[Feature request] Netapp Restore (vserver-dr-protection)

[thomas.eigenmann]

Hello
We have netapp volumes which are not vserver-dr-protected (attribute vserver-dr-protection: unprotected).
If we want to do a instant vm recovery of a vm on this volume the vol clone command fails: Failed to create clone of volume ...

it would be nice if veeam would create the vol clone command every time with the attribute "vserver-dr-protection" set to "unprotected" although the source volume is "protected".

Here are two commands. the first one fails (i think veeam would do it like this):

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vol clone create -vserver ... -flexclone test -type RW -parent-vserver ... -parent-volume ...

=> Error: command failed: Cannot protect volume ... because the parent volume is unprotected in the Vserver DR relationship. If volume requires Vserver DR protection, protect the parent volume first using the "volume modify -vserver-dr-protection protected" command. Otherwise, to create a clone without protection, specify the "-vserver-dr-protection unprotected" parameter:

The second one works (with -vserver-dr-protection unprotected)

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vol clone create -vserver ... -flexclone test -type RW -parent-vserver ... -parent-volume ... -vserver-dr-protection unproteced

=> Job succeded: Successful

Thank you.

[foggy]

Hi Thomas, thanks for the request. Actually we already have this on the list for the future versions.

[thomas.eigenmann]

Unfortunately, this feature was not included in 9.5 Update 3 but the error message has changed

NetApp • Infinite volumes are not supported. • vFiler DR units are not supported, and are automatically hidden by the UI. • Configurations with VM stored on a non-default vFiler based on qtree (instead of volume) is not supported.

[thomas.eigenmann]

Update:
Foggy wrote, that veeam already has this topic on the list for the future versions. This was in 2017.
I still get the same error message in 2021 with veeam version 11.0.1.1261.

[rennerstefan]

Hi Thomas,
vServer DR support is still on that list. Its just that the demand for it is not too high or lets say other NetApp related features (e.g. Snapshot handling for NAS backups) were higher.
Can you elaborate how often you use and see SVM-DR being used at your customers for Veeam related workloads?
Thanks