You can use SnapCenter to clone a Windows file system backup. If you want a copy of a single file that was mistakenly deleted or changed, then you can clone a backup and access that file in the clone.
Before you begin
- You must have prepared for data protection by completing tasks such as adding hosts, identifying resources, and creating storage virtual machine (SVM) connections.
- You must have a backup of the file system.
About this task
- You cannot clone a resource group. You can only clone individual file system backups.
- If a backup resides on a virtual machine with a VMDK disk, SnapCenter cannot clone the backup to a physical server.
- If you clone a Windows cluster (for example, a shared LUN or a cluster shared volume (CSV) LUN), the clone is stored as a dedicated LUN on the host that you specify.
- For a cloning operation, the root directory of the volume mount point cannot be a shared directory.
- You cannot create a clone on a node that is not the home node for
the aggregate.
- You cannot schedule recurring clone (clone lifecycle) operations for Windows file systems; you can only clone a backup on demand.
- If you move a LUN that contains a clone to a new volume, SnapCenter can no longer support the clone. For example, you cannot use SnapCenter to delete that clone.
Most of the fields on the Clone wizard pages are
self-explanatory. The following information describes some of the fields for
which you might require guidance.
Steps
- In the left navigation pane, click Resources, and then select the appropriate plug-in from the list.
- In the Resources page, select File Systems from the list.
- Select the host.
The topology view is automatically displayed if the resource is protected.
- From the resources list, select the backup that you want to clone, and then click the clone icon.
- In the Options page, do the following:
| For this field… |
Do this… |
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| Clone server |
Choose the host on which the clone should be created. |
| "Auto assign mount point" or "Auto assign volume mount point under path" |
Choose whether to automatically assign a mount point or a volume mount point under a path. Auto assign volume mount point under path: The mount point under a path enables you to provide a specific directory in which the mount points will be created. Before you choose this option, you must verify that the directory is empty. If there is a backup in the directory, the backup will be in an invalid state after the mount operation.
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| Archive location |
Choose an archive location if you are cloning a secondary backup. |
- In the Script page, specify any prescripts or postscripts you want to execute.
- Review the summary, and then click Finish.
- Monitor the operation progress by clicking .