You can use SnapCenter to clone a backup. You can clone from primary or secondary backup.
Before you begin
- You should have backed up the resources or resource group.
- You should ensure that the aggregates hosting the volumes should be in the assigned aggregates list of the storage virtual machine (SVM).
About this task
- You cannot clone file-based backups.
Procedure
- In the left navigation pane, click Resources, and then select the appropriate plug-in from the list.
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On the Resources page, filter resources from
the View drop-down list based on resource type.
The resources are displayed along with information such as
type, host, associated resource groups and policies, and status.
- Select the resource or resource group.
You must select a resource if you select a resource group.
The resource or resource
group topology page is displayed.
- From the Manage Copies view, select Backups either from the primary or secondary (mirrored or vaulted) storage systems.
- Select the data backup from the table, and then click
.
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On the Location page, perform the following
actions:
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Do this... |
Clone server |
Select the host on which the
clone should be mounted and the plug-in is
installed. |
NFS Export IP Address |
Enter IP addresses or the
host names on which the cloned volumes will be
exported. |
iSCSI Initiator |
Enter iSCSI initiator name of
the host to which the LUNs are exported. This option is available only if you selected LUN
resource type.
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Protocol |
Enter the LUN protocol. This option is available only if you
selected LUN resource type.
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If the resource selected is a LUN and you are cloning from a
secondary backup, then the destination volumes are listed. A single source
can have multiple destination volumes.
Note: Before cloning, you must
ensure that the iSCSI initiator or the FCP is present and are configured
and logged into alternate hosts.
- Optional:
On the Scripts page, perform the following
steps: .
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Enter the commands for pre clone or post clone that should be run
before or after the clone operation, respectively.
- Pre clone command:
delete existing databases with the same name
- Post clone command:
verify a database or start a database.
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Enter the mount command to mount a file system to a host.
Mount command for a volume or qtree on a Linux
machine:
mount VSERVER_DATA_IP:${VOLUME_NAME_Clone} /mnt
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On the Notification page, from the
Email preference drop-down list, select the scenarios
in which you want to send the emails.
You must also specify the sender and receiver email addresses,
and the subject of the email.
- Review the summary, and then click Finish.
- Monitor the operation progress by clicking .