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Re: [Networker] Long NDMP Backups

2008-02-28 15:13:42
Subject: Re: [Networker] Long NDMP Backups
From: A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:08:17 +0000
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 01:01:22PM -0600, Troy Kutil wrote:
> What I am thinking is about how long it takes to do the backup. If 
> Networker creates a snapshot of the volume and then uses that information 
> to write to tape, or is Networker writing directly from the volume like 
> any other file system so to speak. If it is a snapshot then time is not as 
> important.

If you are talking to a Network Appliance filer via NDMP, then yes every
backup always comes from a snapshot.  It is not able to dump without
one. 

Networker isn't controlling the snapshots though.  Some NDMP devices may
not even have such capabilities.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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