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Add-HP4Storage

Short Description

Adds HPE StoreVirtual storage systems to Veeam Backup & Replication.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Storage System: HPE StoreVirtual (LeftHand/P4000), HPE StoreVirtual VSA

Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

To add storage systems by username and password

Add-HP4Storage -DnsOrIpAddress <string> -UserName <string> -Password <string> [-Name <string>] [-Description<string>] [-Proxy <IProxy[]>] [-MountServer <CHost>] [-iSCSI] [-NFS] [-FibreChannel] [-SkipRescan] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm][<CommonParameters>]

To add storage systems by credentials

Add-HP4Storage -DnsOrIpAddress <string> -Credentials <CInternalCredentials> [-Name <string>] [-Description <string>] [-Proxy <IProxy[]>] [-MountServer <CHost>][-iSCSI] [-NFS] [-FibreChannel] [-SkipRescan] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm][<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds selected HPE StoreVirtual 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-HP4Storage Tip:

Use the SkipRescan parameter to skip the automatic rescan.

To rescan storage systems manually, use the following cmdlets:

Run Sync-HP4Storage to rescan of the entire storage system.
Run Sync-HP4Volume.to rescan selected HPE StoreVirtual volumes added to backup infrastructure.

Alias

Add-VBRHPStorage

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
DnsOr IpAddress	Specifies the storage IP address or DNS name.	True	Named	False	False
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
Name	Specifies the name of the management group to which the storage belongs.	False	Named	False	False
Credentials	Specifies the credentials you want to use for authenticating with the storage.	True	Named	False	False
Description	Specifies the description of the storage.	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 Veeam Backup & Replication won`t start the storage rescan automatically after you add the storage into your Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.	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	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 accepts the SSH key fingerprint of the HPE StoreVirtual storage.	False	Named	False	False

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 an HPE StoreVirtual storage system to the backup infrastructure using credentials.

Run Get-VBRCredentials to get a credentials record for the storage system. Save the result to the $credentials variable.
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.
Run Add-HP4Storage with the $credentials and $proxy variables.

$credentials = -Name "HPE StoreVirtual P4000 Administrator"

$proxy = Get-VBRViProxy -Name 167.16.2.130

Add-HP4Storage -DnsOrIpAddress 167.16.2.134 -Credentials $credentials -Proxy $proxy -Description "HPE StoreVirtual P4000 Storage"

Related Commands

Get-VBRCredentials

Get-VBRViProxy