ONTAP SnapVault for the Quick Recovery Agent - How To
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Run De-Duplication for ONTAP SnapVault
Create or Remove CIFS/NFS Shares for SnapVault
Snapshots
Configure
QR for Backup of Snapshots to tape
Backup
Snapshot to tape
Run De-Duplication for ONTAP SnapVault
To
run de-duplication on a destination snapshot for ONTAP SnapVault:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient that you want to copy
and then click Create QR Volume(s).
- From the QR Volume
Creation window, select Run De-Duplication on destination volume after transfer.
- Select Create QR Volume(s).
- Optionally, click Advanced to access the
QR Volume Creation
Advanced Options dialog box.
- After selecting the QR Volume type and any advanced options, click OK.
The QR Volume operation will begin and you
can track the progress of the job in the Job Controller window.
Create or Remove CIFS/NFS Shares for SnapVault Snapshots
For SnapVault snapshots CIFS (Windows) or NFS (Unix) shares to the QR source
or destination snapshot can be created.
You can create or remove CIFS/NFS shares to the QR source or destination
snapshots from the QR browser.
To
create or remove CIFS/NFS shares from the QR browser:
- Open/go to the QR Volume Browse window.
- Select a SnapVault snapshot.
- Right-click Details, and go to the CIFS/NFS tab.
- Select the host machine where the share will be created.
- Click ADD, and specify the share name in the Add Share name
dialog box.
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- For windows, you can specify any share name but in case of unix, the export
name is always set to the full path on the file server and cannot be modified.
- See
View a List of Available QR Volumes for more information on Browsing QR Volumes.
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Required Capability:
Capabilities
and Permitted Actions
To configure
QR for backups of snapshots to tape:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click a subclient, and select
Properties. In the
Subclient
Properties(Storage Policy) tab, select Backup Snapshots, and specify a
Storage Policy and
Backup Set.
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Ensure that Deduplication is not enabled for the selected Storage Policy as this
may cause the Direct Access Recovery restores to fail. |
- Click OK to save your changes.
Before You Begin
- Before you can backup snapshots to tape, you must first
Configure QR for
Backup of Snapshots to tape.
- You can either configure a QR volume so that the snapshots are
backed to tape when they are created, or you can select an existing snapshot and back it
to tape on-demand.
Required Capability: See
Capabilities
and Permitted Actions
To configure
QR volume to backup snapshots to tape when they are created:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient, and select
Create QR Volume(s).
- From the
QR Volume Creation dialog
box, make your selections for Select Operation and Job Initiation, then select Backup
Snapshots.
- Click Enter Backup Details to select the type of backup from the
Enter Backup Details dialog.
- From the Enter Backup Details dialog, click Advanced to display
the Advanced Backup Options dialog, from which you can select additional
options for the backup operation.
- When you are finished, click OK to exit each of the dialog boxes.
To perform
a full backup of an existing snapshot to tape on-demand:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent, click All Tasks and select
Browse.
- From the Browse QR Volumes dialog box, select the snapshot and click
Backup Snapshot To Tape.
- From the On Demand Backup Options dialog box, select OK.
- The selected snapshot is backed to tape.
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