NDMP Dump und SM2T / SMTape

(ONTAP Tapebackup)

(collected by Dieter Unterseher, version of 16th August 2012)

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File Backup to Tape (NDMP Local)

Master Server Backup Data File History

NDMP Data Management Application (DMA)

NDMP Control

NetApp Storage
NDMP Data Service NDMP Tape Service

Tape Library

Media Server

NDMP = Network Data Management Protocol

www.ndmp.org
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NDMP Modes Local, 3-Way, Remote, filer2server

3-Way Backup Local Backup LAN NDMP Hosts
Data + Tape Service Data Service Tape Service Data Service

Remote NDMP server2filer NDMP

(filer2filer NDMP)

(filer2server NDMP)

DMA + Tape Service

DMA + Data Service Tape Service

DP Clients

Automated Tape Library (PTL or VTL)

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NDMP Empfehlung: Backup the Mirror, falls eine WAN-Strecke zu berbrcken ist
SnapMirror / SnapVault
WAN

Data + Tape Service

Die zuvor beschriebenen NDMP Methoden wie filer2filer sind wegen den regelmigen Fullbackups selten ber WAN anwendbar NDMP bentigt gelegentlich Full backups Full Datenstrme sind fr WAN-Strecken fast immer zu hoch
Automated Tape Library

Local NDMP Backup

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Dynamically Sharing Tape Drives / osn

Most tape SAN backup application partners already support dynamic (tape) drive sharing
NetApp Storage Media Server NetApp Storage

one of mutiple tape Drives

Since 2011 the TapeSAN (osn) certification got simple: the tape library must be supported by the DMA, the tape drives & Switches & FC-cables by NetApp & the DMA in general. See: http://www.netapp.com/osn/info/config.html NetApp Confidential - Limited Use
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Tapebackup Technique Comparism

(current functionality with Data Ontap)
NDMP Engine and Ontap-Version recommended backup use case File- or block level backup ? Backupspeed Volumes with medium/large files Backupspeed Volumes with millions of small files License costs NetApp? PVR for DP usage at NetApp? Tape format supported Volume-Modes Tape format backward support backup modes single file / directory restore? # included Snapshots (backup & restore) Rehydrating of dedupe & compression benefits Protocol (NDMP DMA / CLI-Command) DUMP Tape DP Archival File level high limited (file-level) no no Dump 7- and Cluster-Mode Longtime (10 Years) Full / Incr / Diff yes 1 (typical last used) YES NDMP-Standard SM2T Ontap 7.x SMTape 8.0.x

Tape Disasterprotection Block level high high no (no SnapMirror License) yes SM2T 7-Mode No SMTape currently 7-Mode

2 Ontap-Versions only (~3 Years) Full; with ONTAP 8.1.1: + Incr / Diff No All (good for DR & easy Snapshot Integration) No, the densing benefit is kept NDMP-Extension type=snapm separate CLI-Commands each

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SMTape (SM2T), why is it so important?

ONTAP 7.x/8.0/8.1 use-cases Backup-Speed: Every PTapeDrive gets streaming for any kind of data (no problem with million-of-files-volumes). Is even some faster for ONTAP-deduped & compressed volumes (while all other tape backups get slower). With ONTAP 8.1.1 Block-Level-Incremental/Differential (instead of LUN/VMDK/DB-File-Level Incremental/Differential with NDMP Dump) Tape Media Efficiency & effective Disaster-Restore: keeps the storage block reductions from Snapshots, Cloning and Deduplication to tape. Snapshots, Clones, Compression & Deduplication come back very fast without performance overhead at DR.

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NDMP Features supported by Backup Application Vendors

B Backup Application Atempo Time Navigator (>= 3.7) Commvault Galaxy/Simpana (>=7.0) CA BrightStor ARCserve (>= 11.5) EMC / FTS NetWorker (>= 7.4) HP Storage Data Protector (>=6.1) Oracle Secure Backup (>= 10.3.0.2) NetApp SnapProtect (>=9.0SP3b) IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (>= 5.4) Quest NetVault (>= 7.45) Syncsort Backup Express / NSB (>= 2.35) Symantec NetBackup (>=5.1) Symantec BackupEXEC (>= 12.5) Zmanda Amanda Enterprise (>= 7.3.2)
? ? ? ? ? ? ? Direct Access Recovery (DAR), and Local Backup is supported by all of them F 3-way NDMP (filer filer) H Server-to-Filer Backup version) B Directory C Dynamic Drive Sharing (DDS) D Restartable Backup G Remote NDMP (filer media server), *1 = Tape-Multiplexing optional I SM2T / SMTape (*2 = supports already Incremental or Differential backups with newest ? ? ? ? ? ?

DDA R

C DDS

D Rest.B

F 3W

G f2s

H s2f

SMTape SMTape full Incr/Diff

*1

expected

( )
*1

7.6.3 6.2
?

*1

expected

5.5.2 8.0 *2

expected coming expected

coming

*1

coming

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ONTAP Releases supported for NDMP by Backup Application Vendors

Backup Application Atempo Time Navigator Commvault Simpana CA BrightStor ARCServe EMC / FTS NetWorker HP Storage Data Protector NetApp SnapProtect Oracle Secure Backup IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Quest NetVault Syncsort Backup Express Symantec NetBackup Symantec BackupEXEC Zmanda Amanda Enterprise 5.5.2 8.2 3.0.1 6.5 7.4 6.1 8.0 ONTA P 10.x ONTAP 7.x 3.7 7.0 11.5 7.4 6.0 9.0SP3b 10.3.0.2 5.51, 6.1 7.4.5 2.35 6.0 12.5 7.3.2 6.1 8.5.3 3.2.1 6.5 2010R2+ 6.5 2010R2+ 7.x 2012 6.1 8.5.3 5.5.x, 6.1.x ONTAP 8.0 (7-Mode) 4.2 8.0 R15 7.5.x 7.6.3 SMTape 6.11, 6.2 9.0SP3b 9.0SP3b 9.0SP5 ONTAP 8.0 (Cluster-Mode) 4.2 8.0 9.0SP5 ONTAP 8.1 (7- & Cluster-Mode)

8.6.3

actual and official certification side: http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/a-z/backup-to-tape/backup-to-tape-ndmp.html

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