Add-NimbleHost
Short Description
Adds HPE Nimble storage systems to Veeam Backup & Replication.
Applies to
Platform: VMware
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License
Syntax
This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:
- Add storage systems by a user name and a password.
Add-NimbleHost -Name <string> -UserName <string> -Password <string> [-Description <string>] [-RESTAPIPort <int>] [-Proxy <IProxy[]>] [-MountServer <CHost>] [-SkipRescan] [-Force] [-iSCSI] [-FibreChannel] [-AgentFC] [-AgentISCSI] [-AgentProxy <VBRNASProxyServer[]>] [-EnableVMwareBackup] [-EnableAgentBackup] [<CommonParameters>] |
- Add storage systems by credentials.
Add-NimbleHost -Name <string> -Credentials <CInternalCredentials> [-Description <string>] [-RESTAPIPort <int>] [-Proxy <IProxy[]>] [-MountServer <CHost>] [-SkipRescan] [-Force] [-iSCSI] [-FibreChannel] [-AgentFC] [-AgentISCSI] [-AgentProxy <VBRNASProxyServer[]>] [-EnableVMwareBackup] [-EnableAgentBackup] [<CommonParameters>] |
Detailed Description
This cmdlet adds selected HPE Nimble 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.
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Use the SkipRescan parameter to skip the automatic rescan. To rescan storage systems manually, use the following cmdlets:
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Parameters
Parameter | Description | Type | Required | Position | Accept |
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Name | Specifies a storage IP address or DNS name. | String | True | Named | False |
UserName | Specifies the user name that you want to use for authenticating with the storage. | String | True | Named | False |
Password | Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the storage. | String | True | Named | False |
Credentials | Specifies the credentials you want to use for authenticating with the storage. | Accepts the CInternalCredentials object. To create this object, run the Get-VBRCredentials cmdlet. | True | Named | False |
Description | Specifies the description of the storage. | String | False | Named | False |
RESTAPIPort | For HPE Nimble OS 2.3 and later. Specifies the port for HPE Nimble RESTful API to communicate with storage. Default: 5392. | Int | False | Named | False |
MountServer | Specifies the mount server that you want to use to work with this storage. | Accepts the CHost object. To create this object, run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet. | False | Named | False |
SkipRescan | Defines that the cmdlet will not start the storage rescan automatically after you add storage systems to the backup infrastructure. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
Force | Defines that the cmdlet will add a Nimble storage system without showing warnings in the PowerShell console. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
EnableVMwareBackup | Enables the VMware backup option. If you provide this parameter, you will be able to use storage snapshots to backup and restore VMware vSphere VMs hosted on storage systems. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
EnableAgentBackup | Enables the Veeam Agent backup option. If you provide this parameter, you will be able to integrate your storage systems with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows installed on computers in your infrastructure. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
Proxy | For the EnableVMwareBackup parameter. Specifies the array of proxies you want to use to work with this storage. If set, Veeam Backup & Replication will use the selected proxies. If not set, Veeam Backup & Replication will use automatic proxy selection. | Accepts the IProxy[] object. To create this object, run the Get-VBRViProxy cmdlet. | False | Named | False |
FibreChannel | For the EnableVMwareBackup parameter. Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will connect to the HPE Nimble storage over the FibreChannel protocol. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
iSCSI | For the EnableVMwareBackup parameter. Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will connect to the HPE Nimble storage over the iSCSI protocol. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
AgentFC | For the EnableAgentBackup parameter. Defines that the storage works over FC protocol. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
AgentISCSI | For the EnableAgentBackup parameter. Defines that the storage works over iSCSI protocol. | SwitchParameter | False | Named | False |
AgentProxy | For the EnableAgentBackup parameter. Specifies an array of proxies you want to use with this storage. | Accepts the VBRComputerFileProxyServer object. To create this object, run the Add-VBRComputerFileProxyServer cmdlet. | False | Named | False |
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.
Examples
Adding HPE Nimble Storage System
This example shows how to add an HPE Nimble storage system to the backup infrastructure using credentials.
$credentials = Get-VBRCredentials -Name "HPE Nimble Administrator" $proxy = Get-VBRViProxy -Name 172.17.53.5 Add-NimbleHost -Name 172.17.53.38 -Credentials $credentials -Description "HPE Nimble Storage iSCSI" -Proxy $proxy -iSCSI |
Perform the following steps:
- Run the Get-VBRCredentials cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $credentials variable.
- Run the Get-VBRViProxy cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $proxy variable.
- Run the Add-NimbleHost cmdlet. Specify the following settings:
- Specify the Name parameter value.
- Set the $credentials variable as the Credentials parameter value.
- Specify the Description parameter value.
- Set the $proxy variable as the Proxy parameter value.
- Provide the iSCSI parameter.
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