SnapProtect™ Backup - Support
Initial SnapProtect Setup
Deployment and a successful initial run of an SnapProtect backup in some complex environments may require customization, due to specific dependencies in your environment. The following parameters are known to affect the deployment and initial run and hence need a thorough evaluation:
- Firmware versions on the array
- Device types
- Mode of access
- Security configuration
- Operating Systems interacting with the storage array
- Application layout on the storage array LUNs
License Requirements
The SnapProtect feature requires the NetApp Snap Management license. This license is consumed when SnapProtect is enabled for a client.
Backup Types
The following table lists the Agents supporting the SnapProtect backup and provides information about the various options supported by each of these Agents.
Agents | Full Backup | Incremental Backup | Differential Backup | Notes |
Virtual Server (VMware) |
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Backup of VM Templates is not supported. Virtual Server instances configured with ESX server are not supported. Instances should be configured using Virtual Center. |
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Exchange Database |
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Oracle |
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Incremental backups are applicable for Backup copies. See Backup Copy Operations for more information. |
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Microsoft SQL Server |
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Transactional Log backups always use the traditional backup method. Log backups are stored in the Primary (classic) copy. | |
Microsoft SharePoint Server |
Snap Mining operations from a snapshot on the computer hosting the snapshot or from a proxy computer are supported. | |||
MySQL |
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Only supported in UNIX configurations. | |
NAS |
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Virtual Server (Hyper-V) |
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SnapProtect backups support online virtual machines. | |
DB2 |
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Backup of partial databases is not supported. Log files always use the traditional backup method. |
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Lotus Notes Database |
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Unix File System |
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On Demand Backup Set is not supported for SnapProtect Backup. Raw partitions in Unix are supported. Mirrored LVM configuration is not supported. |
Windows File System |
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On Demand Backup Set is not supported for SnapProtect Backup. |
The SnapProtect feature is not supported for VMware datastores created using local disks. The datastores should be created from RDM LUNs.
Platforms
The following table lists the platforms supported for SnapProtect backup. The latest updates should be installed on all the platforms.
Operating System | Cluster Support | File Systems | Databases |
Windows 2003 and Higher |
MSCS | NTFS | SQL version 2005 & 2008 Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, or 2016 – including DAG |
VMware ESX or ESXiVMware vCenter Server Appliance |
iSCSI, FC, NFS, and VSAN datastores | ESX vSphere 4.1 or later, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 6.0 | |
AIX 5.2 and 5.3 |
Veritas Cluster | JFS, JFS2, VxFS | Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2, DB2 version 9 or higher |
AIX 6.1, 7.1 (LPARS Supported, Virtual SCSI devices not supported) |
Veritas Cluster | JFS, JFS2, VxFS | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2, DB2 version 9 or higher |
HP-UX 11 v2/v3 (PA-RISC and Itanium) |
Service Guard | HFS, VxFS | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2 DB2 version 9 or higher |
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.x and 6.x |
ext2, ext3, reiserfs, VxFS | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2, DB2 version 9 or higher | |
Red Hat/CentOS Linux 4.x and 5.x |
Linux Cluster Veritas Cluster | ext2, ext3, reiserfs, VxFS, GFS2 (5.x only) | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2, DB2 version 9 or higher |
Red Hat/CentOS Linux 6.x and 7.x** |
Linux Cluster Veritas Cluster | ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, VxFS, GFS2 | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2, DB2 version 9 or higher |
Solaris 10 SPARC (Solaris Zones Supported) |
Sun Cluster Veritas Cluster | UFS, VxFS, ZFS | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2, DB2 version 9 or higher |
Solaris 11 Express |
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 and 11 |
Veritas Cluster | ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, VxFS | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2, DB2 version 9 or higher |
- ** To enable Red Hat and CentOS 7.x support:
1. Disable and stop the lvm2-lvmetad service. To do this, run the following command:
systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad
systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad2. Disable lvmetad in to the LVM config file. To do this, run the following command:
edit /etc/lvm/lvm.conf to include use_lvmetad = 0
Note that the above list does not provide a comprehensive list of supported platforms for each agent. See System Requirements for information on the platforms supported by the individual Agents.
