You understand it correctly.  You're options are to add a drive for NDMP
backups or backup over NFS/CIFS.  The second option is really not a good
one if you're environment is mixed (both nfs and cifs).

~JK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-
> admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Dave Lowenstein
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:39 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] ndmp/netapp, dedicated tape drive?
> 
> I'm interested in getting a netapp but i need to be able to back it up
to
> my existing sun L9 LTO autoloader which is attached to a sun 420. I'm
> using NB business server 4.5 fp3.
> 
> I've been talking to a netapp sales engineer about using ndmp to do
this.
> It is my understanding though that doing a 3 way ndmp backup requires
a
> dedicated tape drive for ndmp which won't work for me. I still need to
do
> my regular netbackup stuff for my unix hosts.
> 
> Am I misunderstanding something or is a dedicated drive needed for
3-way
> ndmp backups?
> 
> 
> Dave Lowenstein
> Analyst/Programmer
> Instructional Technology Services
> San Diego State University
> (619)594-0270
> http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/its
> 
> 
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