Supported NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center Operation on DELL EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
Snapshot Manager for Data Center performs the following management operations on the Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon):
Table: Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in
Snapshot Manager for Data Center operation | Description |
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Discover assets | NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center discovers all the NFS export, SMB shares, and their snapshots along with some of their directory metadata from all the Access Zones the user has privileges to access or view. By default, a DELL PowerScale cluster has Single access zone known as System Access Zone and unless you have additional Access Zones, all the NFS export and SMB Shares are in this default Access Zone. The multiple access zone can be mapped to same or different Groupnet (Groupnet -> Subnet -> Pool). During discovery, the Snapshot Manager also associates the relevant SmartConnect of a pool to its NFS export or SMB share. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center also discovers all the nested NFS exports and SMB shares irrespective of the depth at which they are created. Mentioned below are few examples of nested shares discovered by Snapshot Manager: ["/ifs/test_fs1", "/ifs/test_fs1/test_fs2", "/ifs/test_fs1/test_data/test_fs3", "/ifs/smb_03/test_data/dir01"] The discovered NFS export and SMB shares must have valid underlying file system path. The file system directory path must be shared by NFS export, SMB shares. |
Create snapshot | To create a snapshot, Snapshot Manager for Data Center initiates 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 Snapshot Manager for Data Center has the following naming convention:
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Delete snapshot or replicated snapshot | To delete a snapshot, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center calls the REST API with the required snapshot details. You can see a confirmation when the snapshot is deleted successfully on the array. |
Restore snapshot | Snapshot Manager for Data Center 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 or replicated snapshot |
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Deport snapshot | When a snapshot deport operation is initiated, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center deletes the NFS export or SMB share created over the snapshot path at the time of the export operations. |
Create snapshot diff | Snapshot Manager for Data Center uses 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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Replicate snapshot | NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center creates and replicates snapshots based on the backup selections in the policy. For these backup selections you need to set up a SyncIQ policy on the DELL EMC PowerScale (Isilon). NetBackup only supports synchronize action for the SyncIQ policy. |