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Protect your Google Cloud NetApp Volumes data with backup

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Protect your Google Cloud NetApp Volumes data with backup

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Overview

Google Cloud NetApp Volumes is a fully managed data storage service that lets you move file-based applications to Google Cloud. It has support for Network File System (NFSv3 and NFSv4.1) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocols built-in, so you don't need to re-architect your applications and can continue to get persistent storage for your applications.

Volume backups provide independent point-in-time copies of your volume. They can be used to store old backups and provide the necessary second copy of your data. Daily, weekly, and monthly backup schedules allow for RPOs starting at one day. Volume backups can only be restored as a whole. Creating a volume from a backup (RTO) can take hours, depending on the size of the backup.

In this lab you will learn how to manage Google Cloud NetApp Volumes backup.

Objectives

In this lab you will learn how to:

  • Create manual backup.
  • Set a backup schedule.
  • Restore a backup.

Prerequisites

Setup and requirements

Before you click the Start Lab button

Read these instructions. Labs are timed and you cannot pause them. The timer, which starts when you click Start Lab, shows how long Google Cloud resources will be made available to you.

This Qwiklabs hands-on lab lets you do the lab activities yourself in a real cloud environment, not in a simulation or demo environment. It does so by giving you new, temporary credentials that you use to sign in and access Google Cloud for the duration of the lab.

What you need

To complete this lab, you need:

  • Access to a standard internet browser (Chrome browser recommended).
  • Time to complete the lab.

Note: If you already have your own personal Google Cloud account or project, do not use it for this lab.

Note: If you are using a Pixelbook, open an Incognito window to run this lab.

How to start your lab and sign in to the Google Cloud Console

  1. Click the Start Lab button. If you need to pay for the lab, a pop-up opens for you to select your payment method. On the left is a panel populated with the temporary credentials that you must use for this lab.

  2. Copy the username, and then click Open Google Console. The lab spins up resources, and then opens another tab that shows the Sign in page.

    Tip: Open the tabs in separate windows, side-by-side.

  3. In the Sign in page, paste the username that you copied from the Connection Details panel. Then copy and paste the password.

    Important: You must use the credentials from the Connection Details panel. Do not use your Qwiklabs credentials. If you have your own Google Cloud account, do not use it for this lab (avoids incurring charges).

  4. Click through the subsequent pages:

    • Accept the terms and conditions.
    • Do not add recovery options or two-factor authentication (because this is a temporary account).
    • Do not sign up for free trials.

After a few moments, the Cloud Console opens in this tab.

Activate Cloud Shell

Cloud Shell is a virtual machine that is loaded with development tools. It offers a persistent 5GB home directory and runs on the Google Cloud. Cloud Shell provides command-line access to your Google Cloud resources.

In the Cloud Console, in the top right toolbar, click the Activate Cloud Shell button.

Click Continue.

It takes a few moments to provision and connect to the environment. When you are connected, you are already authenticated, and the project is set to your PROJECT_ID. For example:

gcloud is the command-line tool for Google Cloud. It comes pre-installed on Cloud Shell and supports tab-completion.

You can list the active account name with this command:

gcloud auth list

(Output)

Credentialed accounts: - <myaccount>@<mydomain>.com (active)

(Example output)

Credentialed accounts: - google1623327_student@qwiklabs.net

You can list the project ID with this command:

gcloud config list project

(Output)

[core] project = <project_ID>

(Example output)

[core] project = qwiklabs-gcp-44776a13dea667a6

Task 1. Mount the volume

  1. In the Cloud console, search for NetApp Volumes and access the service.

  2. Select Volumes from the menu on the left. You should see that there is already one volume created. Click on the Show more action menu on the right side of the volume volume1, then select Mount Instructions.

