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thmadd
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‎07-28-2009 11:06 AM
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NetApp Snap Drive 6.1 and ESXi 4.0

Is it possible to use snap drive 6.1 with esxi 4.0. I have been reading and found that it is supported with esx 4.0, however it required the the ESX host utilities be installed. Without the service console, i cant install the host utiilities. without these utilities, will snap drive work?

Thanks in advance.

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RParker
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‎07-28-2009 02:08 PM
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Netapp is independent of whatever OS attaches to the drives. Netapp manages the space. VM Ware manages the VM's. The host utilities are for your benefit (and you can still get to them via telnet/ssh into Netapp).

So yes, you do not need the host utilities for this to work. Even if you had the utilities I doubt they would function under ESX console very well anyway...

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RParker
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‎07-28-2009 02:08 PM
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Netapp is independent of whatever OS attaches to the drives. Netapp manages the space. VM Ware manages the VM's. The host utilities are for your benefit (and you can still get to them via telnet/ssh into Netapp).

So yes, you do not need the host utilities for this to work. Even if you had the utilities I doubt they would function under ESX console very well anyway...

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