Storage Information

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Storage Information

If you selected any storage platform type other than Windows File Server in the Storage Platform page, the Storage Information page appears.  It requests the credentials necessary to connect to the storage device you want to replicate.  If you selected Windows Files Server in the previous wizard page, skip to Step 3: File Metadata.

1.Select New Credentials or Existing Credentials.

2.If you selected Existing Credentials, select a credential from the drop-down list, and then click Next to continue to the Path page.

If you selected New Credentials, enter the credentials for connecting to the storage device.  The information you are prompted to enter varies, depending on the type of storage platform:

NetApp ONTAP | Clustered Data ONTAP

NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode

Dell EMC Isilon

Dell EMC Unity

Dell EMC Celerra | VNX | VNX 2

Nutanix Files

3.Click Validate to test the credentials.

After the credentials are validated, a success message appears.

4.Click Next.

The Path page is displayed.