NetWorker 19.7 Snapshot Management Integration Guide

Third-party volume managers

NetWorker supports the use of third-party volume managers for managing the storage array data, such as Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM). However, for VxVM managed volumes, NetWorker does not support the following configurations:

• If the production file system and the snapshot file system are simultaneously visible to the same host, then the backups can fail. Some operating systems or LVMs require that the production file system and the snapshot file system must be visible only on separate hosts, such as the application host and a different mount host.
• If multiple LUNs with the same disk signature or the same volume ID are visible to the same host, then the backups can fail. For example, if multiple mirrors or both the source and mirror LUNs are visible to the same host, then the backups can fail.
• VxVM on Microsoft Windows systems.

The NetWorker E-LAB Navigator provides support details.