08 VXVM Instant Snapshots

VXVM Instant Snapshots
A snapshot is the state of a volume at a particular point in time. Veritas Volume

Manager snapshot capability for taking an image of a volume at a given point in time.It
provides various snapshot depends on the environments and product cost.
There are three type of snapshot in VXVM
1.Full-sized instant snapshot (using vxsnap)

2.Space-optimized instant snapshot (using vxsnap)
3.Mirror Break-off snapshot (vxassist or vxsnap)
4.Linked Break-off snapshot
Comparison of snapshot.
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Full-sized Space-optimized Mirror Break-

Snapshot feature
instant instant off
Immediately available for use on creation Yes Yes No
Requires less storage space than original volume No Yes No
Can be reattached to original volume Yes No Yes
Can be used to restore contents of original volume Yes Yes Yes
Can quickly be refreshed without being reattached Yes Yes No
Snapshot hierarchy can be split Yes No No
Can be moved into separate disk group from original Yes No Yes
volume
Can be turned into an independent volume Yes No Yes
FastResync ability persists across system reboots or Yes Yes Yes

cluster restarts
Synchronization can be controlled Yes No No
Full-sized instant snapshot

Full-sized instant snapshot enables you to make a full copy of an existing volume which
is called snap volume.It can be mounted as separate volume and it
can synchronized using refresh command.In large database environment this snapshot
will very useful to take volume backup with impacting the production performance.
Here is the high level procedure:

1.Keep the all production volumes is one diskgroup
2.Refresh the snapshots to make sure its an up-to-date.
3.Split-off the snap volumes in to new different disk group.
4.Deport the snapshot diskgroup from the production database server.
5.Import snapshot DG to the backup server. (TSM or Netbackup)
6.Start and mount the snap volumes on backup server.
7.Take backup of those snap-volumes. i.e database volume backup.
Once the backups are complete, we need to reverse process.

1. Un-mount the snap volumes on backup server.
2.Deport snapshot diskgroup from the backup server
3.Import snapshot diskgroup back into the production database server
4.Join the snashot diskgroup and dataase volumes diskgroup.
5.Refresh the snapshot on the snap volumes to update the latest changes on production
DB volumes.
Full-sized instant snapshot-Process

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Disk are used for this setup:

# vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
disk_0 auto:cdsdisk UXDISK1 UXDG online
disk_2 auto:ZFS - - ZFS
disk_3 auto:ZFS - - ZFS
Volume is used for this setup:
v oravol1 - ENABLED ACTIVE 184320 SELECT - fsgen
pl oravol1-01 oravol1 ENABLED ACTIVE 184320 CONCAT - RW
sd UXDISK1-01 oravol1-01 UXDISK1 0 143056 0 disk_0 ENA
# df -h /apporavol1/
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/oravol1 100M 43M 53M 45% /apporavol1
1.Prepare Volume for snapshot:

# vxsnap -g UXDG -b prepare oravol1
bash-3.00# vxprint -hvt
Disk group: UXDG
dc oravol1_dco oravol1 oravol1_dcl
v oravol1_dcl - ENABLED ACTIVE 67840 SELECT - gen
pl oravol1_dcl-01 oravol1_dcl ENABLED ACTIVE 67840 CONCAT - RW
sd UXDISK2-02 oravol1_dcl-01 UXDISK2 41264 67840 0 disk_1 ENA
2.Make the Snap Volume:

# vxassist -g UXDG make oravol1-snap 100M
Note:The snap-volume should be equal to volume size.
v oravol1-snap - ENABLED ACTIVE 20480 SELECT - fsgen
pl oravol1-snap-01 oravol1-snap ENABLED ACTIVE 20480 CONCAT - RW
sd UXDISK3-01 oravol1-snap-01 UXDISK3 0 20480 0 disk_4 ENA
3.Prepare snap-volume:
You will get the below error if you didnt prepare the snap volume.
VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-7061 Volume oravol1-snap is not instant ready
# vxsnap -g UXDG -b prepare oravol1-snap
dc oravol1-snap_dco oravol1-snap oravol1-snap_dcl
v oravol1-snap_dcl - ENABLED ACTIVE 67840 SELECT - gen
pl oravol1-snap_dcl-01 oravol1-snap_dcl ENABLED ACTIVE 67840 CONCAT - RW
sd UXDISK3-02 oravol1-snap_dcl-01 UXDISK3 20480 67840 0 disk_4 ENA
.Link the volume to snap-volume:
# vxsnap -g UXDG -o nofreeze make source=oravol1/snapvol=oravol1-snap
# vxprint -hvt
Disk group: UXDG
dc oravol1_dco oravol1 oravol1_dcl
v oravol1_dcl - ENABLED ACTIVE 67840 SELECT - gen
pl oravol1_dcl-01 oravol1_dcl ENABLED ACTIVE 67840 CONCAT - RW
sd UXDISK2-02 oravol1_dcl-01 UXDISK2 61744 67840 0 disk_1 ENA
sp oravol1-snap_snp oravol1 oravol1_dco

pl oravol1-snap_dcl-01 oravol1-snap_dcl ENABLED ACTIVE 67840CONCAT - RW
sp oravol1_snp oravol1-snap oravol1-snap_dco
5.To refresh snapshot:

# vxsnap -g UXDG refresh oravol1-snap source=oravol1
6.To mount the snapshot:

# df -h /snaporavol1/
/dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/oravol1-snap 100M 43M 53M 45% /snaporavol1
7.Testing the snapshot:

# cd /apporavol1/
bash-3.00# ls -lrt
total 81920
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Apr 1 14:04 lost+found
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:05 test1
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:05 run
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:05 unixarena
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:45 snaptest
bash-3.00# mkfile 20M snapshot-test1
bash-3.00# df -h .
/dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/oravol1 100M 63M 35M 65% /apporavol1
You can see still,snapshot is holding the data with last refresh state.
8.Trying to refresh the snapshot:

