The SnapTest tool is used to test basic snapshot engine operations such as creating, deleting, and mounting snapshots.
Before You Begin
Virtual Server Agent (VSA) installed on the computer for SnapTest.
Note
For the VSA, if no CommServe system is installed (decoupled mode), the SnapTest tool cannot run.
Usage
You can use the Snaptest tool to:
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Test VSA snapshot operations.
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Create, mount, unmount, and delete snapshots for an array.
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Test proxy computers by mounting snapshots.
Procedure
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Navigate to <installed_directory>\Base and double-click SnapTest.exe.
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Press Enter.
SnapTest Version Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This tool helps to perform operations such as... -> Automatic Snap Tests -> Individual Snap Tests -> Hardware Snapshot Engine Detection -> SCSI Inquiry -> Scan HBA/IQN Adapters NOTE: Please make sure that the mount points used for this test are not being used by any other application. If they are in use, it may cause data corruption or data loss. Please refer to our online documentation for list of supported Operating systems, Hardware Snapshot engines and File systems. Press <ENTER> to continue... -
Type 2 and press Enter.
SnapTest Version Main Menu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Performs snapshot test operations on VSA-IDA and FileSystemIDA 1. FileSystem-MainMenu 2. VSA-MainMenu 0. Exit Choose your option [1]: 2 -
Type 1 and press Enter.
SnapTest Version Main Menu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Performs operations such as create snap, mount snap, unmount snap, and delete snap, given the vCenter credentials and the datastore name. 1. VSA-Automatic Snap Tests 0. Exit Choose your option [1]: 1 -
Type the number corresponding to the snapshot engine to test, then press Enter.
SnapTest Version Snap Engine Test ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Choose the snapshot engine you would like to exercise. All the snapshot tests will use this engine till you choose a different one. If you do not know what engine to choose, choose 'Detect Engine' to find out what engine to choose. 1. Amazon Web Services 2. Block Level Snap 3. Cisco HyperFlex Snap 4. Commvault FileSystem Direct Snap 5. Commvault Hybrid File Store Snap 6. Commvault HyperScale Snap 7. DataCore Clone 8. DataCore Snap 9. Dell EMC Isilon Snap 10. Dell EMC PowerFlex (ScaleIO / VxFlex) Snap 11. Dell EMC Storage Center Snap (DSM) 12. Dell EMC TimeFinder BCV 13. Dell EMC TimeFinder Clone 14. Dell EMC TimeFinder Snap 15. Dell EMC TimeFinder SnapVX 16. Dell EMC TimeFinder VP Snap 17. Dell EMC Unity Snap 18. Dell EMC VNX / CLARiiON SnapView / VNX Snap 19. Dell EMC VNX / CLARiiON SnapView Clone 20. Dell EMC VNX / Celerra SnapSure Snap 21. Dell EMC VPLEX Clone 22. Dell EMC VPLEX Snap 23. Dell EMC XtremIO Snap 24. Dell EqualLogic Clone 25. Dell EqualLogic Snap 26. Dell Storage Center Snap (Deprecated) 27. External Backup 28. Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX Clone 29. Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX Snap 30. Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX SnapOPC+ 31. Google Cloud Platform Snap 32. HPE 3PAR StoreServ Clone 33. HPE 3PAR StoreServ Snap 34. HPE EVA Clone 35. HPE EVA Snap 36. HPE Nimble Storage Snap 37. Hedvig Snap 38. Hitachi COW Snap 39. Hitachi NAS Snap 40. Hitachi Shadow Image 41. Hitachi Shadow Image (CCI) 42. Hitachi Targetless Snap (CCI) 43. Hitachi Thin Image (CCI) 44. Huawei OceanStor Clone 45. Huawei OceanStor Snap 46. IBM FlashCopy 47. IBM Space-efficient FlashCopy 48. IBM XIV Snap 49. INFINIDAT InfiniSnap 50. Kubernetes CSI Snap 51. Microsoft Azure NetApp Files Snap 52. Microsoft Azure Snap 53. Microsoft Azure Stack Snap 54. NEC DynamicDataReplication 55. NEC DynamicSnapVolume 56. Native 57. NetApp 58. NetApp E-Series PiT 59. NetApp E-series / LSI Snap 60. NetApp E-series / LSI Volume Copy 61. NetApp FlashRay Snap 62. NetApp SolidFire Snap 63. Nimble Storage Snap (Deprecated) 64. Nutanix Clone 65. Nutanix Snapshot 66. Nutanix VM Snap 67. Oracle ZFS Storage Snap 68. Oracle ZFS Storage Snap (REST) 69. Pure Storage FlashArray Snap 70. SCSI Server Snap 71. Silk Snap 72. Tintri VMstore Snap 73. Virtual Server Agent Clone 74. Virtual Server Agent Snap 75. Tintri IntelliFlash Snap 76. Detect Engine 0. Exit Enter Engine Number [76]:
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Enter the vCenter name, user name, and password. Press Enter after each entry.
VCenter Name : xxx Username : myname Password : Connecting to the Vcenter... SUCCESS -
At the prompt, enter the IP Address for the ESX host and the name of the datastore, then indicate whether the same ESX host should be used for mounting. Press Enter after each entry.
If you use a different ESX host for mounting, you must enter additional information. After entering the engine number, the test operations are displayed. Press Enter to begin the operations.
ESX Host IP : 000.000.000.000 DataStore Name : datastore_name Use the same esx for mounting [Y/N] [Y] : We will perform the following operations on the given DataStores. Please press ENTER at the end of each operation -> Create snapshots -> Mount snapshots -> Unmount snapshots -> Delete snapshots -
At the end of each operation, press Enter again to continue.
-> Creating snapshots ... Success Press <ENTER> to continue... -> Mounting snapshots ... Success Press <ENTER> to continue... -> Unmounting snapshots ... Success Press <ENTER> to continue... -> Deleting snapshots ... Success Press <ENTER> to continue...After deleting snapshots and pressing Enter, you are returned to the VSA Main Menu.
SnapTest Version Main Menu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Performs operations such as create snap, mount snap, unmount snap, and delete snap, given the vCenter credentials and the datastore name. 1. VSA-Automatic Snap Tests 0. Exit Choose your option [1]: