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  3. NetBackup™ for OpenStack Administrator's Guide
  5. Performing backups and restores of OpenStack
  7. Unmounting a snapshot
NetBackup™ for OpenStack Administrator's Guide

Unmounting a snapshot

Once a mounted snapshot is no longer needed it is possible and recommended to unmount the snapshot.

Unmounting a snapshot frees the File Recovery Manager instance to mount the next snapshot and allows NetBackup for OpenStack retention policy to purge the former mounted snapshot.

Warning:

Deleting the File Recovery Manager instance does not update the NetBackup for OpenStack appliance. The snapshot will be considered mounted until an unmount command has been received.

Using Horizon

  1. On the Horizon console, navigate to NBOS Backups > Policies.

  2. Identify the policy that contains the snapshot to mount.

  3. Click the policy name to enter the policy overview.

  4. Navigate to the Snapshots tab.

  5. Search for the snapshot that has the option Unmount Snapshot.

  6. Click Unmount Snapshot.

Using CLI
nbosjm snapshot-dismount <snapshot_id>

  • <snapshot_id> ID of the snapshot to unmount.

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