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• Support for creating disks on a Vserver in Cluster-Mode
  You can use SnapDrive for creating disks on a Vserver in Cluster-Mode. You must have Vserver administrator privileges to create a disk. You must also meet certain requirements before you create the disk.
• Support requirements for performing Snapshot copy operations in VMDKs on NFS and VMFS datastores
  You can use SnapDrive for Windows with the Virtual Storage Console Backup and Recovery capability when you want to create or delete Snapshot copies in VMDKs on NFS and VMFS datastores.
• Snapshot copy support on VMDKs
  SnapDrive has some limitations of which you should be aware before using SnapDrive to perform Snapshot copy operations on VMDKs.
• Support requirements for space reclamation in VMDK files in NFS datastores
  You can use the Space Reclaimer feature to reclaim space left by recently freed blocks in VMDK files located in NFS datastores when you use SnapDrive for Windows with Virtual Storage Console in an ESX environment.
• SnapDrive support in Windows Server 2008 Server Core
  Windows Server 2008 Server Core, including Windows Hypervisor (Hyper-V), is supported by SnapDrive for Windows, and it enables remote LUN management using SnapDrive sdcli.exe and MMC from a standard Windows server.
• Support for dynamically adding and removing pass-through disks on Hyper-V virtual machines
  SnapDrive supports the feature introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 that enables you to add or remove a pass-through disk on a Hyper-V virtual machine without shutting down that virtual machine. This is sometimes called the hot add and remove feature.
• Support for restoring data at the file level
  You can use SnapDrive command-line interface to restore one or more files from a Snapshot copy.
• Support for storage system access control
  SnapDrive provides support for storage system access control to separate server administrator and storage administrator functions, and to limit SnapDrive actions and operations that depend on the user. This feature is not supported with Data ONTAP 8.1 Cluster-Mode.
• Support for ESX iSCSI initiators with SnapDrive for Windows
  SnapDrive for Windows enables the use of ESX iSCSI initiators to provide LUN provisioning and Snapshot copy management operations in a guest OS.
• SnapDrive changes with MMC 3.0
  SnapDrive's implementation of MMC 3.0 introduces some changes from previous versions of SnapDrive, including the introduction of a new Action pane and improved error messages.
• MultiStore support
  SnapDrive is supported on vFiler units when using the iSCSI protocol.
• HTTP and HTTPS transport protocol support
  SnapDrive for Windows enables you to use HTTP or HTTPS in addition to the default RPC protocol for storage system communication. This feature, along with CIFS share dependency removal, means you are no longer required to have root access on the storage system for SnapDrive-related operations.
• IPv6 support
  SnapDrive supports IPv6 in a Windows Server 2008 environment when you are using Data ONTAP 7.3.1 or later on your storage system .
• SnapVault support
  SnapDrive provides SnapVault backup support of existing SnapVault configurations when your storage system is running Data ONTAP 7.2.6 or later. If you are using SnapVault with MultiStore, Data ONTAP 7.3 or later is required.
• VMware support
  SnapDrive for Windows provides LUN provisioning and Snapshot copy management support with VMware ESX 3.0.2 or later guest OS on x86, and x64 platforms when using either the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 2.04 or later, FC HBAs, or ESX iSCSI software initiators or iSCSI HBAs.
• GPT partition support
  SnapDrive supports the GUID partition table (GPT) partitioning style on new LUNs created by SnapDrive when you have Data ONTAP 7.2.6 or later installed on your storage system .
• LUN boot disk (SAN booting) support
  SnapDrive supports both bootable LUNs (SAN booting) and nonbootable LUNs.
• Cluster support
  SnapDrive for Windows can be deployed in a variety of cluster configurations.