Integrating SnapDrive with Virtual Storage Console

Before you use SnapDrive for Windows to perform Snapshot copy operations on VMDKs with Virtual Storage Console, you must ensure that SnapDrive for Windows and Virtual Storage Console are properly integrated.

Before you begin

About this task

Steps

1. Install Virtual Storage Console on the vCenter Server or other location where it can backup and restore a virtual machine.
2. To register Virtual Storage Console, point your Web browser to the following URL: https://localhost:8143/Register.html/, and complete the following steps:
   1. In the Plugin service information section, select the IP address the vCenter Server uses to access the Virtual Storage Console. The IP address must be accessible from the vCenter Server. If you installed Virtual Storage Console on the same system as the vCenter Server, this might be the same address you use to access the vCenter Server.
   2. Type the hostname or IP address of the vCenter Server, and the administrative credentials for the vCenter Server.
   3. Click Register to complete the registration.
3. To add storage systems to the Virtual Storage Console Backup and Recovery capability, click the Inventory button in the navigation bar, and then select Solutions and Applications.
4. Install SnapDrive for Windows on a virtual machine.

   SnapDrive for Windows detects that Virtual Storage Console is present and provides you with the option to integrate with Virtual Storage Console.

5. Select the option to integrate with Virtual Storage Console, and enter the Virtual Storage Console credentials and the hostname of the vSphere to which Virtual Storage Console is registered.
6. Continue installing SnapDrive for Windows.

More information

• Verifying Virtual Storage Console integration using NFS
  To verify that SnapDrive for Windows and Virtual Storage Console are properly integrated in an NFS environment, you can create a volume on the storage system, create an export to the new volume, and a create an NFS datastore on the vCenter to check if SnapDrive is identifying VMDKs.
• Verifying Virtual Storage Console integration using iSCSI
  To verify that SnapDrive for Windows and Virtual Storage Console are properly integrated in an iSCSI environment, you can create a volume on the storage system, create an igroup using an ESX iSCSI initiator, and a create an iSCSI datastore on the vCenter to check if SnapDrive is identifying VMDKs. This is not supported for Cluster-Mode systems.