Chapter 5

Data Protection Using SnapVault

About this chapter  

This chapter discusses how the optional SnapVault on-line backup feature of Data ONTAP provides a faster, cheaper alternative or a complement to tape for data protection.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• SnapVault overview
• Planning SnapVault
• Setting up a basic SnapVault backup for filer systems
• Setting up SnapVault backup on Open Systems platforms
• Managing SnapVault backup of Open Systems platforms
• Enabling SnapVault
• Starting a SnapVault backup relationship
• Scheduling SnapVault snapshot updates
• Checking SnapVault transfers
• Displaying SnapVault snapshots
• Changing settings for SnapVault backup relationships
• Manually updating individual secondary storage system qtrees
• Creating a snapshot manually
• Restoring SnapVault data to the primary storage system
• Aborting SnapVault transfers
• Ending SnapVault backups for a qtree
• Unscheduling SnapVault snapshots
• Releasing SnapVault relationships
• Protecting your SnapVault backups through SnapMirror
• Turning SnapVault off

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