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Are Rapid Cloning and Optimization Migration supported in VSC 7.x and later?

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Applies to

Virtual Storage Console (VSC) 7.x and later

Answer

This is not supported:
  1. VSC 7.0 and later release will not have the Backup and Recovery function.
  2. Backup and Restore (B&R) will be available in SnapCenter

Additional Information

  • Other functionalities such as VM Cloning (RCU), Migration and LUN mis-alignment (Optimization and Migration) will no longer be part of VSC 7.0 and later release.
  • Previous release of VSC 6.x, VP 6.x and SRA 4.0 run in Windows or Debian Linux.
  • From VSC 7.0 onwards, it is a single standard OVA deployment which provides all capabilities of VSC, VASA Provider and SRA.
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