How To Configure SnapDrive For Windows 70x With Clustered Data ONTAP 82

This document provides steps to configure SnapDrive for Windows (SDW) 7.0.x with clustered Data ONTAP 8.2. It involves configuring the SVM, Windows servers, and performing tests in SnapDrive to verify functionality. Key steps include setting the vsadmin password, creating a vserver management LIF, installing SnapDrive on Windows servers, adding the vserver IP as a preferred storage system, and configuring transport settings. Functional tests are also recommended to create/delete disks, snapshots, clones.

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How to configure SnapDrive for Windows 7.0.

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clustered Data ONTAP 8.2
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Before you begin, check the compatibility matrix and review the alerts and informational notices for the SDW entry in
the Interoperability Matrix Tool. For information on using the Interoperability Matrix Tool, you can watch this video.

Perform the following steps to configure SDW 7.0.x with clustered Data ONTAP 8.2:

Configure the SVM

1. Set a password for the vsadmin account and save it for later reference. Run the following command to set the
password for the vserver admin user:
::> security login password -username vsadmin -vserver
<vserver_name>
2. Run the following command to unlock the vsadmin account:
::> security login unlock -username vsadmin -vserver
<vserver_name>
3. In the storage system, create a vserver management LIF with the data protocol set to NONE and the firewall
policy set to MGMT.
Note: Data LIFs cannot be added to SnapDrive as preferred storage system IP addresses.
Syntax to create a Vserver management LIF from the cluster shell:
::> net int create -vserver <vserver_name> -lif <lif_name> -role data -data-
protocol none -home-node <node_name> -home-port <port_name> -address xx.xx.xx.xx
-netmask xx.xx.xx.xx -status-admin up -firewall-policy mgmt
4. Ensure that an A record and associated PTR record exist in DNS for the vServer name and that the record is
associated uniquely with the management LIF IP address. If necessary, create an A record and an associated
PTR record in DNS. As an alternative, you can add an entry to the hosts file on every Windows server for the
vServer management LIF.
Note: If CIFS is enabled on the Vserver, the CIFS name registered with DNS must be different from the
vServer name, because CIFS traffic cannot use the vServer management LIF you created in Step 3.
5. From a client machine, validate forward and reverse DNS works for the vServer management LIF. A good
tool for this is nslookup.

Configure the Windows Server(s)

1. Verify that DSM or the Host Utilities Kit is installed, as appropriate, for direct-connected iSCSI or FCP LUNs
prior to installing SDW.
Related Links:

2. Install SnapDrive on the server, or if part of a Windows Failover cluster – all nodes of the Windows Failover
cluster.

Note: In order to manage shared storage, you must install SnapDrive on all nodes in a Windows failover cluster.

3. The SnapDrive service account must be a member of the Local Administrators group. If you install SnapDrive
in a Windows Failover Cluster environment, you must use the same DOMAIN USER account as the service
account on each node the Windows Failover Cluster.
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For more information about service account requirements for SnapDrive 7.0, see the Installation Guide.
Related Link:
3010144: What are the required capabilities for SnapDrive for Windows service account?
4. Add a preferred storage system IP address for the vServer management LIF in the SnapDrive GUI OR from
the SnapDrive CLI:
C:\> sdcli preferredip set –f <hostname> -IP <ip
address>
C:\> sdcli preferredip list
Note: If SnapDrive is to be used for Management, you cannot use a NetBIOS (clustered Data ONTAP 8.3) to
mount the SMBv3 CIFS shares.
5. Verify that the default transport settings are disabled, and adjust the default transport settings to use HTTPs
or HTTP and specify the vsadmin credentials:

In the SnapDrive management snap-in, right-click hostname and select Transport Protocol Settings
> Default. Verify that the default settings are disabled.
In the SnapDrive management snap-in, right-click hostname, select Transport Protocol Settings >
Storage Systems, and click Add. Add the vServer name that you configured above with the vsadmin
username and password that you configured earlier.

Configure the Windows Server(s)

Perform the following steps in SnapDrive in order to fully test SnapDrive function:

Create a disk
Create a snapshot
Delete a snapshot
Create a FlexClone
Delete a FlexClone
Delete the disk

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Configure the SVM

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Configure the Windows Server(s)

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