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[Veritas-bu] NDMP for Netbackup

2002-04-24 10:26:27
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP for Netbackup
From: jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com (Jeff Kennedy)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:26:27 -0700
NDMP data can only be restored to an NDMP client.  Currently there is no
way to make an NDMP client out of a Sun or Windows box.

~JK

Bob Grabbe wrote:
> 
> Need information, and I haven't been able to get a definitive answer
> from the manuals.
> 
> We are looking to add a Netapp appliance to our infrastructure and use
> Netbackup for NDMP to back it up. I am currently using NBU 3.4.1 with a
> scsi attached tape library.
> For the Netapp box, we are going to attach 2 9940 drives directly to
> the filer that will reside in our current storage library and manage it
> from our current NBU server.
> Question is, is it possible to restore files from an NDMP backup to a
> different client, e.g. to a Windows 2000 server that is not an NDMP
> client, or can restores only be done to the Netapp filer ? I'm thinking
> that any restores have to be done to the filer, but I'd like to confirm
> this before we spend the cash.
> Thanks
> 
> Bob Grabbe
> Dominos Pizza LLC
> 734-930-3703
> Fax 734-669-3703
> grabbeb AT dominos DOT com
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