use of IGNORE_XATTR

[grocanar]

Hi

i m using netbackup 7.6 to backup some Netapp share on a linux server.

The share are nfsv3 therefore there s no extended unix attributes.

I have some poor performance as i have a lot of small file in theses shares.

qhen i strace the netbackup client process i see a lot of 

getxattr("/env/export/nfs7/agc/Data/FTP/INTERPROSCAN/116/Panther/books/PTHR20938/SF0/hmmer.hmm.gz", "system.posix_acl_default", 0x7fffde96e320, 132) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported)

Indeed the getxattr call is not supported on these share.

I have put on the client the follwing parameter in bp.conf

IGNORE_XATTR = YES 

but it seems not to be honoured when i launch a new backup.

Is there a way to disable the behaviour to find extended attribute files in the netbackup client.

[revarooo]

You could backup the NAS share directly from the NAS using a NDMP backup?

[grocanar]

my problem is that the NDMP license for my NAS is quite expensive

[mnolan · Accepted solution]

It looks like the correct format is just the line added to the bp.conf.

IGNORE_XATTR

Adjust your bp.conf and restart the client service.

IGNORE_XATTR option for NetBackup clients Article: HOWTO105877 Updated: November 19, 2014 Article URL: http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO105877