Discovering and adding PowerScale configured with SmartConnect and multiple access zones
For NAS,
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance supports multiple access zone and SmartConnect zone names with PowerScale. These zone name allows you to protect PowerScale NAS assets across all zones and use the SmartConnect zone names for backup and recovery.
SmartConnect acts as a DNS delegation server to return IP addresses for SmartConnect zones, generally for load-balancing connections to the PowerScale cluster. See the
PowerScale OneFS Web Administration Guide for more information about SmartConnect and its configuration detail.
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance discovers and adds shares or exports from all the access zones in the PowerScale appliance.
PowerScale appliance added as asset source
You can add a PowerScale appliance with the management node IP. See
Add a NAS appliance for more information. Shares and exports from both system and nonsystem access zones are discovered and added to the
Assets page.
NOTE:
You can identify whether the zone is a system or a nonsystem zone from the
Zone/Server Name/IP column on the
NAS tab of the
Infrastructure >
Assets page.
After making any configuration changes in PowerScale or NAS appliances, run a discovery in PowerProtect Data Manager to view the recent status of assets.
Along with these asset source entries, entries added in previous releases are also listed on the
Asset Source
page. If there are duplicate entries, you can delete the duplicates.
PowerScale shares added as asset sources
PowerScale shares can be added as generic asset sources in PowerProtect Data Manager. See
Add a NAS share for more information. You can add generic shares with the management node IP (system zone shares or exports), zone IP, or SmartConnect zone name. Existing shares that are added with the management node IP remain generic PowerScale shares and are not added as assets. However, shares that are added with the zone IP or SmartConnect zone name are added as assets.
NOTE:
You can view zone names of discovered NAS assets under the
Zone/Server Name/IP column on the
NAS tab of the
Infrastructure >
Assets page.
You can add shares with a SmartConnect zone name, regardless of their NFS or CIFS type.
If you want to add a system zone share as a generic asset source from
PowerScale, add those with the management node IP to prevent the mount operation for that share from failing.
Access zone names greater than 255 bytes cannot be protected by
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance DNAS due to
PowerScale limitations.
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