Adding a remote SnapDrive instance

Use the Add SnapDrive Server option to add remote SnapDrive instances to a local SnapDrive MMC to manage SnapDrive on multiple servers from a single server.

Before you begin

Steps

1. In the left MMC pane, select SnapDrive.
2. From the menu choices at the top of MMC, navigate to Action > Add SnapDrive Server.

   The Add SnapDrive Server window in displayed.

3. In the Add SnapDrive Server window, type the name of the SnapDrive server you want to manage.
4. If the SnapDrive server you are adding belongs to a Microsoft cluster, select "Add SnapDrive instances from all the Microsoft cluster nodes."
   Note: By default, SnapDrive uses the local host's SnapDrive Web service TCP/IP endpoint port number. Ensure that all nodes in the cluster use the same port number; otherwise, do not select this option then add each cluster node separately.

5. Click Add.
6. If the server name you entered resides in a domain that is not one of the local server's trusted domains, enter the username and password for that domain.
   Note: When you manage a remote instance of SnapDrive that is not in a trusted domain, you will not be able to see the remote system's Event Viewer and you will receive the error "Access Denied." You can ignore this error and continue to perform SnapDrive management operations.

   The remote SnapDrive instance is listed under SnapDrive Instances Managed in the center MMC pane, and in the left MMC pane beneath the local SnapDrive instance.

   SnapDrive saves the list of SnapDrive instances that have been added to MMC and loads the list whenever MMC is restarted.

7. To add additional remote SnapDrive server instances, repeat Step 1 through Step 4.
   Note: SnapDrive does not limit the number of remote instances you can add to the local SnapDrive server.