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  2. NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide
  3. Configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
  4. Operation types in a storage lifecycle policy
  5. Index From Snapshot operation in an SLP
  6. Configuring indexing for an NDMP policy
NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide

Configuring indexing for an NDMP policy

For NDMP indexing, you must add a disk array host to NetBackup. The disk array host is the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) that holds the snapshot or replica from which, the index would be generated. To connect to the SVM, you must use a logical interface (LIF) connection which has management access enabled.

Note:

Indexing NDMP policies is supported only for NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP configurations.

See About creating backup policies for Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director.

To configure indexing for an NDMP policy

  1. On the left, click Credential management > Client credentials.
  2. Click Add. Then select Disk array host and Next.
  3. Enter the name of the SVM that holds the snapshot or the replica copy that is to be used for indexing.

    To connect to the SVM, you must use a logical interface (LIF) connection which has management access enabled.

  4. From the Disk array host type list, select NetApp.
  5. Enter the username and password details and click Add.

    The disk array credentials are the admin credentials of the NetApp SVM.

    See Pre-requisites for indexing for an NDMP policy.

    Note:

    The credentials that you provide for the SVM are not validated when you add the disk array host. Incorrect credentials can cause NDMP indexing job failure with error code 2113. Make sure that you provide the right disk array host credentials.

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