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title: "Step 4. Choose Storage Vendor"
description: "At the Storage Vendor step, choose whether NetApp or HPE storage systems will be used to recover VMs."
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# Step 4. Choose Storage Vendor

At the **Storage Vendor** step, choose whether NetApp or HPE storage systems will be used to recover VMs.

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