HPE GreenLake for Block Storage plug-in configuration parameters
Before you configure the HPE GreenLake for Block Storage plug-in, verify the following:
Ensure that a supported version of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage is installed on the HPE GreenLake array.
To view the list of all supported versions of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage, refer to the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center section in the NetBackup Hardware and Cloud Storage Compatibility List (HCL).
An existing user account that has the permissions to invoke the HPE GreenLake APIs and all snapshot operations on the array.
Specify the following details when you configure the HPE GreenLake for Block Storage array:
Table: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage plug-in configuration parameters
Snapshot Manager for Data Center configuration parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Plug-in ID | Provide a name for the plug-in. |
IP address | HPE GreenLake for Block Storage array IP address. |
Username | User accounts that have permission to perform snapshot operations on the HPE GreenLake for Block Storage array. |
Password | A password for the user account. |
To allow NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center to perform snapshot management operations, ensure that the HPE GreenLake plug-in user account has the following roles and privileges assigned on the storage array:
Create snapshots
Delete snapshots
Attach snapshots
Detach snapshots
Restore snapshots
All snapshots are captured at the volume level. However, all the snapshots are not in the read-write mode, only the local snapshots taken by the SLP, without replication, are in the read-write mode. If replication is configured, both the local and replica snapshots are in read-only mode.
NetBackup does not support clone snapshots as HPE GreenLake does not let you export clone snapshot volume.
The limit for any volume name is up to 31 characters.
For replication, consider the following:
Only SYNC-based replication is supported.
Add both source and target arrays for discovery to establish replication relationships.
Local snapshots are taken if the SLP is configured without replication, and the snapshots are in read-write mode.
If replication is configured in the SLP, then coordinated snapshots are taken as read-only copies in both source and target arrays.
Backups from replica snapshots of LVM-based volumes are not supported. This limitation is from the HPE GreenLake array.