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Ops Center Protector VMware Application Guide

Version: 7.11.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-99PRT004-12
ft:lastEdition: 2026-03-04

Before you begin
Supported configurations
Prerequisites
Application prerequisites
Hitachi Block prerequisites
Upgrading to Hitachi Ops Center Protector 7.0
Differences between versions pre and post Protector 6.5
VMware Data Transport Modes
Methods supported by Protector
SAN
HotAdd
Transport Method Configuration
Disabling SAN Transport Restore for selected VMs
Threading Control
VMware Backup Workflows
About VMware policy classifications
Host based workflows
How to create VM restore points using host based backups
Block based workflows
How to create VM restore points with block snapshots
How to create a disaster recovery clone using remote replication
VMware Restore Workflows
How to restore VMs, H/W configs and VMDKs from a host based backup
How to restore VMs from a block snapshot or replication
How to mount VMDKs from a block snapshot or replication to a VM
How to mount a block snapshot or replication as an RDM disk on a VM
How to restore individual files from a host based backup, block snapshot or replication
vRealize Orchestrator integration
About Protector vRealize Orchestrator integration
Protector Connector for VMware vRO prerequisites
How to get started with the Protector Connector for VMware vRO
How to install the Protector Connector for VMware vRO
How to upgrade vRO Connector
How to configure vRO for single user access
How to setup vSphere to use the Protector vRO workflows
vSphere HTML5 GUI
How to configure Protector to use the 'Ad Hoc Backup' vRO workflow
About 'Ad Hoc Backup'
How to configure Protector and vRO for restricted multi-user access
Site Recovery Manager integration
About Site Recovery Manager and the Storage Replication Adapter
Protector Adapter for SRM limitations
How to configure Protector
Protector Adapter for SRM prerequisites
How to install and configure the Protector Adapter for SRM
How to install/update SRA
How to upgrade SRA 4.x to 5.x
How to upgrade SRA 3.x to 5.x
How to configure SRM
How to reconfigure SRA to present fewer replications to SRM
How to migrate to Protector SRA
How to add or remove LDEVs from an SRM replication
How to add or remove VMs from SRM
How to use Protector Adapter to allow separate failovers for each datastore
Reference
Nodes UI Reference
VMware Node Wizard
VMware user privileges
Policies UI Reference
VMware Classification Wizard
VMware Resource Selection Wizard
Restore UI Reference
Restore from host based backup Wizard - VMware
Hitachi Block VMware Snapshot Restore Wizard
Hitachi Block VMware Mount Wizard
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting VMware
VM MAC Conflict alarm when restoring cloned VM
Restoring VMs to original location fails with 'Restore failed to recover all the required VMs'
SAN transport message logged for non-SAN datastore
Host Based SAN Recovery fails with error writing to Virtual Disk
SRM recovery fails with 'Cannot process consistency group [...] expected [...] role target'
vRO Ad Hoc Backup fails with '[...] Tag 'HDID/Protector Ad Hoc' already in use [...]'
vRO Ad Hoc Backup fails with 'Cause: VMwareException[Tagging cardinality violation]'

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