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Configure a Copy for Data Verification
Pick a Job for Data Verification
Perform a Data Verification Operation
Data Verification Considerations for NetApp NAS NDMP
Support Information - Storage Policy Copy
The software typically protects/archives data on various types of media. Once these operations have been performed, there is no way to ascertain if the data is valid for recovering until a data recovery operation has been performed on that data.
During a data verification operation, data is checked to see that it is valid for recovering and for being successfully copied during an auxiliary copy operation. You can verify data on all copies, or on a specific copy, and in parallel streams. A specific data protection/archive operation can also be verified on a copy. It is also possible to define a time interval of how long data verification for a data protection job is valid for a storage policy copy.
You can select individual jobs to be verified during a data verification operation from the Jobs for Copy window. You can verify jobs on all types of storage policies. The example below is for an iDataAgent Backup storage policy.
The following table describes the data verification status that is displayed in the Data Verification Status column:
Status | When Displayed |
Not Picked | A job has not been picked for a data verification operation. |
Picked for Verification | A job has been picked for a data verification operation. |
Successful | A data verification operation ran and successfully verified this job. |
Failed | A data verification operation ran and failed to verify this job. |
Partial | A data verification operation ran and has not yet completed verifying this job. |
In addition to verifying data which has been backed up using NRS, data which has been backed up to a library attached to a NetApp file server can also be verified to ensure that it is valid for recovery.
Two Windows registry keys are provided which allow you to redirect NetApp NAS NDMP data verification operations:
Note that this can be a large amount of data. If you choose to turn this option on, it is recommended you increase the log file size.
For more information on these registry keys, see Registry Keys and Parameters.
This feature requires a Feature License to be available in the CommServe® Server.
Review general license requirements included in License Administration. Also, View All Licenses provides step-by-step instructions on how to view the license information.
Operations performed with this feature are recorded in the Audit Trail. See Audit Trail for more information.
The Administrative Job Summary Report displays a summary of all or select Administrative jobs.
The Data Verification Job Summary Report displays all data verification jobs with a specified status during a specified time period.