Backing up custom plug-in resources

The backup workflow includes planning, identifying the resources for backup, managing backup policies, creating resource groups and attaching policies, creating backups, and monitoring the operations.

About this task

The following workflow shows the sequence in which you must perform the backup operation:
Backup workflow

You can also use PowerShell cmdlets manually or in scripts to perform backup, restore, and clone operations. For detailed information about PowerShell cmdlets, use the SnapCenter cmdlet help or see the cmdlet reference information.

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Adding resources to SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins
You must add the resources that you want to back up or clone. Depending on your environment, resources might be either database instances or collections that you want to back up or clone.
Creating policies for custom plug-in resources
Before you use SnapCenter to back up custom plug-in specific resources, you must create a backup policy for the resource or resource group that you want to back up. A backup policy is a set of rules that governs how you manage, schedule, and retain backups. Additionally, you can specify replication, script, and application settings. Specifying options in a policy saves time when you want to reuse the policy for another resource group.
Backing up individual custom plug-in resources
If an individual custom plug-in resource is not part of any resource group, you can back up the resource from the Resources page. You can back up the resource on demand, or, if the resource has a policy attached and a schedule configured, then backups occur automatically according to the schedule.
Creating resource groups and attaching policies
A resource group is the container to which you must add resources that you want to back up and protect. A resource group enables you to back up all the data that is associated with a given application simultaneously. A resource group is required for any data protection job. You must also attach one or more policies to the resource group to define the type of data protection job that you want to perform.
Backing up resource groups of custom plug-in resources
A resource group is a collection of resources on a host or cluster. A backup operation on the resource group is performed on all resources defined in the resource group. You can back up a resource group on demand from the Resources page. If a resource group has a policy attached and a schedule configured, then backups occur automatically according to the schedule.
Monitoring backup operations
You can monitor the progress of different backup operations by using the SnapCenter Jobs page. You might want to check the progress to determine when it is complete or if there is an issue.
Canceling the backup operations
You can cancel backup operations that are queued.
Viewing custom plug-in resource related backups and clones in the Topology page
When you are preparing to back up or clone a resource, you might find it helpful to view a graphical representation of all backups and clones on the primary and secondary storage. In the Topology page, you can see all of the backups and clones that are available for the selected resource or resource group. You can view the details of those backups and clones, and then select them to perform data protection operations.

Target

SnapCenter Software 4.2 Windows Cmdlet Reference Guide

Source

Data protection workflow for SnapCenter Custom Plug-ins resources