topic Use SMVI to snap/backup machines on primary then snapvault to secondary? in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Use-SMVI-to-snap-backup-machines-on-primary-then-snapvault-to-secondary/m-p/34577#M3431 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all </P><P>can I use the smvi in the virtual storage console to create the backups and snaps and then snapvault to another filer to retain for a longer period? If so how please..</P><P>thanks much.. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:41:33 GMT peter1965 2025-06-05T06:41:33Z Use SMVI to snap/backup machines on primary then snapvault to secondary? https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Use-SMVI-to-snap-backup-machines-on-primary-then-snapvault-to-secondary/m-p/34577#M3431 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all </P><P>can I use the smvi in the virtual storage console to create the backups and snaps and then snapvault to another filer to retain for a longer period? If so how please..</P><P>thanks much.. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:41:33 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Use-SMVI-to-snap-backup-machines-on-primary-then-snapvault-to-secondary/m-p/34577#M3431 peter1965 2025-06-05T06:41:33Z Use SMVI to snap/backup machines on primary then snapvault to secondary? https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Use-SMVI-to-snap-backup-machines-on-primary-then-snapvault-to-secondary/m-p/34581#M3432 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Yes you can use VSC to create a snapshot based backup on local storage and then use the Post Process script part of the scheduler to send the data to another controller through SV. For the SV part and more details you can see this page @ </SPAN><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.netapp.com/docs/DOC-8720" target="_blank"><SPAN style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">http://communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-8720</SPAN></A> </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:19:09 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/Use-SMVI-to-snap-backup-machines-on-primary-then-snapvault-to-secondary/m-p/34581#M3432 sharmas 2011-11-11T23:19:09Z