Supported CloudPoint operations on Qumulo plug-in
CloudPoint performs the following management operations on the Qumulo plug-in:
Table: CloudPoint operations on Qumulo plug-in
CloudPoint operation | Description |
|---|---|
Discover assets | CloudPoint discovers all the Qumulo file system paths and their snapshots along with some of their metadata. Single depth discovery is supported.. For example, if there filesystem directories are [/home, /home/user1, /home/user2, /user1], the discovered filesystem are [/home, /user1]. |
Create snapshot | To create a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers an SDK method with the required information and snapshot name. The API returns the details of the snapshot. A typical snapshot created by CloudPoint has the following naming convention: NB<unique_21digit_number> |
Delete snapshot | To delete a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers a SDK method call with the required snapshot details. Then CloudPoint confirms that the snapshot has been deleted successfully on the cluster. |
Restore snapshot | CloudPoint does not support this operation. |
Export snapshot | When a snapshot export operation is triggered, a new NFS export is created over the same filesystem path on which the backup hosts is added as a client with the read-only permission. |
Deport snapshot | When a snapshot deport operation is triggered, CloudPoint deletes the NFS export created over the snapshot path at the time of the export operation. |
Create snapshot diff | CloudPoint does not support this operation. |