From archived email messages I have ascertained that the F760 was running DOT 6.0.1R3 that at that time (3/2004) was only shown as "earlier releases" on NOW, not in the active supported version list. NDMPcopy did not work via either push or pull between the F760 running DOT 6.0.1R3 and the FAS250 running 6.5 since no client existed in DOT 6.0.1R3 or version compatibility issue.

Options at that time were: 1. Upgrade first to 6.2 then to 6.5 2. Use NT/W2K (AS) Java NDMP copy client running on NT 4 workstation (there was a Net App PS internal tech guide on this process) 3. Use "volcopy", copying whole volume; requires complete downtime (10 - 20 hours pending on number of network interfaces and their speeds; could add Fiber GigE for connection to Copper GigE on FAS 250 if a swtich supporting both Fiber and copper is available) 4. Use third party remote data replication software like "Secure Copy", "Robo Copy" for Windows data and "rsync" for UNIX data; requires long time (20 -30 hours) and two different processes for the two types of data

Option 1 was deemed problematic since two upgrades are involved so more could go wrong potentially

Option 2 was chosen and executed with no problem.

Option 3 & 4 were not recommended due to long outage.

-----Original Message----- From: Tim [mailto:tmacmd@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:40 AM To: Pou Lee Cc: Jeff Mohler; Toasters List Subject: Re: NDMP Copy for windows..

If the java NDMPcopy worked on 6.2 (which it should have since ndmp has been around in ONTAP for a long time) then the ndmpcopy program would have also worked from the FAS250:

fas250> ndmpcopy -sa root760:pass f760:/vol/src fas250:/vol/dest

Of course, you could also rsh/ssh the command to keep the console/command-line free.

Why not upgrade the F760 to the latest 6.5 code for the migration?

mmm....?

Pou Lee wrote:

Jeff,

You might want to check with your Net App Sales account manager to see if they can get you a copy of NDMP Java client from Net App

Professional

Service. We have used the NDMP Java W2K client for migration from a F760 running DOT 6.2 to a FAS250 running DOT 6.5 since DOT 6.2 does not support NDMP (if I recall correctly) so we had to be creative.

If you need to migrate data from Windows servers to Net App filers,

you

might also want to consider OSSV (Open Systems Snap Vault). We have

used

OSSV successfully in multiple instances migrating data from W2K AS servers to R200's with assistance from Net App Professional Services after engaging Sales account manager.

Pou

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com

[mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]

On Behalf Of Jeff Mohler Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:27 PM To: Toasters List Subject: NDMP Copy for windows..

I don't see a client on ndmp.org, but has there ever been an ndmpcopy for windows put out anywhere?