NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide
- Introduction
- Preparing for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installation
- Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center using container images
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Migrating and upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Uninstalling NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Snapshot Manager for Data Center catalog backup and recovery
- Configure NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Storage array replication
- Storage array plug-ins for Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Azure NetApp Files plug-in
- Azure Files plug-in
- Dell EMC PowerMax and VMax array
- Dell EMC PowerFlex array
- Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
- Dell EMC PowerStore SAN and NAS plug-in
- Dell EMC XtremIO SAN array
- Dell EMC Unity Array
- Fujitsu Eternus AF/DX SAN array
- Fujitsu Eternus AB/HB SAN array
- Fujitsu AX/HX Series plug-in
- HPE RMC plug-in
- HPE XP plug-in
- HPE Alletra 9000 SAN array
- HPE Alletra 6000 SAN array
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage array
- Hitachi NAS array
- Hitachi SAN array
- IBM Storwize SAN V7000 plug-in
- IBM FlashSystem plug-in
- IBM SAN Volume Controller plug-in
- InfiniBox SAN array
- InfiniBox NAS array
- Lenovo DM 5000 series array
- NetApp storage array
- NetApp E-Series array
- Nutanix Files array
- Pure Storage FlashArray SAN
- Pure Storage FlashBlade plug-in configuration notes
- PowerMax eNAS array
- Qumulo NAS array
- VMware vSAN File Services plug-in
- Configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Operation types in a storage lifecycle policy
- Retention types for storage lifecycle policy operations
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager logging
- Troubleshooting
Expire after copy retention type for SLP operations
The Expire after copy retention indicates that after all direct (child) copies of an image are successfully duplicated to other storage, the data on this storage is expired. The last operation in the SLP cannot use the Expire after copy retention type because no subsequent copy is configured. Therefore, an operation with this retention type must have a child.
It is not recommended that you enable Expire after copy retention for any storage units that are to be used with SLPs with either of the following: Accelerator or synthetic backups. The Expire after copy retention can cause images to expire while the backup runs. To synthesize a new full backup, the SLP backup needs the previous backup image. If the previous image expires during the backup, the backup fails.
For VCT-enabled incremental backups, the previous snapshot is required to generate the file change list with respect to the current snapshot. The Expire after copy retention expires the previous snapshot after the backup associated with that snapshot is complete.
Note:
Although synthetic backups do support the use of storage lifecycle policies, SLPs cannot be used for the multiple-copy synthetic backups method.
If a policy is configured to use an SLP for the backup, the retention that is indicated in the SLP is the value that is used. The Retention attribute in the schedule is not used.
Expire after copy retention type cannot be used for the snapshot operation when a sync replication stage is added in the SLP.
An image copy with an Expire after copy retention expires as soon as all of its direct child copies have been successfully created. Any mirrored children must also be eligible for expiration.