Requirements for Using NetApp Snapdiff on NAS File Servers

If you want to use NetApp SnapDiff for faster incremental backups, verify that your environment meets the system requirements.

System Requirements

• For system requirements for MediaAgents as proxy computers, read the following topics:

  • For system requirements for indexing, see System and Hardware Requirements.

  • For system requirements for MediaAgents, see MediaAgent: System Requirements.

• For system requirements for the file system agents, read the following topics:

  • For the Linux file system agent, see Linux File System Agent: System Requirements.

  • For the Windows file system agent, see Windows File System Agent: System Requirements.

Requirements in the Commvault Software

• You must create subclients with Commvault FR 11.23 or a more recent release.

• You must enter array credentials for the array. See Editing Storage Array Credentials.