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  2. NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide
  3. Storage array plug-ins for Snapshot Manager for Data Center
  4. HPE XP plug-in
  5. Supported Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on HPE XP
NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide

Supported Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on HPE XP

NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center performs the following snapshot management operations on HPE XP.

Table: Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on assets managed by HPE XP

Snapshot Manager for Data Center operation

Description

Discover assets

Snapshot Manager for Data Center discovers the Logical Devices (LDEV) created on the storage array and snapshots inside the snapshot group named similar to flexsnap_snap_group along with some of their metadata.

The LDEVs that have "CMD" in their attributes and those without any logical unit number (LUN) mapped are not discovered.

Create snapshot

For snapshots, Snapshot Manager for Data Center uses HPE XP Fast Snap Pairs and initiates a sequence of REST API requests with the required information and snapshot name. The API returns the details of the snapshot.

A typical snapshot created by Snapshot Manager for Data Center has the following naming convention: NB<unique_21digit_number>

Delete snapshot

To delete a snapshot, Snapshot Manager for Data Center initiates a sequence of REST API requests with the required snapshot details and confirms that the snapshot has been deleted successfully on the cluster.

Restore snapshot

To restore a snapshot, Snapshot Manager for Data Center initiates a REST API request where the fast snap is restored to the parent volume.

Export snapshot

Snapshot Manager for Data Center supports export over iSCSI and FC protocols, using REST API to set the LUN path of the snapshot.

Deport snapshot

When a snapshot deport operation is initiated, Snapshot Manager for Data Center deletes the export created over the snapshot path at the time of Export operations. It essentially reverts the Export operation.

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