NFS v4 Datastores in VMware how to view .snapshot directory | NetApp | Page 1

knotty meadow Jun 20, 2024, 3:02 AM

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It seems if you mount a "Datastore"\Volume with NFS V4 in VMware you do not get visibility .snapshot folder.

From reading its still there just not displayed

https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/da/NAS/NAS-KBs/Why_isnt_the_snapshot_directory_visible_in_an_ls_al_output_on_an_NFS_client.

So when you view\browse the Datastore and the Files its not listed so you can not click into it.

I need to restore the NetApp SnapCenter for VMware as it is corrupted but i can not seem to do it from vCenter.

Any ideas ?

jovial vessel Jun 20, 2024, 3:08 AM

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in the volumes property, do you have the 'enable' box checked for making it visible?

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knotty meadow Jun 20, 2024, 3:10 AM

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yes

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its a 100% NFS 4 thing

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and i cannot mount it again a NFS3 as VMware will not allow that

jovial vessel Jun 20, 2024, 3:11 AM

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oye, never had the problem.
But that article says you can still access the directory, you just don't see it. which is odd

knotty meadow Jun 20, 2024, 3:12 AM

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100% no .snapshot on NFSv4 mounted

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i have a NFS v3 and its there

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jovial vessel Jun 20, 2024, 3:14 AM

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yea. the note says you wont see it, but you can still access it. which seems strange, no idea why you can't see it listed

knotty meadow Jun 20, 2024, 3:35 AM

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ok i have managed a workaround.. brain not thinking today.. i took a flex clone of the snapshot in ONTAP made a clone volumed. mounted that into vCenrter with NFS 3 and .snapshot is there.. Now the copy out of the clone back to the NFS4 datastore, once done ill re-import VM using vCenter..

jovial vessel Jun 20, 2024, 5:24 AM

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that seems like a major headache to get to the data.
Could you not access the directory by name directly as the doc stated?

I dont have a vmware system anymore to do any testing with (thanks broadcom)

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