On Feb 17, 2011, at 2:06 AM, N.J.Tustain wrote:

> Thanks for the info. It's still failing....any thoughts on this lot?

It looks like you're still missing the -M flag in the nsrndmp_save command 
line; it's still trying to back up to a locally-connected (to the Celerra) 
device. The -M flag will make it send the data stream over the network back to 
the networker server (or storage node).

[...]
> nsrndmp_save -T dump -P potoo.open.ac.uk -s fulmar -c celerra1-backup -g 
> TestNick -l full -LL -W 78 -N /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1

This should have -M after the '-T dump' argument.

-dalvenjah

> 40473:savegrp: command ' nsrndmp_save -T dump -P potoo.open.ac.uk -s fulmar 
> -c celerra1-backup -g TestNick -l full -LL -W 78 -N /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 
> /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1' for client celerra1-backup exited with return code -1.
> 32496:savegrp: job (3122353) host: celerra1-backup savepoint: 
> /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 had ERROR indication(s) at completion.
> 64690:savegrp: savegrp:TestNick * celerra1-backup:/root_vdm_1/iso_fs1  See 
> the file /nsr/tmp/sg/TestNick/sso.celerra1-backup.PWqGXF for output of save 
> command.
> 7341:savegrp: celerra1-backup:/root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 failed.
> 7339:savegrp: celerra1-backup:/root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 will retry 1 more time(s)
> 32494:savegrp: celerra1-backup:/root_vdm_1/iso_fs1           started
> nsrndmp_save -T dump -P potoo.open.ac.uk -s fulmar -c celerra1-backup -g 
> TestNick -l full -LL -W 78 -N /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1
> 40473:savegrp: command ' nsrndmp_save -T dump -P potoo.open.ac.uk -s fulmar 
> -c celerra1-backup -g TestNick -l full -LL -W 78 -N /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 
> /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1' for client celerra1-backup exited with return code -1.
> 32496:savegrp: job (3122355) host: celerra1-backup savepoint: 
> /root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 had ERROR indication(s) at completion.
> 64690:savegrp: savegrp:TestNick * celerra1-backup:/root_vdm_1/iso_fs1  See 
> the file /nsr/tmp/sg/TestNick/sso.celerra1-backup.fClrGf for output of save 
> command.
> 7341:savegrp: celerra1-backup:/root_vdm_1/iso_fs1 failed.
> 7241:savegrp: nsrim run recently, skipping
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dalvenjah FoxFire [mailto:dalvenjah AT DAL DOT NET] 
> Sent: 17 February 2011 08:44
> To: EMC NetWorker discussion; N.J.Tustain
> Subject: Re: [Networker] celerra NDMP backup to AFTD
> 
> Try adding -M to the end of that command to use the NDMP DSA functionality, 
> i.e.:
> nsrndmp_save -T dump -M
> 
> If you want to use a storage node instead of the primary Networker server, 
> use:
> nsrndmp_save -T dump -M -P storagenode.example.com
> 
> (replace storagenode.example.com with your storage node's hostname, and make 
> sure the same storage node is set in the Storage Nodes field)
> 
> This should get you what you want; and you probably know this already, but 
> the backups will still be NDMP format, so you need to restore them to the 
> Celerra in order to make sense of the backup data.
> 
> -dalvenjah
> 
> On Feb 17, 2011, at 12:21 AM, N.J.Tustain wrote:
> 
>> Currently our celerra backups are secured to tape via a vbb based backup 
>> over the SAN.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Is it possible to backup a celerra over the network to a storage node and 
>> associated AFTD?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We do this simply with Netapp using dump, but nsrndmp_save -T dump on the 
>> celerra fails moaning about a lack of device.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The EMC document 'Configuring NDMP backups on the Celerra' is confusing, it 
>> suggests as far as I can tell that the only way to B2D is to create a VTLU, 
>> which comprises of disk already owned by the celerrra.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
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