Hi Brian,

Can I stream data from local servers through ndmp through the filer to the

tape drives?

Indeed you can, this is a feature of NDMP known as a three-way backup. I know that Workstation Solutions QuickRestore supports this particular feature, but there may be others too.

As an aside, whilst slightly misleading, it's not entirely incorrect to say that a filer cannot control a media changer, as there is no built in software to do so, but, as you'll have gathered NDMP allows control by third party software. Also, the unload/reload tape device and the allows limited contol of a sequential tape stacker when using the built in dump/restore.

Regards, Matt.

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-----Original Message----- From: Brian Hostetter [mailto:BrianH@dice.com] Sent: 29 June 2000 19:22 To: toasters@mathworks.com; Brookes, Matt Subject: Re: RE: HVD or LVD scsi connector?

Two reasons.. One was wrong. The first reason, is I was told by sales people from software companies that the filer cannot control the changer. So I would need to hook up a server to do that. The second reason may also be wrong. I just bought a big AIT changer that has 4 drives. I was going to get a 5th drive to backup some of our local machines. Can I stream data from local servers through ndmp through the filer to the tape drives?

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MBrookes@netapp.com 06/29 11:09 AM >>>

Brian,

The F/W/D SCSI connector on the back of the your F760 is high voltage, but I'm curious why you need to connect a dedicated machine to the media changer.

I'f you're not using an NDMP compliant backup package, you might like to take a look at the NDMP tools on NOW.

Regards, Matt.

-----Original Message----- From: Brian Hostetter [mailto:BrianH@dice.com] Sent: 29 June 2000 16:25 To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: HVD or LVD scsi connector?

Is the scsi connecter on the back of a 760 LVD or HVD? I am trying to hook a tape drive up and need to get a controller for a Linux box that will talk the same language as my netapps. I need this controller to control the media changer of the jukebox.

--Brian