Viewing SQL Server 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.

About this task

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.

You can review the following icons in the Manage Copies view to determine whether the backups and clones are available on the primary or secondary storage (Mirror copies or Vault copies).

displays the number of backups and clones that are available on the primary storage.
displays the number of backups and clones that are mirrored on the secondary storage using SnapMirror technology.
displays the number of backups and clones that are replicated on the secondary storage using SnapVault technology.
- The number of backups displayed includes the backups deleted from the secondary storage.
  For example, if you created 6 backups using a policy to retain only 4 backups, the number of backups displayed is 6.
- If you have upgraded from SnapCenter 1.1, the clones on the secondary (mirror or vault) are not displayed under Mirror copies or Vault copies in the Topology page.
  All of the clones created using SnapCenter 1.1 are displayed under the Local copies in SnapCenter 3.0.

Note: Clones of a backup of a version-flexible mirror on a mirror-vault type volume are displayed in the topology view, but the mirror backup count in the topology view does not include the version-flexible backup.

Procedure

In the left navigation pane, click Resources, and then select the appropriate plug-in from the list.
In the Resources page, either select the resource or resource group from the View drop-down list.
Select the resource either from the resource details view or from the resource group details view.
If the resource selected is a cloned database, protect the cloned database, source of the clone is displayed in the Topology page. Click Details to view the backup used to clone.
If the resource is protected, the Topology page of the selected resource is displayed.
Review the Summary card to see a summary of the number of backups and clones available on the primary and secondary storage.
The Summary Card section displays the total number of backups and clones.
Clicking the Refresh button starts a query of the storage to display an accurate count.
In the Manage Copies view, click Backups or Clones from the primary or secondary storage to see details of a backup or clone.
The details of the backups and clones are displayed in a table format.
Select the backup from the table, and then click the data protection icons to perform restore, clone, rename, and delete operations.
Note: You cannot rename or delete backups that are on the secondary storage.
Select a clone from the table and click Clone Split.
If you want to delete a clone, select the clone from the table, and then click .