Running a snapshot differential backup with an HTTPS connection

When you run a snapshot differential backup, you can use the snapdiffhttps option to create a secure HTTPS connection between the backup-archive client and the NetApp filer.

Before you begin

Before you begin a snapshot differential backup over an HTTPS connection, ensure that you configured the client as described in Configuring NetApp and IBM Spectrum Protect for snapshot difference incremental backups.

This method is available only at the command-line interface.

Procedure

To start a snapshot differential backup operation over an HTTPS connection, specify the incremental command with the snapdiff and snapdiffhttps options at the command-line interface.

For example, you are using a Linux® system with an NFS mounted file system /vol/vol1 hosted on the file server homestore.example.com. The /net/home1 directory is the mount point of /vol/vol1. Issue the following command:

dsmc incr /net/home1 -snapdiff -snapdiffhttps

For example, on a Windows system with a network share \\netapp1.example.com\vol1, where netapp1.example.com is a filer, issue the following command:

dsmc incr \\netapp1.example.com\vol1 -snapdiff -snapdiffhttps