Cloning a Snapshot in a Replication Package (BUI)
Note -
Cloning is a licensed feature. For details, refer to the "Oracle Software
License Agreement ("SLA") and Entitlement for Hardware Systems with Integrated
Software Options" and the appropriate Licensing Information User Manual for your
product.
Note -
Snapshots within a replication package can be temporary. It's possible for a
replication snapshot to be destroyed by replication updates, to accommodate new
snapshots from the source. Therefore, this procedure recommends disabling
replication updates for the package before cloning the replication
snapshot.
Use the following procedure to clone a replication snapshot within a replication
package.
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Go to the package that contains the share you want to clone.
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Select Shares > Projects.
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Click Replica above the list of projects.
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Hover over the package and click the edit icon
.
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Suspend replication updates for the replication package.
This will disable replication updates for a package entirely, which will
cancel any ongoing updates and cause new updates from the source appliance to
fail.
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In the replication package details page, select Replication.
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Click the power icon
to disable replication updates.
The status icon on the left indicates the status of the
package.
The package remains disabled until you re-enable it using the same
power icon
.
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Navigate to the share you want to clone.
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In the replication package details page, select the Shares tab.
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Hover over a filesystem or LUN and click the edit icon
.
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Click the Snapshots tab.
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Hover over the snapshot you want to clone and click the clone icon
.
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In the Create Clone dialog box, set the following fields.
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From the Project drop-down menu, select the destination
project.
The clone is created within the current project, by default, but you
can specify a different project.
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Type a name for the clone.
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(Optional) Click the lock icon
next to Mountpoint and set a mountpoint for the
clone.
If you leave this field locked, the mountpoint for the clone remains
as /export/<sharename>.
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(Optional) Click the lock icon
next to Resource name and enter one of the
following values:
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off - To disable
SMB.
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on - To enable SMB, so you
can share the clone over SMB. The name of the clone in SMB
matches the name of the clone in the appliance.
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<resource_name> - SMB is
enabled, so you can share the clone over SMB. The name of the
clone in SMB is the name you specify here instead of the name of
the clone in the appliance.
If you leave the Resource field locked, the Resource name property is
inherited from the snapshot you are cloning.
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(Optional) Check the Inherit key checkbox or uncheck the checkbox and
select the keystore (Local or OKM) and name of the encryption key you
want the clone to inherit.
If the box is checked, the keystore and keyname of the clone will be
that of the destination project.
If the box is unchecked, the keystore and keyname of the clone will be
that of the parent share. Alternatively, select a different keystore and
keyname from the drop-down menu.
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(Optional) Check the Retain Other Local Settings checkbox to cause any
inherited properties to be preserved as local settings in the new
clone.
This field determines whether inherited properties will come from the
parent dataset or the destination project. By default, the box is
unchecked, meaning that all inherited properties will come from the
destination project for the new clone. If you check the box, all
currently inherited properties will be preserved as local settings in
the new clone.
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Click APPLY to confirm the settings and create the clone.
The clone appears in the list of shares for the destination project you set.
You can work with a clone just like any other share.
Note -
Once a replication package snapshot is cloned, it will can no longer be
destroyed by replication updates from the source.
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Re-enable replication updates for the replication package.
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Navigate to the parent project of the share you just cloned.
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Click the Replication tab.
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Click the power icon
.
Ensure the status icon on the left is green, indicating that
replication updates have been enabled.