The NetApp E-series storage vendor has deprecated the SMI-S protocol that is used to interact with the array for snapshot operations. As a result, starting Commvault Platform Release 2024E (11.36), the NetApp E-series PiT snap engine uses the REST APIs to perform snapshot operations. The NetApp E-series/LSI Snapshot engine and NetApp E-series/LSI Volume Copy engines have been deprecated.
Hence, it is necessary to configure the following snapshot properties for the array in the array management to use REST APIs with NetApp E-series PiT Snap Engine:
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REST Management IP
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REST Server User name
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REST Server Password
For more information about snapshot properties, see snapshot configuration properties for NetApp E-Series/LSI.
Note
If you have configured the NetApp E-series PiT engine prior to 2024E (11.36) upgrade, then the engine name gets updated to NetApp E-Series PiT (Deprecated) and continues using SMI-S protocol until you manually change the engine to NetApp E-series PiT and add the REST API configuration.