01-09-2017 01:46 PM
Is Netbackup Accelerator supported for ISILON devices
HCL for Netbackup 8.0 says the below
"Incremental forever" backups are supported with this device via the "LEVEL=10"
environment variable. For more information on environment variables, see the device
vendor's documentation.
However i am not sure if its the same as Netbackup accelerator backups
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01-09-2017 08:48 PM
Hi,
NDMP Accelerator is only available for NetApp. Isilon has some improvements which are said to give better performance and storage savings.
01-09-2017 10:48 PM
Extract from v8 NetBackup Release Notes
MSDP stream handler enhancements for Isilon filers using NDMP
This release of NetBackup includes enhancements to the MSDP stream handler.
These enhancements provide improved deduplication rates when data is written to MSDP from Isilon filers using NDMP. No additional set-up or configuration is required to take advantage of these enhancements.
So, no Accelerator as yet, just 'improved stream handlers'.
01-09-2017 08:48 PM
Hi,
NDMP Accelerator is only available for NetApp. Isilon has some improvements which are said to give better performance and storage savings.
01-09-2017 10:48 PM
Extract from v8 NetBackup Release Notes
MSDP stream handler enhancements for Isilon filers using NDMP
This release of NetBackup includes enhancements to the MSDP stream handler.
These enhancements provide improved deduplication rates when data is written to MSDP from Isilon filers using NDMP. No additional set-up or configuration is required to take advantage of these enhancements.
So, no Accelerator as yet, just 'improved stream handlers'.
01-10-2017 12:57 AM
There might be some additional useful notes in this doc for you re Isilon based NDMP backups:
NetBackup for NDMP: NAS appliance information
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000027113
01-10-2017 02:49 AM
I see that doc was last updated on 10 August 2016.
I wonder if Veritas has a newer version for changes in NBU 8....
01-10-2017 09:09 AM
ALL Thank you for your responses
I confirmed with VERITAS tech support Netbackup accelerator is not yet supported with ISILON and other filers in Netbackup 8.0
11-08-2017 06:21 AM
NetBackup 8.1 added Accelerator for Isilon: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/103228346-127350715-0/v125051485-127350715