Thanks for the help everyone. NDMP looked unsupportable to us since it'd require putting the Filer on our SAN and we don't have a currently have system to charge for data sent across the SAN. NDMP via the network looks like a workable option though.
Thanks again, -- Brian Kunst Storage Administrator UW Technology Services > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of Wanda Prather > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:05 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Backup up a NetApp Filer without using NDMP > > I have more customers that backup their filers by mounting the shares > to a > Windows box than I do using NDMP. > > It's slower, but it gives you true incrementals and lets you specify > retention using TSM's normal mgmt classes, and it makes individual > file > restores easier. You usually end up sending less data per day across > your > network, and you don't have to manage retention by keeping the NDMP > full > dumps around, so you usually have less of a storage problem on the TSM > server end. > > The big drawback is if you have a total filer disaster and you need to > restore the whole thing, mass restores via the mounted shares is gonna > be > too slow. > > A good compromise is an NDMP dump via TCP/IP every week or so with a > short > retention, plus incrementals via the regular client on a Windows box > using > normal/long retentions. That way if you have a disaster you can put > the > NDMP dump back, then do a "restore if newer" to roll that image back up > to > date. But you don't have to keep many NDMP dumps in your TSM storage > pool. > > W > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Shawn Drew < > shawn.d...@americas.bnpparibas.com> wrote: > > > Depending on your "Various Reasons" , you might still want to go with > > NDMP. If you don't want to use it because of a lack of SAN/Tape > drives, > > you can still backup over IP to the normal storage pool hierarchy. > > In Chapter 7 of the Administrator's Guide, look at the section: > > "Performing NDMP Filer to Tivoli Storage Manager Server Backups" for > > details. > > > > Otherwise, the other option is to mount the file systems and back it > up > > with a normal B/A client. (Preferably from the TSM Server itself) > > > > Regards, > > Shawn > > ________________________________________________ > > Shawn Drew > > > > > > > > > > > > Internet > > bku...@u.washington.edu > > > > Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > 03/18/2009 05:28 PM > > Please respond to > > ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > > > > To > > ADSM-L > > cc > > > > Subject > > [ADSM-L] Backup up a NetApp Filer without using NDMP > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > We have a customer with a NetApp Filer they want to back up to our > TSM > > system. For various reasons, we can't support using NDMP in our > > environment. Does anyone out there currently do backups of a Filer > > without using NDMP? If so, what method did you employ? > > > > Thank you, > > > > -- > > Brian Kunst > > Storage Administrator > > University of Washington - Technology Services > > > > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely > for > > the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in > error, > > please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in > accord > > with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or > partial, > > is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee > the > > integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall > (will) > > not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that > > certain > > functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP > Paribas RCC, > > Inc. > >
