Dell Solutions Enabler 10.0.0 TimeFinder SnapVX CLI User Guide

zDP snapshots

Solutions Enabler V9.1 or higher with arrays running PowerMaxOS 5978.444.444 or higher supports reporting all the snapshots on a device, including Automated Snapset Creation with Data Protector for z Systems (zDP) snapshots. Snapsets created by zDP are not visible to previous versions of Solutions Enabler. To overcome this, a manual snapshot is created in PowerMaxOS when a pre-9.1 version of Solutions Enabler requests snapshot data for devices against which there are new type of zDP snapsets. This snapset will be in a state that trips the interaction rules of concern ensuring that the older Solutions Enabler will not perform dangerous operations on these devices.

When a device is the target of new zDP snapset the system returns one dummy link target record with the correct source and target devices for the actual link. The link dummy record has the same copy/nocopy state as the actual Automated snapset record. If a device is link –nocopy target then all NDM and SRDF control actions are blocked on that device. Manufactured snapshots are reported with the snapshot name _Automated_Snapshot.