Supported Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Fujitsu Eternus AF/DX SAN models
You can perform the following management operations supported on the Fujitsu AF/DX SAN array:
Table: Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Fujitsu Eternus AF/DX SAN array
Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations | Description |
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Discover assets | NetBackup discovers all the volumes and their snapshots. Volumes are primary assets; each contains the associated snapshots and asset IDs. |
Create snapshot | To create a snapshot (snapOPCPlus), NetBackup initiates a POST API call on the volume. The snapshot volume is created on the same appliance as the source volume. A typical snapshot created by NetBackup has the following naming convention: NB<unique_21digit_number> |
Delete snapshot | Before deleting a snapshot, Snapshot Manager for Data Center performs the following operations:
NetBackup calls the REST API with the required snapshot details to delete a snapshot. Then confirms that the snapshot is deleted successfully on the array. |
Restore snapshot | NetBackup uses volume snapshot restore API to restore volume snapshot to the point in time image on the volume. |
Export snapshot | When a snapshot export operation is initiated, NetBackup attaches the snapshot volume to the host. These are the steps for snapshot export:
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Deport snapshot | During snapshot export, NetBackup deletes the copy session of the source volume, host connection of snapshot volume, and exported snapshot volume. It is a revert of export snapshot. |