Configure D-NAS policy for NAS volumes
Using the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center you can perform hardware snapshots of NFS and SMB shares. The snapshots are accessed on backup hosts and read by dynamic streams to create point in time backup copies. The following procedure describes how to configure a D-NAS policy to use hardware snapshots of NAS volumes.
Table: Configuration steps
Step | Description | Reference topic |
|---|---|---|
1 | Configure the NetBackup Snapshot Manager server in NetBackup | For more details, refer to the Configure NetBackup snapshot manager for Data Center chapter of the NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide. |
2 | Configure the NAS storage array plug-in. | For more details, refer to the Configure NetBackup snapshot manager for Data Center chapter in the NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide. |
3 | Add the backup hosts to a backup host pool. The backup hosts are responsible for data streaming. | |
4 | Configure the SLP to use snapshot | For more details, see Configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication chapter in the NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide. |
5 | Configure a NAS-Data-Protection policy to perform the operations that are specified in the SLP. |
Note:
For all the supported NAS storage arrays, refer to the NetBackup Snapshot Manager section, under Snapshot Solutions in the NetBackup Hardware and Cloud Storage Compatibility List (HCL).