Getting Started - NAS Configuration

Pre-Requisites

• Prior to performing a SnapProtect backup, ensure that all the available hotfixes for Virtual Disk Service (VDS) and VSS are applied.
• When performing SnapProtect backup for a Windows Cluster, a proxy server must be used for performing backup and restore operations.
• SnapProtect backup on Windows supports basic disks. 

Configuration

The software for the NAS iDataAgent is installed automatically as part of the MediaAgent installation. However, the client is not automatically created in the CommCell Console.

Follow the steps given below to create and configure the NAS client for a first SnapProtect backup. If the data you want to backup resides on a vFiler, configure the vFiler as the NAS client.

1.	From the CommCell Browser, right-click the Client Computers node and click New Client.
2.	Select NAS Client from the drop-down list. Click OK.
3.	Provide the File Server details to add the NDMP Server. For any ONTAP version, do not provide the host name or IP address of the management port (e.g., e0M). Use the host name or IP address of a data port (e.g., e0A, e0B). Click Detect. Click OK. A new client is created and listed under the Client Computers node. The default subclient is created automatically.   Any NAS storage device that will be used for backing up secondary storage data (Vault, Mirror or backup copy) must be configured as a NAS Client in the CommCell with the same name that is used by the DFM server to communicate to the secondary NAS file server.
4.	From the CommCell Browser, right-click the NAS client just created and select Properties.
5.	Click on the Advanced tab. Select the Enable SnapProtect option to enable SnapProtect backup for the client. Click OK.
6.	From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient. Click Properties.
7.	Click the Storage Device tab. In the Storage Policy box, select the storage policy name.
8.	Click the SnapProtect Operations tab. Click SnapProtect option to enable SnapProtect backup for the selected subclient. Select NetApp from the Available Snap Engine drop-down list.
9.	Click the Content tab. Click Browse and specify the content for the subclient. It is recommended that you add full volume as the sublcient content and not a sub directory or a qtree. Click OK.   The subclient content must contain data that resides on the storage device volume; do not include local drives as subclient content. If you added a vFiler as a client, do not include the root volume.

Skip this section if you already created a snapshot copy.

Create a Snapshot Copy

Create a snapshot copy for the Storage Policy. The following section provides step-by-step instructions for creating a Snapshot Copy.

1.	From the CommCell Console, navigate to Policies | Storage Policies. Right-click the <storage policy> and click All Tasks | Create New Snapshot Copy.
2.	Enter the copy name in the Copy Name field. Select the Library, MediaAgent, master Drive Pool and Scratch Pool from the lists (not applicable for disk libraries). Click OK.

Configure Backup Copy

Follow the steps given below to configure Backup Copy for moving snapshots to media.

1.	From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Policies | Storage Policies. Right-click the <storage policy> and click Properties.
2.	Click the Snapshot tab. Select Enable Backup Copy option to enable movement of snapshots to media. Click OK.