NetApp Protection Software Administration: SnapVault

NGS New Hire Technical Training Section 5: NetApp Protection Software Administration

Module Objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
Describe SnapVault components and benefits Configure and administer SnapVault Perform advanced SnapVault operations

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Module Overview
Back up multiple storage systems to a central secondary system Minimize media consumption and system overhead through incremental backup Allow users to browse backed-up files online to perform restoration upon request

Data Center

Central Repository

FAS1

SnapVault
FAS2

SnapVault
FAS3

Primary Storage Systems

SnapVault
Secondary Storage System

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Theory of Operation
The qtree is the basic unit of SnapVault backup and restore You can back up a primary qtree, non-qtree data, and volume data to a qtree on the secondary system If necessary, data is restored from the secondary qtrees back to their associated primary qtrees
FAS1 vol1 qtree_a qtree_b

VOL1

FAS2

qtree_a qtree_b qtree_vol2

/vol/vol2/-

SnapVault
FAS3

qtree_vol3

Secondary Storage System /vol/vol3/

Primary Storage Systems

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Initial Transfer and Backup

The initial transfer establishes the relationship between the primary and the secondary qtrees Incremental backup
The primary creates scheduled SnapVault Snapshot copies of the volume containing the qtrees to be backed up The secondary carries out scheduled updates
Changes blocks are retrieved from the Snapshot copy of each primary qtree When all transfers are completed, the secondary takes a Snapshot copy of its own volume containing the update of all qtrees
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SnapVault Versus SnapMirror

SnapMirror Deployment Data migration and replication SnapVault Data archiving

Disaster recovery
Cascading

Integrated failover capability

Supports cascading volume in a series Does not create Snapshot copy for archiving

SnapMirror/SnapVault bundle is required for failover

Cascading SnapVault qtrees replica is not supported Provides Snapshot copy scheduling and retention on the secondary

Snapshot copy Scheduled update frequency

Up to per minute async Per day or per hour updates or sync updates

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SnapVault Deployment

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Prerequisites
A separate license for the primary, sv_ontap_pri, and for the secondary, sv_ontap_sec, is required
In Data ONTAP 7.3, you can install both licenses on the same storage system

You can increase the number of concurrent transfers by installing the nearstore_option license TCP port 10566 must be open on both sides Optionally, for management tools using NDMP (example: Protection Manager) open the NDMP port: 10000
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Configuration Process
1. 2. 3. 4. Install the SnapVault license Set SnapVault access Perform the initial baseline transfer Schedule Snapshot copy creation on the primary system 5. Schedule Snapshot copy creation and incremental updates on the secondary system

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snapvault snap sched

The following is an example of the snapvault snap sched command issued on the secondary system
Schedule

snapvault snap sched -x vol1 sv_hourly 11@mon-fri@7-18

Used only on the Secondary -x mean update Secondary volume name SnapVault Snapshot copy basename SnapVault Snapshot copy retention count Updates from Monday through Friday Updates hourly from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Monitoring Transfer
Use the snapvault status command to monitor transfer progress, check relationship status, and control the lag
NY1> snapvault status Snapvault secondary is ON. Source Destination State Lag Status Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 NY1:/vol/vol1/q1 Snapvaulted 00:09:53 Quiescing Dallas:/vol/vol1/q2 NY1:/vol/vol1/q2 Snapvaulted 00:15:20 (Transferring 12288 MB done)

Use the -c option to display the SnapVault qtree configuration parameters

NY1> snapvault status c /vol/vol1/q1 source=Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 kbs=unlimited tries=2 /vol/vol1/q2 source=Dallas:/vol/vol1/q2 kbs=10000 tries=10

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Listing Snapshot Copies

Use the snap list q command to display all Snapshot copies retained on volume and details of the qtrees contained in those Snapshot copies
NY1> snap list -q vol1 Volume vol1 working... qtree contents date ----------------------sv_hourly.0 (Jan 22 15:00) q1 Replica Jan 22 15:00 q2 Replica Jan 22 15:00 sv_hourly.1 (Jan 22 16:00) q1 Replica Jan 22 16:00 q2 Replica Jan 22 16:00 source ------Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 Dallas:/vol/vol1/q2 Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 Dallas:/vol/vol1/q2

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Log Files
SnapVault logs are stored on the root volume, in the /etc/log/snapmirror file
E.g. on the primary
src Wed Jan 22 08:55:52 PDT Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 NY1:/vol/vol1/q1 Request (192.168.30.6) slk Wed Jan 22 08:55:53 PDT state.qtree_softlock.vol1.000000ca.013.q1.srcqt.NY1:/vol/vol1/q1.00000000.-01.1 Softlock_add (Transfer) src Wed Jan 22 08:55:53 PDT Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 NY1:/vol/vol1/q1 Start src Wed Jan 22 08:57:31 PDT Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 NY1:/vol/vol1/q1 End (36900 KB)

E.g. on the secondary

dst Wed Jan 22 08:56:28 PDT Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 NY1:/vol/vol1/q1 Request (Initialize) dst Wed Jan 22 08:56:30 PDT Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 NY1:/vol/vol1/q1 Start dst Wed Jan 22 08:58:08 PDT Dallas:/vol/vol1/q1 NY1:/vol/vol1/q1 End (36084 KB)

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Advanced Features

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Single File Restore

To restore a single file, you can copy file from a Snapshot copy using CIFS or NFS Or issue the Data ONTAP ndmpcopy command from the primary system Or use NetApp Protection Manager

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Qtree Restore
To restore a backed-up qtree, use the snapvault restore command
Starting with the Data ONTAP 7.3 release, you can restore the data to an existing qtree on the primary system using:
Baseline restore Incremental restore
Restores data in a nondisruptive way for datasets containing LUNs

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Baseline Restore
Baseline restore can be to an existing qtree or to a non-existing qtree
For an existing qtree, the restore operation overwrites the qtree data
primary> snapvault restore S sec:/vol/volname/sec_qtree /vol/volname/pri_qtree Restore will overwrite existing data in /vol/volname/pri_tree. Are you sure you want to continue (yes/no)? Yes Transfer started. Monitor progress with 'snapvault status' or the snapmirror log.

