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Adding HTTP Access to a Share (BUI)
NDMP Backup with Type zfs
When backing up with type "zfs", administrators specify the data to backup by its canonical
name on the appliance. This can be found underneath the name of the share in the BUI:
FIGURE 29
or in the CLI as the value of the canonical_name property. Canonical names do not begin with a
leading '/', but when configuring the backup path the canonical name must be prefixed with '/'.
Both projects and shares can be specified for backup using type "zfs". If the canonical name is
specified as-is, then a new snapshot is created and used for the backup. A specific snapshot can
be specified for backup using the @snapshot suffix, in which case no new snapshot is created
and the specified snapshot is backed up. For example:
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Canonical name
pool-0/local/default
pool-0/local/default@yesterday
pool-0/local/default/code
pool-0/local/default/code@yesterday
Because level-based incremental backups using the "zfs" backup type require a base snapshot
from the previous incremental, the default behavior for level backups for which a new snapshot
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NDMP Share Name
Canonical Names and Shares Backed Up
Shares backed up
New snapshot of the local project called default and all
of its shares.
Named snapshot yesterday of local project default, and
all of its shares having snapshot yesterday.
New snapshot of share code in local project default.
code could be a filesystem or volume.
Named snapshot yesterday of share code in local project
default. code could be a filesystem or volume.