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SnapCenter Software 6.0

Restore and recover a manually added resource backup

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You can use SnapCenter to restore and recover data from one or more backups.

Before you begin

  • You must have backed up the resource or resource groups.

  • You must have canceled any backup operation that is currently in progress for the resource or resource group that you want to restore.

  • For pre restore, post restore, mount, and unmount commands, you should check if the commands exist in the command list available on the plug-in host from the following paths:

    • Default location on the Windows host: C:\Program Files\NetApp\SnapCenter\Snapcenter Plug-in Creator\etc\allowed_commands.config

    • Default location on the Linux host: /opt/NetApp/snapcenter/scc/etc/allowed_commands.config

Note If the commands do not exist in the command list, then the operation will fail.
About this task

  • File-based backup copies cannot be restored from SnapCenter.

  • After upgrading to SnapCenter 4.3, the backups taken in SnapCenter 4.2 can be restored but cannot be recovered. You must use HANA studio or HANA recovery scripts external to SnapCenter to recover the backups taken in SnapCenter 4.2.

  • For ONTAP 9.12.1 and below version, the clones created from the SnapLock Vault Snapshots as part of restore will inherit the SnapLock Vault expiry time. Storage admin should manually cleanup the clones post the SnapLock expiry time.

  • For SnapMirror active sync restore operation, you must select the backup from the primary location.

SnapCenter UI
Steps

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Resources, and then select the appropriate plug-in from the list.

  2. In the Resources page, filter resources from the View drop-down list based on resource type.

    The resources are displayed along with type, host, associated resource groups and policies, and status.

    Note Although a backup might be for a resource group, when you restore, you must select the individual resources you want to restore.

    If the resource is not protected, “Not protected” is displayed in the Overall Status column. This can mean either that the resource is not protected, or that the resource was backed up by a different user.

  3. Select the resource, or select a resource group and then select a resource in that group.

    The resource topology page is displayed.

  4. From the Manage Copies view, select Backups either from the primary or secondary (mirrored or vaulted) storage systems.

  5. In the Primary backup(s) table, select the backup that you want to restore from, and then click restore icon.

    restoring resources

  6. In the Restore Scope page, select either Complete Resource or File Level.

    1. If you select Complete Resource, all of the configured data volumes of the SAP HANA database are restored.

      If the resource contains volumes or qtrees, the Snapshots taken after the Snapshot selected for restore on such volumes or qtrees are deleted and cannot be recovered. Also, if any other resource is hosted on same volumes or qtrees, then that resource is also deleted.

    2. If you select File Level, then you can either select All or select the specific volumes or qtrees, and then enter the path related to those volumes or qtrees, separated by commas

      • You can select multiple volumes and qtrees.

      • If the resource type is LUN, the entire LUN is restored.

        You can select multiple LUNs.

    Note If you select All, all the files on the volumes, qtrees, or LUNs are restored.

  7. In the Pre ops page, enter pre restore and unmount commands to run before performing a restore job.

    Unmount commands are not available for auto discovered resources.

  8. In the Post ops page, enter mount and post restore commands to run after performing a restore job.

    Mount commands are not available for auto discovered resources.

  9. In 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. SMTP must also be configured on the Settings > Global Settings page.

  10. Review the summary, and then click Finish.

  11. Monitor the operation progress by clicking Monitor > Jobs.

PowerShell cmdlets
Steps

  1. Initiate a connection session with the SnapCenter Server for a specified user by using the Open-SmConnection cmdlet.

    PS C:\> Open-Smconnection

  2. Retrieve the information about the one or more backups that you want to restore by using the Get-SmBackup and Get-SmBackupReport cmdlets.

    This example displays information about all available backups:

    PS C:\> Get-SmBackup

BackupId                      BackupName                    BackupTime                    BackupType
--------                      ----------                    ----------                    ----------
  1               Payroll Dataset_vise-f6_08... 8/4/2015    11:02:32 AM                 Full Backup
  2               Payroll Dataset_vise-f6_08... 8/4/2015    11:23:17 AM

    This example displays detailed information about the backup from January 29th 2015 to February 3rd, 2015:

    PS C:\> Get-SmBackupReport -FromDateTime "1/29/2015" -ToDateTime "2/3/2015"

   SmBackupId           : 113
   SmJobId              : 2032
   StartDateTime        : 2/2/2015 6:57:03 AM
   EndDateTime          : 2/2/2015 6:57:11 AM
   Duration             : 00:00:07.3060000
   CreatedDateTime      : 2/2/2015 6:57:23 AM
   Status               : Completed
   ProtectionGroupName  : Clone
   SmProtectionGroupId  : 34
   PolicyName           : Vault
   SmPolicyId           : 18
   BackupName           : Clone_SCSPR0019366001_02-02-2015_06.57.08
   VerificationStatus   : NotVerified

   SmBackupId           : 114
   SmJobId              : 2183
   StartDateTime        : 2/2/2015 1:02:41 PM
   EndDateTime          : 2/2/2015 1:02:38 PM
   Duration             : -00:00:03.2300000
   CreatedDateTime      : 2/2/2015 1:02:53 PM
   Status               : Completed
   ProtectionGroupName  : Clone
   SmProtectionGroupId  : 34
   PolicyName           : Vault
   SmPolicyId           : 18
   BackupName           : Clone_SCSPR0019366001_02-02-2015_13.02.45
   VerificationStatus   : NotVerified

  3. Restore data from the backup by using the Restore-SmBackup cmdlet.

    Restore-SmBackup -PluginCode 'DummyPlugin' -AppObjectId 'scc54.sccore.test.com\DummyPlugin\NTP\DB1' -BackupId 269 -Confirm:$false
output:
Name                : Restore 'scc54.sccore.test.com\DummyPlugin\NTP\DB1'
Id                  : 2368
StartTime           : 10/4/2016 11:22:02 PM
EndTime             :
IsCancellable       : False
IsRestartable       : False
IsCompleted         : False
IsVisible           : True
IsScheduled         : False
PercentageCompleted : 0
Description         :
Status              : Queued
Owner               :
Error               :
Priority            : None
Tasks               : {}
ParentJobID         : 0
EventId             : 0
JobTypeId           :
ApisJobKey          :
ObjectId            : 0
PluginCode          : NONE
PluginName          :

The information regarding the parameters that can be used with the cmdlet and their descriptions can be obtained by running Get-Help command_name. Alternatively, you can also refer to the SnapCenter Software Cmdlet Reference Guide.