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SnapDrive™ 4.0 for Windows® Download Page

This page provides access to the software installation packages for SnapDrive™ 4.0.

Caution: If you are running a release earlier than SnapDrive 2.0.1, or if you are running the VLD Manager application, you must first upgrade to SnapDrive 2.0.1 or 2.1, upgrade to SnapDrive 3.1.1,3.2, or 3.2R1 using the upgrade-and-conversion process described in the documentation for the release to which you are upgrading, and then upgrade to SnapDrive 4.0. You can access the documentation for SnapDrive 2.0.1 and 2.1 through their respective description pages from this NetApp® on the Web™ (NOW™) site.
Caution: If you are upgrading to Data ONTAP® software versions 7.0.2 or later and using the SAN Host Attach Kit 2.0 for Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) on Windows®, read the upgrade information in the "FCP Windows Attach Kit 2.0 Release Notes," in the section titled "System Requirements," before installing SnapDrive 4.0. To access the release notes, go to the NOW™ software download page, choose the SAN (FCP) Attach Kit for Windows product, view the FCP Windows Attach Kit 2.0 Description Page, and click the link to the release notes.

Note: SnapDrive 4.0 does not support the use of the Microsoft® iSCSI software initiator with the Windows 2000 Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS).

Note: To use the features rapid LUN restore and fractional spacing reservation monitoring for LUNs having less than 100% space reservation, you must run Data ONTAP software version 7.1 or later.

Note: For the most current information about supported SnapManager® configurations, see the SnapManager and SnapDrive Compatibility Matrix.

Downloading the SnapDrive Software Image

Downloading and Installing SnapDrive

To download and install the SnapDrive software on the Windows 2000 or 2003 machine that will serve as the SnapDrive host, complete the following steps:

If your host is running Windows 2003 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition with SP1, you must install hotfixes 891957, 898790, 902837, and 903081.

If your host is running Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server with SP4, you must install hotfixes 293778, 815198, 867818, and 885294. Before installing hotfix 293778, see Bug ID 113541 in in the "Known Issues" section of the release notes.

Note: If your host is running Windows 2000 and you encounter the problem described in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 822831, you must install hotfix 822831.

Note: Although SP4 includes hotfix 815198, sometimes this hotfix does not update correctly and you are prompted that this hotfix is required. If prompted, install the individual hotfix or re-apply SP4.

Note: The Microsoft hotfixes 293778, 815198, 867818, 885294, 891957, 898790, 902837, and 903081 must be requested directly from Microsoft Product Support Services at http://support.microsoft.com/.

Note: Specify the directory to which you want to download Microsoft hotfix 822831.

If you are currently running NetApp Host Agent (to manage SnapDrive host with DataFabric® Manager), you must upgrade to NetApp Host Agent software release 2.2.1 or later before upgrading to SnapDrive 4.0. Because NetApp Host Agent is not shipped along with any version of DataFabric Manager, you must install NetApp Host Agent separately. To download NetApp Host Agent, go to the NOW site, navigate to the software download page, then choose NetApp Host Agent 2.2.1 or later from the list.
If you are currently running a SnapDrive version earlier than SnapDrive 3.1, you must install at least one of the following licenses at the time you upgrade or install the SnapDrive 4.0 software:

SnapDrive license for LUN provisioning and snapshot management. After you click the SnapDrive license link, navigate to the license by choosing the "Show me all" search method, selecting SDR-WIN, and then clicking Go.
MPIO license for MPIO path management. After you click the MPIO license link, navigate to the license by choosing the "Show me all" search method, selecting SDR-MPIO, and then clicking Go.

Note: If you are currently running SnapDrive 3.1 or later, skip to Step 5; you already installed one or both of these licenses when you installed SnapDrive 3.1 or later.

For all hosts on which you are installing SnapDrive, click this installation package (11.3 MB) link.
Specify the directory location to which you want to download the SnapDrive installation package.
After downloading is complete, go to the specified location and launch the SnapDrive installation wizard.
Install SnapDrive by following the steps in Chapter 3, "Installing or Upgrading SnapDrive," in the SnapDrive 4.0 Installation and Administration Guide.

Part Number: 215-01870_A0