Hi All,
I need to configure NDMP backup on my backup exec to backup my Netapp, and i have tape library, and i have been reading the NDMP document and i have come across the statemement from Backup exec Admin Doc Page No:- 1787
" To configure Backup Exec to use theNDMPoption, you must add theNDMPserver
to Backup Exec. If any storage devices are attached to the NDMP server, Backup
Exec discovers them automatically after the services are restarted, and then adds
them to the list of devices."
This means i need to connect my tape autoloader only to my Netapp Storage , No need to zone it to my media server ? So as soon as i add my NDMP Device and restart my Backup exec Services my Tape drive attached to my Netapp will be added to device list , Later which i can choose this device to perform backup ? Am i right to say this ? May i know how this communication happens ?
Also Can help me to understand backup exec actually performs an Incremental Backup using NDMP ? My understanding from Netbackup is that we cannot have an incremental backup because NDMP backup always dumps the whole volume/qtree of netbackup on to tapes but i doesn's perform an incremental.
Any Document or white Paper would be a great help.
Thanks,
Nayab