topic Re: Netapp simulator 9.5 configuration backup and restore in ONTAP Discussions

Netapp simulator 9.5 configuration backup and restore

mjgratke — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:14:10 GMT

I am looking for a way to save the current simulator configuration and then redeploy OVA of simulator and "restore" the original configuration for a new test cycle.

Is this possible? I don't want to use VMware to achieve this.

Re: Netapp simulator 9.5 configuration backup and restore

pedro_rocha — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:19:45 GMT

You can try to use cluster configuration backup

take a look: https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.netapp.doc.dot-cm-sag%2FGUID-3D0DFCE8-DAA3-4CB9-B249-76312A6A261E.html&cp=3_7_10

Re: Netapp simulator 9.5 configuration backup and restore

jcolonfzenpr — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:57:14 GMT

Hi,

I do that a lot for my development and test environment. In my case using powershell, ansible or any automation mechanism is more convenient. To accomplish the goal, I use automation to destroy and recreate the lab using an ansible template.

A more basic example would be to use NetApp Powershell Toolkit together with VMware PowerCLI to recreate the lab environment.

Hope this helps!