1. Remember that for HotAdd to work in LAN-Free mode, the vRanger repository needs to be configured on storage
zoned to the vRanger host and any host that vRanger could be vMotioned to.
2. To perform a LAN-Free backup, you must select the Perform LAN-free backup option during the backup job
configuration.
3. When using HotAdd, make sure to disable automount on the vRanger machine. This will prevent Windows on the
vRanger VM from assigning a drive letter to the source VMDK.
To disable automount:
o From the start menu, select “run” and enter diskpart.
o Run the automount disable command to disable automatic drive letter assignment.
o Run the automount scrub command to clean any registry entries pertaining to previously mounted
volumes.
