Hello Eliott

I believe that with the netapp's netbackup 4.5FP3 supports NDMP version 4.
If you want to use the datamover feature wherein the backup server can be
used as a NDMP server then the software only supports version 2.

len
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barlow, Eliott" <ebarlow AT usatoday DOT com>
To: "Kennedy, Jeffrey" <jkennedy AT qualcomm DOT com>; "Len Boyle"
<Len.Boyle AT sas DOT com>; "Jim Horalek" <jimh AT federaledge DOT com>; "Shai 
Harmelin"
<sharmelin AT isilon DOT com>; <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] veritas support for NDMP DAR


> What about the fact the NetBackup 4.5FP3 only supports NDMP version
2....does anybody know if NB5x supports a higher version for backing up
100's on TB of data???
>
> Eli
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu on behalf of Kennedy,
Jeffrey
> Sent: Thu 3/25/2004 4:20 PM
> To: Len Boyle; Jim Horalek; Shai Harmelin;
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] veritas support for NDMP DAR
>
>
>
> Ouch, forgot about that little tidbit.  It's disheartening that the
> leading backup software is the absolute worst for NDMP.
> Especially for those with 100+TB of the stuff...
>
> ~JK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-
> > admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Len Boyle
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:25 PM
> > To: Jim Horalek; Kennedy, Jeffrey; Shai Harmelin; veritas-
> > bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] veritas support for NDMP DAR
> >
> > At least with the netapp boxes there are limits.
> > The restore feature came with the 4.5 fp3, but the backup had to occur
> at
> > some level of 4.5 or higher in order to save the tape index for the
> tape
> > data in the netbackup catalog.
> >
> > The netapp dar support with netbackup 4.5 and 5 is only for files and
> not
> > for restores of directories.
> >
> > len
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Jim
> Horalek
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:55 PM
> > To: 'Kennedy, Jeffrey'; 'Shai Harmelin';
> > veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] veritas support for NDMP DAR
> >
> >
> > Also DAR isn't supported on every NDMP appliance.
> > Of course it is supported on Netapp.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
> > Kennedy,
> > Jeffrey
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:04 AM
> > To: Shai Harmelin; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] veritas support for NDMP DAR
> >
> >
> > Support for this is in 4.5 (either FP3 or 6, can't remember when it
> hit).
> > It has to be explicitly turned on and only backups done
> post-activation
> > will
> > take advantage of it.
> >
> > ~JK
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-
> > > admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Shai Harmelin
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:01 AM
> > > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > > Subject: [Veritas-bu] veritas support for NDMP DAR
> > >
> > > Hi List,
> > >
> > > How does Veritas NetBackup supports Direct Access Restore for NDMB
> > > restore operations?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Shai
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