Data ONTAP® 7.1
Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide

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Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to Data Protection
Data protection options
Online backup and recovery
Database protection with the NVFAIL feature
Protecting against a data loss disaster
Data protection in a SAN environment

Chapter 2: Snapshot Management
Understanding Snapshot copies
Accessing Snapshot copies from clients
Restoring files from Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot schedules
Creating Snapshot copies
Finding the Snapshot copy 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
Displaying data change rate between Snapshot copies
Snapshot copy autodelete
Displaying space reclaimed from deleted Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies

Chapter 3: Data Recovery Using SnapRestore
Understanding SnapRestore
Deciding when to use SnapRestore
Installing the SnapRestore license
Reverting a volume to a selected Snapshot copy
Reverting a file to a selected Snapshot copy
Obtaining correct incremental backups after reversion

Chapter 4: Data Protection Using SnapMirror
SnapMirror overview
Effects of FlexVol volumes on SnapMirror replication
Synchronous SnapMirror
SnapMirror commands and configuration files
Considerations when planning and running SnapMirror
Setting up a basic SnapMirror operation
Specifying destination systems on the source
Defining source and destination through snapmirror.conf
Using SnapMirror over multiple paths
Enabling SnapMirror
Initializing a SnapMirror destination
Updating a destination manually
Listing SnapMirror Snapshot copies
Checking SnapMirror data transfer status
Checking SnapMirror data transfer logs
Aborting a SnapMirror transfer
Stabilizing (quiescing) destinations before a Snapshot copy
Turning off or changing scheduled updates for volumes or qtrees
Turning off SnapMirror updates
Converting a destination to a writable volume or qtree
Releasing partners from a SnapMirror relationship
Resynchronizing SnapMirror
Migrating data between volumes by using SnapMirror
Moving volume SnapMirror or qtree SnapMirror sources
	Moving volume SnapMirror sources
	Moving qtree SnapMirror sources
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
Protecting SnapVault secondaries using volume SnapMirror

Chapter 5: Data Protection Using SnapVault
SnapVault overview
Planning SnapVault
Setting up a basic SnapVault backup
Setting up SnapVault backup on Open Systems platforms
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
	Backing up qtree data
	Backing up non-qtree data
	Backing up volume data
Scheduling SnapVault Snapshot copy updates
Checking SnapVault transfers
Displaying SnapVault Snapshot copies
Changing settings for SnapVault backup relationships
Manually updating individual secondary storage system qtrees
Creating a Snapshot copy manually
Restoring SnapVault data to the primary storage system
Aborting SnapVault transfers
Ending SnapVault backups for a qtree
Unscheduling SnapVault Snapshot copies
Releasing SnapVault relationships
Using SnapVault to back up data to SnapLock volumes
	Planning capacity
	Setting up a SnapVault backup
	Managing WORM Snapshot copies from SnapVault
	Managing SnapVault log files
	Protecting your Compliant SnapVault backups with SnapMirror
Protecting your SnapVault backups through SnapMirror
Turning SnapVault off
VERITAS NetBackup and SnapVault
	Setting up for NetBackup management
	Using NetBackup to manage SnapVault qtrees
	Scheduling efficient backup policies
VERITAS NetBackup and NearStore
	Setting up SnapVault support for NetBackup transfers
	Managing data transfers

Chapter 6: SnapLock Storage Management
About SnapLock
Creating SnapLock volumes
Managing the compliance clock
Setting volume retention periods
Destroying SnapLock volumes and aggregates
Managing WORM data

Chapter 7: Volume Copy
Learning about volume copy
Preparing to copy a volume
	Verifying the size of each volume
	Verifying the relationship between storage systems
	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 8: SyncMirror Management
Understanding mirrored aggregates
Enabling and disabling the mirroring license
Creating mirrored aggregates and traditional volumes
	Creating a mirrored aggregate or traditional volume
	Adding a plex
Adding disks to mirrored aggregate or traditional volumes
Changing the state of a plex
Splitting mirrored aggregates or traditional volumes
Rejoining split aggregates or traditional volumes
Removing and destroying a plex
Comparing the plexes of mirrored aggregate or traditional volumes

Chapter 9: Database Protection Using NVFAIL
Understanding the nvfail option
Enabling and disabling database file protection
Using the nvfail_rename file for additional database protection

Chapter 10: 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 storage system 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

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Data ONTAP® 7.1 Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide

Data ONTAP® 7.1
Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide