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urbantec92 · ‎2013-01-17

You are correct. I am currently doing NDMP backups to tape of all of my VMware volumes assuming that they were only snapshots. If I incorporated the replication director, I would still be backing up to tape but not using NDMP. The rep director allows the replication to take place to another system`, so I am assuming that i would simply target the secondary system which snapshots were replicated and then point to vulume to backup.

urbantec92 · ‎2013-01-17

hi Radek, Thanks for your fast response! It appears that I need another feature of Netbackup so that NBU can actually see those snapshots: Overview of Replication Director In a Replication Director environment, Symantec NetBackup uses NetApp Snapshot and replication technologies to provide incremental and unified data protection. NetBackup enables you to create storage lifecycle policies for unified protection of data from primary storage systems to secondary and tertiary storage systems. Replication Director, a NetBackup OpenStorage backup environment, consists of a media server that accesses storage systems through the DataFabric Manager server. The NetBackup administrator configures the DataFabric Manager server as the storage server in NetBackup. The DataFabric Manager server hosts the NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup. I thought this wouuld be a much simpler process. it seems that using Snapmirror and SnapVault would eliminate the need for NBU altogether.

urbantec92 · ‎2013-01-17

I am using SMVI to do snapshot backups which are used by Netbackup on a weekly basis. It seems that Netbackup NDMP is backing up the entire volume 1 TB rather than just the snapshots. I am not sure if this is correct and the way it should be or if I do not have the correct path location: /vmvol/.snapshot/smvi_recent When I look at NetApp OnCommand Sys Mgr, the total size for snapshot copies for any given volume (4) does not exceed 50 GB.Am i missing something here?

urbantec92 · ‎2012-12-28

It was staring me in the face all this time. I happened to miss a "double" underscore in the path. /vol1/vmware_vol1/.snapshot/smvi__vmsnaps_backup_recent

urbantec92 · ‎2012-12-28

Hi All, I am unable to locate the file path location of snapshot files for VSC 2.1. I am running Vmware over NFS and with Netbackup. I would like to take backups of the snapshots from the filer but I am getting path not found. Below is the example of one of four paths not found: /vol1/vmware_vol1/.snapshot/smvi_vmsnaps_backup_recent I am able to backup the complete volume, for example: /vol1/vmware_vol1 Is there a way that I can see the file system layout for the filer? I am Netapp OPMgr but I can only see the volume name and (non-qtree data), ie. vmware_vol1, vmware_vol2, and so forth, and a subfolder caller non-qtree data

urbantec92 · ‎2012-01-05

Thanks for the fast response....I suspected this would be the case.

urbantec92 · ‎2012-01-05

Is it possible to use snaprestore to restore a volume from one host to another or does it have to be the same host? I suspect that I will have to copy the volumes and active filesystem to the new host location before a snaprestore can be done. What is the best method of copying these volumes from one host to another? ndmpcopy? We do not have any snapmirror license so that wont work.

urbantec92 · ‎2011-03-08

Actually, I noticed that after dleeting all the data there wer esome object that had ownership conflicts and actually were not removed. Once i set the ACLs on those files and folders, I was able to successfully remove. Thanks

urbantec92 · ‎2011-03-08

I am unable to locate 'delete' command of the actual share itself (in GUI). I am mounting the volume with associated CIFS through UNC path. There isnt a delete function under the right click menu context. Am I misunderstanding what you actually meant?

urbantec92 · ‎2011-03-08

I am unable to remove qtree on FAS 270... DataOntap v. 7.2.5.1. I get the following error; API failure for deleting the directory : /vol/shares/sharefolderReason : Directory not empty After deleting the contents while mounted as a CIFS share, I still recieve this error. Any suggestions?

urbantec92 · ‎2008-11-21

I would like to create home directories for users in an AD environment. Since theier home directories are capable of being seen by all users I was wondering if it supports Access based Enumeration. Also, do I need to use Windows in order to configure home directories for users? I am not clear on how home directories work on the Netapp filer interface? Any suggestions and documentation would be most helpful. TIA

Re: Very large snapshot sizes

Re: Very large snapshot sizes

Very large snapshot sizes

Re: File path not found for snapshot location

File path not found for snapshot location

Re: Snaprestore from a volume/s from one host to another

Snaprestore from a volume/s from one host to another

Re: Cannot remove qtree

Re: Cannot remove qtree

Cannot remove qtree

Netapp FAS270 and Access Based Enumeration for folder shares