Greg,
If you want to use NetBackup with NDMP to back up the filer, you need to have at
least one direct attached tape drive connected to the filer(not considering a
three way NDMP backup using two filers with a tape device direct connected to
the remote filer). You can dedicate one or more drives from an existing library
controlled by NetBackup, or you can attach a new/different library to the
filer(yes, the filer does support a locally attached library). Either the
NetBackup host (NDMP client) or the filer can be direct connected to the robotic
portion of the library(assuming the library has individual scsi ports for the
connection). In the end, NetBackup ends up controlling the library either way.
If the robot is direct connected to the NetBackup host via scsi, NetBackup
controls it. If the robot is connected to the filer via scsi, the NetBackup
host sends scsi cdb's via NDMP to the robot through the filer, thus the robot is
still controller by NetBackup. What other information or assistance do you
require?
Bill Roth
Technical Marketing Engineer
Network Appliance, Inc.
495 East Java Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Telephone 408-822-3308
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Wong [mailto:gwong@futureshop.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 11:45 AM
To: toasters(a)mathworks.com
Subject: Backing up a filer
Hi all,
I'm kind of new to the this filer business and I have a question about
backing it up. We have an F720 on site that isn't doing much since we
aren't backing it up. I need some options on how to do this. We currently
back up our other systems vith Veritas Netbackup and a tape library. Now,
my question(s) is if I want to use Veritas to back up the filer using NDMP,
do I have to dedicate a drive on the remote tape library to the filer? Will
the filer support a locally attached library, and if it does, does Veritas
control the library or does the filer?
Thanks for your help
Greg