Hi!
We are using NTAP_PM_UPDATE=Y to startsnapvault backups.
I would like snapcreator to be able to start the snapvault with NTAP_PM_UPDATE=Y but not monitor the progress.
An option like NTAP_PM_UPDATE_MONITOR=N perhaps.
We use Protection Manager to monitor the snapvaults so we dont need snapcreator to do it. Only to start it.
The reason is that the scheduler we use to start snapcreator wont start the next job if the last one is still running.
Sometimes this can take very long because of overloaded/queud Protection Manager.
And we dont want to miss any snapshots on the local server.
Another reason is if you use the new option in 3.6.0 NTAP_SNAPSHOT_CLEANUP=Y
And the snapvault then fails it will have created a registred snapshot in PM that is deleted but still is registered in PM.
I woud have wanted this option to only clean up snapshots that could not be registered with PM because of non-conformant datasets.
If the snapvault then fails why remove the local snapshot?
Example:
########## Running Protection Manager Backup Version Create for dataset snapcreator_r3s5e_db2 ##########
[Thu Oct 11 11:05:24 2012] INFO: Registering snapshot r3s5e_db2-hourly_20121011110453 with Protection Manager dataset snapcreator_r3s5e_db2
[Thu Oct 11 11:05:27 2012] INFO: Snapshot(s) for dataset snapcreator_r3s5e_db2 registered with Protection Manager successfully
########## Running Protection Manager backup start for dataset snapcreator_r3s5e_db2 ##########
[Thu Oct 11 11:05:27 2012] INFO: Starting Protection Manager backup
[Thu Oct 11 11:05:27 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup start completed successfully
########## Getting Protection Manager backup progress ##########
[Thu Oct 11 11:05:37 2012] INFO: Getting Protection Manager backup progress for job-id 618413
[Thu Oct 11 11:05:38 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup progress get for job-id 618413 completed successfully
[Thu Oct 11 11:05:38 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup for job-id 618413 is running, Sleeping 1 minute
[Thu Oct 11 11:06:38 2012] INFO: Getting Protection Manager backup progress for job-id 618413
[Thu Oct 11 11:06:39 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup progress get for job-id 618413 completed successfully
[Thu Oct 11 11:06:39 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup for job-id 618413 is running, Sleeping 1 minute
[Thu Oct 11 11:07:39 2012] INFO: Getting Protection Manager backup progress for job-id 618413
[Thu Oct 11 11:07:48 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup progress get for job-id 618413 completed successfully
[Thu Oct 11 11:07:48 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup for job-id 618413 is running, Sleeping 1 minute
[Thu Oct 11 11:08:48 2012] INFO: Getting Protection Manager backup progress for job-id 618413
[Thu Oct 11 11:08:58 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup progress get for job-id 618413 completed successfully
[Thu Oct 11 11:08:58 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup for job-id 618413 is running, Sleeping 1 minute
[Thu Oct 11 11:09:58 2012] INFO: Getting Protection Manager backup progress for job-id 618413
[Thu Oct 11 11:10:08 2012] INFO: Protection Manager backup progress get for job-id 618413 completed successfully
[Thu Oct 11 11:10:08 2012] ERROR: [scf-00099] Protection Manager backup for job-id 618413 completed with errors - 4347358|error|snapvault-end|segotx076:/snapcreator_r3s5e_db2_backup: NDMP error: SNAPSHOT (Is volume out of Snapshot copies?)
[Thu Oct 11 11:10:18 2012] INFO: Snapshot Delete of r3s5e_db2-hourly_20121011110453 on segotx608:got608v005 completed Successfully
Regards Magnus