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Add-HP3Storage

Short Description

Adds HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage systems to Veeam Backup & Replication.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Storage System: HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

  • To add storage systems by username and password

Add-HP3Storage -Name <string> -UserName <string> -Password <string> [-Description <string>] [-Url <string>][-Proxy <IProxy[]>][-MountServer <CHost>] [-iSCSI] [-NFS]
[-FibreChannel] [-SkipRescan] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]  [<CommonParameters>]

  • To add storage systems by credentials

Add-HP3Storage -Name <string> -Credentials <CInternalCredentials> [-Description <string>] [-Url <string>] [-Proxy<IProxy[]>][-MountServer <CHost>] [-iSCSI] [-NFS]
[-FibreChannel] [-SkipRescan] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds selected HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage systems to backup infrastructure.

When you add storage systems to your backup infrastructure, Veeam Backup & Replication performs a rescan of storage systems. During the rescan Veeam Backup & Replication retrieves information about the storage system topology and adds storage volumes to the backup infrastructure.

For more information about the rescan, see the Adding Storage Systems section of the User Guide for VMware vSphere.

Add-HP3Storage Tip:

Use the SkipRescan parameter to skip the automatic rescan.

To rescan storage systems manually, use the following cmdlets:

  • Run Sync-HP3Storage to rescan of the entire storage system
  • Run Sync-HP3Volume to rescan selected HPE 3PAR StoreServ volumes added to backup infrastructure.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

UserName

Specifies the username that you want to use for authenticating with the storage.

True

Named

False

False

Password

Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the storage.

True

Named

False

False

Credentials

Specifies the credentials you want to use for authenticating with the storage.

True

Named

False

False

Name

Specifies the storage IP address or DNS name.

True

Named

False

False

Description

Specifies the description of the storage.

False

Named

False

False

Url

Specifies the HPE 3PAR Web Services API URL.

The HPE 3PAR Web Services API delivers a programming interface for performing storage management tasks with HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage systems.

False

Named

False

False

Proxy

Specifies the array of proxies you want to use with this storage.

If set, Veeam Backup & Replication will use the selected proxies. If not set, Veeam Backup & Replication will use automatic proxy selection.

False

Named

False

False

MountServer

Specifies the mount server that you want to use to work with this storage.

False

Named

False

False

iSCSI

Indicates that the storage works over iSCSI protocol.

False

Named

False

False

NFS

Indicates that the storage works over NFS protocol.

False

Named

False

False

FibreChannel

Indicates that the storage works over FibreChannel protocol.

False

Named

False

False

SkipRescan

Indicates that the cmdlet will not start the storage rescan automatically after you add storage systems to the backup infrastructure.

False

Named

False

 

WhatIf

Specifies whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.

False

Named

False

False

Confirm

Defines that the cmdlet will display the prompt that asks:

  • If the user accepts the TLS certificate thumbprint that is installed on the HPE 3PAR Web Services API storage.
  • If the user accepts the SSH key fingerprint of the HPE 3PAR Web Services API storage.

False

Named

False

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example

This example shows how to add a HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage system to the backup infrastructure using credentials.

  1. Run Get-VBRCredentials to get a credentials record for the storage system. Save the result to the $credentials variable.
  2. Run Get-VBRViProxy to get a backup proxy that will be used for storage rescan and Backup from Storage Snapshots. Save the result to the $proxy variable.
  3. Run Add-HP3Storage with the $credentials and $proxy variables.

$credentials = Get-VBRCredentials -Name "HPE 3PAR StoreServe Administrator"

$proxy = Get-VBRViProxy -Name 172.18.21.25

Add-HP3Storage -Name 172.18.44.8 -Credentials $credentials -Proxy $proxy -Description "HPE 3PAR StoreServe Storage" -Url https://172.18.44.8:8080

Related Commands

Get-VBRCredentials

Get-VBRViProxy