Mounting a Snapshot for VSA

Applies to: Virtual Server Agent for VMware

To access the data backed up in the snapshot, you need to mount the snapshot.

Before You Begin

By default, the snapshot will be exposed to the first Host Bus Adapter (HBA) on the ESX Server. To expose the snapshot to a specific HBA, configure the sPortInfo additional setting.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers >client> agent.

2. Right-click the appropriate backupset, subclient, or instance, and then click List Snapshots.

   The Snapshots created during IntelliSnap operation dialog box appears.

3. Right-click the snapshot, and then click Mount.

   Tip

   To select multiple snapshots, hold <Shift> key, and then select the snapshots to be mounted. In the Mount or UnMount dialog box, click Yes.

   The Mount Path dialog box appears.

4. To mount the snapshot on an ESX server, do one of the following:

   • To mount the snapshot on the default ESX server configured for IntelliSnap backup, click OK.

   • To mount the snapshot to a different ESX server, complete the following steps:

     1. Select Override Default Selection, and then click Select ESX server for snap mount.

        The Browse ESX Server dialog box appears.

     2. Select an ESX server, and then click OK.

        Note

        For the Nutanix VM Snap Engine, during a Snap mount operation, mounting a VM (clone the VM) may happen on an ESX server other that the one specified during the operation.

Result

For Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale arrays, the mount operation creates a read-only copy of the snapshot.