  3. Copy the instructions to mount the volume.

  4. Navigate to Compute Engine > VM Instances. You will find the active instance vm1.

  5. Connect to the VM1 by clicking the SSH button.

  6. Follow the instructions that you copied from the step 3:

  • Create a directory in the VM vm1.
  • Mount the volume.
  • Verify that the 100GiB volume has been mounted in your vm successfully.
df -h | grep share1

Click Check my progress to verify that you've performed the above task. Mount a volume

Task 2. Create a backup vault

A backup vault marks the location you store your backups in.

  1. Select Backup vaults under Data protection on the left side from the NetApp Volumes menu.

  2. Click on the Create button.

  3. In the Name field, enter the name vault1 for the backup vault.

  4. Region =

  5. Click on the Create button.

Click Check my progress to verify that you've performed the above task. Create a backup vault

Task 3. Create a manual backup

You can manage the backups using the Backups menu and within the Volumes menu.

  1. From the virtual machine vm1, create a couple of folders and files running the below commands.
sudo mkdir /share1/folder1 sudo mkdir /share1/folder2 sudo bash -c 'echo "important" > /share1/file1.txt' sudo bash -c 'echo "top secret" > /share1/file2.txt'
  1. You can list the content of the volume running the next command.
sudo ls /share1
  1. Go to the NetApp Volumes page in the Google Cloud console.

  2. Select Volumes from the menu on the left. Click on the volume volume1, then select the Backups tab.

  3. Click the Create backup button.

  4. In the Name field, enter the name backup1 for the backup.

  5. Keep the Backup source as Volumes current state

  6. In the the Backup vault select the vault1.

  7. Click the Create button.

When you create the first backup of a volume, all of the volume's used data is sent to the backup vault. Subsequent backups of the same volume only include data that has changed from the previous backup. This allows for fast incremental-forever backups and reduces the required capacity inside the backup vault.

  1. Select Backups under Data protection on the left side from the NetApp Volumes menu. You should be able to check the backup status.

Task 4. Set a backup schedule

Backup policies define a schedule for automated backup creation. You can define how many daily, weekly, and monthly backups of your data you want NetApp Volumes to retain. If a policy is attached to a volume, then backups will generate automatically.

  1. Select Backup policies under Policies on the left side from the NetApp Volumes menu.

  2. Click the Create button.

  3. In the Name field, enter the name policy1 for the backup.

  4. Region =

  5. You can customize the backup schedule configuration based on your RPO needs. As an example, you can include the next configuration:

  • Daily: Backups to keep = 30
  • Weekly: Backups to keep = 8
  • Monthly: Backups to keep = 12
  1. Click the Create button.

Click Check my progress to verify that you've performed the above task. Create a backup policy

Once that the backup policy has been created, you have to attach the policy policy1 to the volume volume1 to allows the backups be created automatically.

  1. Select Volumes from the menu on the left. Click on the volume volume1, then select the Backups tab.

  2. Click the Manage backup policy button.

  3. Enable the Allow scheduled backups checkbox.

  4. Select the backup policy policy1.

  5. Select the backup vault = vault1

  6. Click the Save button.

Click Check my progress to verify that you've performed the above task. Attach a policy to the volume

Task 5. Restore a backup

To restore a backup, you have to create a new volume from a backup.

  1. Go to the NetApp Volumes page in the Google Cloud console.

  2. Select Volumes from the menu on the left. Click on the volume volume1, then select the Backups tab.

  3. You should see the backup backup1 that you took in the task 3. If the backup status is still 'creating', wait some minutes.

  4. Click on the Show more action menu on the right side of the volume backup1, then select Create new volume from backup.

  5. Create the volume using the following information:

  • Name = restore-from-volume1

  • Storage Pool = select the storage pool pool1

  • Share name = share1-restored

  1. Click the Create button

The restore process time can take some time depending on the volume capacity.

Click Check my progress to verify that you've performed the above task. Restore a volume from a backup

Congratulations!

You have learned how to create manual backups, scheduled backups, and restore an entire volume from a backup.

Next steps / Learn more

Be sure to check out the official NetApp Volumes documentation:

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Manual last updated August 9, 2024

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