How does Snapmanager for Virtual infrastructure work

SMVI is now integrated into VSC which is good as most of the VMware integrated products are now centralised hopefully the rest of the snapmanger suite will soon be added. Here is how snapmanager for virtual infrastructure works

1. VSC initiates a backup
2. VSC triggers VMware snapshots of VMs
3. vCenter creates VM snapshots and captures active transactions in delta files
4. VSC triggers instant NetApp snapshot
5. VSC triggers VMware snapshot removal
6. vCenter removes consistent snapshots and reapplies delta files