Data Backup and Recovery

Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name

bhirsch
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Hi,

When is the ordinal or generic (_recent) snapshot naming ability going to be added to snapcenter plug in for VMWare? Unfortunately i still do NDMP backups to tape and need a consistent name on the snapshot. It would be nice if NetApp built this functionality into SnapCenter considering SMVI is no longer an option for customers running the latest versions of vSphere and Data OnTap.

 

Thanks

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smeijboom
11,623 Views

Does anyone have any update for this?

Rmindin
11,507 Views

An update would be great, as i am in the same position now.. Did you manage to work around the issue? Maybe run a post-script?

smeijboom
11,347 Views

I just reverted back to VSC 6.2.1P1 because i couldn't get in working properly in the timeframe i had.

Fabian1993
11,400 Views

we need it also...

 

any new Informations?

AshishGupta
11,310 Views

Hi Team,

 

Currently we don't have a capability to add _recent in SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere. There is no workaround either to my knowledge. 

 

We do have a cmdlet to get the latest snapshot in SnapCenter (see below) but unfortunately SCV plug-in doesn't supports cmdlets

 

>> Get-SmBackup -AppObjectName 'NetApp'

 

BackupId                      BackupName                    BackupTime                    BackupType

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

2                             vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/8/2018 2:42:08 PM           Full Backup

15                            vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/13/2018 2:41:10 PM          Full Backup

23                            vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/28/2018 5:54:04 PM          Full Backup

 

 

>> Get-SmBackup -AppObjectName 'NetApp' | select -Last 1

 

BackupId                      BackupName                    BackupTime                    BackupType

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

23                            vise-f7_NetApp_vise-f7_02-... 2/28/2018 5:54:04 PM          Full Backup

 

 

SCV plug-in version 4.1 is coming with REST API support in Aug'18, using which you can get hold of the latest snapshot.

 

_recent tag will be introduced in SCV 4.1 currently planned for Jan'19. We haven't passed Phase 2 so the feature is not yet committed by engineering.

 

AshishGupta
11,310 Views

Sorry typo:

 

_recent tag will be introduced in SCV 4.2 currently planned for Jan'19. We haven't passed Phase 2 so the feature is not yet committed by engineering.

Fabian1993
11,174 Views

and VSC 6.2.1 is in March' 19 EOS right?

AshishGupta
11,120 Views

That is correct. VSC 6.2.x will go End of Version Support (or go in self-service support model) beginning 1-Mar-2019. Details can be accessed from here: https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1147223.html?access=a under General Software End of Version Support Table

AshishGupta
10,928 Views

I represnt the Product Management team and have a query on this particular ask.

 

Since customers anyway need this functionality (locating the latest snapshot via _recent tag) to script dumping the snapshot to NDMP or tapes, will customers be ok using just the REST API to locate the latest snapshot?

OR

You would like to see the latest snapshot with _recent tag in the SCV GUI itself, something what VSC 6.x used to provide?  

 

Basically, the ask is how many customers would be ok scripting this Vs actually looking for a configurable option in SCV GUI?

 

Thanks,

Ashish

bhirsch
11,157 Views

I'd like to see this functionality in the GUI. When i was using SMVI it was in the GUI. Why would you replace a product and not keep existing functionality??? I can see adding more but never removing.

Thank you

olaf
9,578 Views

Hello,

 

I'm from support, and I found that the vSphere Plugin does support pre- and postscripting as documented on page 31.

 

Since the scripts get the snapshot names in the environment variables, why didn't anyone consider to create a post-script

that adjusts the backup script to use that particular snapshot name ?

 

Is it because the path for each backup would be different ?

Or that the tape backup has to be started through a script ?

 

Regards,

Olaf Leimann.

tbernhardson
9,562 Views

This would not work in our environment. While we can execute an existing job definition through a script, backup jobs can only be defined via a GUI. There is no command line or scripting interface to define or modify a backup job definition.

 

smeijboom
11,148 Views

In the GUI please.

 

Maybe a question that should have been asked before removing it from the client.

Fabian1993
11,143 Views

The most Customer needed this function again in the GUI, hardly any overrun api..

 

Thanks a lot for pushing the Function!

 

tbernhardson
11,124 Views

We also need it in the GUI. The software that manages our NDMP to tape backups does not support a scripting solution.

bhirsch
11,334 Views

So are we going to see this capability soon? Would love to be able to differentiate my backups.

AshishGupta
11,333 Views

@bhirsch, we are currently planning to support _recent naming in SCV plug-in for SnapCenter 4.2 release planned for Jan'19 release. The idea is to get this live before VSC 6.2.x goes End of Version Support in Mar'19.

spwilkinson
9,491 Views

Hi, 

 

Is it now confirmed that the _recent snapshot facility will be a feature in version 4.2 for NDMP backup? I have a requirement for this for a project early next year.

 

Regards

Simon

AshishGupta
9,462 Views

Unfortunately, _recent functionality is not part of the SC 4.2 roadmap. It was initially planned but dropped later due to lack of engineering bandwidth and change in business priorities.

 

 

 

 

Pieter-Jan
8,683 Views

Dear,

 

Are there yet any further plans on implementing the "_recent" naming for Snapshots taken by SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere? We still have several customers asking for this functionality (for their NDMP backup selection) seen Virtual Storage Console/SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure had this functionality.

 

Thank you in advance for any feedback!

 

Kind regards,

Pieter-Jan Rijmenants

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