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SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows overview

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The SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows is a host-side component of the NetApp SnapCenter Software that enables application-aware data protection management of Microsoft file system resources. In addition, it provides storage provisioning, Snapshot consistency, and space reclamation for Windows file systems. The Plug-in for Windows automates file system backup, restore, and cloning operations in your SnapCenter environment.

When the Plug-in for Windows is installed, you can use SnapCenter with NetApp SnapMirror technology to create mirror copies of backup sets on another volume and with NetApp SnapVault technology to perform disk-to-disk backup replication for archival or standards compliance.

  • Enables application-aware data protection for other plug-ins that are running in Windows hosts in your SnapCenter environment

  • Automates application-aware backup, restore, and clone operations for Microsoft file systems in your SnapCenter environment

  • Supports storage provisioning, Snapshot consistency, and space reclamation for Windows hosts

Note The Plug-in for Windows provisions SMB shares and Windows file systems on physical and RDM LUNs but does not support backup operations for Windows file systems on SMB shares.