19 Nov
2008
19 Nov
'08
2:30 p.m.
Hi all, We are pretty new to using iSCSI here. I have another question about backing up the LUNs. My backup software uses NDMP (with direct attached drives on the filer) and that's how I do the other volumes on this filer.
But the LUNs are just one big file. If I want to do weekly full and daily incremental, how does that work ? NDMP/dump is file level, so each night an incremental will really be a full.
Is a client side backup program my only solution to get file based backups from a LUN ? The Lun will hold an NTFS file system.
Thanks.
Paul
specifics:
Windows machine, using iSCSI initiator mounts LUN on filer as D drive. I need to do file level backup/restore of this D drive.