> From: "Clark, Patti" <clarkp AT OSTI DOT GOV>
> Reply-To: EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>, 
> "Clark,
> Patti" <clarkp AT OSTI DOT GOV>
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:19:46 -0400
> To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> Subject: [Networker] Networker DPM backup blues - looking for possible options
> 
> We are running Networker v7.4.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 server.
> Things have been humming along on the various clients until Windows DPM
> became a client at my door.  I almost missed the note in the NMM admin
> guide where it says that the Linux server cannot backup NMM clients.
> Phoo!  What's with that!?  OK, no problem, we'll do disk to tape.  My
> Win admin then tells me there isn't a share or drive letter - I need to
> back up the entire Disk2.  I'm a *NIX person and versed in Win tech just
> enough to not trash someone's system.  Now my admin wants to partition
> my tape library and have the DPM server write to tape.  Is that the best
> solution or is there another one here for Networker?

We're looking at DPM now to protect our new Exchange server. Out plan,
assuming DPM works is to simply buy enough cheap disk space to allow enough
backup cycles to stay on secondary disk without going to tape.  

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