Can't see VMs in StoreVirtual Datastores under SAN infrastru

[mate.ivanszky]

Hello everyone,
I was wondering why I can't see virtual machines under volumes in SAN infrastructure tab. The credentials that I have added for connecting my HP StoreVirtual nodes worked, and VEEAM scanned successfully the volumes located on the nodes.
I have VMware vCenter 5.1 with latest build ESXi (by the time this was written) and latest firmware on my StoreVirtual storage nodes.
I have VEEAM B&R v7.

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi Mate,

Yes, VMs should be visible under SAN volumes. Can you please run a rescan job against any volume to see if it is populated with VMs or not? Btw, please be aware that VM templates should not be visible under these volumes.

Thanks!

[kte]

you need to have a snapshot of the VMFS datastores

[mate.ivanszky]

you are right (kte),

The virtual machines are only visible when an active SAN snapshot is present.
I feel quite awkward not trying this simple test first

thanks anyway!!