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  2. NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide
  3. Section III. Using NDMP
  4. Using the Shared Storage Option (SSO) with NetBackup for NDMP
  5. About the Shared Storage Option (SSO) with NetBackup for NDMP
NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide

About the Shared Storage Option (SSO) with NetBackup for NDMP

The following figure shows a robotic library on a SAN that can share its drives between two NetBackup for NDMP servers and two NDMP hosts. Drive sharing requires a license for the Shared Storage Option. A SAN is not required.

Figure: NDMP backup using Shared Storage Option

NDMP backup using Shared Storage Option

For each robot, either a NetBackup media server or an NDMP server (not both) can handle robotic control.

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