I think NDMP v5 has multiplexing in the design spec.

http://www.ndmp.org/info/ndmp_mission.shtml


-Dwayne Adams


On 8/30/07 2:07 PM, "Darren Dunham" <ddunham AT taos DOT com> wrote:

>> NO....NDMP is never multiplexed...only one stream to a tape drive at a
>> time.=20
> 
> True for NDMP storage units (tapes attached to an NDMP host).  I don't
> believe there's a way to ask an NDMP host to multiplex to a local drive,
> Netbackup or otherwise.
> 
>> ...with NetBackup...
>> 
>> (There are products that multiplex NDMP images together.)
> 
> Can NetBackup not multiplex NDMP-Remote jobs (NDMP streams to a standard
> Media Manager storage unit)?  I had just assumed that since it's the
> Media Manager talking to the tape, the contents of the stream would be
> irrelevant for multiplexing.




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