We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of ONTAP-mode backups for Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV) to the Flex Unified service level. This release marks a significant expansion of our data protection capabilities, allowing customers to protect volumes that are not directly managed as standard Google Cloud resources, ensuring comprehensive coverage for complex hybrid environments.
Bridging the Gap for Hybrid Workloads
As organizations continue to migrate and manage critical workloads across hybrid environments, the need for a unified backup strategy becomes paramount. While GCNV has long provided robust protection for native cloud volumes, there was a clear demand for similar rigor for ONTAP-mode resources.
Through this GA release, users can now leverage the GCNV backup infrastructure to secure their ONTAP-mode volumes. This integration provides a consistent experience for managing backups, whether your data resides in default-mode pools or is managed through ONTAP-mode storage pools.
Key Features of ONTAP-mode Backups
This update introduces several purpose-built features designed to simplify the protection of your ONTAP-mode volume resources:
- UUID-Based Volume Selection: Seamlessly identify the exact data you need to protect by providing the UUID of your ONTAP-mode volume.
- Specific Snapshot Support: Beyond backing up the current state, users can target specific point-in-time data by inputting a unique ONTAP Snapshot UUID during the recovery process.
- Flexible Metadata Management: Easily organize and track your backups by editing descriptions and labels even after the backup is created.
- Flexible Policy Management: Change, pause or resume backup policies through a single parameter in the command.
- Support for Selective File Restore: Recover select files from your backup snapshots instead of restoring an entire volume.
Basic Workflows
Create backup
To create a backup for an existing ONTAP volume, follow these 2 simple steps:
1. Create a backup vault in a region of your choice:
gcloud netapp backup-vaults create BACKUP_VAULT \
--location=LOCATION \
--backup-vault-type=IN_REGION \
--description=DESCRIPTION \
--labels=labels
2. Create a backup of an ONTAP-mode volume:
gcloud netapp backup-vaults backups create BACKUP_NAME \
--location=LOCATION \
--backup-vault=projects/PROJECT/locations/LOCATION/backupVaults/BACKUP_VAULT \
--description=DESCRIPTION \
--ontap-source="storage-pool=projects/PROJECT_NUMBER/locations/LOCATION/storagePools/STORAGE_POOL_NAME,volume-uuid=VOLUME_UUID"
Restore volume
gcloud netapp storage-pools restore-volume STORAGE_POOL_NAME \
--location=LOCATION \
--backup="projects/PROJECT_NUMBER/locations/LOCATION/backupVaults/BACKUP_VAULT/backups/BACKUP_TO_RESTORE_FROM" \
--volume-uuid=VOLUME_UUID
Selective File Restore
gcloud netapp storage-pools restore-volume STORAGE_POOL_NAME \
--location=LOCATION \
--backup="projects/PROJECT_NUMBER/locations/LOCATION/backupVaults/BACKUP_VAULT/backups/BACKUP_TO_RESTORE_FROM" \
--volume-uuid=VOLUME_UUID \
--files=[List of paths of files to be restored] \
--destination-path=DESTINATION
Experience ONTAP-Mode Backups Today
With the General Availability of ONTAP-mode backups, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes continues to deliver the enterprise-grade flexibility and security required for today’s most demanding data strategies. Protect your hybrid workloads with the same confidence and simplicity you expect from Google Cloud. For more information, refer to the public documentation.
