Can you specify an initiator group to be used during the automated SnapCenter cloning
Applies to
- SnapCenter Plugin for Windows (SCW)
- SnapCenter Plugin for SQL (SCSQL)
- SnapCenter Plugin for Exchange (SCE)
Answer
- No, SnapCenter clone jobs currently map the LUN for the clone volume to an iGroup containing the VMware ESX host initiator that owns the virtual machine
- A Request for Feature Enhancement (RFE) has already been submitted to the SnapCenter Engineering team to add a way in SnapCenter to specify an initiator group to be used to map the LUN in the clone volume during the automated cloning process
- This is currently a product limitation that would prevent being able to use VMware vMotion to migrate clone disks to another ESX host
Additional Information
BUG # 1077843: RFE: SnapCenter should allow a specific initiator group to be chosen in an automatic job
BUG # 1379358: While creating clone for SQL via SnapCenter provide user an option to select igroup