Well my problem is the mirrored volumes are always in a lag of 30
minutes toan housr and ar in never idle state.  Now in that scenario,
what would be the best way to backup.

I do have huge number of qtrees and I do not want to add those in my
selection list and just want to add volumes.


Thanks
On Apr 2, 2005 1:36 AM, Tim Berger <tim.berger AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> snapvaulted/snapmirrored volumes are treated no differently than any
> other volume when using NDMP.  You specify qtrees in the include list.
>  Snapshots are made on-the-fly.
> 
> However, I recommend creating an ndmp_start_path_notify script to
> check for volumes that are still "Transferring" data and fail out to
> re-queue the job if this is the case.  This will avoid backing up
> yesterday's vault data.  Adjust your media server's retries per hour
> accordingly.
> 
> On Apr 1, 2005 9:01 PM, Algo Seeker <algorithm AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> > I have searched the list and last postings were in Dec 2002. I want to
> > backup a snapmirrored volume (the destination) using NDMP. Do I have
> > to use the snapshot from the volume or there exist any better options.
> >
> > Also is there any body who is successful in doing a snapmirror to tape 
> > option?
> >
> > Thanks
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