Supported CloudPoint operations on Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in
CloudPoint performs the following management operations on the Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon):
Table: CloudPoint operations on Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in
CloudPoint operation | Description |
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Discover assets | CloudPoint discovers all the NFS exports and their snapshots along with some of their metadata. Note: CloudPoint only discovers assets with depth as 2. For example, if on NFS exports you have: ["/ifs", "/ifs/test_fs1", "/ifs/test_fs2", "/ifs/test_fs1/test_data", "/ifs/smb_03/test_data/dir01"] so NFS exports discovered in cloudpoint are ["/ifs/test_fs1", "/ifs/test_fs2"]. |
Create snapshot | To create a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers a POST REST API call on the nfs_export with the required information and the snapshot name. The API returns the details of the snapshot. A typical snapshot created by CloudPoint has the following naming convention: NB<unique_21digit_number> |
Delete snapshot | To delete a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers a DELETE REST API call with the required snapshot details and confirms that the snapshot has been deleted successfully on the Cluster. |
Restore snapshot | CloudPoint is uses the JobAPI to revert a snapshot. To revert a snapshot that contains a directory, it is recommended that you create a SnapRevert domain for a directory. To revert a snapshot, perform the following steps:
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Export snapshot | When a snapshot export operation is triggered, a new NFS export is created over the snapshot path ("/ifs/test_fs/.snapshot/NB15985918570166499611/") and the backup host is added as a Root Client with the read-only permission. |
Deport snapshot | When a snapshot deport operation is triggered, CloudPoint deletes the NFS export created over the snapshot path at the time of the export operation. |
Create snapshot diff | CloudPoint use the JobAPI to create a changelist between snapshots. To create a changelist, perform the following steps:
Note: The following important points:
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