I have an update for this thread:

Spectrum Protect (TSM) support for NetApp snapshot-assisted 
progressive incremental backup (some may refer to it as "SnapDiff")
for Clustered Data ONTAP (CDOT) is targeted for next month (July 2015).


Del

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Del Hoobler/Endicott/IBM wrote on 03/11/2015 12:36:11 PM:

> From: Del Hoobler/Endicott/IBM
> To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Date: 03/11/2015 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: support for SnapDiff on NetApp filers running CDOT?
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> That status is not quite correct.
> 
> IBM has the APIs, that's true. IBM also has them implemented
> and working successfully in the lab. 
> 
> IBM is working directly with NetApp on some special details 
> about how we support SnapDiff (and NDMP) with CDOT.
> 
> And so, at this point, I cannot give a definitive status
> until those discussions are completed.
> 
> 
> Del
> 
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> 
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/11/2015
> 11:52:39 AM:
> 
> > From: "Schaub, Steve" <Steve_Schaub AT BCBST DOT COM>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Date: 03/11/2015 11:53 AM
> > Subject: support for SnapDiff on NetApp filers running CDOT?
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > 
> > Has anyone heard when Tivoli is going to release a version of 
> > SnapDiff that works on Clustered Data Ontap 8 (think latest version 
> > is 8.2 or 8.3)?  My understanding is that NetApp has given the API's
> > to IBM, waiting on IBM to incorporate them.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Steve Schaub
> > Systems Engineer II, Backup/Recovery
> > Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
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