How to Configure Netapp Snapvault to Backup, Archive and Restore

[@jacobm.1154]

Many thanks for this great tutorial on SV, as well as your other NetApp tutorials. Very clearly delivered and well understood. Looking forward to checking out the others.

[@sysadmintutorials]

yes you can restore your fc luns or iscsi luns from snapvault. If it is from local you wouldn't need to do too much to map your host back, if it is from remote you will need to re-map your host to the new target.

[@sysadmintutorials]

Hi Marc, yes you can do snapmirror -> snapmirror -> snapvault

[@sysadmintutorials]

Hi can you please post some screen shots in my forums, don't post your licensing information. I'd like to see options snapvault, also what code are you running ?

[@marcohernaez8963]

can a snapmirror target can be used a snapvault source? what I want to do is to I want to have version copies in the DR site, there for I want to create a backup of the mirror copy.

[@isotonic_uk]

Hi you say you can do snapmirror -> snapmirror -> snapvault. For this to work as this is what I want to achieve do you only enable snapvault on the secondary filer or do yoy have to do on the primary filer as well? I want to create longer retentions on the snapmirror destination volumes which I assume are ready only volumes.

[@sharonrose9227]

Really helpful and clearly explained. Thank you for your efforts. Pls. post more videos on Cluster mode and its topics as well.

[@suzukiman650]

Thank you very much. Help me out with my Snapvault backups.

[@iskat25]

Hi. Is it ok if we do not create a qtree for the source? and straight back it up the non qtree(vol,lun)

[@pankajrudrawar1199]

Can you share some tutorial on snapvault with Backup Tools and snap protect ?

[@K9Megahertz]

Awesome video! Many thanks!

[@thesnowpig]

Awesome tutorial - thanks!

[@krishk6680]

Very useful to netapp freshers

[@isotonic_uk]

Brilliant video btw!

[@anthonylowe7503]

Hoping someone can help with a very specific SnapVault issue... In Data OnTap 7-mode, I'm trying to create SnapVaults of an existing FlexVol volume on source filer to separate destination filer. The existing source FlexVol just holds a single LUN which itself stores a single VMFS datastore. The volume wasn't created with a qtree and so the data doesn't sit inside one. Some sources on the Internet say a qtree is required on the source volume in order to create SnapVaults of it but I'm not sure this is the case. When I try to create the SnapVault relationship in OnCommand System Manager I receive warning message "Are you sure you want to backup volume to a qtree... the resulting volume to qtree SnapVault relationship will not be importable by OnCommand Unified Manager". Does this mean I won't be able to restore from the SnapVaults without the source volume having a qtree? If not, is it possible for me to add a qtree to the source volume without destroying data and how can I get that data to "sit inside" that qtree (if that's required)? If so, I'm hoping someone can advise me on how to do this.

[@sysadmintutorials]

Hi Anthony, thanks for your comment. The NetApp doco states that qtree's are a requirement for using SnapVault. Here is the link for 7-mode library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1506027/html/GUID-8FB81EFD-9780-4223-BF6A-A6CFB418F84E.html Is there any chance you can migrate the lun to a new lun that is within a qtree ?

[@anthonylowe7503]

Hi David. Thanks for the reply. I was hoping you weren't going to say that! :-) I might need to do that as a last resort but just wondering if there are any other ways around going so far. Agreed the documentation says qtree required but wonder if anyone has got SnapVaults to work without a source qtree (and be able to restore from them).@@sysadmintutorials

[@sysadmintutorials]

What is in the source lun ? SQL ?

[@MandoRdgz]

great tutorial!

[@jacko101]

I have exactly the same problem. Any ideas anyone?

[@sjohn-777]

Thanks alot !!