topic Re: Best practice for restore and test in Array Setup and Networking https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/best-practice-for-restore-and-test/m-p/6981986#M218 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>You can do this very easily with scripting (powershell) or manually.</P><P></P><P>Process:</P><P>- Nimble: Clone the replicated snapshots</P><P>- Nimble: Apply ACL's to the cloned volumes</P><P>- VMware: Rescan HBA's</P><P>- VMware: Connect to targets</P><P>- VMware: power on VM's !! Make sure the network is isolated.</P><P>Test</P><P>- VMware: Detach storage</P><P>- Nimble: Delete clones</P><P></P><P>Veeam 9.5 will be leveraging a lot of this functionality.</P><P></P><P>Many thanks,</P><P></P><P>Chris</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:27:46 GMT chris24 2016-08-02T08:27:46Z Best practice for restore and test https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/best-practice-for-restore-and-test/m-p/6981985#M217 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a reference guide to testing our DR backups that are been sent to a different location.</P><P>Nimble device A &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;over MPLS&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Nimble device B(DR side).</P><P>We have a vCenter on both sides, can we validate and test the backups?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 20:31:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/best-practice-for-restore-and-test/m-p/6981985#M217 greenpaddy 2016-08-01T20:31:46Z Re: Best practice for restore and test https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/best-practice-for-restore-and-test/m-p/6981986#M218 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>You can do this very easily with scripting (powershell) or manually.</P><P></P><P>Process:</P><P>- Nimble: Clone the replicated snapshots</P><P>- Nimble: Apply ACL's to the cloned volumes</P><P>- VMware: Rescan HBA's</P><P>- VMware: Connect to targets</P><P>- VMware: power on VM's !! Make sure the network is isolated.</P><P>Test</P><P>- VMware: Detach storage</P><P>- Nimble: Delete clones</P><P></P><P>Veeam 9.5 will be leveraging a lot of this functionality.</P><P></P><P>Many thanks,</P><P></P><P>Chris</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:27:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/best-practice-for-restore-and-test/m-p/6981986#M218 chris24 2016-08-02T08:27:46Z