If any or all of the NetApp volumes are fileshares with lots of relatively small files (as opposed to big DB's or VMware stores), then look at Snapdiff in the TSM Windows (or Linux) client manual. That type of data tends to have a fairly low change rate, and Snapdiff for Netapp works very well.
It enables true incremental-forever backups like you would get on a standard fileserver. W -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nora Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 7:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Can you abandon conventional NDMP backups for SnapVault? Hello, We have a lot of trouble with the conventional NDMP backup of our NetApp system with TSM. So we are considering alternatives. We currently have snapshots enabled on our NetApp, but I was wondering whether it is realistic to completely depend on NetApp SnapVault for backup of the data on our NAS (in 10s of TBs) and completely abandon traditional NDMP backup? Has anyone tried this? Is it reliable to depend on SnapVault only, what are the problems / risks associated with that? I would appreciate some insight. Thanks, Nora +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by [email protected] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [email protected]. +----------------------------------------------------------------------
