164 NetApp AltaVault Cloud Integrated Storage Administration Guide
Transferring data to the cloud using Amazon Snowball Seeding data using Snowball
hostname (config)# service enable
2. Check that the data transfer completed successfully using the following command:
hostname (config)# seed snowball verify
The AltaVault runs a series of checks to verify the information transferred to the cloud bucket matches what was
copied to Snowball.
3. Enter the following command to check the verification status:
hostname (config)# show seed
If the transfer to the cloud was successful, the verification status changes to Completed. For a list of status
messages, see “Managing data transfers on AltaVault” on page 162.
4. After the verification is complete, instruct AltaVault to end Snowball actions by entering the following command:
hostname (config)# seed snowball stop
After stopping the process, AltaVault cleans up related files, including deletion of the manifest file.
5. Start the replication service on AltaVault:
hostname (config)# replication service enable
Normal backup operations to the cloud resume, including any data that was not copied to the cloud using
Snowball.