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  2. NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide
  3. Section III. Using NDMP
  4. NAS appliance information for NDMP
  5. Vendor-specific information
  6. Nexenta
NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide

Nexenta

General Information

This information is provided to help you use NetBackup for NDMP with a NexentaStor system.

For further details, contact Nexenta.

Access Configuration

To enable NDMP

  1. Log in to Nexenta Management View.
  2. Go to Settings > Misc. Services > NDMP Server.
  3. Enable NDMP service.
Troubleshooting
  • To enable debugging, edit the /lib/svc/method/svc-ndmp file in line 43 to add -d. For example:

    /usr/lib/ndmp/ndmpd -d 2>&1 &

  • The NDMP logs can be found at /var/log/ndmp on each node.

  • To monitor system status from the Nexenta Management View, go to Alerts to view alert activity.

Other

To enable NDMP DAR

  1. Connect to the Nexenta host with a secure shell (SSH).
  2. Run !bash.
  3. Enter the following command:

    ndmpadm set dar-support=yes

  4. To verify the NDMP properties, run the following command:

    ndmpadm get

In 4.0, DAR can also be enabled from the NDMP Configuration page of the user interface.

To enable NDMP DAR from the Nexenta Management View (4.0 only)

  1. Log in to Nexenta Management View.
  2. Go to Settings > Misc. Services > NDMP Server > Configure.
  3. Select the DAR support option.

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