Several components are integrated into the SnapDrive for Windows software. This topic describes those components.
The following SnapDrive components are integrated in the software and are automatically installed during installation:
- SnapDrive “snap-in”
- This software module integrates with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0 to provide a graphical interface for managing LUNs on the storage system. The module does the following:
- Resides in the Windows Server 2003 or 2008 computer management storage tree
- Provides a native MMC snap-in user interface for configuring and managing LUNs
- Supports remote administration so that you can manage SnapDrive on multiple hosts
- Provides SnapMirror integration
- Provides AutoSupport integration, including event notification
- SnapDrive command-line interface
- The sdcli.exe utility enables you to manage LUNs from the command prompt of the Windows host. You can do the following tasks with the sdcli.exe utility:
- Enter individual commands
- Run management scripts
- Underlying SnapDrive service
- This software interacts with software on the storage system to facilitate LUN management for the following:
- A host
- Applications running on a host
- Data ONTAP Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Hardware Provider on Windows 2003 and 2008 hosts
- The Data ONTAP VSS Hardware Provider is a module of the Microsoft VSS framework. The Data ONTAP Hardware Provider enables VSS Snapshot technology on storage systems when SnapDrive is installed on Windows 2003 and 2008 hosts.
