Hello
While it is MUCH simpler to perform a recovery using SnapCenters automated recovery from a DR, it is not necessary to use SnapCenter to do so.
There are available options that support NetApp APIs to perform consistent backup operations against a database, with some minimal scripting to perform the quiesce operations on the database while a snapshot is taken from ONTAP. This would allow you to restore from a destination containing this consistent snapshot manually.
Taking into consideration the T-log files you could feasibly create up to the minute restorations of the database in a similar manner, again this would still be a manual operation from a NetApp standpoint.
That being said, SnapCenter automates the whole process and minimizes downtime natively within ONTAP for you, preventing a storage or SQL admin from having to manually mount a copy of the data for restoration.
Please let me know if this helps, and let me know if there are any questions I can help to address on it.
Point of reference:
https://www.netapp.com/data-protection/backup-recovery/snapcenter-backup-management/