Hitachi HDI/VFP
General Information
This information is provided to help you use NetBackup for NDMP with the Hitachi HDI/VFP system.
Access Configuration
Using SSH to access one of the processing nodes using the service account, run the following command:
sudo ndmppasswd root oldpasswd newpasswd newpasswd
Device configuration
For a list of the devices that are attached to the system, run the following command:
sudo tapelist
For a list of tape drives that are not yet configured for NDMP, run the following command:
sudo tapelist - D
To add those drives for NDMP access, run the following command:
sudo tapeadd - a
NetBackup configuration
Note:
The HDI/VFP system only supports the tar backup type. However, the default type that NetBackup uses is dump. Therefore, you must add the following variable to the NetBackup policy:
set TYPE=tar