom plug-in resources
      • Number of backup jobs needed
    • Types of restore strategies supported for manually added custom plug-in resources
  • Develop a plug-in for your application
    • Overview
    • PERL-based development
    • Native style
    • Java style
    • Custom plug-in in SnapCenter
  • Prepare to install SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • Installation workflow of SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • Prerequisites for adding hosts and installing SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • Host requirements to install SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows
    • Host requirements for installing the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Linux
    • Set up credentials for SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • Configure gMSA on Windows Server 2012 or later
    • Install the SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
      • Add hosts and install plug-in packages on remote hosts
      • Install SnapCenter Plug-in Packages for Linux or Windows on multiple remote hosts by using cmdlets
      • Install the SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins on Linux hosts by using the command-line interface
      • Monitor SnapCenter plug-in package installation status
    • Configure CA Certificate
      • Generate CA Certificate CSR file
      • Import CA certificates
      • Get the CA certificate thumbprint
      • Configure CA certificate with Windows host plug-in services
      • Configure the CA Certificate for the SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins service on Linux host
      • Configure the CA Certificate for the SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins service on Windows host
      • Enable CA Certificates for plug-ins
  • Prepare for data protection
    • Prerequisites for using the SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • How resources, resource groups, and policies are used for protecting custom plug-in resources
  • Back up custom plug-in resources
    • Back up workflow
    • Add resources to SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
    • Create policies for custom plug-in resources
    • Create resource groups and attach policies
    • Back up individual custom plug-in resources
    • Back up resource groups of custom plug-in resources
    • Create a storage system connection and a credential using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Back up resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor backup operations
    • Cancel the backup operations
    • View custom plug-in resource related backups and clones in the Topology page
  • Restore custom plug-in resources
    • Restore workflow
    • Restore a resource backup
    • Restore resources using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor restore operations
  • Clone custom plug-in resource backups
    • Clone workflow
    • Clone from a backup
    • Clone backups using PowerShell cmdlets
    • Monitor clone operations in SnapCenter
• Manage SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
  • View dashboard
    • Overview of dashboard
    • How to view information on the dashboard
    • Request status reports of the jobs from the dashboard
    • Request reports of the protection status from the dashboard
  • Manage RBAC
  • Manage hosts
  • Operations supported from the Resources page
  • Manage policies
  • Manage resource groups
  • Manage backups
  • Delete clones
  • Monitor jobs, schedules, events, and logs
  • Overview of SnapCenter reporting capabilities
  • Manage the SnapCenter Server repository
  • Manage resources of untrusted domains
  • Manage the storage system
  • Manage EMS data collection
• Upgrade SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
  • Configure SnapCenter to check for available updates
  • Upgrade Workflow
  • Upgrade the SnapCenter Server
  • Upgrade your plug-in packages
• Uninstall SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
  • Uninstall SnapCenter plug-in packages
    • Prerequisites for removing a host
    • Remove a host
    • Uninstall plug-ins using the SnapCenter GUI
    • Uninstall Windows plug-ins using the PowerShell cmdlet
    • Uninstall plug-ins locally on a host
    • Uninstall plug-ins package for Linux or AIX using CLI
  • Uninstall the SnapCenter Server
• Automate using REST APIs
  • Overview of REST APIs
  • How to access SnapCenter REST API natively
  • REST web services foundation
  • Basic operational characteristics
  • Input variables controlling an API request
  • Interpretation of an API response
  • Supported REST APIs
    • REST API workflows supported for other plug-ins
    • REST APIs supported for Oracle Database
    • REST API supported for disaster recovery of SnapCenter Server
  • How to access REST APIs using the Swagger API web page
  • Get started with the REST API
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