Networker

Re: [Networker] Archiving and Pools; NDMP and Pools

2003-10-17 11:47:41
Subject: Re: [Networker] Archiving and Pools; NDMP and Pools
From: Philippe Michel <Philippe.Michel AT THALES-IS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:45:49 +0200
Stan Horwitz wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Terry Lemons wrote:
>
> >Hi Deb
> >
> >If you plan to send backups from the NetApp via a LAN to the NetWorker
> >Server and on to its autochanger's tape drives, you'll need to purchase and
> >install the NetWorker SnapImage Module (you need the NDMP tape service
> >provided by this software bundle).
>
> For those doing NDMP backups with 6.1.1, an upgrade to 6.1.3 is worth
> considering. According to the release notes for 6.1.3, there are fixes to
> some problems with 6.1.1 and the way it handles NDMP stuff.

True.

> It is also worth noting that SnapImage is a bitch to install on Solaris.
> SnapImage is a separately licensed product and it also requires exclusive
> access to a raw disk device, but the documentation has details about that.

This is not that bad :
- there is important setup information spread between NetWorker admin manual, 
NetWorker release notes and SnapImage installation manual and you may stumble a 
few times if yo don't read and understand it, but SnapImage is hardly "a bitch 
to install"
- if used only for the NDMP tape service, SnapImage doesn't need a raw disk 
device. In this case, you don't even need to install all the packages, 
LGTOnddrv and LGTOndmpd (for Sun, the names may differ slightly for HP) are 
enough.

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