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Step 4. Add Storage System

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    To start using storage snapshots for backup and restore, you must add the storage system to the backup infrastructure.

    After you add the storage system, the storage system topology appears in the Storage Infrastructure view. Storage snapshots also appear under the Storage snapshots node in the inventory pane of the Backup & Replication view.

    When you add the storage system, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically rescans it. As a part of rescan, Veeam Backup & Replication performs the following operations:

    1. Veeam Backup & Replication retrieves the information about the storage system topology.
    2. Veeam Backup & Replication retrieves information about VMware datastores from VMware vCenter Server and matches storage volumes to these VMware datastores. Matching helps Veeam Backup & Replication understand what VMs host their disks on storage volumes. Additionally, it helps Veeam Backup & Replication get the information about VMs on storage snapshots: Veeam Backup & Replication assumes that disks of VMs located on storage volumes are also located on storage snapshots.
    3. Veeam Backup & Replication rescans storage snapshots. As a result of snapshot rescan, Veeam Backup & Replication determines exactly what VMs are located on storage snapshots. If for some reason Veeam Backup & Replication fails to rescan all storage snapshots, it rescans the last storage snapshot in the hierarchy and propagates the retrieved information to all other storage snapshots.

    You can add the following storage systems to the backup infrastructure: