Hello,   setting as below, but SnapVault did not auto delete old snapshot refer retention count   - primary storage vol1 with LUN did not setup snapshot schedule copy - SnapCenter create Policy hourly and "Total Snapshot copies to keep" 3, Secondary policy label Select Customer Label "hourly", select "Update SnapVault after creating a local Snapshot copy" - SnapCenter create Windows host Resource Group, select "Use custom name format for Snapshot copy" $Policy - secondary storage create Protection policy name svtest with Asyn Vault, SnapMirror label "hourly" and Destination Retention Count 3 - seconday storage create volume relationship, Relationship Type Vault, Vault Policy select svtest, Schedule None - SnapCenter primary snapshot backup and snapshot transfer to secondary successful   but secondary storage did not keep retention to 3, it did not auto delete old backup snapshot, is normal? How can setup auto delete the old backup snapshot? Best regards, Chung ... View more

Thank you for being our valued partner and participation in our previous EAP programs. We are pleased to announce SnapCenter 4.5 Beta/Early Access Program(EAP), launching on April 17, 2021. Expression of interest to participate, can be submitted with this form.   We will be sharing the details of SC 4.5 payload with the participants over email. EAP or community page for SC 4.5:  https://community.netapp.com/t5/SnapCenter-4-5-EAP-Beta/ct-p/snap_45_eap *Signed NDA is a pre-requsite to get access to the preview build.   Regards SnapCenter Product Team ... View more

We are trying to create a backup of an Oracle Dataguard Standby database with Snapcentre 4.4. When we create the offline schedule with 'Shutdown' mode when we run it it throws this message: Activity 'Discovering Oracle Database Files' failed with error: Discovery failed for object MYDB with error PL-SCO-20006: Discovery of database files failed for database MYDB on host myhost with error PL-SCO-20035: OFFLINESHUTDOWN DATA backup is not supported for Data Guard standby database.. Activity 'Finalizing Oracle Database Backup' failed with error: PostBackupActivity failedPL-SCO-20032: postBackup operation failed with error: PL-SCO-20035: OFFLINESHUTDOWN DATA backup is not supported for Data Guard standby database.    The guide for  Snapcentre 4.4 states:   Oracle Data Guard standby You can create only offline (mount or shutdown) backups of Data Guard standby databases. Archive log-only backup or full backup is not supported.   So why would this not work? I did see this KB and tried the steps  but same error.    ... View more