Can you post any response directly to you that does not copy the alias? I'd
be very interested in knowing the answer.
Derek
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Letta [mailto:letta@jlab.org]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:12 AM
To: toasters(a)mathworks.com
Subject: Downrev from 6.5.1R1 to 6.4.5
We have had some serious problems with NDMP restores since we went to 
6.5.  I have been unable to get either NetApp or my backup software 
company (Oracle - Reliaty Backup) to take it seriously.  They both blame 
the hardware - even though I show the failure with 3 separate tape 
drives on 3 separate filers and multiple tape images, that all worked at 
pre-6.5.
So to make the story short - I want to down rev one my filers from 
6.5.1R1 to 6.4.5.  Once I at 6.4.5, and the restores start to work again 
- I hope to get some more help out of either of NetApp and/or Oracle.
I have not went with DP on any of the raid groups, so that will not be 
an issue.  But I am a bit concerned about how long it will take.
The filer is a FAS940, it has about 1.2TB of space and about 34 million 
files.  Can anyone give me a hint to how long the revert will take ?
Thanks,
Paul
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Paul Letta
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Computer Center Unix System Administrator
EMail: letta(a)jlab.org  Phone: (757)269-5106