Re: Using XDP snapmirror replace tape solution backup in HFC environment
Hi River, thanks for the Detailed Post about your Setup, that's Great Savings on your DR Site! and Yes I can understand Space Usage can become very confusing especially when your DR Destination with...
View ArticleRe: Backup rotation of Resource Group on SnapCenter 4.1 Plugin for VMware
Hi if you remove an element fomr the Resource Group the backup will be retained to give you the possibility to restore it according to the retention you specified. I.e with retention policy of 2...
View ArticleRe: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name
How about something like this (indended to be a .ps1 file): param ( [parameter(Mandatory = $true, position = 0)] [string]$NcController, [parameter(Mandatory = $true, position = 1)] [string]$Vserver,...
View ArticleHow to mount a snapshot lun in another host
hi, all I am currently using SC4.1 , in this environment there is a windows sql cluster with two windows host members upon where there are snapcenter windows plugin and sql plugin installed. Another...
View ArticleRe: SMO 3.4.1 on AIX + postscript - Snapvault not working.
In SMO 3.4.1 a post script was no longer needed. You can choose the vault or mirror from the retention screen in the profile. It's easier than getting the post scripts working.
View Article7-mode controller re-added in DFM, but doesn't see snapvault licenses
Hi guys, I've re-added a controller (running Ontap 8.2.4 in 7-mode) to DFM/OnCommand Core; it was already previously known to DFM, but deleted by accident. The controller is recognized, but without any...
View ArticleRe: 7-mode controller re-added in DFM, but doesn't see snapvault licenses
this issue required further Investigation, we request you to open a support case so we can look into it further.
View ArticleSnapCenter Vault retention by # of days instead of by count
Feature request:SnapCenter has the ability to manage backup retention on the primary by count or by # of days. We prefer by # of days. Works well and we find it much more accurate/reliable than using...
View ArticleRe: SnapCenter SQL out of place restore issue
Hi, I understand this is an oldish post but thought i'd comment on this.I seem to have an inconsistent experience with out of place restores, I have successfully restored out of place to a VM on a...
View ArticleRe: SnapCenter SQL out of place restore issue
AshV,Your timing is actually great. This is now fixed in SnapCenter v4.1P3. We just upgraded yesterday and verified we can now perform out-of-place SQL db restores without having both source and...
View ArticleRe: Snapcenter plug in for VMWare _recent name
Wow thanks for this, great commenting too!
View ArticlevSphere client plugin cannot reach SnapCenter server after IP change
Hello all. We had to change the SnapCenter server's IP address, and now the vSphere web client SnapCenter plug-in fails to reach it.All spinners keep running for a few seconds, then a box pops up with...
View ArticleRe: vSphere client plugin cannot reach SnapCenter server after IP change
Got it. The old IP address can be viewed in the vCenter's Managed Object Browser...
View ArticleDestinationVol NFS mount : denied on ESXi by permission
configuring DP Snapmirror with DataONTAP. I want to temporarily mount NFS on the DestinationVol side for ESXi DataStore.In this case, should I do "Snapmirror break"? Or have to "Snapmirror delete"?*...
View ArticleRe: DestinationVol NFS mount : denied on ESXi by permission
In this case i'd do break. Though why not just spinning off a flexclone from the destination volume and sharing that out?
View ArticleRe: DestinationVol NFS mount : denied on ESXi by permission
Thank you! !I have never used FlexClone, but I will consider it.
View ArticleRe: DestinationVol NFS mount : denied on ESXi by permission
They're pretty easy to use. Some additional info for you: quick tutoral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD-dpDyiR9Q
View ArticleSnapCenter Backups - Spanning Resources
I'm using VMDKs from multiple datastores/LUNs/Volumes to create a spanned Windows NTFS volume in a VMware VM. So machine ServerA has two (2) disks connected - each hosted on separate data stores from...
View ArticleSMSQL Clone Life Cycle Question
First, our scenario: we use SMSQL 7.2.3 and SnapDrive 7.1.5, and are about to use the Clone Wizard for the first time. Purpose is to move databases from one SQL Server to another. Our plan: we will...
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