We've just started using our first Netapp here. One surprise involves backups (we're using NetVault's NDMP plugin). I'll let our local backup guy explain:
"We're setting up our new netapp, have the ndmp plugin in place and can back up ok. But I don't see how to set up backups of netapp filer volumes so that I can do restores in the same way we can do restores from windows file servers. Specifically, the ndmp restore window only shows the files backed up in that specific dump, so if I want to restore all files that existed in a directory up to that date, it appears I have to separately do a restore of the level 0 dump, then all pertinent level 1 dumps, then all pertinent level 2 dumps, etc. With windows file restores, I could restore the whole directory with one job. How do I set up the netapp ndmp to work like that? "
The NetVault folks reply that "the NDMP protocol doesn't allow for that. Each restore builds on the previous restore, so you have to do Level 0, Level 1, etc.. It would be the same with any filer that utilizes the NDMP protocol" -- which doesn't seem right at all.
So, is this indeed the same for those using NetBackup, etc.? Are you forced to restore each dump level individually?
Thanks, Ian Dotson