David Lockwood wrote:

Consider the following scenario:

Data is written to a volume on one NetApp filer, on the hour this data is

mirrored using snapmirror to a remote filer. NetBackup is used, using NDMP, to backup the data from the remote filer (snapmirror copy). Backups work fine and are reliable until .....

.... you want to restore data. The Netbackup restore option for NDMP types does

not appear to give any option for restoring data to any alternate location. The original location is of course an offline volume that is read only.

If by 'location' you mean a different NetApp, NetBackup calls this "alternate client restore". NetBackup NDMP supports this beginning in version 3.4 which was released recently.

If you mean a different directory, NetBackup calls this "alternate path restore" and NetBackup NDMP has supported that at least as far back as 3.2.

If you need help on how to do this, email me privately and I'll have someone here give you the details (depends on which user interface you are using).

__________________________________________________________________________ Steve Kappel steve.kappel@veritas.com VERITAS Software steve.kappel@iname.com (Personal)