>> There are 10 levels, 0 - 9, 0 being full. There is no level 10
because the
>> levels count from 0. 

>The document "configuring ndmp backups with emc celerra" states that it
(the nas) supports levels 0-9 and a special level 10 for incremental.

I think there is some mixup here... The Networker level known as
'incremental' has a level number '10'.
That means there are actually 11 levels of backups 0-10. Look at the
'Level' diagrams in the admin manual, and replace 'incr' with 10....


>> To do incrementals I normally select 1. You are correct, choosing
>> incremental doesn't work with ndmp, it'll run a full instead. 

>I think just constantly doing level 1's would end up as differentials,
im looking for a months worth of incrementals :)

It should do differentials indeed, but my NDMP backups ALWAYS end up as
fulls as well, so either I' ve had my head in the microwave or NDMP
backups have an, uhm, issue.
Your settings should be level 1 (assuming an existing full), and you
should have the following Application Settings in the client resource:
HIST=Y, UPDATE=Y and possibly DIRECT=y, OPTIONS=NT, SNAPSURE=y  


>> Also there is no need to use Windows scheduler and command-line
unless you
>> want to. Groups, schedules and client resources configured through
the GUI
>> will handle this fine. You just need to research the mechanisms a
little
>> better and define exactly what you are trying to do with your levels.


>I was going to use the windows scheduler as i couldnt get networker to
backup on, for example the first saturday of the month.

That is absolutely possible, and there are (default) example Schedules
to copy and modify (if you use the NMC, please disable the Calendar View
temporarily to research and edit, enable to check if it's ok). If you
need some help to create Schedules and retention times that are common
in other backup software packages, let me / us know.

Good luck!
Alex

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