Karen wrote:
NDMP restoresNDMP restores can only be restored to the same NAS vendor type. So if I did an NDMP backup to a NAS vendor box called NetApp1, I can run a restore to NetApp2 as longs both boxes are NetApps. You can not restore a NDMP backup to a solaris box or to a different NAS vendor.
Actually, that doesn't hold true for all NAS systems. With BudTool, one can restore NetApp NDMP backups to a Solaris host using "ufsrestore", although you lose the CIFS (NT) ACL's. I've done this on several occasions, and it's a side benefit of BudTool's philosophy of using the OS/vendor native backup utility and writing that image to tape. Yes, you do need the vendor's software to do a restore, but you don't even need BudTool, if you're sufficiently prepared.
Personally, I'd rather see NAS systems adopt something like the relatively accessible POSIX-tar-compatible format that QuickRestore uses. Then one could use GNU tar or "pax" as a fall-back, and one would have a lot less trouble with the problem of long-term archival. Anybody out there listening?
Regards,