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You should be able to execute custom actions, e.g. scripts.
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You should be able to execute custom actions, e.g. scripts.

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Can you provide some guidance on where in IPM one sets up a script such as this?
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Can you provide some guidance on where in IPM one sets up a script such as this?

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Steve Quinn

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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/members/hanccocka.html" rel="ugc">Andrew Hancock</a> is always VERY helpful and points others in the right direction.
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Andrew Hancock [https://www.experts-exchange.com/members/hanccocka.html] is always VERY helpful and points others in the right direction.

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<p>We have a Nimble SAN connected to two VMware hosts via 10Gb iSCSI. &nbsp;We also have an Eaton UPS with an IPM virtual machine that we want to control the VMware/Eaton environment in the case of a power outage. &nbsp;As part of the process IPM will follow during a power outage, is it possible to initiate a storage snapshot on the Nimble? &nbsp;Either doing it directly or maybe by kicking off a script?</p>
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We have a Nimble SAN connected to two VMware hosts via 10Gb iSCSI.  We also have an Eaton UPS with an IPM virtual machine that we want to control the VMware/Eaton environment in the case of a power outage.  As part of the process IPM will follow during a power outage, is it possible to initiate a storage snapshot on the Nimble?  Either doing it directly or maybe by kicking off a script?

Can I configure Eaton IPM to start a snapshot on a Nimble SAN?

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