#Nimble app install

This action will bring up a Wizard to configure VSS Sync for that specific VM. Select the VM that needs to have App sync capability and select APP SYNC from the menu under Local. Once the above steps were completed, I assigned the individual disks with the appropriate Storage policies created in step 1.Īpplying the VM Storage policies to the appropriate drivesįor this next step, I configured App Sync from within the HPE Nimble Storage vCenter Plugin. One for the OS, one for the SQL Data and one for SQL logs.

#Nimble app install

Install Nimble Windows Kit 5.0 or aboveĪs you can see I created three separate drives.

Install applications – in my example a SQL 2012 server.

Once the SPBM policies are defined on vCenter, I setup and configure the SQL Server. Note: another best practice here is to have all of the drives configured with the same protection schedule. SQL Server VM Storage Policy with VSS enabled (Note: The separation of storage policies would work fine however to make recovery easier it is also recommended to create a single storage profile that will have all the VVols associated with the VM)Įnsure the VSS application synchronization is turned ON for the disk for which you want the app sync to apply.

SQL Log Application Storage Policy for SQL Logs.

SQL Server Application Storage Policy for Database drive.

In my case I have created three different storage profiles for the three different disks I plan to create for my VM. Let’s go over an example using a SQL server to show how easy it is to enable and manage VSS based application recovery for VVol VMs. Taking application consistent snapshots helps administrators to protect against transactional data loss (application-aware) and maintain data integrity and reduce downtime during restore operations.Īll the applications that are currently supported by current versions of HPE Nimble Storage Windows Kit are also supported with the new release for VVols. The volume that holds the OS will be in a crash consistent state and while the data volumes holding the application will be in held in an application consistent state. We now provide end-to-end automated workflows that allow application data to be backed-up and enable administrators to separate their VM backups and application backups. HPE has now extended VSS integration for applications running on VVol VMs.

If you are not already familiar with the new VVol capabilities NimbleOS 5.0 brings, refer to this blog post, which goes into detail on various new features that have been developed and integrated with the new HPE Nimble Storage vCenter plugin. With the 5.0 release of NimbleOS, HPE brings Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for VVols using application consistent snapshots. An end-to-end automated workflow is now possible that allows application data to be backed-up and enables administrators to separate their VM & application backups. HPE Nimble Storage has now extended VSS integration for applications running on VVol VMs. By Bharath Ram, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, HPE Nimble Storage