Data Backup and Recovery
Data Backup and Recovery
Good day,
I have a customer that is looking at flexclones for his oracle environment. He is using snap drive for unix on a Redhat box. Are the flexcloes still initiated from the filer then connected using snapdrive or are they initiated from the host?
Thanks
Clayton
according to the admin guide for snapdrive for unix the following actions are supported: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/snapdrive/relunix40/pdfs/install_linux.pdf
SnapDrive for UNIX operations on FlexClone volumes
There are various operations which you can carry out using on FlexClone volumes using SnapDrive
for UNIX. This section provides example of few SnapDrive for UNIX operations on the FlexClone.
Next topics
Role based access check for FlexClone operations
on page 132
Snap connect procedure
on page 133
Snap disconnect procedure
on page 133
Connecting to a single
filespec in a LUNfilespec in a LUN
on page 134
Connecting to multiple
filespecfilespec
on page 135
Disconnecting a
filespecfilespec
on page 137
Splitting the FlexClone
on page 138
Space reservation with FlexClone
on page 138
Snapdrive for unix does not create a flexclone, that would have to be done via script, then use the procedures above to connect to the lun...
Thank you,
Thanks. That is what i thought.
Cheers
After reading through the details of the link that I sent you, I was incorrect with my above statement Snapdrive for Unix can initiate the flexclones. look at this link: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/snapdrive/relunix41/html/software/install_linux/cloning/concept/c_sd_clon_snap-connect-proc.html#c_sd_clon_sn...
Specifically see bold: