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title: "Step 3. Choose Storage Vendor"
description: "At the Storage Vendor step of the wizard, choose whether VMs that you plan to recover are located on datastores backed by NetApp or HPE storage systems."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Working with Storage Plans > Creating Storage Plans > Step 3. Choose Storage Vendor"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
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# Step 3. Choose Storage Vendor

At the **Storage Vendor** step of the wizard, choose whether VMs that you plan to recover are located on datastores backed by NetApp or HPE storage systems.

[![Creating Storage Plan](images/creating_sp_vendor.png "Creating Storage Plan")](images/creating_sp_vendor.png){.toggle scale=65}