NetApp / nSeries backup question (non-NDMP backup): Has anyone else wanted to use the snapshotroot option for scheduled backups run from a NAS client? We run scheduled backups from NAS clients for sh
It seems that the snapshotroot option would be perfect for doing this, except for the fact that it only seems to work for 'selective' or 'incremental' backups run from the command line. I don't see
No, I'm sure you could put "-snapshotroot=xxx" in the options argument to the client scheduler. But your response made me realize that I left out one relevant point: We are backing up several NAS vo
Author: Pete Tanenhaus <tanenhau AT US.IBM DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:05:37 -0400
"Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm thinking that if I want to do this, I'll probably abandon the TSM Scheduler in favor of home-grown scripting. But I may just wait to see if snapdiff gets s
Allen, No, I'm sure you could put "-snapshotroot=xxx" in the options argument to the client scheduler. But your response made me realize that I left out one relevant point: We are backing up several
Author: Shawn Drew <shawn.drew AT AMERICAS.BNPPARIBAS DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:51:11 -0400
"Support for vFiler volumes with be in the TSM 6.40 client. Note that this support will require ONTAP version 8.1.1 or greater." Wow, this is huge! Is there a feature list posted for 6.4 somewhere? R
Thanks Allen. As it turns out, NetApp / nSeries snapshots do have predictable/static names. At that point, I'm not sure what the value would be of using the TSM scheduler, as opposed to (e.g.) cron.
Author: Cameron Hanover <chanover AT UMICH DOT EDU>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:22:14 -0400
Better yet, an ETA? - Cameron Hanover chanover AT umich DOT edu Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain Quaint