• SnapManager for Hyper-V docs
  • Release notes
  • What SnapManager for Hyper-V is
    • What you can do with SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • List of SnapManager for Hyper-V limitations
    • Data management concepts
  • List of requirements for installing SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • SnapManager for Hyper-V licensing for ONTAP
    • Hyper-V parent host requirements
    • Hotfix requirements for Windows Server environments
    • License requirements
    • Requirements for using the Remote Host Install wizard
  • Install SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Download SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Installation order for SnapDrive for Windows and SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Install SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Remotely install or uninstall SnapManager for Hyper-V on nodes or hosts
    • List and description of command line switches for silent installation
  • Uninstall SnapManager for Hyper-V on Windows
    • Uninstall SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • Configure SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Dashboard settings
    • Configure hosts
      • Requirements for adding a Hyper-V parent host or host cluster
      • Add a Hyper-V parent host or host cluster
      • Manage storage connection settings
      • View a Hyper-V parent host or host cluster
      • View a virtual machine
      • Migrat a Hyper-V virtual machine for SnapManager for Hyper-V operations
      • Import or export host and dataset configuration information
      • Remove a Hyper-V parent host or parent host cluster
      • Event notification settings
        • Configure email notifications
      • Report path settings
    • Configure SnapInfo directory settings
      • Set up a SnapInfo LUN
      • Change the SnapInfo directory path
    • Configure datasets
      • Requirements for creating a dataset
      • Create a dataset
      • Modify a dataset
      • View a dataset
      • Delete a dataset
    • Configure policies
      • Requirements for adding policies to a dataset
      • Add policies
      • Modify policies
      • View policies
      • Delete policies
    • Configure SVMs or CIFS servers for Hyper-V over SMB
  • Manage reports
    • View a dataset report
    • View a host report
    • Delete a report
  • VSS components
    • CSV 2.0 in Windows Server 2012 and later
    • SMB 3.0 support for Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2012
    • How SnapManager for Hyper-V uses VSS
    • ONTAP VSS Hardware Provider requirement
    • View installed VSS providers
    • Verify that the VSS Hardware Provider was used successfully
  • Create and manage backup jobs in SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Requirements for manually backing up a dataset
    • How SnapManager for Hyper-V handles saved-state backups
    • Manually backing up a dataset
    • Monitor backup jobs
    • Delete a backup
  • Restore a virtual machine from a backup copy
    • Requirements for restoring a virtual machine
    • Restore a virtual machine from a backup copy
  • Perform a cluster operating system rolling upgrade
    • Map LUNs in mixed operating system mode
    • Update the dataset and SnapInfo across all nodes
  • Perform disaster recovery
    • Configure SnapManager for Hyper-V for failover
    • Recover and restor from a disaster recovery failover
    • Reconfigure storage systems after a disaster recovery failback
    • Restore the original configuration for standalone hosts
    • Restore the original configuration for clustered hosts
  • Troubleshoot SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Backup Failed for the following VM(s) since it cannot be backedup online or No VM to be found for backup
    • Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface. hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.
    • Backup reports use management console time zone information in report name
    • Backup and restore notifications not sent in IPv6-only environments
    • Failover clustering event ID 5121
    • Virtual machine backups made while a restore operation is in progress might be invalid
    • Virtual machine managing itself
    • Connection time is longer with IPv6-only host
    • Volume Shadow Copy Service error: An internal inconsistency was detected
    • Web Service Client channel was unable to connect to the ConfigurationManagementService instance on machine smhv51_81clus
    • MSI custom property used in silent installation
    • SnapManager for Hyper-V is not licensed on the host or in the Storage System
    • Delete backups after failover
    • Storage performance degrades after failed backup
    • Deleted SnapInfo Snapshot copies
    • High memory consumption caused by antivirus solution
    • Space consumption when making two Snapshot copies for each backup
    • SnapDrive SDDiscoveryFileSystemListInfo response is null while backing up
    • Error: Vss Requestor - Backup components failed
    • Vss Requestor - Backup Components failed. An expected disk did not arrive in the system
    • Vss Requestor - Backup Components failed with partial writer error
    • VSS returns errors against Microsoft iSCSI Target VSS Hardware Provider during NAS backup
    • Vss Requestor - Backup Components failed. Failed to call keep snapshot set.
    • MBR LUNs unsupported in SnapManager for Hyper-V
    • Backup fails after you remove a virtual machine from Hyper-V Manager
    • Some types of backup failures do not result in partial backup failure
    • Restore failure after storage system volume renaming
    • Restore from a backup after failback
    • Web Service Client channel unable to connect while updating the dataset to the new node
    • Datasets are not automatically replicated to new nodes in a Windows Failover Cluster
    • Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly component
    • Backup jobs that involve more than 15 CSVs from the same storage system might fail
    • Either the specified VM(s) are not present or they cannot be backed up online
    • Required hotfix KB2263829 cannot be installed on some platforms
    • Backup failure with the error “Shadow copy creation is already in progress”
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