An administrator needs to back up their VMware virtual machines from on-premises AFF to AWS S3 using SnapCenter. Which two requirements must be met…

To back up VMware virtual machines from an on-premises AFF system to AWS S3 using SnapCenter, two primary components are required. First, the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere must be deployed as a virtual appliance and registered with the vCenter Server (C). This enables SnapCenter to interact with the VMware environment for application-consistent snapshots. Second, to facilitate backups to a cloud destination like AWS S3, the SnapCenter server must be connected to a NetApp BlueXP account (B). BlueXP Cloud Backup service acts as the orchestration layer, managing the S3 bucket and the data transfer from the on-premises SnapVault secondary destination to the cloud object storage.

A. The Plug-in must be installed on each VM.

This is incorrect. The SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere is an agentless virtual appliance deployed at the vCenter level, not an agent installed in each guest OS.

D. The Plug-in must register the S3 bucket.

This is incorrect. The S3 bucket is discovered, configured, and managed by the BlueXP Cloud Backup service, not directly by the SnapCenter plug-in.

1. NetApp Documentation: SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere Deployment and Setup Guide

Reference: In the "Deploy the NetApp Data Broker virtual appliance" section, it states, "You must deploy the NetApp Data Broker virtual appliance in the vCenter Server... After the appliance is deployed, you must register the plug-in with vCenter Server..." This supports option C.

2. NetApp Documentation: SnapCenter concepts

Reference: In the "Protecting data in the cloud" section, it details the architecture: "To back up data to the cloud, you must have a BlueXP account and subscribe to the Cloud Backup service... You must connect your SnapCenter Server to your BlueXP account." This supports option B.

3. NetApp Documentation: Back up and restore data using SnapCenter

Reference: In the "Back up VMware virtual machine data to cloud" section, the prerequisites state: "You must have SnapCenter Server connected to BlueXP... The SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere must be installed and configured." This confirms the necessity of both options B and C for the specified task.