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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring and managing universal shares
  4. Advanced features of universal shares
  5. Take universal share snapshot over NFS or SMB
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Take universal share snapshot over NFS or SMB

This feature provides the ability to take a full or an incremental snapshot. When a full snapshot is taken, vpfsd makes the metadata and data consistent and then uploads the data to the cloud bucket. When an incremental snapshot is taken, vpfsd identifies the changed metadata and data since last full or incremental snapshot. Those changes are uploaded to the cloud bucket.

Taking a snapshot over NFS or SMB

  • Take the snapshot from the client side.

    For the snapshot, add the following key-value pairs content into the vpfs_special_control_config control file:

    snapshot=[full/incr]

    Example:

    (echo [vpfs]&& echo snapshot=full && echo ingest_mode=off) > 
    <nfs_mount_point>/.vpfs_special_control_config

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