Hi Nora,
We are leaving NetApp because of this. NetApp cost way too much and there is so 
many other vendors that does everything much better and more and for less $$$$.

But have you look at SnapDiff? That is an alternative for you.

Thanks
Christian Svensson

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From: Nora [mailto:tsm-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM] 
Sent: den 11 november 2013 13:09
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Can you abandon conventional NDMP backups for SnapVault?

Hello,

We have a lot of trouble with the conventional NDMP backup of our NetApp system 
with TSM. So we are considering alternatives.
We currently have snapshots enabled on our NetApp, but I was wondering whether 
it is realistic to completely depend on NetApp SnapVault for backup of the data 
on our NAS (in 10s of TBs) and completely abandon traditional NDMP backup? Has 
anyone tried this? Is it reliable to depend on SnapVault only, what are the 
problems / risks associated with that?
I would appreciate some insight.

Thanks,
Nora

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