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NetVault Plug-in for SnapMirror to Tape 10.0.5 - User Guide

Introduction

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About Dell™ NetVault™ Backup Plug‑in for SnapMirror® to Tape
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Target audience
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Recommended additional reading

About Dell™ NetVault™ Backup Plug‑in for SnapMirror® to Tape

Dell NetVault Backup Plug‑in for SnapMirror to Tape (Plug‑in for SnapMirror to Tape) provides block-level backups and improved disaster recovery support for data stored on NetApp filers. Working in conjunction with NetApp SnapMirror technology, the plug-in allows you to back up selected volumes or snapshots to tape devices for off-site storage. An intuitive, easy-to-use GUI gives you a single, centralized console to configure backup and restore policies for all your NetApp filers.
Feature summary
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Allows backups of volumes and snapshots
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Allows Full, Incremental, and Differential Backups
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Moves mirrors to tapes and saves disk space on NetApp filers
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Supports deduplicated disk-based backups to Dell™ NetVault™ SmartDisk (NetVault SmartDisk)
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Offers centralized management of SnapMirror schedules from NetVault WebUI
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Supports point-in-time volume recovery from mirror images stored on tape
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Relocates mirrored data to alternate NetApp filers
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Integrates with NetVault Backup NDMP-related functions
SnapMirror to Tape backups and NDMP dump backups
The SnapMirror to Tape backups are faster than NDMP Dump backups. The following table describes the difference between these two backup types.
 
Table 1. SnapMirror to Tape backup and NDMP dump backup
SnapMirror to Tape backup
NDMP Dump backup
Backs up blocks of data.
Backs up files and directories.
Supports Level 0, Incremental, and Differential Backups.
The software requirements for Block Level Incremental (BLI) backups are:
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NetVault Backup 8.6.1 or later
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Plug-in for SnapMirror to Tape 7.6 or later
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Data ONTAP 8.1.1 or later
Only Level 0 or Full Backups are supported on systems that do not meet these requirements.
Supports Level 0, Incremental, and Differential Backups.
No support for file-level restores.
Supports file-level restores.
Native deduplication is preserved during backups and restores.
Native deduplication is not preserved during backups.

Target audience

This guide is intended for backup administrators and other technical personnel who are responsible for designing and implementing a backup strategy for NAS filers. A good understanding of NAS, NDMP, and the operating systems under which the NetVault Backup Server and Clients are running is assumed.

Recommended additional reading

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NetVault Backup documentation
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Dell NetVault Backup Installation Guide: This guide provides information about installing the NetVault Backup Server and Client software.
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Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide: This guide provides information about configuring and using NetVault Backup to protect your data. It provides comprehensive information about all NetVault Backup features and functionality.
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Dell NetVault Backup Command Line Interface Reference Guide: This guide provides information about using the NetVault Backup command-line utilities.
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Dell NetVault Backup Plug-in for NDMP Application Notes: These notes provide filer-specific information.
You can download these guides from https://support.quest.com/.
 
 
*IMPORTANT: Starting with 10.0, NetVault Backup provides a web-based user interface to configure, manage, and monitor your NetVault Backup system and installed plug-ins. The procedures described in this guide are intended for the new NetVault WebUI. For procedures based on the NetVault Backup Console (user interface available with NetVault Backup 9.x), see the documentation for an earlier version of the plug-in
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NAS device documentation
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Administrator’s Guide for your NDMP-based NAS appliance
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