Discover assets

Snapshot Manager for Data Center discovers the Logical Devices (LDEV) created on the storage array and snapshots inside the snapshot group named similar to flexsnap_snap_group along with some of their metadata.

The LDEVs that have "CMD" in their attributes and those without any logical unit number (LUN) mapped are not discovered.

Create snapshot

For snapshots, Snapshot Manager for Data Center uses HPE XP Fast Snap Pairs and triggers a sequence of REST API requests with the required information and 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 sequence of REST API requests with the required snapshot details and confirms that the snapshot has been deleted successfully on the cluster.

Restore snapshot

To restore a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers a REST API request where the fast snap is restored to the parent volume.

Export snapshot

Export over iSCSI and FC is supported by CloudPoint. Cloudpoint uses REST API to set LUN path of snapshot.

Deport snapshot

When a snapshot deport operation is triggered, CloudPoint deletes the export created over the snapshot path at the time of Export operations. It essentially reverts the Export operation.