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Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup protecting 30TB - 60TB NetApp over NDMP.

2008-04-21 14:46:14
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup protecting 30TB - 60TB NetApp over NDMP.
From: Jim Hall <james_f_hall AT yahoo DOT com>
To: A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT taos DOT com>, veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:16:46 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks.

I had read it might become avail in 6.5, but realize
that information is now probably bogus.

I am kind of wishing there was a tighter integration
between what the NetApp has built-in for creating its
snapshots and a receptor on the NBU side.

--Jim

--- A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT taos DOT com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:55:17AM -0700, Jim Hall
> wrote:
> > What if I NDMP to a DSU on a NetBackup Media
> server?
> > Is that still unavailable for synths?
> 
> You can't create synthetic fulls with NDMP.  The
> protocol (currently)
> doesn't specify anything about the format of the
> data.  So it's just an
> opaque object to the backup system.
> 
> Without a required format, there's no way for NBU to
> operate on the data
> (which would be needed to create a synthetic full).
> 
> -- 
> Darren Dunham                                       
>    ddunham AT taos DOT com
> Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS           
> http://www.taos.com/
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> Francisco, CA bay area
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