Lenovo DM 5000 plug-in configuration notes
Veritas NetBackup provides a robust data protection solution for the volumes that are set up on the storage array. NetBackup extends REST support for SAN and NAS volumes and lets you protect the mounted iSCSI/FC volumes that are hosted on a Lenovo DM array environment. You can configure Snapshot Manager for Data center to discover volumes and LUNs, and perform backup and restore operations.
The Snapshot Manager for Data center plug-in for Lenovo DM contains the functional logic that enables NetBackup to discover the SAN, NAS volumes, and LUNs on the Lenovo DM array. Then triggers snapshot create, export, deport, and delete operations for those exports. You must configure this plug-in on the NetBackup primary server.
Snapshot Manager for Data center uses the Lenovo DM SDK and Lenovo DM-ontap python library which internally consumes the Lenovo DM ZAPI and REST API respectively. Lenovo DM family helps to communicate with the Lenovo DM array. Snapshot Manager for Data center establishes a connection with the Lenovo DM array using the NMSDK or Lenovo DM-ontap SDK. Then, it uses the SDK methods to discover the NAS volume, SAN volume, and its snapshots for backup.
Lenovo DM Volumes: ONTAP serves data to clients and hosts from the logical containers called FlexVol volumes.
Lenovo DM NFS or SMB volumes in the NAS environment.
Lenovo DM Storage Virtual Machines (SVM) allow NAS clients to access storage using NFS.
SVMs contain data volumes and one or more LIFs through which they serve data to the clients.
SVMs provide file-level data access using NFS and CIFS protocols for NAS clients.
Lenovo DM Logical Unit Number (LUNs) storage units in a SAN environment.
Protocol which is configured with Lenovo DM SVM: ISCSI, FC/FCoE, CIFS, NFS.