I ran in to an issue. Using networker the default timeout on a backup
group is 30 minutes. NDMP backup with NETAPP have to walk the entire
filesystem to determine the files to backup. On differential backups it
was sometimes taking longer then 30 minutes. I changed by group timeout
value to 90 minutes. I have not had a failure since. 

EDWARD COTY
LEAD STORAGE ENGINEER, LCNA
WORK - 973-533-2098
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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Fazil Saiyed
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:20 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] ndmp from a netapp file

Hello,
Seems like something else is going on during NDMP backups, after
checking your config and ndmp versions, filer os versions etc.
Since NDMP backups are based on snapshots, i dont beleive deleting files
while backups are running has any thing to do with it.
check how busy the filer is during the backups, there is an NDMP log
directory under etc share that can be configured and there is also an
option to increase the debug level via ndmp cmd & Filer options.
I do not use all as saveset , we specifically enter each qtree\vol that
needs backup, in my experiance ndmp backups have been very stable.
If you need to see what's getting backed up, just check the savegrp logs
or run a mock restore to the filer and it will list everything that has
been backed up.
Have you checked the now site for any KB's.
HTH

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