With NDMP you're sending commands to the device telling it to back itself up which is why normally it's to a direct attached tape drive or library.
You can get it to redirect the backup but that's to another NDMP device so if you had 2 NetApp devices you could have the tape drive only attached to one of them and the one without the drive could send its data to the other for backup using NDMP. It's a bit of a pain needing separate libraries / drives for different devices but at least with direct attached you'll get great throughput. You could make the data on the NetApp available as a CIFS share and map a drive and back it up that way but it'll be much slower. Regards, Phil Garven - Technical Trainer GFI Software - www.gfi.com -----Original Message----- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup of NetApp filer to drive on backup server We have two backup solutions, Symantec Backup Exec and HP Data Protector. We also have a NetApp FAS3240. We want to be able to do NDMP backups from the NetApp to the tape drive that is attached to the backup server. Most of the configurations that we've seen show the tape drive being connected to the NetApp either by fiber channel or SCSI, but going through NetApp docs it says that it supports "storage system-to-data data-to-tape" configuration. Anyone out there using a NetApp and if so, are you backing it up to a tape drive attached to the controller or have you found a way to back it up to a tape drive attached to the backup server? -Paul ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin DISCLAIMER The information contained in this electronic mail may be confidential or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient(s) only. Should you receive this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this mail. Please do not read, copy, forward or store this message unless you are an intended recipient of it - unauthorized use of contents is strictly prohibited. Unless expressly stated, opinions in this message are those of the individual sender and not of GFI. While all care has been taken, GFI is not responsible for the integrity or the contents of this electronic mail and any attachments included within. (GFI2011) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
