Hi guys and girls, I have just been busy implementing NDMP for a NetApp filer under TSM 5.2.0.2 last week. The Module runs just fine including file level restore capabilities. However, two questions popped up in my mind that do not get answered in the relevant redbooks so maybe you on the list can help me with these:
1. For the backup copy group running NDMP backups you can set all the normal version and retension parameters, but NDMP backups still use the conventional approach of doing fulls and differentials. What will TSM actually consider as a version (verexist) since a differential will prove to be quite useless if there is no related full? 2. Is there any way to actually delete data on the backup image level from TSM storage? I understand you can always delete the full filespace of a client node. Next time you do a NDMP backup the filespace gets recreated with a new ID (!) but I was not able to figure out if there is a trick to delete lets say just one particular differential backup image. Thanks for helping with this issue Lars