VxVM vxsnap ERROR V-5-1-7066 Volume oravol1-snap is open, cannot refresh
# umount /snaporavol1/
# mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/oravol1-snap /snaporavol1/
Now you can see snapshot has been updated with last volume update.
# ls -lrt /snaporavol1/snapshot-test1
-rw------T 1root root 20971520 Apr1 15:09/snaporavol1/snapshot-test1
In this way you can mount the snap volume and take a backup without impact the
volume performance for database filesystems if you are performing the backup on
production server.
9.SPLIT snap-volume to new diskgroup:
We can spit the snapshot to new diskgroup using the below procedure.Using this
method,we can import the snapshot diskgroup to backup servers for backup the
volumes.
# vxdg split UXDG UXDG-SNAP oravol1-snap
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-4597 vxdg split UXDG UXDG-SNAP failed
oravol1-snap : Volume or plex device is open or attached
bash-3.00# umount /snaporavol1/
bash-3.00# vxdg split UXDG UXDG-SNAP oravol1-snap
bash-3.00# vxdg list
NAME STATE ID
UXDG enabled,cds 1364804784.18.sfos
UXDG-SNAP enabled,cds 1364810218.19.sfos
# vxprint -hvtg UXDG-SNAP

pl oravol1-snap_dcl-01 oravol1-snap_dcl ENABLED ACTIVE 67840 CONCAT - RW
sp oravol1_snp oravol1-snap oravol1-snap_dco
If the volume is in disabled state,recover using the below command

# vxrecover -s oravol1-snap
bash-3.00# mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG-SNAP/oravol1-snap /snaporavol1/
bash-3.00# df -h /snaporavol1/
/dev/vx/dsk/UXDG-SNAP/oravol1-snap 100M 63M 35M 65% /snaporavol1
Once you split the snapshot volume to new diskgroup,you cant update the snapshot.

VxVM vxsnap ERROR V-5-1-7015 Volume oravol1-snap doesn't exist
In a order to refresh the snapshot,

# vxdg join UXDG-SNAP UXDG
# vxprint -hvt
10.To get the snapshot details:

# vxsnap -g UXDG print
NAME SNAPOBJECT TYPE PARENT SNAPSHOT %DIRTY %VALID
oravol1 -- volume -- -- -- 100.00
oravol1-snap_snp1 volume -- oravol1-snap 0.00 --
oravol1-snap oravol1_snp volume oravol1 -- 0.00 100.00
To restore data using snapshot:
Here i am deleting the /apporavol1 data

# cd /apporavol1/
# rm *
# ls -lrt
#
Trying to restore snapshot:
# vxsnap -g UXDG restore oravol1 source=oravol1-snap
VxVM vxsnap ERROR V-5-1-7067 Volume oravol1 is open, cannot restore
# umount /apporavol1/
bash-3.00# vxsnap -g UXDG restore oravol1 source=oravol1-snap
Check the restored data:
bash-3.00# mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/oravol1 /apporavol1/
bash-3.00# cd /apporavol1/
bash-3.00# ls -lrt
total 122880
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Apr 1 14:04 lost+found
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:05 test1
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:05 run
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:05 unixarena
-rw------T 1 root root 10485760 Apr 1 14:45 snaptest
-rw------T 1 root root 20971520 Apr 1 15:09 snapshot-test1
To Delete the snapshot:
You cant delete the snap-volume using vxassist command.

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# vxassist -g UXDG remove volume oravol1-snap

VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-10127 deleting volume oravol1-snap:
Record is associated
Step:1Disassociate an instant snapshot
# vxsnap -g UXDG dis oravol1-snap
Step:2 Delete the snapshot volume

# vxedit -g UXDG -r rm oravol1-snap
VxVM vxedit ERROR V-5-1-1226 Volume oravol1-snap is not DISABLED, use -f flag
# vxedit -g UXDG -f -r rm oravol1-snap
Verify your action using vxprint
# vxprint -hvt

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A snapshot is the state of a volume at a particular point in time. Veritas Volume

1.Full-sized instant snapshot (using vxsnap)

Full-sized Space-optimized Mirror Break-

Immediately available for use on creation Yes Yes No

Requires less storage space than original volume No Yes No

Can be reattached to original volume Yes No Yes

Can be used to restore contents of original volume Yes Yes Yes

Can quickly be refreshed without being reattached Yes Yes No

Snapshot hierarchy can be split Yes No No

Can be turned into an independent volume Yes No Yes

FastResync ability persists across system reboots or Yes Yes Yes

Synchronization can be controlled Yes No No

Full-sized instant snapshot

Here is the high level procedure:

Once the backups are complete, we need to reverse process.

Full-sized instant snapshot-Process

Disk are used for this setup:

1.Prepare Volume for snapshot:

2.Make the Snap Volume:

v oravol1-snap - ENABLED ACTIVE 204800 SELECT - fsgen

5.To refresh snapshot:

6.To mount the snapshot:

7.Testing the snapshot:

8.Trying to refresh the snapshot:

9.SPLIT snap-volume to new diskgroup:

# vxprint -hvtg UXDG-SNAP

If the volume is in disabled state,recover using the below command

# vxsnap -g UXDG refresh oravol1-snap source=oravol1

In a order to refresh the snapshot,

10.To get the snapshot details:

To restore data using snapshot:

Here i am deleting the /apporavol1 data

To Delete the snapshot:

You cant delete the snap-volume using vxassist command.

# vxassist -g UXDG remove volume oravol1-snap

Step:2 Delete the snapshot volume

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