Add a User-defined Subclient for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Subclients contain information about what data is backed up. You can create a user-defined subclient to manage and back up specific shares and share contents.

Two different subclients may contain instances the same content. Regardless, the content is backed up for each subclient.

The default subclient does not back up the content that is specified in the other subclients within the same backup set.

Add a User-defined Subclient for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Files Exported to CIFS

Before You Begin

• Verify that all Windows data access nodes have access and permissions to the CIFS share.

• Verify that the user credentials used to access the subclient have read and write permissions on the CIFS share. You can use the Impersonate user option to perform backups or to browse the subclient for content using these credentials.

• If you are creating a subclient whose content is CIFS shares from non-default access zone, verify that the subclient all the content is from the same access zone.

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Files.

   The Overview page appears.

2. Go to the Files tab, and then click the file server.

   The file server page appears.

3. Under Protocols, click CIFS.

   The CIFS Overview page appears.

4. On the Subclients tab, on the right of the page, click Add subclient.

   The Add Subclient page appears.

5. In the Name box, enter a name for the subclient.

6. From the Backup sets list, select the backup set.

7. Click Next.

   The Plan page appears.

Plan

1. From the Plan list, select the backup plan to use for the subclient.

2. Click Next.

   The Content page appears.

Backup Content

1. Select the CIFS share content that you want to back up. You can add content by browsing, by selecting all the content, and by entering a custom path.

   1. To browse for specific content, do the following:

      1. Click Add, and then select Browse.

      2. The Add content dialog box appears.

      3. Select the content.

      4. Click Save.

   2. To enter a custom path, do the following:

      1. Click Add, and then select Custom Path.

      2. In Enter custom path, enter the custom path for the content.

         For example, you can enter \\file_server_interface\CIFS_Share.

         Note

         The path name is case sensitive. You can perform a browse operation to select content.

   3. To exclude some of the content you selected, click Add and then, browse or enter custom paths for the content to be excluded.

2. To use credentials when browsing the file server and performing backups, under Impersonate User, click Edit, and then enter the credentials to access the file server.

3. Click Submit.

Add a User-defined Subclient for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Files Exported to NFS

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Files.

   The Overview page appears.

2. Go to the Files tab, and then click the file server.

   The file server page appears.

3. Under Protocols, click NFS.

   The NFS Overview page appears.

4. On the Subclients tab, on the right of the page, click Add subclient.

   The Add Subclient page appears.

5. In the Name box, enter a name for the subclient.

6. From the Backup sets list, select the backup set.

7. Click Next.

   The Plan page appears.

Plan

1. From the Plan list, select the backup plan to use for the subclient.

2. Click Next.

   The Content page appears.

Backup Content

1. Select the NFS share content that you want to back up. You can add content by browsing, by selecting all the content, and by entering a custom path.

   1. To browse for specific content, do the following:

      1. Click Add, and then select Browse.

      2. The Add content dialog box appears.

      3. Select the content.

      4. Click Save.

   2. To enter a custom path, do the following:

      1. Click Add, and then select Custom Path.

      2. In Enter custom path, enter the custom path for the content.

         For example, you can enter file_server_interface:/NFS_export_path.

         Note

         The path name is case sensitive. You can perform a browse operation to select content.

   3. To exclude some of the content you selected, click Add and then, browse or enter custom paths for the content to be excluded.

2. Click Submit.