Administrator Guide

Component Requirement
• Windows Server 2016 (full or core installation)
Software Storage Manager Server Agent
Disk/Volume
• Only disks initialized as Basic (either MBR or GPT) are
supported. Dynamic disks are not supported.
• Only NTFS les systems supported.
• Cluster shared volumes and volumes that were striped or
mirrored by Windows mirroring utilities are not supported.
NOTE: Live Volumes are not supported.
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Server Agent Requirements
Space Recovery Requirements for Virtual Environments
The following table lists the virtual environments supported by the Space Recovery feature:
Environment Supported Congurations for Windows Virtual Machines
VMware The virtual machine must be running one of the supported
Windows Server operating systems and congured to access
the Storage Center volume in one of the following ways:
• Direct map LUN using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator.
• Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) in physical mode mapped
through vSphere. (RDMs in virtual mode do not work with
Space Recovery.)
Microsoft Hyper-V The virtual machine must be running one of the supported
Windows Server operating systems and congured to access
the Storage Center volume in one of the following ways:
• Direct map LUN using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator.
• Pass-through disk using SCSI adapter on Hyper-V guest.
(LUNs mapped using IDE adapter show up as virtual ATA
devices and will not work with Space Recovery.)
Enabling Automated Space Recovery
Automated Space Recovery can be enabled for all registered servers, all servers in a folder, individual servers, and/or individual server
volumes. When Automated Space Recovery is enabled, the time of day to perform Space Recovery can be specied.
Globally Enable Automated Space Recovery
To allow Automated Space Recovery to run, it must be enabled globally.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. In the Servers pane, click Servers Properties . The Edit Settings dialog box opens.
3. Select the Automated Space Recovery check box.
4. In the Space Recovery Time of Day eld, enter the time of day to perform automated Space Recovery.
5. Click OK.
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