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Incremental Restore
Transfers only incremental changes from the secondary qtree to the specified primary qtree
Primary> snapvault restore -r S sec:/vol/volname/sec_qtree /vol/volname/pri_qtree Restore will overwrite existing data in /vol/volname/pri_qtree Are you sure you want to continue (yes/no) ? Yes Transfer started. Monitor progress with 'snapvault status' or the snapmirror log.

If the incremental restore fails due to lack of common Snapshot copies, attempt an in-place baseline restore
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Nondisruptive Restore
SCSI connectivity to the LUNs is maintained throughout the baseline and incremental restores
The LUNs attributes in the primary qtree are reserved in a temporary staging area
Primary> lun show staging /vol/san_vol1/Staging_19e45590-8948-11dcbb15-00a09802437a_199999999999999999/LUN1 100m (104857600) (r/w, online, mapped)

When the restore completed, the LUNs attributes are applied to the restored LUNs

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Resuming SnapVault
To resume backup operations after a snapvault restore, resynchronize the relationship with the snapvault start r command
To cancel any further backups of the restored qtree, release the relationship

The Snapshot copy created on the primary for the restore is not deleted automatically
Do not delete this Snapshot copy, as it is needed to resume SnapVault update transfers

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LUN Clone Backup

With Data ONTAP 7.3, SnapVault is able to backup LUN clones in optimized mode using SnapDrive for Windows (SDW)
LUN clones are transferred as clones Space savings with the parent LUN are preserved Once the SnapVault relationship is handed off to SDW, update transfers must not be run from the CLI The backing Snapshot copy is locked on the secondary after backup Snapshot copy is transferred

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SnapVault and SnapMirror

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Overview
SnapVault and SnapMirror bundle provide a consolidated data protection and DR solution
Fast and space-efficient disk-based backup Recover from system disaster by making any online backup copy writable Rapid disaster recovery from hourly, nightly, or weekly backup Offsite disaster recovery by replicating backups to remote sites

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Integrated Backup-DR Solution

SnapVault

Read-Write (with SnapMirror License)

SV Primary 2 Failover SV/SM Bundle 3

Failback

SnapVault executes up to hourly backups

Failover: primary system fails, and clients fail over to SnapVault incremental (SnapMirror)

Failback: data is resynced, and clients fail back

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Protecting SnapVault with SnapMirror

This solution consists of replicating SnapVault based backup copies through SnapMirror to a DR site to provide:
Backup and standby service for SnapVault Backup and restore protection for SnapVault
Data Center
DR site

SV Primary
Windows SV Primary SnapVault SnapVault

Volume SnapMirror

SV/SM SV/SM Bundle Bundle

SV/SM SV/SM Bundle Bundle

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Considerations
Ongoing VSM update transfer will abort if a SnapVault update is triggered before the VSM transfer has completed Transfers fail when the storage system reaches the maximum simultaneous transfers supported In both cases, ensure that SnapMirror and SnapVault schedules do not overlap and do not stretch

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SnapMirror and SnapVault for DR

In this solution, data at the production center is replicated at the volume level to a SnapMirror destination system Then the SnapMirror replicas are protected at the qtree level to a tertiary appliance at the DR site using SnapVault
Data Center Nearby site Standby DR site

SnapMirror Source Volume SnapMirror SnapVault SnapMirror Source

SV/SM SV/SM Bundle Bundle

SV/SM SV/SM Bundle Bundle

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Recover from Site and Regional Disasters

In the event of a site disaster, you can failover SnapMirror to the nearby destination system and failback without requiring a complete data transfer If a regional disaster occurs, you can fail over SnapVault to the tertiary device and then resume vault operations after recovery
Data Center Nearby site Standby DR site

SnapMirror Source Volume SnapMirror SnapVault SnapMirror Source

SV/SM SV/SM Bundle Bundle

SV/SM SV/SM Bundle Bundle

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Documents and References

Data ONTAP Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide SnapVault Deployment and Configuration http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3240.pdf SnapVault Best Practices Guide http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3487.pdf SnapVault Design and Implementation Guide http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3488.pdf SnapVault for NetBackup Deployment and Implementation Guide http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3465.pdf
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Module Summary

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Module Summary
In this module, you should have learned:
How to implement and administer SnapVault How SnapVault in-place and incremental restores work How SnapVault backs up LUN clone How to deploy SnapVault and SnapMirror for disaster recovery

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Exercise
Section 5: NetApp Protection Software Administration Module 22: SnapVault Estimated Time: 45 minutes

Check Your Understanding

What is the basic unit for a SnapVault backup and restore?
In Data ONTAP 7.3, you can install both the sv_ontap_pri and the sv_ontap_sec licenses on the same storage system (true or false?)

Which snapvault command and option would you use to perform an incremental restore?

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Answers
Section 5: NetApp Protection Software Administration Module 22: SnapVault

Check Your Understanding (Cont.)

What is the basic unit for a SnapVault backup and restore?
The qtree

In Data ONTAP 7.3, you can install both the sv_ontap_pri and the sv_ontap_sec licenses on the same storage system (true or false?)
True

Which snapvault command and option would you use to perform an incremental restore?
Primary> snapvault restore -r -S sec:/vol/volname/sec_qtree /vol/volname/pri_qtree
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