About Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
NDMP is a widely used protocol through which an NDMP-conformant backup application controls the backups and restores of any NDMP host that runs an NDMP server application.
NDMP architecture follows the client and server model:
The NetBackup primary or media server where NetBackup for NDMP is installed is called a NetBackup for NDMP server.
The host where the NDMP server application resides is called an NDMP host.
The NetBackup software is a client of the NDMP server application. NetBackup for NDMP lets NetBackup act as an NDMP client. The NDMP hosts, on the other hand, act as NetBackup clients.
The following figure shows an example of NDMP and NetBackup hosts as clients of each other.
