Discover assets

NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center discovers all the volumes (except clone volumes and system volumes) and snapshots. Volumes are primary assets, each contains the associated snapshots and asset IDs.

Create snapshot

NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center takes a snapshot of HPE volume.

To create a snapshot, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center initiates a POST API call on the volume.

A typical snapshot created has the following naming convention: NB<unique_21digit_number>

Delete snapshot

NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center deletes a snapshot volume. When the delete snapshot operation is initiated, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center for Data center deletes the snapshot volume corresponding to the source volume.

Restore snapshot

NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center restores the parent volume, when you restore a volume from a volume snapshot.

When a snapshot restore operation is initiated, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center unmaps the source volume and snapshot volume from all the host and host sets.

A snapshot volume cannot be restored when it is exported to a host or host set and if the parent volume is exported to hosts or host sets.

After completion of the restore operation, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center again maps the parent volume and the snapshot volume to all the host and host sets

Export snapshot

When a snapshot export operation is initiated, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center attaches a snapshot of the volume to the host.

NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center fetches the initiators where you want to perform the export operations based on the port. The initiator retrieves the host ID, and then NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center attaches the snapshot volume to the host.

Deport snapshot

When a snapshot deport operation is initiated, NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center removes the host mapping of the exported snapshot volume. It is a revert of the export snapshot operation.