Supported CloudPoint operations on Hitachi (HDS VSP 5000) array
CloudPoint performs the following management operations on the Hitachi (HDS VSP 5000) storage array.
Table: Supported CloudPoint operations on Hitachi (HDS VSP 5000) arrays
CloudPoint operation | Description |
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Discover assets | CloudPoint discovers the Logical Devices (LDEV) created on the storage array and snapshots inside the snapshot group named similar to The LDEVs that have "CMD" in their attributes and those without any logical unit number (LUN) mapped are not discovered |
Create snapshot | For snapshots, CloudPoint uses Hitachi Thin Image Pairs and triggers 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 CloudPoint has the following naming convention:
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Delete snapshot | To delete a snapshot, CloudPoint triggers 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, CloudPoint triggers a REST API request where the Thin Image is restored to the parent volume. |
Export snapshot | Export over iSCSI and FC is supported by CloudPoint. Cloudpoint uses REST API to set LUN path of snapshot. |
Deport snapshot | When a snapshot deport operation is triggered, CloudPoint deletes the export created over the snapshot path at the time of Export operations. It essentially reverts the Export Operation. |