topic &quot;_recent&quot; snapshots with vSphere plugin in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/quot-recent-quot-snapshots-with-vSphere-plugin/m-p/62256#M2548 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi community,</P><P></P><P>can anyone tell me how to configure generic naming in the vSphere plugin? We need it for NDMP dumps of the NFS datastore volumes.</P><P></P><P>We configured the plugin with timestamp naming for the snaps and everything works fine. But when we change the naming to "_recent" in the gui we get the following error:</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] INFO: Logfile timestamp: 20121022165416</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] ERROR: [scf-00157] Plugin validation for vibe failed - SNAP_TIMESTAMP_ONLY=N is set but plugin requires SNAP_TIMESTAMP_ONLY=Y</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] ERROR: [scf-00157] Plugin validation for vibe failed, Exiting!</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">########## PRE EXIT COMMANDS ##########</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] INFO: No commands defined</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">########## PRE EXIT COMMANDS FINISHED SUCCESSFULLY ##########</SPAN></P><P></P><P>How can we get "_recent" snaps?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Bruno</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:32 GMT AdvUniBS 2025-06-05T06:16:32Z "_recent" snapshots with vSphere plugin https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/quot-recent-quot-snapshots-with-vSphere-plugin/m-p/62256#M2548 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi community,</P><P></P><P>can anyone tell me how to configure generic naming in the vSphere plugin? We need it for NDMP dumps of the NFS datastore volumes.</P><P></P><P>We configured the plugin with timestamp naming for the snaps and everything works fine. But when we change the naming to "_recent" in the gui we get the following error:</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] INFO: Logfile timestamp: 20121022165416</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] ERROR: [scf-00157] Plugin validation for vibe failed - SNAP_TIMESTAMP_ONLY=N is set but plugin requires SNAP_TIMESTAMP_ONLY=Y</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] ERROR: [scf-00157] Plugin validation for vibe failed, Exiting!</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">########## PRE EXIT COMMANDS ##########</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">[Mon Oct 22 16:54:16 2012] INFO: No commands defined</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">########## PRE EXIT COMMANDS FINISHED SUCCESSFULLY ##########</SPAN></P><P></P><P>How can we get "_recent" snaps?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Bruno</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:32 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/quot-recent-quot-snapshots-with-vSphere-plugin/m-p/62256#M2548 AdvUniBS 2025-06-05T06:16:32Z Re: "_recent" snapshots with vSphere plugin https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/quot-recent-quot-snapshots-with-vSphere-plugin/m-p/62261#M2549 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Any news regarding this issue?!?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:08:35 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/quot-recent-quot-snapshots-with-vSphere-plugin/m-p/62261#M2549 AdvUniBS 2013-02-20T15:08:35Z Re: "_recent" snapshots with vSphere plugin https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/quot-recent-quot-snapshots-with-vSphere-plugin/m-p/62265#M2550 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>scServer/engine/etc/validation/plugins/vibe.conf</P><P>There is a variable that you can tweak <SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SNAP_TIMESTAMP_ONLY=N</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">Please be aware that timestamp snapshots are preferable because _recent might differ between datastores and can cause confusion.<BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:35:16 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/quot-recent-quot-snapshots-with-vSphere-plugin/m-p/62265#M2550 sivar 2013-02-20T15:35:16Z