162 NetApp AltaVault Cloud Integrated Storage Administration Guide
Transferring data to the cloud using Amazon Snowball Seeding data using Snowball
For the manifest-file-url, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, or FTP can be used. For example:
hostname (config)# seed snowball manifest-file fetch http://192.168.1.1/tools/DIJ9bfa9234-
0256-c451-8abc-62db308017040_manifest.bin
8. Enter the following command to verify the manifest file has been downloaded:
hostname (config)# show seed snowball manifest-file
9. Enter the following command to verify connectivity with Snowball:
hostname (config)# ping <snowball ip address>
10. Start transferring data to Snowball:
hostname (config)# seed snowball start ip <ip> unlock-code <code> secret-key <key>
11. Enter the following command to check the seeding status:
hostname (config)# show seed
When data transfer is done, or the Snowball appliance is full, the seeding status changes to Paused.
12. When the transfer is complete, power off and disconnect the Snowball from AVA. A shipping label will appear on
the E-Ink display. Ship the Snowball appliance(s) back to AWS for copying of the data to the cloud bucket.
13. Enter the following command to delete the current manifest file from AltaVault:
hostname (config)# seed snowball manifest-file delete
Note: Do not start replication service on AltaVault at this time. You must verify the data transfer on Amazon before enabling
replication to the cloud.
14. After shipping all of the Snowball(s) used by AltaVault to Amazon, verify the data transfer in AWS and complete
the seeding operation as described in “Verifying and completing data transfer” on page 163.
Managing data transfers on AltaVault
AltaVault provides additional commands for monitoring and managing Snowball data transfer on the AltaVault.
To display the seeding progress to a Snowball
1. Enter the following command to display seed status from AltaVault to Snowball using the
show seed command.
Status Description
Not started Snowball copy is not started. AltaVault can also enter this state
after successfully stopping or canceling a job.
Copying data Copying data to Snowball is in progress.
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