Re: [Networker] Long NDMP Backups
2008-02-28 15:13:42
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/
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