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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 1, 2011

Implement Incremental NDMP backup for NetApp filers

We would like to be able to run incremental backups of our Netapp filer using NDMP. ie be able to run a command similar to
backup node netapp1 /vol/backup mode=incr
Even if the number of incrementals was limited.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
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    May 15, 2014

    This is a huge disappointment

  • Guest
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    Sep 15, 2011

    The reason why I submitted this was because of the inherent problems in backing up NTFS permissions via cifs and via snapdiff. As you can see by Serverice request 15857 999 616.
    The response from support at one stage is that it is recommended to use NDMP.

  • Guest
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    Sep 14, 2011

    Thank you for submitting this enhancement request, we do understand the requirement and the rationale behind it but unfortunately we currently do not plan to implement this enhancement request, we provide multiple ways of providing backups for Netapp filers including NDMP (full and differentials) and snapshot differencing API, it sounds like the latter (snapdiff) will be a better fit for your business needs.