HPE Alletra 6000 SAN plug-in configuration parameters
Before you configure the HPE Alletra 6000 plug-in, verify the following:
Ensure that a supported version of HPE Alletra 6000 is installed on the HPE Alletra array.
To view the list of all supported versions of HPE Alletra 6000, refer to the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center section in the NetBackup Hardware and Cloud Storage Compatibility List (HCL).
A user account with permissions to invoke the HPE Alletra 6000 APIs.
Specify the following details when you configure the HPE Alletra 6000 SAN array:
Table: HPE Alletra 6000 SAN plug-in configuration parameters
Snapshot Manager for Data Center configuration parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Plug-in ID | Provide a name for the plug-in. |
IP address | HPE Alletra 6000 array IP address. |
Port | Port number of the REST API server. |
Username | User account which have permission to perform snapshot operations on the HPE Alletra 6000 array. |
Password | A password for the user account. |
To allow NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center to perform snapshot management operations, ensure that the HPE Alletra 6000 plug-in user account configuration have the following roles and privileges assigned on the storage array:
Table: User roles and permissions
Use roles | Access permissions |
|---|---|
Administrator | All actions. |
Power user | All actions except user management, inactivity timeout, array setup, and array reset up. |
Operator | Management actions except to delete or remove data. |
Guest | View information and choose VMware subnets. |
Ensure that the HPE Alletra 6000 user account has the privileges to perform the following operations:
Create snapshots
Export Snapshots
Restore Snapshots
Delete Snapshots
A maximum of 1000 snapshots per volume are allowed.
All snapshots are captured at a volume level and those snapshots are in read-write mode.
Prior restore a volume snapshot is created storing the present state of the volume.
The limit for any volume name is 215 characters.