Dave, Thanks for your information. I was curious about EMC NAS products and found what they say about their EMC Clariion FC4700 backup support with TSM. Could you help me to understand what EMC says about backup or shouldn't I trust them at all? Thanks again.
Here is the link: http://www.emc.com/pdf/products/clariion/h711_tivoli_san.pdf Jin Bae Chi (Gus) System Admin/Tivoli Data Center 614-287-2496/5922 614-287-5488 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/06/02 19:55 PM >>> The NDMP specification contains a lot of latitude which means that TSM's NDMP code must be customized and tested for the NDMP implementation of each supported NAS vendor. Currently, TSM only supports NDMP backup of Network Appliance devices, although we plan to expand that support in the future. The following link provides further information on the NDMP support in TSM. http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/tdp_ndmp.html >From previous posts, it appears that the TSM support organization may have provided incorrect information on this subject. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and will advise the support team that TSM does not work with all NDMP-compliant NAS devices. Dave Cannon Tivoli Storage Manager Development Tivoli Storage Products, IBM Software Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:52:38 -0400 From: Jin Bae Chi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: NAS backup Thanks, folks. TSM just confirmed that any NAS with NDMP will be able to use TDP for NDMP as Jack said. I guess Tivoli makes us spend more $$! I wonder who should administer this NAS box after configured with TSM with library. Any expertise about whose responsibilty it would be? Thanks for help. Jin Bae Chi (Gus) System Admin/Tivoli Data Center 614-287-2496/5922 614-287-5488 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/05/02 12:57 PM >>> I think it is for all NDMP compatible filers. Yes NetApp was a big driver in the development of the standard, but I think it is supposed to be 'standard' :) -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NAS backup I thought the NAS agent was only for NetApp filers. Other NAS boxes will have to backup either through CIFS or NFS. -- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jin Bae Chi Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 6:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NAS backup Hi, Experts, We are in the middle of redesigning the backup strategy for network servers. We will soon upgrade to TSM 5.1 on AIX 5L, which will enable us to back up NAS device. When I called the support, they say that as long as it talks NDMP and with TDP, there wouldn't be a problem. We have EMC Clariion FC4500 and 4700 as NAS for network servers. Has anyone experienced with NAS backup with this product or similar? I couldn't find any documentation about what NAS products are supported with TSM 5.1. Your comment will help me tremendously!! Thanks a lot!! Regards,
