Truenas Vcenter Plugin Download
Gwen Simon
In order to get a better idea of its ease of use and capabilities, we deployed Asigra in our lab. This process involved installing and configuring the DS-System FreeNAS plugin and the DS-Client on a Windows system, and then using the system to back up and restore data.
We installed the Asigra plugin by searching for it in the FreeNAS GUI under the Plugins section. When we clicked Install, it downloaded the plugin and started the configuration wizard. We then let the wizard guide us in configuring the plugin.
In addition to this, the VMware plugin integrates the VMwares Changed Block Tracking (CBT) technology to ensure only blocks that have changed since the initial Full, and/or the last Incremental or Differential backup are sent to the current Incremental or Differential backup stream, to give more efficient backups and reduced network load.
Once the Namespace is created, you need to download the Kubernetes CLI tools with vSphere plugin, assign the correct credentials and rights for a specific user on the Namespace (for my lab I used admini...@vsphere.local) and then you need to assign a content library to the namespace, this is very important as this is where WCP (vSphere workload management process) will roll out and store Tanzu ova images used to build Tanzu control and worker nodes.
One of the really great features of the FreeNAS platform is the huge list of plugins that can be used with the FreeNAS platform. There are many great plugins that top the list of those available with the system. These include:
FreeNAS 11.2 provides some great new enhancements. One of the great things it can do is simulate SAN Storage with FreeNAS 11.2. However, keep in mind FreeNAS can be a SAN in its own right with physical hardware and is a powerful solution for use as a whitebox SAN/NAS or backup appliance when paired with a plugin or third-party software.
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