My understanding is that NDMP support will be added to the AIX
server in TSM version 5. Don't know if that version changes the
requirements of direct-attached.

Why Tivoli chose to start with the Windows platform for an
enterprise-level protocol like NDMP is still beyond me. We are
eagerly anticipating support for NDMP on AIX.

 -- Tom

Thomas A. La Porte
DreamWorks SKG
tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT com

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Prather, Wanda wrote:

>.... but, from what I have read on the Tivoli web site, you can only get
>NDMP support if your tsm SERVER is on Windows, and if your tape drives are
>direct attached to the NAS device, which means you  have to be SAN.
>
>Am I reading that correctly, or am I missing something here?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joshua S. Bassi [mailto:jbassi AT IHWY DOT COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:49 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Network Appliance - Filer backup - (DAR) Direct Access
>Restore
>
>
>TSM support NDMP at this time.
>
>
>--
>Joshua S. Bassi
>Sr. Solutions Architect
>IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark
>Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM
>Cell (415) 215-0326
>jbassi AT ihwy DOT com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
>Gates, Gerald P.
>Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:44 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Network Appliance - Filer backup - (DAR) Direct Access Restore
>
>Can Tivoli backup up a Network Appliance - Filer using (DAR) Direct
>Access
>Restore? Veritas said they will have this in version 5.0 later this
>year.
>Gerry
>
>