My experience with NDMP so far has definately been on the negative side, both in use and support. The agent itself doesn't work the way anyone seems to think it does, which wouldn't be such an issue if there was actually clear literature and/or support from Symantec to clarify this and help clients design a better solution for themselves.
From my experience so far, as best I understand:
1. The tape/storage device your trying to use for NDMP must be directly connected to your Netapp
2. The same tape/storage device cannot be used for both NDMP and LAN backups - it's one or the other
3. If you do NDMP backups from your Netapp, you MUST restore to another NDMP device - that is: if your Netapp blows up and you desperately need to restore data, you CANNOT Redirect the restoration to a windows server or similar
I made a dozen or so phone calls to Symantec trying to speak to someone that actually understood what I was talking about. Funnily enough, the only way I could get an answer was by speaking to a pre-sales engineer.
Message Edited by Ricky Evans on
12-17-2007 10:34 PM
