I know of at least three ways of backing up a NetApp

1) Mount the filesystems to a host and use the normal client app to do the 
backups. People swear by this, but I wouldn't recommend it. Too many issues 
with performance and/or robustness for something as important as backups IMHO.

2) Use NDMP protocol (requires license from Legato) and either have locally 
shared or dedicated tape. Savesets are saved in NetApp dump format and cannot 
be mixed with the same tapes/streams as other backups even on shared storage. 
Even though the performance is arguably the fastest for the backups, you may 
have issues with backhitch, etc as the storage device and dump command may have 
issues keeping tape devices fully spinning.

3) Use NDMP protocol (requires license from Legato) and backup over the net. 
Savesets are multiplexed within regular savestreams and can go into the same 
pools/tapes as normal backups as well as D2D2T architechtures. The actual data 
is still the NetApp dump but it is encapsulated within a Legato savestream data 
protocol. This is what we do, and has worked well.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Werth,
> Dave
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:27 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] NetApp
> 
> We will be installing our first NetApp appliance shortly after the new year.  
> Up to now
> all of our storage has been directly attached to servers.  I know there has 
> been lots of
> discussion of this topic on the list in the past but I haven't paid much 
> attention to it
> since it didn't apply to us.  At least at first we will be backing it up to 
> our existing
> backup server instead of setting the NetApp up as a storage node.
> 
> So, what advice can people give about setting up the NetApp and backing it 
> up?  Anything
> will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks, Dave
> 
> Dave Werth
> Garmin AT, Inc.
> Salem, Oregon
> 
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