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Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

bhirsch — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:59:44 GMT

Hi,

When is the ordinal or generic (_recent) snapshot naming ability going to be added to snapcenter plug in for VMWare? Unfortunately i still do NDMP backups to tape and need a consistent name on the snapshot. It would be nice if NetApp built this functionality into SnapCenter considering SMVI is no longer an option for customers running the latest versions of vSphere and Data OnTap.

Thanks

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

smeijboom — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:39:40 GMT

Does anyone have any update for this?

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

Rmindin — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:22:55 GMT

An update would be great, as i am in the same position now.. Did you manage to work around the issue? Maybe run a post-script?

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

Fabian1993 — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:13:34 GMT

we need it also...

any new Informations?

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

smeijboom — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:32:39 GMT

I just reverted back to VSC 6.2.1P1 because i couldn't get in working properly in the timeframe i had.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

AshishGupta — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:16:04 GMT

Hi Team,

Currently we don't have a capability to add _recent in SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere. There is no workaround either to my knowledge.

We do have a cmdlet to get the latest snapshot in SnapCenter (see below) but unfortunately SCV plug-in doesn't supports cmdlets

>> Get-SmBackup -AppObjectName 'NetApp'

BackupId BackupName BackupTime BackupType

-------- ---------- ---------- ----------

2 vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/8/2018 2:42:08 PM Full Backup

15 vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/13/2018 2:41:10 PM Full Backup

23 vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/28/2018 5:54:04 PM Full Backup

>> Get-SmBackup -AppObjectName 'NetApp' | select -Last 1

BackupId BackupName BackupTime BackupType

-------- ---------- ---------- ----------

23 vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/28/2018 5:54:04 PM Full Backup

SCV plug-in version 4.1 is coming with REST API support in Aug'18, using which you can get hold of the latest snapshot.

_recent tag will be introduced in SCV 4.1 currently planned for Jan'19. We haven't passed Phase 2 so the feature is not yet committed by engineering.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

AshishGupta — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:17:53 GMT

Sorry typo:

_recent tag will be introduced in SCV 4.2 currently planned for Jan'19. We haven't passed Phase 2 so the feature is not yet committed by engineering.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

Fabian1993 — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:59:01 GMT

and VSC 6.2.1 is in March' 19 EOS right?

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

AshishGupta — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:28:19 GMT

That is correct. VSC 6.2.x will go End of Version Support (or go in self-service support model) beginning 1-Mar-2019. Details can be accessed from here: https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1147223.html?access=a under General Software End of Version Support Table

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

AshishGupta — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:21:36 GMT

I represnt the Product Management team and have a query on this particular ask.

Since customers anyway need this functionality (locating the latest snapshot via _recent tag) to script dumping the snapshot to NDMP or tapes, will customers be ok using just the REST API to locate the latest snapshot?

You would like to see the latest snapshot with _recent tag in the SCV GUI itself, something what VSC 6.x used to provide?

Basically, the ask is how many customers would be ok scripting this Vs actually looking for a configurable option in SCV GUI?

Thanks,

Ashish

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

bhirsch — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:30:48 GMT

I'd like to see this functionality in the GUI. When i was using SMVI it was in the GUI. Why would you replace a product and not keep existing functionality??? I can see adding more but never removing.

Thank you

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

smeijboom — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:08:24 GMT

In the GUI please.

Maybe a question that should have been asked before removing it from the client.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

Fabian1993 — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:24:24 GMT

The most Customer needed this function again in the GUI, hardly any overrun api..

Thanks a lot for pushing the Function!

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

tbernhardson — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:12:46 GMT

We also need it in the GUI. The software that manages our NDMP to tape backups does not support a scripting solution.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

bhirsch — Tue, 22 May 2018 14:58:47 GMT

So are we going to see this capability soon? Would love to be able to differentiate my backups.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

AshishGupta — Tue, 22 May 2018 15:06:28 GMT

@bhirsch, we are currently planning to support _recent naming in SCV plug-in for SnapCenter 4.2 release planned for Jan'19 release. The idea is to get this live before VSC 6.2.x goes End of Version Support in Mar'19.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

olaf — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:04:02 GMT

Hello,

I'm from support, and I found that the vSphere Plugin does support pre- and postscripting as documented on page 31.

Since the scripts get the snapshot names in the environment variables, why didn't anyone consider to create a post-script

that adjusts the backup script to use that particular snapshot name ?

Is it because the path for each backup would be different ?

Or that the tape backup has to be started through a script ?

Regards,

Olaf Leimann.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

tbernhardson — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:11:42 GMT

This would not work in our environment. While we can execute an existing job definition through a script, backup jobs can only be defined via a GUI. There is no command line or scripting interface to define or modify a backup job definition.

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

spwilkinson — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:20:58 GMT

Hi,

Is it now confirmed that the _recent snapshot facility will be a feature in version 4.2 for NDMP backup? I have a requirement for this for a project early next year.

Regards

Simon

Re: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

AshishGupta — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 04:25:09 GMT

Unfortunately, _recent functionality is not part of the SC 4.2 roadmap. It was initially planned but dropped later due to lack of engineering bandwidth and change in business priorities.