ADSM-L

Network Data Management Protocol

1997-04-14 12:03:49
Subject: Network Data Management Protocol
From: Michael Fink <Michael.Fink AT UIBK.AC DOT AT>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:03:49 +0200
Dear Fellow-ADSM-ers,

I was recently pointed to a vendors' and users' initiative targeted to
create a vendor-independent standard protocol for network-based backup.

Quoted from http://www.ndmp.org/summary.html :

    The purpose of this protocol is to allow a backup of a host
    without requiring a full port of the backup software product.
    The backup and restore solution is partitioned in a way that
    minimizes the amount of software required on the host with the
    tape drive attached.

With the emergence of file server products runnning specialized,
non-general-purpose operating systems, the need for such a
standardized interface increases.

I would like to solicit comments by other users and ADSM development
whether this is perceived as a widespread and important need and if
there are considerations to integrate this protocol into IBM's storage
management product suite.

Sincerely,  Michael Fink

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