NetApp SnapManager VI 2.0 Released
NetApp have finally released the latest and greatest version of their SnapManager for VI product.
An essential addition to any infrastructure running both VMware & NetApp it allows guaranteed crash consistent versions of Virtual Machines to be replicated to secondary sights.
New functionality and enhancements include:
- Singe file restore (SFR)
- A single wizard for creating manual and scheduled backup jobs
- New backup job options:
- The ability to include independent disks
- The ability to exclude specified datastores
- The ability to trigger prebackup or postbackup scripts per backup job (the scripts must be in the server/scripts folder on the SMVI server before you can select them in the SnapManager 2.0 for Virtual Infrastructure user interface)
- An advanced find option to search for specific backup jobs:
- Most recent backup (default)
- Backups within a specified time period
- Backups that include VMware snapshots
- New restore granularity option (besides SFR):
- VMDKs
So a lot going on here and certainly worth the wait. You can grab a copy now from the NOW site.
