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Release notes
Concepts
- SnapCenter overview
- Security features
- SnapCenter role-based access control (RBAC)
- 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
  - Register to access the SnapCenter software
  - Authentication methods for your credentials
  - Storage Virtual Machine connections and credentials
  - Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Install the SnapCenter Server on Windows host
- Install the SnapCenter Server on Linux host
- Log in to SnapCenter
- Configure CA Certificate for Windows host
  - 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 CA Certificate for Linux host
- Configure and enable two-way SSL communication on Windows host
  - Configure two-way SSL communication on Windows host
  - Enable two-way SSL communication on Windows host
- Configure and enable two-way SSL communication on Linux host
  - Configure two-way SSL communication on Linux host
  - Enable SSL communication on Linux host
- Configure Certificate-based Authentication
  - Export Certificate Authority (CA) certificates from SnapCenter Server
  - Import CA Certificate to the Windows host plug-ins
  - Import CA Certificate to the UNIX host plug-ins and configure root or intermediate certificates to SPL trust-store
    - Import CA Certificate to the UNIX host plug-ins
    - Configure root or intermediate certificates to SPL trust-store
  - Enable certificate-based authentication
- 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
- Configure audit log settings
- Add storage systems
- Add SnapCenter Standard controller-based licenses
- Provision your storage system
  - Provision storage on Windows hosts
  - Provision storage in VMware environments
- Configure secured MySQL connections with SnapCenter Server
- Features enabled on your Windows host during installation
- Features enabled on Linux host during installation
Protect Microsoft SQL Server databases
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
- Quick start to install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
- Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL 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
- Restore SQL Server resources
- Clone SQL Server database resources
Protect SAP HANA databases
- SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Databases
- Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
- 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
- Restore SAP HANA Databases
- Clone SAP HANA resource backups
Protect Oracle databases
- Overview of SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Prepare for protecting Oracle databases
- Back up Oracle databases
- Mount and unmount database backups
- Restore and recover Oracle databases
- Clone Oracle database
- Manage application volumes
Protect Windows file systems
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows concepts
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Back up Windows file systems
- Restore Windows file systems
- Clone Windows file systems
Protect Microsoft Exchange Server databases
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server concepts
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Prepare for data protection
- Back up Exchange resources
- Restore Exchange resources
Protect IBM Db2
- SnapCenter Plug-in for IBM Db2
- Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for IBM Db2
- Prepare for data protection
  - Prerequisites for using the SnapCenter Plug-in for IBM Db2
  - How resources, resource groups, and policies are used for protecting IBM Db2
- Back up IBM Db2 resources
- Restore IBM Db2
- Clone IBM Db2 resource backups
Protect PostgreSQL
- SnapCenter Plug-in for PostgreSQL
- Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for PostgreSQL
- Prepare for data protection
  - Prerequisites for using the SnapCenter Plug-in for PostgreSQL
  - How resources, resource groups, and policies are used for protecting PostgreSQL
- Back up PostgreSQL resources
- Restore PostgreSQL
- Clone PostgreSQL resource backups
Protect MySQL
- SnapCenter Plug-in for MySQL
- Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for MySQL
- Prepare for data protection
  - Prerequisites for using the SnapCenter Plug-in for MySQL
  - How resources, resource groups, and policies are used for protecting MySQL
- Back up MySQL resources
- Restore MySQL
- Clone MySQL resource backups
Protect Unix file systems
- Overview of SnapCenter Plug-in for Unix file systems
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Unix file systems
- Install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Prepare for protecting Unix file systems
- Back up Unix file systems
- Restore and recover Unix file systems
  - Restore and recover Unix file systems
  - Monitor Unix file systems restore operations
- Clone Unix file systems
Protect applications running on Azure NetApp Files
- Install SnapCenter and create credentials
- Protect SAP HANA databases
- Protect Microsoft SQL Server databases
- Protect Oracle databases
Protect NetApp supported plug-ins
- NetApp supported plug-ins
- Develop a plug-in for your application
- Prepare to install NetApp supported plug-ins
- Prepare for data protection
  - Prerequisites for using the NetApp supported plug-ins
  - How resources, resource groups, and policies are used for protecting NetApp supported plug-ins resources
- Back up NetApp supported plug-ins resources
- Restore NetApp supported plug-ins resources
- Clone NetApp supported plug-ins resource backups
Manage SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
- View 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 on Windows host
- Upgrade the SnapCenter Server on Linux host
- Upgrade your plug-in packages
Tech refresh
- Tech refresh of SnapCenter Server host
- Tech refresh of SnapCenter plug-in hosts
- Tech refresh of storage system
