On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 sirbruce@ix.netcom.com wrote:
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.
Maybe it's that way for Veritas, but BudTool does not have that limitation. We have successfully backed up one, and restored on another filer.
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
Same deal. Check out Budtool. Nice, cheap, etc.