Supported NetBackup Snapshot Manager operations on Hitachi NAS array
NetBackup Snapshot Manager performs the following snapshot management operations on the Hitachi NAS arrays.
Table: Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Hitachi NAS plug-in
Snapshot Manager for Data Center operation | Description |
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Discover assets | NetBackup Snapshot Manager discovers all the Hitachi NAS EVS servers, NFS export, SMB shares, and their filesystem-snapshots along with some of their directory metadata. NetBackup Snapshot Manager will also discover all the nested NFS exports and SMB shares irrespective of the depth at which they are created. |
Create snapshot | To create a snapshot, NetBackup Snapshot Manager initiates a POST REST API method with the required information and snapshot name. The API returns the details of the snapshot. All these snapshots are at a file system level. A typical snapshot created by Snapshot Manager for Data Center has the following naming convention:
SnapNB is application-specific filter ID to speed up searching for future retrieval. This is a mandatory field needed to add in payload while snapshot creation using REST API. The snapshots created using REST API are not visible directly on the array GUI, you must select the filter named as By Application. |
Delete snapshot | To delete a snapshot, NetBackup Snapshot Manager calls the The API confirms that the snapshot has been deleted successfully on the array. |
Restore snapshot | NetBackup Snapshot Manager does not support PIT restore operation on the array. Instead we can perform Normal restore on specified location. |
Export snapshot | NetBackup Snapshot Manager supports export operation using the NFS and SMB protocol. When a snapshot export operation is initiated a export path is created using snapshot directory and snapshot name For NFS export the host access configuration are added as read-only on a particular export or share. For SMB share the user and domain provided while exporting the snapshot is added with privileges to access the SMB share created.
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Deport snapshot | When a snapshot deport operation is initiated, Snapshot Manager for Data Center makes a PUT REST API call to the Hitachi NAS array, and does following:
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