Supported CloudPoint operations on Nutanix Files File Server
CloudPoint performs the following management operations on the Nutanix Files File Server:
Table: CloudPoint operations on Nutanix Files File Server
CloudPoint operation | Description |
|---|---|
Discover assets | CloudPoint discovers all the shares and their snapshots along with some of their metadata. Shares that have CFT_BACKUP capabilities are eligible for snapshot diff based incremental backups. Note: Snapshot operations are not supported for nested shares on Nutanix Files File Server. |
Create snapshot | To create a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers a POST REST API call on the CloudPoint keeps polling the snapshot details until the snapshot state changes to successful (or error in case failure). |
Delete snapshot | To delete a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers a DELETE REST API call with the required snapshot details in the following format:
CloudPoint keeps polling the snapshot UUID until it returns a 404 Not Found error code. This code confirms that the snapshot has been deleted successfully. |
Restore snapshot | CloudPoint does not support this operation. |
Export snapshot | When a snapshot export operation is triggered, the backups host is added to the partner server that is registered during the plug-in configuration. A PUT REST API call is made to the partner server with the required mount target details. CloudPoint keeps polling the partner server to confirm the success of the operation. |
Deport snapshot | When a snapshot deport operation is triggered, CloudPoint makes a PUT REST API call to the partner server to remove the mount target entry that was added during the export operation. CloudPoint keeps polling the partner server to confirm the success of the operation. |
Create snapshot diff | Nutanix Files provides an API that allows to create a diff between two snapshots of a share. This process is called as Changed File Tracking (CFT). When a request to create a snapshot diff is made, CloudPoint makes a REST API call to generate the CFT between two snapshots, and then retrieves and stores the CFT data on the CloudPoint server. CFT based backups are supported only for top-level shares. Nested shares are not supported. |