Shared storage - if you use NetApp filers

Last published : Aug 05, 2026
The VCS hardware replication agents for NetApp provide failover support and recovery in environments that employ NetApp filers for storage and NetApp SnapMirror for replication. The agents enable configuring NetApp filers over an iSCSI or Fibre Channel (FC) connection in a VCS cluster environment.
The VCS agents for NetApp are as follows:
  • NetAppFiler
  • NetAppSnapDrive
  • NetAppSnapMirror
These agents monitor and manage the state of replicated filer devices and ensure that only one system has safe and exclusive access to the configured devices at a time. The agents can be used in local clusters, single VCS replicated data clusters, and multi-cluster environments that are set up using the VCS Global Cluster Option (GCO).
In a typical configuration, the agents are installed on each system in the cluster. The systems are connected to the NetApp filers through a dedicated (private) storage network. VCS cluster systems are physically attached to the NetApp filer via an ethernet cable supporting iSCSI or FC as the transport protocol.
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VCS also provides agents for other third-party hardware arrays. For details on the supported arrays, refer to the product Software Compatibility List (SCL).