Just a quick update on our NDMP/TSM implementation we have been working on:
RECAP - We were attempting to get NDMP to work with TSM, at the qtree level (as opposed to the whole volume) and get a TOC for the files. We had ~some~ qtrees succeed but many failed. We've spent the last month with IBM and NetApp trying to figure out who's fault it was with logs and traces. Resolution: For those of you using NDMP on NetApp servers, here is the bug we ran into: __________________ Bug ID 152072 Title Tape backups are larger than expected or appear to loop in Phase V. Description Formatted If a data set has more than ~4,000 ACLs, then file data may be mistakenly written out in addition to NT ACL data during Phase V (NT ACLs) of dump. Symptoms of this bug include: Data written taking up significantly more space than what is being dumped or dump appearing to loop in Phase V. The behavior may be seen with dumps initiated from either the filer console or NDMP. Related Solutions Fixed-In Version Data ONTAP 7.0.0.1P2 ______________________ The additional symptom that we bumped into is the inability to create a Table of Contents for the TSM session. I'm kinda surprised that nobody else has stumbled across this bug... Ben -----Original Message----- From: bbullock Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:03 AM To: 'ADSM: Dist Stor Manager' Subject: RE: NDMP TOC (was Re: TSM 5.3 new goody) Hmm, I haven't seen a good rule-of-thumb for the TOC. Perhaps others who are using it more can address this. In my limited testing, I sometimes get a TOC much larger than I would expect on qtrees with the same approx number of files. Might it depend on if there are ACLs for the NTFS qtrees? I'm not sure in NDMP if that type of information is in the actual image file or in the TOC... Ben -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Stewart Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:47 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: NDMP TOC (was Re: TSM 5.3 new goody) Anyone know how to estimate the size required for a TOC? I'm looking at NDPM for our filer, that has about 3 million files. [EMAIL PROTECTED]