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[Veritas-bu] Backup of a filer without using NDMP

2002-04-11 11:21:55
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backup of a filer without using NDMP
From: Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com (Donaldson, Mark)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:21:55 -0600
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Do you have the NFS license to the filer?  If so, try NFS mounting the
filer's volumes directly to your backup master server and backing it up from
there.  I found that by reducing the hops for the source to tape can really
speed things up.  NFS should be less chatty that CIFS, too.  If you can run
UDP for NFS rather than TCP, you'll reduce overhead, too.

-Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: Reese, Paul E. (CAP, CMC) [mailto:Paul_Reese AT mortgage.ge DOT com]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:00 AM
To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backup of a filer without using NDMP


To all,
        We are painfully trying to avoid the cost of additional hardware and
licenses by backing up our one filer through a client that has a mapped
drive.  So far it has taken approx. 16 hours to backup 1.6GB.  Are there
some tricks that I may be missing that would help to speed us this process?
I tried using a UNC name directly to the filer that ended successfully, but
did not back up any data.

Environment Info
Filer: F820 running Data Ontap 6.1r2
Client: Windows 2000
NBU version: 3.4 Data Center
Unix Master/Media Server

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Paul Reese
Unix Admin
GE Mortgage Insurance Corp.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Do you have the NFS license to the filer?&nbsp; If =
so, try NFS mounting the filer's volumes directly to your backup master =
server and backing it up from there.&nbsp; I found that by reducing the =
hops for the source to tape can really speed things up.&nbsp; NFS =
should be less chatty that CIFS, too.&nbsp; If you can run UDP for NFS =
rather than TCP, you'll reduce overhead, too.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-Mark </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Reese, Paul E. (CAP, CMC) [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:Paul_Reese AT mortgage.ge DOT com">mailto:Paul_Reese AT mortgage 
DOT ge=
.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:00 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backup of a filer without =
using NDMP</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>To all,</FONT>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=3D2>We are =
painfully trying to avoid the cost of additional hardware and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>licenses by backing up our one filer through a =
client that has a mapped</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>drive.&nbsp; So far it has taken approx. 16 hours to =
backup 1.6GB.&nbsp; Are there</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>some tricks that I may be missing that would help to =
speed us this process?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I tried using a UNC name directly to the filer that =
ended successfully, but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>did not back up any data.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Environment Info</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Filer: F820 running Data Ontap 6.1r2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Client: Windows 2000</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>NBU version: 3.4 Data Center</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Unix Master/Media Server</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Any suggestions are appreciated.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Paul Reese</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Unix Admin</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>GE Mortgage Insurance Corp.</FONT>
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