Also, if the customer is accessing the filer in a 'mixed-mode' (CIFS
and NFS), NFS backups will not capture the Windows ACLs.

Jon

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Alvarez, Martin BGI SDC wrote:

> 
> I can confirm without a doubt that backing up via nfs is very slow (also
> depending on the data size) and unless you have a very large backup window,
> I would look to dedicate a drive (the Veritas preferred method) and back up
> the filer using the ndmp option.
> Of course we did not have the tape library bandwidth to dedicate drives, so
> we just went with the nfs option and the backups take well over 20+ hours or
> more.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kennedy [mailto:jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 6:33 AM
> To: Ang Chip Chiang NCS
> Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing up NetApps filer
> 
> 
> You don't need an ndmp license or agent, you can back it up via nfs from
> the IBM if you want.  You may have time issues depending on how much
> data is on the filer as nfs performance is much slower than ndmp dumps.
> 
> ~JK
> 
> Ang Chip Chiang NCS wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a customer who has a IBM H80 (Unix) server that is attached to a
> > NetApps server.
> > 
> > May I know how I can backup the filer.
> > 
> > Let's say I have Unix Media server, can I just backup the IBM H80 (as the
> > NetApps is mounted on it) like a normal Unix client or do I need an NDMP
> > agent?
> > 
> > Pls kindly advice.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > ACC
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