• As we stumble our way into using SnapManager, I read this article by a Netapp technician/blogger who says to avoid running index maintenance during "snaps."

    https://communities.netapp.com/blogs/abhishek/2012/06/05/things-to-keep-in-mind-when-running-index-optimization

    So my next question, since we're already "snapping" the data files over to a DR Netapp filer, is whether snapmanager "backups" use the same technology. We know from previous testing that sql snapmanager backups do write to the sql log, including information on the IO freeze. So since we're already snapping the data files (I'm told) regularly using what I think is called Snap Mirror, if they use the same technology as the "backups" then perhaps reindexing is not affected.