What does your NetApp client configuration look like?
What does your "backup command:" set to?
What is your "Application Information:" set to?
What is your "Save set:" set to?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Kilpatrick, Mark
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:01 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] NDMP 7.2
>
> The interesting thing here is that your backups ran correctly
> before the upgrade. I am going to run a test on our old
> system to compare the difference in time (networker 7.1.3).
>
> My backup just spent 30 minutes appearing to do nothing. Then
> it started to write to disk. If my 120,000 files took 30 mins
> then your ten million files could take approx 20 hours.
>
> Can you try a smaller volume specified in the saveset? I will
> let you know how my test with 7.1.3 goes.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N.J.Tustain [mailto:N.J.Tustain AT OPEN.AC DOT UK]
> Sent: 25 October 2005 14:17
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] NDMP 7.2
>
> Stan/Mark,
>
> Thanks for the responses.
>
> We are running Networker nw_7_2_LGTpa69733.Build.6 Eval,
> which at the time of installation I believe was the latest
> version plus a fix for a portmapper vulnerability. Since
> we've added subsequent patches:
> 75442,72402,75831.
>
> We have 3 NDMP clients the largest being 110GB, but with
> 10million files!
>
> Our Filer is a NetApp F810, running NDMP version 3, which is
> still apparently supported.
>
> This all worked fine until the Networker upgrade. Apparently
> 7.2 now deals with NDMP backups in a modified way utilising
> disk as opposed to memory, to increase backup performance!
> Our ...\nsr\tmp directory now requires over 4GB of free space
> and also apparently only supports up to
> 15 levels (not sure if that's a new feature)
>
> I'm fairly sure the nothing is happening, twice I've set the
> backup running...checking late at night (were the data component was
> completing) in the morning the group is still active, but
> nothing is happening....so its been left for around 8 hours.
>
> I noticed that when a backup is set running, before a backup
> rate is indicated against a drive it shows 192KB, that is
> still the case.
>
> In an attempt to secure to tape I've started using the Filers' 'dump'
> command, although I haven't been able to perform a test restore.
>
> Thanks
> Nick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Horwitz [mailto:stan AT temple DOT edu]
> Sent: 25 October 2005 12:51
> To: Legato NetWorker discussion; N.J.Tustain
> Subject: Re: [Networker] NDMP 7.2
>
>
>
> On Oct 25, 2005, at 3:36 AM, N.J.Tustain wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Since upgrading to 7.2 we've had trouble backing up our
> NDMP clients.
> > Since the upgrade, we've patched Networker
> (75442,72402,75831), which
> > changed the behaviour. The present issue appears to be, the
> local data
>
> > part of the backup writes to tape, but the index isn't
> written back to
>
> > the NW server. The group sits active with no activity, although
> > nsrndmp_save and nsrndmp_2fh processes are still running.
> >
> > Has anyone else had similar problems and found a workaround?
>
> Are you running NetWorker 7.2.1? What kind of NAS are you working
> with? I am running NetWorker 7.2.1 and NDMP backups work fine, as do
> recovers. I did have a problem with a test I did of backing up NDMP
> data to non-NDMP tape devices where the backup succeeded, but the
> recover failed. This is with using a Mirapoint message store as the
> NDMP client.
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