SnapCenter® Software 4.1 Installation and Setup Guide August 2019 | 215-13401_2019-08_en-us [email protected] Updated for 4.1.1 Table of Contents | 3 Contents Deciding whether to read the SnapCenter installation and setup information ............................................................................................... 8 Preparing for the SnapCenter Server installation ..................................... 9 Host requirements ....................................................................................................... 9 Domain and workgroup requirements ........................................................... 10 Space and sizing requirements ...................................................................... 10 SAN host requirements ................................................................................. 11 Supported storage systems and applications ............................................................. 11 Supported browsers ................................................................................................... 12 Connection and port requirements for SnapCenter installation ................................ 12 Licensing requirements ............................................................................................. 14 SnapCenter repository ............................................................................................... 14 SVM connections and Run As credentials ................................................................ 15 Authentication methods for your Run As credentials ................................... 16 Network Load Balancing and Application Request Routing options for high availability ........................................................................................................... 17 Application Request Routing requirements .............................................................. 18 High Availability for the SnapCenter MySQL Repository ....................................... 19 Checking for common configuration issues using Config Advisor .......................... 19 Installing the SnapCenter Server .............................................................. 21 SnapCenter Server installation worksheet ................................................................. 22 Installing the SnapCenter Server using the Install wizard ........................................ 24 Logging in to SnapCenter ......................................................................................... 26 Modifying the SnapCenter default GUI session timeout .......................................... 28 Configuring role-based access control (RBAC) ........................................................ 28 Adding a user or group to a role .................................................................... 28 Assigning users access to assets .................................................................... 29 Configuring IIS Application Pools to enable Active Directory read permissions .............................................................................................. 30 Configuring storage system connections ................................................................... 31 Backing up the SnapCenter repository ...................................................................... 33 Securing the SnapCenter web server by disabling SSL 3.0 ...................................... 34 Adding SnapCenter licenses ...................................................................... 36 SnapCenter Standard controller-based licenses ........................................................ 37 Viewing SnapManager Suite storage controller license installation status using the SnapCenter GUI ....................................................................... 37 Viewing licenses installed on the controller using the ONTAP command line ........................................................................................................... 38 Locating the controller serial number ........................................................... 39 Retrieving SnapCenter controller-based licenses from the NetApp Support Site ............................................................................................. 40 4 | SnapCenter Software Installation and Setup Guide Adding a SnapCenter Standard controller-based license using the ONTAP command line ............................................................................ 41 Removing the trial license ............................................................................. 41 SnapCenter Standard capacity-based licenses ........................................................... 42 How SnapCenter calculates capacity usage .................................................. 42 Calculating capacity requirements for a SnapCenter capacity-based license ...................................................................................................... 43 Retrieving SnapCenter capacity-based license serial numbers from the NetApp Support Site ................................................................................ 43 Generating a NetApp license file .................................................................. 44 Adding SnapCenter capacity-based licenses using the SnapCenter GUI ..... 45 Installing SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere .............................. 47 Storage types supported by SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere .................... 47 Installation requirements for the Plug-in for VMware vSphere ................................ 48 Host and privilege requirements for the Plug-in for VMware vSphere ........ 48 Host space and sizing requirements for Plug-in for VMware vSphere ......... 50 Connection and port requirements for Plug-in for VMware vSphere ........... 50 Using SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere with multiple vCenter Servers ..... 51 SVM connections and Run As credentials ................................................................ 53 Adding SVMs using the VMware vSphere web client GUI ..................................... 54 Adding hosts and installing the Plug-in for VMware vSphere from the SnapCenter GUI .................................................................................................. 55 Installing the Plug-in for VMware vCenter from the SnapCenter Server host by using PowerShell cmdlets .................................................................................... 58 Installing the Plug-in for VMware vSphere from a local host by using the installer GUI for the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows ....................... 58 Installing the Plug-in for VMware vSphere from a local host silently from the command line ...................................................................................................... 60 Logging in to the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere web client in vCenter ................................................................................................................ 62 Migrating VSC hosts ................................................................................................. 62 Prerequisites for migrating VSC hosts .......................................................... 64 Migrating a VSC host using the SnapCenter GUI ........................................ 64 Migrating a VSC host using the vCenter GUI .............................................. 67 Post-migration tasks after migrating a VSC host .......................................... 70 Restarting the vSphere web client service ..................................................... 71 Updating information for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere hosts .............. 73 Installing SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server ............. 74 Prerequisites to adding hosts and installing SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Exchange Server .................................................................................................. 74 Exchange Server privileges required ............................................................. 75 Setting up Run As credentials for the Plug-in for Windows ..................................... 76 Adding hosts and installing Plug-in for Exchange .................................................... 77 Installing Plug-in for Exchange from the SnapCenter Server host using PowerShell cmdlets ............................................................................................. 80 Table of Contents | 5 Installing the SnapCenter Plug-in for Exchange silently from the command line .... 81 Configuring SnapManager 7.x for Exchange and SnapCenter to coexist ................. 82 Installing SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server ...................... 84 Storage types supported by SnapCenter Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows and for Microsoft SQL Server ......................................................................................... 84 Prerequisites to adding hosts and installing SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server .......................................................................................................... 86 Host requirements to install SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows ..... 86 Setting up Run As credentials for the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows .............................................................................................................. 87 Configuring Run As account credentials for an individual SQL Server resource .... 88 Adding hosts and installing the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for