snapshot Directory not visible on ESX datastore

brauntisc — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:50:09 GMT

Hi All

Following Environment:

Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2.2P1

ESX/Vcenter Client 5.5

Protocol NFS

In the Datastore Browser we see only the .snapshot directory from the Volume, which is mouted to the / of the Namespace. All underlying Volumes doesn't show the .snapshot Directory.

Configuration of the SVMs junction Paths:

vserver volume junction-path

----------- ---------------- -------------

svm1 svm1_root /

svm1 svm1_backup /svm1_backup <-- .snapshot visible

svm1 svm1_data01_SV /svm1_backup/svm1_data01_SV <-- .snapshot not visible

svm1 svm1_data50_nosnap_SV /svm1_backup/svm1_data50_nosnap_SV <-- .snapshot not visible

svm1 svm1_os01_SV /svm1_backup/svm1_os01_SV <-- .snapshot not visible

svm1 svm1_os50_nosnap_SV /svm1_backup/svm1_os50_nosnap_SV <-- .snapshot not visible

Volume Options:

vserver volume snapdir-access

----------- ---------------- --------------

svm01 svm01_root true

svm01 svm01_backup true

svm01 svm01_data01_SV true

svm01 svm01_data50_nosnap_SV true

svm01 svm01_os01_SV true

svm01 svm01_os50_nosnap_SV true

Do someone know this behavior or have we forgotten to configure Something.

TIA

Thomas

Re: snapshot Directory not visible on ESX datastore

brauntisc — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:16:47 GMT

Hi All

I have opened a case at NetApp. This is a normal behavoir. You can only see the .snapshot Directory in the "root" of the NFS export , but you can access

manually by typing .snapshot in any directory. In the Datastorebrowser you can't manually typing . snapshot, so you can only access the .snapshot

in the "root" directory.

regards Thomas

Re: snapshot Directory not visible on ESX datastore

Jsobejana — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:31:08 GMT

can someone post the syntax on the command line please

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