Verifying storage system requirements

The following topics describe the system requirements for the storage systems used with SnapManager for Microsoft SQL Server:

Storage system requirements

To be used with SnapManager, your storage system must meet the following requirements.

Storage system component	Requirements
Data ONTAP	See the SnapDrive software requirements described in the SnapDrive Installation and Administration Guide for your version of SnapDrive.
SnapManager license	A SnapManager license is required on the storage system only if you have licensed SnapManager on a per-storage-system basis.
Additional requirements	All of the SnapDrive requirements that apply: SnapRestore® feature iSCSI and/or FCP protocols SnapMirror license (if in use) Preferred IP address (if multiple IP addresses)

Storage system component

Requirements

Data ONTAP

See the SnapDrive software requirements described in the SnapDrive Installation and Administration Guide for your version of SnapDrive.

SnapManager license

A SnapManager license is required on the storage system only if you have licensed SnapManager on a per-storage-system basis.

Additional requirements

All of the SnapDrive requirements that apply:

SnapRestore® feature
iSCSI and/or FCP protocols
SnapMirror license (if in use)
Preferred IP address (if multiple IP addresses)

About the SnapManager license requirement

If a SnapManager for Microsoft SQL Server license is not enabled on the SQL Server computer, a SnapManager license must be enabled on the storage system.

After SnapManager has been installed, you can apply a server-side license key by clicking the About button in the task bar.

About the additional requirements

The storage system must also be configured to meet the SnapDrive requirements that apply.

SnapRestore

For SnapManager restore operations to work properly, the SnapRestore feature of SnapDrive must be licensed on the storage system that stores the SQL Server databases. For more information, see the SnapDrive Installation and Administration Guide for your version of SnapDrive.

iSCSI or FCP protocols

The appropriate LUN access protocol software must be installed on the storage system that stores the SQL Server databases. For more information, see the SnapDrive Installation and Administration Guide for your version of SnapDrive.

SnapMirror

If you plan to use the SnapMirror® software in conjunction with SnapManager, a SnapMirror license is required on both the source and target storage systems. For more information, see the SnapDrive Installation and Administration Guide for your version of SnapDrive.

SnapDrive preferred IP address

If your storage system has multiple IP addresses, configure the SnapDrive preferred IP address.

For SnapDrive 3.1.1R1, see the NetApp Knowledge Base article KB4350 on the NOW site.
For newer versions of SnapDrive, see the SnapDrive Installation and Administration Guide for your version of SnapDrive.

If you do not configure a SnapDrive preferred IP address for a storage system that has multiple IP addresses, SnapDrive times out when attempting to create Snapshot copies simultaneously for more than one virtual disk on a storage system.