FIrst, some background: we are migrating from SnapDrive/SMSQL to SnapCenter, however SC has numerous bugs <related to failover clusters and mount points> that requires us to keep SnapDrive (but not SMSQL) on a few servers until the bugs are patched. We are running OnTAP 9.3 because SnapDrive isn't supported in OnTAP 9.4 and above. I am aware there are special bundled versions of SnapDrive with certain SnapManager products (such as Hyper-V) that are supported in OnTAP 9.4 and above, but SMSQL isn't one of them.
Now my question: what if I installed one of the special SnapManager/SnapDrive bundled products on the SQL Servers where I need SnapDrive, and just didn't use the SnapManager component? Would that be a legitimate way to get a supported version of SnapDrive on those servers so we can upgrade to OnTAP 9.5? It would be even simpler, of course, if installing the latest SnapDrive patch as a standalone would be compatible (see below), but everything I've seen so far indicates it is not.
Would love to hear anyone's insight! Thanks in advance.
SnapDrive 7.1.5P3