We're looking at getting a jukebox with 2 DLT7000s to hookup directly to two large Netapps. We would run Budtool on a Sun on the network. My understanding is, one Netapp CAN control the robotic arm/barcode reader, etc, to load tapes in its drive and the other one's drive..is this correct?
You get 5 NDMP connections with a NetApp. In our case we run 2 stackers off it: 1 connection for each of the robotics, 1 for each of the drives which leaves us with 1 NDMP connection left over.
Second question..If we have a third Netapp, it can be dumped through the network to one of the local attached drives, correct?
Yes, that will work.
My final question -- we have a number of Suns as well. Can they be dumped through the network, using NDMP or anything else, to the locally attached tape drive of a Netapp? Like I said I would be using Budtool, but I don't recall if
Works fine, we do it all the time with the NDMP client (we use the OSA one).
You do need to be aware that BudTool is going to EOL soon (we're getting dates of Jan 2001). We're looking at replacing it with Veritas NetBackup software. If it wasn't for the fact we want Mac, Netware, and a variety of other OSes we would probably go the route of Workstation Solutions (www.worksta.com)'s Quick Restore product. It looks the closest fit to BudTool.