NetApp OSSV SnapVault Replicas with Recovery Director

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"I have a NetApp file server using OSSV SnapVault as the snapshot engine. I want to use Recovery Director to automate creating replicas and backing them up to tape using ProxyHost, while creating snapshots of the replicas at the same time. How do I do this?"

The following steps briefly describe the configuration procedure for this implementation scenario.

Requirements
Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

Configure Recovery Director
1. Install the following components on the Source computer:
  • Recovery Director
  • QuickRecovery Agent
  • OSSV Enabler or ONTAP Enabler
  • QSnap
  • ProxyHost iDataAgent
  • Windows File System iDataAgent

Install the following components on the Backup Host computer:

  • Recovery Director
  • ProxyHost iDataAgent
  • Windows File System iDataAgent
  • QSnap

For installation instructions, refer to Installation.
2. Create a QR Volume to determine the location of the replica that SnapVault will create; this will be needed for the script file used in the Pre/Post tab of the ProxyHost Subclient Properties.

The replica location on the file server will take a form similar to the following:

/vol/<volume_name>/<client>_<volume>_cid_vid

The following template script files are supplied in the Resource Pack, which is available from Maintenance Advantage:

mountwindows.bat or mountunix.sh -- used in the PreScan phase to mount the replica

unmountwindows.bat or unmountunix.sh -- used in the PostBackup phase to unmount the replica

Edit the template script files with the actual location of the replica on your file server, and a user name with permissions to that location.
3. Create a Snapshot Volume Unit, and specify the source volume and destination mount point; see Snapshot Volume Units (SVU) - How To.

In the Pre/Post Process tab of the ProxyHost Subclient Configuration, enter the path to the two script files you created in the previous step.
4. Create a Snapshot Management Workflow, see Snapshot Management Workflows - How To.
  • Select QR Copy and ProxyHost File System Backup as the Workflow operations.
  • Select QSnap as the Snap Engine.
5. When the Workflow is launched, the following sequence will occur:
  1. QSnap will create a snapshot of the source
  2. OSSV SnapVault will move the data to the file server, creating a replica
  3. The file server will create a snapshot of the replica
  4. QSnap will unsnap the source
  5. ProxyHost will mount the replica to the backup host, perform a backup, and unmount the replica

The next scheduled Workflow will repeat the same steps. Thus, each time the Workflow is run, both a backup and a snapshot of the replica are created.
6. There are two ways to recover the data.
  • Browse and restore from the point-in-time backup. Since each version of the replica has been backed up, they can be restored to anywhere, including the source volumes. For more information, see Restore Data - Proxyhost.
  • Recover from the point-in-time snapshot. This is done through the QR Browse screen.