topic snapshot size is difference between oncommand and netbackup in FlexPod Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/snapshot-size-is-difference-between-oncommand-and-netbackup/m-p/14222#M13 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear All,</P><P></P><P>I have a plan to create backup by SMVI and Netbackup.</P><P>The target volume is connected to ESX by iSCSI as a datastore, so I made a snapshot via SMVI.</P><P></P><P>My quiestion is , Oncommand System manager shows that snapshot size&nbsp; is 4.83GB</P><P> but on Netbackup much bigger size was written into tape.</P><P>It's big difference, which is correct and how can I estimate for backup of all virtual machines??</P><P></P><P>oncommand : 4.83GB</P><P>netbackup kilobytes written&nbsp; :&nbsp;&nbsp; 34040833(=roughly 32GB)</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:39:10 GMT YOKOMATSUMOTO 2025-06-05T05:39:10Z snapshot size is difference between oncommand and netbackup https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/snapshot-size-is-difference-between-oncommand-and-netbackup/m-p/14222#M13 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear All,</P><P></P><P>I have a plan to create backup by SMVI and Netbackup.</P><P>The target volume is connected to ESX by iSCSI as a datastore, so I made a snapshot via SMVI.</P><P></P><P>My quiestion is , Oncommand System manager shows that snapshot size&nbsp; is 4.83GB</P><P> but on Netbackup much bigger size was written into tape.</P><P>It's big difference, which is correct and how can I estimate for backup of all virtual machines??</P><P></P><P>oncommand : 4.83GB</P><P>netbackup kilobytes written&nbsp; :&nbsp;&nbsp; 34040833(=roughly 32GB)</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:39:10 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/snapshot-size-is-difference-between-oncommand-and-netbackup/m-p/14222#M13 YOKOMATSUMOTO 2025-06-05T05:39:10Z Re: snapshot size is difference between oncommand and netbackup https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/snapshot-size-is-difference-between-oncommand-and-netbackup/m-p/14227#M14 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Try posting your question to the Virtualization forum, under Products and Services, Virtualization.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:51:29 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/FlexPod-Discussions/snapshot-size-is-difference-between-oncommand-and-netbackup/m-p/14227#M14 mharding 2014-04-01T12:51:29Z