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Parameter(s) for Post-Replication Script?
In a virtualizing environment, I am looking to do the following:
- create a replica (in this case, it is a CLARiiON Snapshot Snap)
- after the replica completes, execute a script to make the newly created snapshot session available to a virtual server
The conundrum I am trying to solve is how to identify the snapshot session; in the RM documentation it talks about XML files existing for application callout scripts, but I didn't see a similar option for a post-replication script.
Is it possible to get RM to indicate what storage was just created?
thanks,
Frank
- create a replica (in this case, it is a CLARiiON Snapshot Snap)
- after the replica completes, execute a script to make the newly created snapshot session available to a virtual server
The conundrum I am trying to solve is how to identify the snapshot session; in the RM documentation it talks about XML files existing for application callout scripts, but I didn't see a similar option for a post-replication script.
Is it possible to get RM to indicate what storage was just created?
thanks,
Frank
- Hi James,
thank you for the response. I was thinking along the lines of using RMCLI to get the information, but struggled with a good method for ensuring that this is indeed the correct snapshot. My concern is that in an environment where a number of snapshots are taken close together (i.e. it's time to start the backup jobs), it may be impossible to guarantee that I have the right one, in which case I could be exposing someone else's data to the virtual server.
I'd welcome your thoughts on this,.
thanks,
Frank
JamesBEMC
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Posted August 18th, 2009 01:00
Interesting idea.
There would be a few ideas in figuring out what storage was just created. Getting this information to a script in a digestible format is the trick.
You could use RMCLI to pull what the latest snapshot is from that source LUN(s)
eg
/Storage/CKM000XXX00063/RMSERVER-0075-1152
/Storage/CKM000XXX00063/RMSERVER-0075-1280
/Storage/CKM000XXX00063/RMSERVER-0075-1333
Say 1333 (a number generated by the RM database), then parse that number in the list of snapshots via NaviSecCli and then present that to the ESX server?
James.