Just as an aside, don’t use TDK
media in the Scalar 24 library. The
center of gravity on the cartridge is a little different than the others (eg,
This was my biggest problem in getting a
Scalar 24 hooked up to the NetApp (tapes just kept
appearing and disappearing from the inventory).
Tim Sesow
VP
303-948-3360
cell 303-809-8070
-----Original Message-----
From: SKIP HOFMANN
[mailto:SKIP.HOFMANN@ttisg.com]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004
2:24 PM
To: Timothy Sesow;
toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: using NDMP for
backups
Hey thanks very much for
the info, it is very helpful.
Skip
From: Timothy
Sesow [mailto:tsesow@nsllc.com]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004
1:16 PM
To: SKIP HOFMANN;
toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: using NDMP for
backups
#1 - You can attach on of
the drives from the Scalar 24 directly to the NetApp (I have used this library
with NetApp before and it works fine). You can also attach the
robotics (Medium Changer) to the NetApp, too, if you wish to have the whole
library on the NetApp. NDMP will recognize any/all of the devices and
export them over the network for Veritas NetBackup to find.
#2 - You can use
"dump", but you have to move the cartridges in and out of the drive
yourself. "dump" is really focused on a tape drive, not a full
tape library. If you use Veritas, you wouldn't use the "dump"
command, and NetBackup (I don't know about BackupExec) can move the media for
you. NetBackup does not call "dump", it uses it's own commands
over the network to the NetApp, where the NDMP task on the NetApp then
writes/reads the tape.
#3 - You need to get
someone else on the list to answer this fully, but I don't think there is any
way to schedule backups on a NetApp with "dump".
Tim Sesow
VP
303-948-3360
cell
303-809-8070
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com
[mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On
Behalf Of SKIP HOFMANN
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004
1:54 PM
To: ''toasters@mathworks.com' '
Subject: using NDMP for backups
Hi all
Currently we have a R200, that house
around a TB of data. We are currently using Veritas 9.1 to do the backups over
cifs shares, using this method our backups jobs take a very long time to
complete, and I have heard that this method is not really a supported one or
the preferred method. I would like to use NDMP to backup my data. I have a few
questions about this method.
#1 are backup tape device is an adic
scalar 24. The tape drive is a IBM ULTRIUM-TD2. Using NDMP can I hang
this tape device right off the R200 and just use the "dump" command?
#2 we currently use Veritas
software, can I continue to use this application if I'm using NDMP, or should I
just use Dump?
#3 Can I use the dump command to do
incremental backups and schedule backups.
Thanks for any information
Skip
Skip Hofmann
Senior Network Administrator
TetraTech
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949 608 5801 office