Guy Speier wrote:
>I read the following and it got me thinking, is there a way to run pre &
>post scripts (in the bp_start & bp_end fashion) for NDMP backups?

The next release (4.5) will have scripts for NDMP.

What are you interested in doing?


>How do I exclude files and directories from NDMP backups? 
>>From a NetApp engineer (via Rob Worman <rob AT colltech DOT com>): 
>The way to exclude files on NetApp when using NetBackup with NDMP is to use
>an entry in the file list that sets the EXCLUDE NDMP environmental variable.
>
>
>For example, if you wanted to exclude a directory named /vol/vol1/A, but
>wanted to dump the rest of the volume, your NetBackup class file list would
>look like this: 
>
>SET EXCLUDE = A 
>/vol/vol1 
>
>To exclude multiple files or directories, you would use commas to delimit
>the field: 
>
>SET EXCLUDE = A,B,C 
>/vol/vol1 
>
>The rules are stated as being the same as they are for native dump commands.
>
>
>The exclude list is specified relative to the dump path.  If a directory
>name or file name contains a space, you probably need to enclose the string
>in quotes: 
>
>SET EXCLUDE = 'file with space in name' 
>/vol/volx 
>
>Take a look at the ontap manuals for DUMP for more information. 
> 
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