Is there a limitation with mounting a snapshot/backup containing more than one (1) LUN in a volume?
I have a single volume with five (5) LUNs.
/vol/user_data/User_lun_1
/vol/user_data/User_lun_2
/vol/user_data/User_lun_3
/vol/user_data/User_lun_4
/vol/user_data/User_lun_5
Each LUN is presented to an ESX host as a datastore.
Each datastore contains two (2) VMDKs (7TB each)
I have a VM with all 10 VMDKs added to its disk configuration.
It is a Windows 2012 server with all 10 disks spanned to create a single ~70TB volume.
OK - don't ask why it was setup this way... but it preceeds my employment...
I create/run a backup job to backup the VM - including all spanned entities
Backup runs without error and I am able to see the snapshot listed in the volume (user_data)
When I try to MOUNT the backup in VSC to recover files:
Mount operation clones the snapshot.
I am able to see the temp volume and the contained five (5) LUNs within
However, only "User_lun_5" is mapped.
Therefore only "User_lun_5" is listed in the VSC GUI as a datastore to mount to my ESX host
The result is that I do not have ALL VMDKs available to re-create the spanned volume/disk to complete my restore.
When this approach is used WITHOUT SnapCenter 2.0 integrated with VSC 6.2.1P1D1 the process works as designed. Which leads back to my question:
Is there a limitation with mounting a snapshot/backup containing more than one (1) LUN in a volume?
