Use Veeam for NetApp CIFS snapshots?

[BLWL]

Hi all,

We have an old netapp we need to decomission. It contains some data we need to save on another storage for a few months. I wonder if Veeam can help somehow here.

I've added the storage to Veeam and can indeed see all snapshots, including the VM's. I also see the NetApp CIFS snapshots, but cannot see any data in them, which of course makes sense.

Crazy longshot/stupind question: Anyone know if I can utilize Veeam to import this data some-magic-how?


Thanks

[HannesK]

Hello,
Today I would go for robocopy.

In future there would be NAS backup with Veeam.

Today there is only one option for CIFS shares with Veeam. I do not recommend it because it does not scale (you did not write how big your share is): File-to-Tape backup

Best regards,
Hannes

[BLWL]

Ok, thanks for clarifying this!

Not sure what happens with the snapshot integrity if we copy all snapshots off a NetApp (WAFL) file system to a Synology NAS. Will investingate

Thanks

[HannesK]

it will take up the full space of each snapshot

Oh well, you could also use NDMP if you have tape.

[BLWL]

Thats gonna be a lot!

Boss said, just unplug it and if someone wants a file, restore times are high that day

[DerOest]

We've had a totally different yet similar problem... maybe you could do something similar.

Dirty Workaround:
- Spin up a temporary VM (datastore = wherever you have enough space).
- Copy all data to that VM (Robocopy, rsync, Veeam File Copy Job, whatever fits your case)
- Backup VM with Veeam
- decommission old system / delete original data /delete temporary VM