NWT / SQL Server

[hyperdrive]

We are planning to move our physical SQL Server 2014 to a new rack and connect it to our new Nimble SAN.  We have a very short window of time to do this and I would prefer to not install any HP software like NWT/NCM unless anyone has seen issues with it not being installed.  I wouldn't imagine so since it is iSCSI but wanted to get confirmation on this.  

[Mahesh202]

Hi hyperdrive

Thank you for coming to the HPE Community forums

To facilitate connectivity and volume management and to leverage application-consistent snapshots for SQL Server, install the HPE Nimble Storage Windows Toolkit (NWT) on the host. NWT is an essential plugin that provides the following capabilities and tools:
HPE Nimble Storage Volume Shadow Copy Server (VSS) services for SQL Server
iSCSI and Fibre Channel (FC) connection management
The HPE Nimble Storage Device-Specific Module (NDSM) for multipath I/O (MPIO)
The HPE Nimble Storage Setup Manager (NSM) tool
Also included in the toolkit is a Windows PowerShell module with cmdlets for managing volume attributes, cloning, and connectivity from the Windows host.

Best Practice: Install the NWT on all Windows hosts that run SQL Server, including virtual machines. The NWT can be downloaded from HPE InfoSight.

Please read the below link
https://infosight.hpe.com/InfoSight/media/cms/active/public/tmg_HPE_Nimble_Storage_Deployment_Considerations_for_Microsoft_SQL_Server_doc_version_family.whz/aqf1491862797802.html

Hope this helps you.!

Regards
Mahesh