As you recall, we have been trying to figure out an alternative method to backing up DFS mounted ISILON storage since the current method of 80+ separate nodes accessed via the Web interface of the BA client is going away. Plus the backups are taking soooooo long, we have to determine a better way.
So, doing some digging, one solution that seems to be touted is using NDMP. We have absolutely zero experience with NDMP and are looking for some guidance / cookbook / real-world experiences on how we would use NDMP to backup ISILON storage (>400TB and hundreds of millions of files) and make it accessible so someone from a help-desk like environment could handle file-level restores! Or if NDMP is the wrong direction, please tell us so. -- *Zoltan Forray* Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://phishing.vcu.edu/