On 07/23/98 21:32:43 you wrote:
I have been evaluating veritas for use with backing up large filers. I am concerned about something that I see as serious limitations with that software:
NDMP restores are always "in place" restores and will overwrite existing files. This is documented in a Caution box in the NDMP book that came with the netbackup software. Also, you cannot restore to any other filer other than the one that you backed up. (I assume this is by name so that a disaster recovery restore would work to any hardware you threw at it, as long as it had the right name).
Probably not. They probably mean that the configuration - hardware, drives, etc. - has to be exactly the same. I can't say this for sure, though.
Our evaluation criteria includes the ability to restore to another path on the same filer, but according to the above, this will not work. We still plan to try, though...
Do others use backup software which is more flexible, or is this something that is a (bad) side effect of using ndmp backups?
Ummm, the filer also supports "regular" dump and restore, which can do a lot of things. NDMP has advantages in efficiency and such, but if you have other requirements, there's still regular dump and restore (which I assume are still supported).
Bruce