Supported Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Dell EMC PowerMax and VMax
NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center performs the following management operations on the Dell EMC PowerMax and VMax:
Table: Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Dell EMC PowerMax/ VMax plug-in
Snapshot Manager for Data Center operation | Description |
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Discover assets | NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center discovers all the volumes, Storage groups, and Storage group snapshots. |
Create snapshot | Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax and Unipshere for VMax allows snapshot creation for entire storage group. The storage group snapshot contains a single Point-in-time copy of all the volumes in the storage group at that time. To create a snapshot on the storage group, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center initiates a POST REST API call on the Storage group that contains the volumes. A snapshot name is also provided. The API returns the details of the snapshot. To create a snapshot on the volume part of a storage group, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center creates a POST REST API call on the storage group that contains the specific volume. A snapshot name is also provided. The API returns the details of the snapshot. A typical snapshot created by NetBackup Snapshot Manager has the following naming convention: NB<unique_21digit_number> Note: Snapshots are created in the storage group. The only way to distinguish the snapshots is based on which asset the operation was created. If the snapshot is created on a volume, then the snapshot is mapped to the volume. If created on a storage group, the snapshot is mapped to the storage group asset. |
Delete snapshot | To delete a snapshot, Snapshot Manager for Data Center initiates a DELETE REST API call with the required snapshot details and confirms that the snapshot has been deleted successfully on the array. |
Restore snapshot | Snapshot Manager for Data Center uses the storage group snapshot restore API from Unisphere. To restore a snapshot to the point-in-time image on the volume.
While restoring a snapshot to the point-in-time image on the storage group, all the volumes that were part of the storage group at the time of snapshot creation, are restored to the storage group snapshot state. |
Export snapshot | When a snapshot export operation is initiated: Perform the following steps:
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Deport snapshot | When a snapshot deport operation is initiated, the exported storage group, and the volume(s) inside it, and the temporary storage group used as a source for the snapshot, are all deleted. It is a revert or clean-up of the export snapshot. |