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Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide
Data ONTAP™ 6.5

Preface

 

Chapter 1: Introduction to Data Protection

Data protection options

Online backup and recovery

Database protection with the NVFAIL feature

Deciding which data protection method to use

Protecting against a data loss disaster

Data protection in a SAN environment

 

Chapter 2: Snapshot Management

Understanding snapshots

Accessing snapshots from clients

Restoring files from snapshots

Creating snapshot schedules

Creating snapshots

Finding the snapshot you need

Understanding snapshot disk consumption

 

Monitoring snapshot disk consumption

 

Displaying snapshot disk consumption statistics

 

Understanding the snapshot reserve

 

Changing the snapshot reserve

Saving disk space by using file folding

Deleting snapshots

Renaming snapshots

 

Chapter 3: Data Reversion Using SnapRestore

Understanding SnapRestore

Deciding when to use SnapRestore

Installing the SnapRestore license

Reverting a volume to a selected snapshot

Reverting a file to a selected snapshot

Obtaining correct incremental backups after reversion

 

Chapter 4: Data Protection Using SnapMirror

SnapMirror overview

SnapMirror commands and configuration files

Considerations when planning and running SnapMirror

Setting up a basic SnapMirror operation

Specifying destination filers on the source filer

Defining source and destination through snapmirror.conf

Enabling SnapMirror

Initializing a SnapMirror destination

Updating a destination manually

Listing SnapMirror snapshots

Checking SnapMirror data transfer status

Checking SnapMirror data transfer logs

Aborting a SnapMirror transfer

Stabilizing (quiescing) destinations before taking a snapshot

Turning off or changing scheduled updates for volumes or qtrees

Turning off SnapMirror updates for the filer

Converting a destination to a writable volume or qtree

Releasing partners from a SnapMirror relationship

Resynchronizing SnapMirror

Copying from one destination to another in a series (cascading)

Using SnapMirror to copy a volume to local tape

How SnapMirror works with the dump command

Fixing changes to SnapMirror elements

Creating SnapLock destination volumes

Synchronous SnapMirror

 

Setting up a synchronous SnapMirror operation

 

Modifying the configuration

 

Chapter 5: Data Protection Using SnapVault

SnapVault overview

Planning SnapVault

Setting up a basic SnapVault backup for filer systems

Setting up SnapVault backup on Open Systems platforms

 

Configuring an Open Systems platform

 

Configuring the SnapVault secondary storage system

Managing SnapVault backup of Open Systems platforms

 

Restoring a directory or file

 

Restoring an entire primary storage system

 

Restoring files to a primary storage system from tape

 

Backing up a database

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

 

Chapter 6: Volume Copy

Learning about volume copy

Preparing to copy a volume

 

Verifying the size of each volume

 

Verifying the relationship between filers

 

Verifying and changing status of source and destination volumes

 

Enabling remote access

Copying volumes

Checking the status of a volume copy operation

Displaying the current speed for copying a volume

Controlling the speed of a volume copy operation

Aborting a volume copy operation

 

Chapter 7: Mirrored Volume Management Using SyncMirror

Understanding mirrored volumes

Enabling and disabling the mirroring license

Creating mirrored volumes

 

Creating a mirrored volume

 

Adding a plex to an existing unmirrored volume

Adding disks to mirrored volumes

Changing the state of a plex

Splitting mirrored volumes

Removing and destroying a plex from a mirrored volume

Comparing the plexes of mirrored volumes

 

Chapter 8: Database Protection Using NVFAIL

Understanding the nvfail option

Enabling and disabling database file protection

Using the nvfail_rename file for additional database protection

 

Chapter 9: Virus Protection for CIFS

Understanding CIFS virus protection

Setting up and starting virus scanning

Specifying file types to be scanned

Excluding file types to be scanned

Specifying shares for scanning

 

Turning scanning on or off for shares

 

Turning scanning on or off for read-only access for shares

 

Adding shares with virus scanning turned on or off

Displaying the scanner list

Checking vscan information

Setting and resetting the virus scan request timeout

Allowing file access when the scan cannot be performed

Controlling vfiler usage of host filer virus scanners

Checking the status of virus-scanning options

Stopping a virus scanner session

Resetting the scanned files cache

Enabling virus scan messages to CIFS clients

 

Appendix A: Disaster Protection Using MetroCluster

Configuring disaster recovery using MetroCluster

 

MetroCluster configuration up to 500 meters

 

MetroCluster configuration for distances up to 30 kilometers

Recognizing a disaster

Recovering from a disaster

 

Glossary

 

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