>I'll bite, what's NDMP?

NDMP                                    Network Data Management Protocol.
                                        NDMP provides a protocol framework for
                                        data management in a multi-vendor data
                                        server environment. By defining a
                                        networked protocol that abstracts data
                                        management application functionality
                                        from data service providers, NDMP
                                        minimizes the administrative management
                                        logic that resides on data servers and
                                        allows interoperability with a variety
                                        of data management solutions.
                                        See: www.ndmp.org

 Richard Sims, BU