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Revision Information
The following table describes the release history of this Technical Report.
Report
Date
Document Revision
1.0
November 2012
Initial Release for VSM v3.5
The following table shows the software and firmware used for the preparation of this Technical
Report.
Vendor
Model
Software Revision
Dell
PS Series SAN
5.2 or higher, 6.x
VMware
vCenter/ESX
4.1, 5.0, 5.1
Dell
Virtual Storage Manager
v3.5
The following table lists the documents referred to in this Technical Report. All PS Series
Technical Reports are available on the Customer Support site at: support.dell.com
Vendor
Document Title
Dell
TR1067 EqualLogic Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and
Datastore Manager
Dell
TR1063 Dell EqualLogic PS Series Template Volumes and Thin Clones: How and
When to Use them
Dell
TR1084 EqualLogic PS Series Architecture: Snapshot Space Borrowing Overview.
VMware
KB 1015180 Understanding virtual machine snapshots in VMware ESXi and ESX