Access a read-only LUN copy from a SnapVault backup
You can access a read-only copy of a LUN from the latest Snapshot copy in a SnapVault backup. The LUN ID, path, and serial number are different from the source LUN and must first be mapped. Persistent reservations, LUN mappings, and igroups are not replicated to the SnapVault secondary volume.
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The SnapVault relationship must be initialized and the latest Snapshot copy in the SnapVault secondary volume must contain the desired LUN.
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The storage virtual machine (SVM) containing the SnapVault backup must have one or more LIFs with the desired SAN protocol accessible from the host used to access the LUN copy.
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If you plan to access LUN copies directly from the SnapVault secondary volume, you must create your igroups on the SnapVault SVM in advance.
You can access a LUN directly from the SnapVault secondary volume without having to first restore or clone the volume containing the LUN.
If a new Snapshot copy is added to the SnapVault secondary volume while you have a LUN mapped from a previous Snapshot copy, the contents of the mapped LUN changes. The LUN is still mapped with the same identifiers, but the data is taken from the new Snapshot copy. If the LUN size changes, some hosts automatically detect the size change; Windows hosts require a disk rescan to pick up any size change.
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Run the
lun show
command to list the available LUNs in the SnapVault secondary volume.In this example, you can see both the original LUNs in the primary volume srcvolA and the copies in the SnapVault secondary volume dstvolB:
cluster::> lun show Vserver Path State Mapped Type Size -------- ------------------ ------ ------- -------- ------- vserverA /vol/srcvolA/lun_A online mapped windows 300.0GB vserverA /vol/srcvolA/lun_B online mapped windows 300.0GB vserverA /vol/srcvolA/lun_C online mapped windows 300.0GB vserverB /vol/dstvolB/lun_A online unmapped windows 300.0GB vserverB /vol/dstvolB/lun_B online unmapped windows 300.0GB vserverB /vol/dstvolB/lun_C online unmapped windows 300.0GB 6 entries were displayed.
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If the igroup for the desired host does not already exist on the SVM containing the SnapVault secondary volume, run the
igroup create
command to create an igroup.This command creates an igroup for a Windows host that uses the iSCSI protocol:
cluster::> igroup create -vserver vserverB -igroup temp_igroup -protocol iscsi -ostype windows -initiator iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:hostA
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Run the
lun mapping create
command to map the desired LUN copy to the igroup.cluster::> lun mapping create -vserver vserverB -path /vol/dstvolB/lun_A -igroup temp_igroup
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Connect the host to the LUN and access the contents of the LUN as desired.