We make CIFS backups from NetApp ONTAP 9.12 to Commvault using intellisnap.
When Commvault starts the backup, it first creates a snapshot, then a clone volume on the snapshot, and finally a cifs share.
Unfortunately, this way every file is pulled through the virus scanner, which reduces the performance a lot.
Is there a way to prevent Commvault from creating the clone volume and the new share?
Surely it should be possible to back up the direct path \\svm\volume\SP_2_snapshot? Then no new share would have to be created. The existing shares have a “writes-only” configuration, i.e. data is not scanned for viruses when it is read.
After changing the antiviros on Netapp to writes-only the throughput is 4 times higher. Does anyone know any best practice for this?
Thanks and regards,
Thomas
