Storage Integration

[sc211166]

We're running an Hyper-v Cluster on HPE Nimble storage and I was looking for the storage integration, but could not find the "Add storage" mentioned in the guides.
Is it only supposed to work with vmware ?
thanks

[PetrM]

Hello,

Yes, backup from storage snapshots is supported in vSphere environments only.

By the way, if you want to shift data processing from Hyper-V host to a dedicated proxy you may try off-host backup with Nimble VSS Hardware provider.

Thanks!

[foggy]

And this is basically a Hyper-V native implementation of backup from storage snapshots.

[JRRW]

Yes, backup from storage snapshots is supported in vSphere environments only.

By the way, if you want to shift data processing from Hyper-V host to a dedicated proxy you may try off-host backup with Nimble VSS Hardware provider.

Do you have any whitepapers on this, and/or what sort of i/o benefits it has? It's a fairly steep upgrade to go to Ent+ or VAS, and one advantage Hyper-V has held was the ability to have the proxy run directly on host vs running VM Proxies as Guests ON those Hosts.

[foggy]

This link can provide deeper information. In this setup, you have a proxy running on a standalone Hyper-V host releasing your production host from the processing activity.

[tucucca]

Foggy, seems like your link just goes into details about shadow copies on Microsoft's site and doesn't show a particular setup.

Is that the right link?

[foggy]

The link is more to answer the "what sort of i/o benefits it has" question while the setup itself is described in our user guide in pretty good detail.