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Getting Started with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Verify that your environment meets the system requirements, complete the file server guided setup, and then perform a test backup and restore.

Procedure

  1. Verify that your access node meets the hardware specifications to back up the CIFS shares and NFS exports.

  2. Commvault uses optimized scanning for faster incremental backups. Verify that your environment meets the system requirements.

  3. To access the Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP cloud file share via CIFS, the access node requires the Windows File System software. Verify that your access node meets the system requirements for the Windows access nodes.

  4. To access the Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP cloud file share via CIFS and NFS, the access node requires the Linux File System software. Verify that your access node meets the system requirements for the Linux access nodes.

    • The samba-client or smbclient and the cifs-utils packages must be installed on the Linux access nodes if they are used to back up CIFS shares.

      cifs-utils version

      Operating System

      What is backed up and restored

      cifs-utils 6.2

      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

      DACL

      cifs-utils 7.0

      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x

      DACL and owner

      cifs-utils 7.0

      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x - Kernel 5.11

      DACL, owner, and SACL

    • You can back up NFS exports through HyperScale X access nodes as well.

      HyperScale X version cifs-utils samba-client or smbclient
      HSX 3.x cifs-utils-7.0-1.el8.x86_64 samba-client-4.18.6-2.el8_9.x86_64
      HSX 2.x (2.2) cifs-utils-6.2-10.el7.x86_64 samba-client-4.11.6-116.el7rhgs.x86_64

  5. Add Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Cloud File Share.

  6. Perform a test backup and restore.

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