Restore NDMP backup to a no-NAS location

[Rukkot]

Hi all,

I'm setting up a new TSM server and I'm thinking of using NDMP as an archive solution for long retention copies of our files located in a NetApp device. For daily copies I prefer doing them at CIFS/NFS level due to their faster and easier recovery mechanism.

Considering that some of them may be kept for several months or years, I would prefer to store their data in a neutral format. I would like not depending on having a NetApp within the next years when someone could ask for an old copy. I'm pretty sure that recovering files/directories from a NDMP copy to a Linux or Windows share cannot be done, but let me know if someone here with more experience in NDMP backups has a solution for this or if it is absolutely impossible.

In any case, what do you use for long time retention copies of NAS devices? (backupsets?, archives?).

Thanks,

 

[moon-buddy]

Hi all,

I'm setting up a new TSM server and I'm thinking of using NDMP as an archive solution for long retention copies of our files located in a NetApp device. For daily copies I prefer doing them at CIFS/NFS level due to their faster and easier recovery mechanism.

Considering that some of them may be kept for several months or years, I would prefer to store their data in a neutral format. I would like not depending on having a NetApp within the next years when someone could ask for an old copy. I'm pretty sure that recovering files/directories from a NDMP copy to a Linux or Windows share cannot be done, but let me know if someone here with more experience in NDMP backups has a solution for this or if it is absolutely impossible.

In any case, what do you use for long time retention copies of NAS devices? (backupsets?, archives?).

Thanks,

Simply putting it - staying away from NDMP.

I do file level backup/archive.

 

[Rukkot]

Simply putting it - staying away from NDMP.

I do file level backup/archive.

Thanks for your answer. I was thinking on performing monthly backups with NDMP (faster and they should last just for 1 year) and yearly copies with a backupset/archive solution (they last for several years).

In any case you confirmed me what I supposed.