ONTAP Snapshot 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:

  1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient that you want to copy and then click Create QR Volume(s).
  2. From the QR Volume Creation window, select Run De-Duplication on destination volume after transfer.
  3. Select Create QR Volume(s).
  4. Optionally, click Advanced to access the QR Volume Creation Advanced Options dialog box.
  5. 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:

  1. Open/go to the QR Volume Browse window.
  2. Select a SnapVault snapshot.
  3. Right-click Details, and go to the CIFS/NFS tab.
  4. Select the host machine where the share will be created.
  5. Click ADD, and specify the share name in the Add Share name dialog box.
  • 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.

Configure QR for Backup of Snapshots to tape

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure QR for backups of snapshots to tape:

  1. 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.
Ensure that Deduplication is not enabled for the selected Storage Policy as this may cause the Direct Access Recovery restores to fail.
  1. Click OK to save your changes.

Backup Snapshot to tape

Before You Begin

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure QR volume to backup snapshots to tape when they are created:

  1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient, and select Create QR Volume(s).
  2. From the QR Volume Creation dialog box, make your selections for Select Operation and Job Initiation, then select Backup Snapshots.
  3. Click Enter Backup Details to select the type of backup from the Enter Backup Details dialog.
  4. 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.
  5. 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:

  1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent, click All Tasks and select Browse.
  2. From the Browse QR Volumes dialog box, select the snapshot and click Backup Snapshot To Tape.
  3. From the On Demand Backup Options dialog box, select OK.
  4. The selected snapshot is backed to tape.
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