Understanding the features of D-NAS
This table explains the salient features of data protection using D-NAS.
Table:
Feature | Description |
|---|---|
Integration with NetBackup Role-based Access Control (RBAC) | NetBackup web UI provides the Default NAS Administrator RBAC role to control which NetBackup users can perform backup and restore of NAS volumes using NAS-Data-Protection policy. The user need not be a NetBackup administrator to perform these operations on NAS volumes using NAS-Data-Protection policy. |
Convenience of backup host pool | Backup host pool is a group of NetBackup backup hosts where the snapshot of the volume is staged for the backup process to read. These hosts can be NetBackup client, media, or primary server. |
Vendor change tracking | Vendor Change Tracking (VCT) is a mechanism to get the difference in the content of the volume or share between two points-in-time snapshots. See About Vendor Change Tracking. |
Exclude volumes | You can exclude the volumes from the backup selection list
that you do not want to backup.
For example, if |
NetBackup accelerator | You can use NetBackup's robust accelerator feature along with dynamic streaming for optimized and fast backups. |
Checkpoint restart | You can leverage NetBackup's checkpoint restart feature along with dynamic streaming. By taking checkpoints periodically during the backup, NetBackup can retry a failed backup from the beginning of the last checkpoint without restarting the entire job. |