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  2. NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide
  3. Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
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NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide

Supported NetApp topologies

Table: Supported NetApp snapshot replication topologies describes the NetApp topologies that Replication Director supports. Replication Director supports the same NetApp topologies for both cDOT and 7-mode. All begin with a snapshot of the data on the primary volume.

Table: Supported NetApp snapshot replication topologies

Representation

Description

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapVault.

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapMirror.

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapMirror, and then replicated again using SnapVault.

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapMirror, and then replicated again using SnapMirror.

The snapshot can be replicated using SnapVault, and then replicated again using SnapMirror.

Two examples of many supported configurations:

The snapshot replications can fan out to two or three resource pools.

(The Representation column shows two examples of many possible configurations.)

A tar-formatted backup can be created from any snapshot by using the Backup from Snapshot operation in the storage lifecycle policy. The backup can be created on tape using NDMP or to NFS or CIFS disk.

In the following example, a tar-formatted copy is created from each snapshot copy.

Use the Backup from Snapshot SLP operation to create a backup from any snapshot.

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