topic Re: Snap Manager for Sharepoint - Snapmirror Naming conventions in Data Protection

Snap Manager for Sharepoint - Snapmirror Naming conventions

hutchinson — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:43:03 GMT

I am currently using Snap Manager for Sharepoint to backup a Sharepoint farm, the job Snapmirrors to a DR filer and then the volumes are backed up by Backup Exec.

My issue is that the naming convention of the snapmirrored volumes are based on date rather than _recent, this means I cannot have static selections within backup exec, does anyone know if it is possible to set the last snapmirror to be _recent? I can't seem to find anywhere within SMSP that defines naming conventions.

Any help would be appreciated!

Re: Snap Manager for Sharepoint - Snapmirror Naming conventions

soumende — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:30:35 GMT

Hi,

It will not be possible from SMSP to change the naming convention of Snapmirror.

Regards

Soumen De

Technical Marketing Engineer

Snap Manager for Sharepoint - Snapmirror Naming conventions

hutchinson — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:48:36 GMT

Thanks for your reply.

Is there any chance this will be added to a later revision as this means that the most recent Snapmirrored snapshot cannot be backed up.

Snap Manager for Sharepoint - Snapmirror Naming conventions

hutchinson — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:10:17 GMT

Following on from Soumende's comment is it actually possible to backup the sharepoint volumes using a common snapshot name, as each snapshot has a unique name which differs from all other SnapManager products where you can backup _recent. The Snapshots are fine but what if I want to backup a snapshot to tape.