See List of Deprecated Applications and Platforms for more details.
SnapProtect for Open Systems
Deployment and a successful initial run of an SnapProtect backup in some complex environments may require customization, due to specific dependencies in your environment. The following parameters are known to affect the deployment and initial run and hence need a thorough evaluation:
- Firmware versions on the array
- Device types
- Mode of access
- Security configuration
- Operating Systems interacting with the storage array
- Application layout on the storage array LUNs
The following table lists the Agents supporting Block Level Replication and provides information about the various options supported by each of these Agents.
Agents | Full Backup |
Incremental Backup |
Differential Backup |
cluster support |
WORKFLOW | Notes |
Exchange Database |
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Full, Incremental or Differential | Exchange 2013 is supported. No DAG support. Only database level backups are supported with SPOS enabled storage policy. Backup of individual mailboxes to a SPOS enabled storage policy is not supported. Data mining is supported only with a target storage policy that is not SPOS enabled. To perform single mailbox restore, do an out-of-place restore of the Exchange Database and then using the DB mining tool (setup should have x32 Microsoft Outlook) to get mailboxes/messages list and restore them as MSG/PST format. |
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Microsoft SQL Server |
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Workflow will only start FULL backup jobs for SQL subclients that are associated with it. | MS SQL 2012 is supported. Transactional Log backups always use the traditional backup method. Log backups are stored in the Primary (classic) copy. |
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Oracle |
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Workflow will start a SPOS job for a Oracle subclient only if the data storage policy is the same as the storage policy on which the workflow is running or if no data is selected at the subclient level but the log storage policy is set to the storage policy from which the work flow is running. | Incremental backups are applicable for Backup copies. See Backup Copy Operations for more information. Log and data on the same volume is not supported. No support for partial table backups, i.e., no support for online subset backup option. RAC and ASM are not supported. |
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Unix File System |
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Full, Incremental or Differential | On Demand Backup Set is not supported for SnapProtect Open Systems Backup. Raw partitions in Unix are not supported Mirrored LVM configuration is not supported. Root Volume snap is supported with LVM. |
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Windows File System |
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Full, Incremental or Differential | On Demand Backup Set is not supported for SnapProtect Backup. Default subclient is not supported for SPOS |
The following table lists the platforms supported for SnapProtect for Open Systems.
Operating System | Cluster Support | File Systems | Databases | LOGICAL Volume Managers |
Windows 2003 and Higher |
Windows 2008 and higher |
NTFS, ReFS | SQL version 2005 & 2008 Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010 | Basic and Dynamic volumes supported on Windows. |
Red Hat/CentOS Linux 4.x and 5.x |
No cluster support | ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2 | Linux Native LVM, Veritas volume manager |
Red Hat/CentOS Linux 6.x |
No cluster support | ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2 | Linux Native LVM, Veritas volume manager |
Oracle Enterprise Linux |
No cluster support | ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2 | Linux Native LVM, Veritas volume manager |
Solaris 10 SPARC (Solaris Zones Not Supported) |
No cluster support | UFS via CxBF, VxFS | Veritas volume manager | |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 and 11 |
No cluster support | ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs | Oracle 12c, Oracle 10g R2, Oracle 11g R1 & R2 | Linux Native LVM, Veritas volume manager |
Inline backup copy from workflow is not supported.
Revert from a SnapProtect for Open Systems snapshot is not supported.
No support in the SnapTestTool for SnapProtect for Open Systems backups.
Release Notes
- Storage policy reassociation will cause a baseline for some or all the volumes in the subclient.
- No support for NetApp C Mode or OnCommand Unified Manager 6.x1.
- No support for filtering of pagefile.sys and hiberfile.sys on Windows 2003. Please refer to Skipping Files for Backup for more information.