NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide
- Section I. About NAS backups
- Section II. Using NAS-Data-Protection (D-NAS)- D-NAS overview
- Pre-requisites for D-NAS configuration
- Configure D-NAS policy for NAS volumes
- Using accelerator
- Replication using D-NAS policy
- Restoring from D-NAS backups
- Troubleshooting- Troubleshooting
- Setting the log level
- Logging directories for Linux platforms
- Logging folders for Windows platforms
- Restore from a snapshot fails with status 133
- Backup from snapshot fails with error 50
- Backup from snapshot parent job fails with error 4213: Snapshot import failed
- Backup host pool creation fails with the error "Failed to fetch host list"
- Snapshot job fails and the snapshot command does not recognize the volume name
- Accelerator enabled incremental backup of NetApp NAS volume
- Snapshot method: Auto
 
 
- Section III. Section 3- Introduction to NetBackup for NDMP- About NetBackup for NDMP
- About Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
- Types of NDMP backup
- About NDMP policies in NetBackup
- About NetBackup storage units
- About assigning tape drives to different hosts
- About the NDMP backup process
- About the NDMP restore process
- About Direct Access Recovery (DAR)
- Snapshot Client assistance
- About NDMP multiplexing
- About NDMP support for Replication Director
- Limitations of Replication Director with NDMP
- About NDMP support for NetApp clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT)
 
- Installation Notes for NetBackup for NDMP
- Configuring NDMP backup to NDMP-attached devices- About configuring NDMP-attached devices
- Authorizing NetBackup access to a NAS (NDMP) host
- About access for three-way backups and remote NDMP
- About Media and Device Management configuration
- Using the Device Configuration Wizard to configure an NDMP filer
- About adding volumes
- About verifying NDMP password and robot connection
- Adding NDMP storage units
- About creating an NDMP policy
- About environment variables in the backup selections list
- About appropriate host selection for NetApp cDOT backup policies
- About backup types in a schedule for an NDMP policy
- About enabling or disabling DAR
- Configuring NetBackup for NDMP in a clustered environment
 
- Configuring NDMP backup to NetBackup media servers (remote NDMP)
- Configuring NDMP DirectCopy
- Accelerator for NDMP
- Remote NDMP and disk devices
- Using the Shared Storage Option (SSO) with NetBackup for NDMP
- Backup and restore procedures
- Troubleshooting
- Using NetBackup for NDMP scripts- About the NetBackup for NDMP scripts
- ndmp_start_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_start_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_end_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_end_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_start_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_start_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_end_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_end_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_moving_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_moving_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
 
 
- Introduction to NetBackup for NDMP
Prerequisites for using NDMP DirectCopy
Note the following prerequisites for using NDMP DirectCopy:
- NetBackup for NDMP software must be installed. NetBackup for NDMP is enabled by the Enterprise Disk Option license. It requires the NDMP protocol version V4 or higher. 
- The NetBackup Compatibility List for all Versions indicates which VTL software supports this functionality. 
- If your environment includes a VTL, the VTL must be installed and set up according to the vendor's instructions. The NetBackup Enterprise Disk Option license(s) are required. The Enterprise Disk Option license enables NDMP DirectCopy functionality. 
- The VTL must have the NDMP capabilities needed to support NDMP DirectCopy. 
- To make direct copies from one NDMP tape drive to another (no VTL), the NetBackup for NDMP license is required.