Hi Grey & Toasters,
What you should be aware of here is that IBM branded
SnapDrive or SnapManager must be upgraded with the same brand of software. For
example, if you want to install IBM branded SME, you must first uninstall NetApp
branded SME from the system. Furthermore, different brands of the same software
cannot coexist on the same Windows host. For example, NetApp SME can not coexist
with IBM SME. The same applies to SnapDrive.
That said, NetApp branded SME will work with IBM branded
SnapDrive and vice versa. NetApp branded SnapDrive will work with IBM branded
ONTAP and vice versa.
> Is
it just me or should netapp include hot fixes that it requires to install for
windows....
No, it is not just you. We think so too and actually
do make some of the required hotfixes available. Keep in mind that
permission to redistribute these hotfixes is at Microsoft's discretion
and obtaining the permission is not necessarily an easy task. All of the
hotfixes that we do have the permission to redistribute can be downloaded from
the SnapDrive download page on the NOW site. To the best of my knowledge,
the hotfixes that we have permission to redistribute are also included on
the SnapDrive CD.
Kind Regards,
Paul Benn
SnapManager Development Team
Network Appliance
Any one using SD/SME on IBM hardware? We got a pretty good quote on
a 3050 IBM Branded. Is there any weired issues if I want to move it from my
980 to this solution?
Will be SCSI disks and pretty much the same setup
as the 980 except this will host only exchange and not the current setup with
cifs/nfs/exchange