NDMP Backup of DELL FS8600 - Backup Exec 15
Hi, We have a DELL FS8600 NAS which we are attempting to backup to tape using NDMP. From the BE15 server, I can see the NAS and volumes but there are no subdirectories listed below the volume - afte...
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from the admin guide, ndmp backup is working, but include exclude is depent from the nas you have.
Dell is not specified as possible for these options.
Which document does this state it in?
be15 admin guide - appendix N "NDMP option" p1191 table N-4
from that table I googled the vendor, http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/bm/en/bmdhs1/dell-compellent-fs8600/FluidFS-V5.0-AG/NDMP-Exclude-Paths-and-Patterns-Using-FluidFS?guid=GUID-FF7B479C-794E-4110-BB16-5870BD7B4860&lang=en-us
Configuring DMA clients with data-exclusion patterns might not work with a few backup vendors such as BackupExec and Netbackup. FluidFS v5.0.x adds options for handling exclude paths and patterns, which will be skipped when executing NDMP backup on the NAS volume.
