Mount a Fan-In Recovery Point Using CDR

Related Topics:

• Using ContinuousDataReplicator in a Fan-In Configuration

Before you Begin:

• You can configure CDR so that the snapshots that comprise the latest Fan-In Recovery Point will be automatically mounted when it is created. This will affect all Replication Sets that use the computer as a Fan-In destination. Alternately, once Recovery Points have been created, you can select an existing Recovery Point and mount its snapshots.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure CDR to automatically mount snapshots for Fan-In Recovery Points:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click ContinuousDataReplicator on the destination client, and select Properties.
2. From the Fan-In tab, select the Recovery Points tab, and select the Auto-Mount snapshots after Recovery Point Creation option.

   Mounting of ONTAP snapshots is not supported in a Fan-In configuration.

3. Click Enter Mountpoints.
4. In the Enter Mount Points dialog, click the Mount Point column for each Destination Path and specify a drive letter (e.g., G:) to which the snapshot will be mounted.

   Ensure that you specify an unused drive letter. Do not specify mount points for a UNC path. If you specify the mount point for a recovery point on a UNC path, this mount point is ignored when a recovery point is created on a UNC path. A share is automatically created on the NetApp filer when the recovery point is created. The path to this share can be displayed when the recovery point is browsed. This share can be used to manually mount the recovery point to a windows drive.

5. Click OK.

To mount the snapshots of an existing Fan-In Recovery Point, for CDR on Windows:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click ContinuousDataReplicator on the destination client, and select Browse Destination Volumes.
2. In the Browse Destination Volumes window, right-click a Recovery Point, and select Mount.
3. Specify a drive letter (e.g., G:) to which to mount the Recovery Point. Ensure that you specify an unused drive letter. Mount points are not supported in a Fan-In configuration.
4. Close the Browse Destination Volumes window.