The basic SnapVault backup system deployment consists of primary storage systems and a secondary storage system.
Primary storage systems: Primary
storage systems are the platforms that run
Data ONTAP and Open Systems storage platforms to be backed up.
- On primary storage systems, SnapVault backs up primary qtree data, nonqtree data, and entire volumes, to qtree locations on the SnapVault secondary storage system.
- Supported Open Systems storage platforms include Windows servers, Solaris servers, AIX servers, Red Hat Linux servers, SUSE Linux servers, and HP-UX servers. On Open Systems storage platforms, SnapVault can back up directories to qtree locations on the secondary storage system. SnapVault can restore directories and single files. For more information, see the Open Systems SnapVault documentation.
Secondary storage system: The SnapVault secondary storage system
is the central disk-based unit that receives and stores backup data from the storage system
as Snapshot copies. Any storage system
can be configured as a SnapVault secondary storage system; however, the recommended hardware platform is a NearStore system.
The following figure shows basic SnapVault deployment.
Figure 1. Basic SnapVault deployment
