Yep, this is correct. It is one of the reasons I have avoided NDMP backups
in favor of NFS/CIFS backups.

On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 03:23:58PM +0000, Huebner, Andy wrote:
> My understanding is NDMP is a standard for the transport of data, not the 
> format of the data.  I would not expect an NDMP backup from one vendor to 
> work on the next vendor.
>
> As an example: NetApp supports compression and does not decompress for the 
> backup.  They next system would have to understand NetApp compression.
>
> Andy Huebner
> SME - Storage and Backups GDC - Fort Worth
>
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> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] NDMP backups Restore
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> > On 05 Sep 2016, at 14:55, Nick Marouf <marouf AT GMAIL DOT COM> wrote:
> >
> > Hello ADSM,
> >
> > We are currently migrating away from Netapps, (NDMP to tape) to a new
> > store subsystem ( Infinidat)
> >
> > My belief is that since NDMP is a common protocol, we should be able
> > to restore those via TSM to volumes on to the Infinidats or any other
> > alternate storage destination.
> >
>
> I think you find that ???computer says nooooo???. I???m guessing that your 
> current NDMP dumps are in NetApp format, so you can possibly restore those to 
> every NetApp you wish, but nothing else.
>
> > Does anyone have any experience or tips? I feel that I'm only
> > scratching the surface with this topics.
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> > -Nick
> >
> >
> >
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