Uninstall SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
- Uninstall SnapCenter plug-in packages
- Uninstall the SnapCenter Server on Windows host
- Uninstall the SnapCenter Server on Linux host
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
- REST APIs supported for SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
- How to access REST APIs using the Swagger API web page
- Get started with the REST API
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- Concepts
  - SnapCenter role-based access control (RBAC)
- SnapCenter Server installation
  - Prepare for installing the SnapCenter Server
    - Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  - Configure CA Certificate for Windows host
  - Configure and enable two-way SSL communication on Windows host
  - Configure and enable two-way SSL communication on Linux host
  - Configure Certificate-based Authentication
    - Import CA Certificate to the UNIX host plug-ins and configure root or intermediate certificates to SPL trust-store
  - Configure Active Directory, LDAP, and LDAPS
  - Configure High Availability
  - Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
  - Provision your storage system
    - Provision storage on Windows hosts
- Protect Microsoft SQL Server databases
  - SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    - Backup strategy for SQL Server resources
    - Restoration 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
    - Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
    - Configure CA Certificate
    - Configure Disaster recovery
  - Prepare for data protection
  - Back up SQL Server database, or instance, or availability group
    - Monitor backup operations
  - Restore SQL Server resources
  - Clone SQL Server database resources
- Protect SAP HANA databases
  - SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Databases
    - Backup strategy for SAP HANA databases
    - Restore and recovery strategy for SAP HANA databases
  - Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database
    - Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Databases
    - Configure CA Certificate
  - Prepare for data protection
  - Back up SAP HANA resources
    - Discover resources and prepare multitenant database containers for data protection
    - Monitor backup operations
  - Restore SAP HANA Databases
  - Clone SAP HANA resource backups
- Protect Oracle databases
  - Overview of SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database
  - Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database
  - Back up Oracle databases
    - Backup configuration information
    - Other back up operations
  - Restore and recover Oracle databases
  - Clone Oracle database
  - Manage application volumes
    - Backup application volumes
- Protect Windows file systems
  - SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows concepts
  - Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows
    - Configure CA certificate
  - Back up Windows file systems
  - Restore Windows file systems
  - Clone Windows file systems
- Protect Microsoft Exchange Server databases
  - SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server concepts
  - Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server
    - Configure CA Certificate
  - Back up Exchange resources
  - Restore Exchange resources
- Protect IBM Db2
  - SnapCenter Plug-in for IBM Db2
    - Backup strategy for IBM Db2
    - Restore and recovery strategy for IBM Db2
  - Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for IBM Db2
    - Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for IBM Db2
    - Configure CA Certificate
  - Prepare for data protection
  - Back up IBM Db2 resources
    - Monitor backup operations
  - Restore IBM Db2
  - Clone IBM Db2 resource backups
- Protect PostgreSQL
  - SnapCenter Plug-in for PostgreSQL
    - Backup strategy for PostgreSQL
    - Restore and recovery strategy for PostgreSQL
  - Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for PostgreSQL
    - Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for PostgreSQL
    - Configure CA Certificate
  - Prepare for data protection
  - Back up PostgreSQL resources
    - Monitor backup operations
  - Restore PostgreSQL
  - Clone PostgreSQL resource backups
- Protect MySQL
  - SnapCenter Plug-in for MySQL
    - Backup strategy for MySQL
    - Restore and recovery strategy for MySQL
  - Prepare to install the SnapCenter Plug-in for MySQL
    - Install the SnapCenter Plug-in for MySQL
    - Configure CA Certificate
  - Prepare for data protection
  - Back up MySQL resources
    - Monitor backup operations
  - Restore MySQL
  - Clone MySQL resource backups
- Protect Unix file systems
  - Install SnapCenter Plug-in for Unix file systems
  - Back up Unix file systems
  - Restore and recover Unix file systems
  - Clone Unix file systems
- Protect applications running on Azure NetApp Files
  - Install SnapCenter and create credentials
  - Protect SAP HANA databases
  - Protect Microsoft SQL Server databases
  - Protect Oracle databases
- Protect NetApp supported plug-ins
  - NetApp supported plug-ins
    - Backup strategy for NetApp supported plug-ins
  - Develop a plug-in for your application
  - Prepare to install NetApp supported plug-ins
    - Install the NetApp supported plug-ins
    - Configure CA Certificate
  - Prepare for data protection
  - Back up NetApp supported plug-ins resources
  - Restore NetApp supported plug-ins resources
  - Clone NetApp supported plug-ins resource backups
- Manage SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
  - View dashboard
- Upgrade SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
- Tech refresh
- Uninstall SnapCenter Server and plug-ins
  - Uninstall SnapCenter plug-in packages
- Automate using REST APIs

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