How to add a server to the snapshot access tab

Question

Hello everyone, for my backup software (VEEAM) I have to grant my backup servers access to a LUNs snapshots. With the latest OE I cant find how to do that anymore. In older versions the web GUI gave me the option to grant a host access to either the LUN only, or to the LUN+Snapshots. The Snapshot seemed to have a fixed WWN which was different from the active LUN. Please see the screenshot to clarify what I am talking about: My 3 backup hosts are listed under Snapshot Access. How do I add backup host no 4? Another view: Under the host my existing backup server lists the active LUN + the Snapshot WWN for the active LUN. My new backup host does only show the active LUN WWN. How do I add the snapshot WWN? I was not able to explain this to EMC support. They wanted to show me how to attach an existing snapshot to a host. I know how to do that. My backup software cant access the snapshot to perform the backup off of it without this setting. Can anyone help? Thank you, Gerhard

DELL_ChrisHolloway · Accepted Answer

Hi

Take a look at this KB article which covers this change in Unisphere behaviour post OE 4.1:

498829 : Unity: Customer can on longer modify snapshot access from "ModifyAccess" under "Access" page in lun's properties Unisphere in OE4.1 and later.(User Correctable) https://support.emc.com/kb/498829

n8meister · Answer

Thanks for this link. I was able to set the snapshot mount point through the CLI.

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