You can use NDMP to backup one Netapp to the tapedrive attached to another
Netapp.  All managed under Netbackup.    However it's a very poor practice
and the performance is horrible.

> From veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu  Tue Feb 20 19:45:28 2001
> 
> Hi,
>       NetBackup when using NDMP is the limiting factor here. Right now,
>       NetBackup requires tape drives to be directly attached to a
>       filer, since it only supports backing up a filer to a locally
>       attached drive, or one filer to another filer's locally attached
>       drive when employing NDMP. Many customers have asked for NetBackup
>       to support backing up data via NDMP to tape devices attached to
>       a Media Server. This requires more changes to NetBackup. NetApp
>       and VERITAS are working on supplying this functionality in a future
>       release of NetBackup. If you need more info, you should talk to
>       VERITAS, since I'm not at liberty to provide their product plans
>       or timescales.
> 
> Cheers,
>       Grant 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zufall, Ken [mailto:KZufall AT officemax DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:17 AM
> To: 'Dan Smith'
> Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Question on NDMP proxy
> 
> 
> Dan,
> 
> My experience with the Netapp filer leads me to say that no, you can't do
> this.  If you're using NDMP, you have to use direct attached drives/library.
> NFS would be the way to go if not able to use NDMP.  Of course, I could be
> wrong, but our Veritas reps have indicated that if we don't want to use
> NDMP, the only way to get backups in is via NFS or CIFS.
> 
> Ken Zufall
> Technical Analyst
> Phone: 216.471.3613
> Pager: 440.303.1656
> Fax: 216.491.4051
> 
> "It's not the most intellectual job, but I do have to know all the letters."
> Vanna White
> 
> 
> 
>               -----Original Message-----
>               From:   Dan Smith [mailto:afcjetsfan1 AT yahoo DOT com]
>               Sent:   Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:44 AM
>               To:     veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>               Subject:        [Veritas-bu] Question on NDMP proxy
> 
>               All,
> 
>               I have a question on this NDMP proxy.  I understand I
>               can back up an Netapp NDMP filer to another Netapp
>               filer directly connected to a library via NDMP.   What
>               happens if I have only have one Netapp (not all of us
>               are so lucky to have two) and it is not near the
>               library.   Can I do NDMP proxy through a SUN Solaris
>               machine via NDMP.   I know I can do this with NFS and
>               Netbackup but can I do it with NDMP?
> 
> 
>               > -----Original Message-----
>               > From: Dennis Dwyer [mailto:dfdwyer AT tecoenergy DOT com]
>               > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:36 AM
>               > To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>               > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Any New NDMP Features in NBU
>               3.4?
>               > 
>               > 
>               > I was wondering if there are any major enhancements
>               to NDMP when I go 
>               from
>               > NBU 3.2 to 3.4? I specifically interested in the
>               capability to 
>               restore to an
>               > alternate target. According to the 3.2 docs I can
>               only restore to the
>               > storage device I backed up from. It would be nice to
>               be able to place 
>               it
>               > somewhere else. What else, if anything, can I
>               expect. We're talking 
>               NBU on
>               > an NT platform by the way.
>               > 
>               > Regards,
>               > Dennis Dwyer
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