Is it normal additional volumes are created on the storage cluster when taking Veeam backups?
Applies to
- NetApp Element Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication version
Answer
Yes - This is expected behaviour. The Veeam user will send API calls to the storage cluster to:
- Create a clone of the volume
- Add the clone to a new volume access group (VAG)
- Take a snapshot from the cloned volume (not visible in Active IQ)
- Delete the VAG
- Delete/purge the cloned volume when the snapshot is complete
Additional Information
An example of events noticed from NetApp SolidFire Active IQ during a Veeam backup of volumeID 31 with temporary volumeID 357:
EventID |
Time |
Type |
Message |
Details |
|
371486 |
2020-05-03 03:45:16 |
apiEvent |
API Call (PurgeDeletedVolume) |
{ "success": true, "params": { "volumeID": 357, "requestAPIVersion": "11.5" }, "method": "PurgeDeletedVolume", "context": { "ip": "10.92.50.252", "user": "veeam" } } |
|
371485 |
2020-05-03 03:45:16 |
apiEvent |
API Call (DeleteVolume) |
{ "success": true, "params": { "volumeID": 357, "requestAPIVersion": "11.5" }, "method": "DeleteVolume", "context": { "ip": "10.92.50.252", "user": "veeam" } } |
|
371484 |
2020-05-03 03:45:14 |
apiEvent |
API Call (CreateVolumeAccessGroup) |
{ "success": true, "params": { "initiators": [ "iqn.<host>" ], "volumes": [ 357 ], "name": "<VeeamInitiator>", "requestAPIVersion": "11.5" }, "method": "CreateVolumeAccessGroup", "context": { "ip": "10.92.50.252", "user": "veeam" } } |
|
371480 |
2020-05-03 03:45:09 |
cloneEvent |
Clone volume succeeded |
{ "vvolOperation": null, "virtualVolumeID": null, "srcVolumeID": 31, "volumeID": 357, "cloneID": 314 } |
|
371472 |
2020-05-03 03:45:08 |
cloneEvent |
Clone volume started |
{ "vvolOperation": null, "virtualVolumeID": null, "srcVolumeID": 31, "volumeID": 357, "cloneID": 314 } |