Supported CloudPoint operations on Dell EMC PowerStore NAS models
You can perform the following CloudPoint operations supported on the Dell EMC PowerStore NAS models:
Table: CloudPoint operations on the Dell EMC PowerStore NAS array
CloudPoint operations | Description |
|---|---|
Discover assets | CloudPoint discovers all the Dell EMC PowerStore NAS servers, filesystems, NFS exports, SMB shares as an asset in CP. CloudPoint triggers an SDK method which internally calls the array's API to get the assets mentioned in the list. For NAS discovery, CP doesn't skip any assets. If the current filesystem count is 50 and snapshot count is 21 then the user finds 50 directories and 21 Filesystems in the NetBackup. |
Create snapshot | To create a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers an SDK method with the required information and snapshot name. The API returns with the snapshot details. The array supports two types of snapshots - protocol and snapshot type. CP triggers the snapshot type; snapshot name and retention period is not set on the array for these snapshots. All these snapshots are at a filesystem level. A typical snapshot created by CloudPoint has the following naming convention: NB<unique_21digit_number> Note: No other entity apart from this snapshot is created on the array as a snapshot activity. |
Delete snapshot | To delete a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers an SDK method call with the required snapshot details. A confirmation of snapshot delete on the array happens through another call with the same snapshot ID and 'not found' error is reported in the CloudPoint logs. Items deleted in snapshot delete operation - NB<unique_21digit_number> snapshot |
Restore snapshot | CloudPoint offers the capability for the PIT rollback and a user can use the snapshot created to restore the filesystem. Note: Latest snapshot is not required for the PIT. A user can perform the restore operation with old snapshots related to the filesystem. |
Export snapshot | CloudPoint offers the export for SMB and NFS based exports. When a user triggers an export call from NetBackup, user can specify the protocol to export and then the details are sent to CloudPoint. Example, For NFS the export path is created with - <NAS-server-ip>:<share_name>/snapshot/<UTC_for_snapshot> and the rules for the host are added as a read only on a particular share. For SMB, the shares are created using path \\<NAS-server-ip>\<share_name>\@UTC_for_snapshot and backup is performed. Note: Export rules are added for a particular host in read only mode. |
Deport snapshot | Deport snapshot operation will remove the export rules added for host. |