
Configuring Your IP4700 Device for Use with Backup Software
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Backup Configurations
NDMP Three-Way
Backup
In an NDMP three-way backup configuration, a backup server directs
one IP4700 system, without a local tape drive, to send NDMP data
over the network to another IP4700 system with a local tape drive.
NAS backup data flows from the primary IP4700 system, which is the
device attached to the tape drive, directly to the tape drive. NAS
backup data from the second IP4700 system flows, under NDMP
control by the backup server, across the LAN to the primary IP4700
system, then to the tape drive. The backup server can back up LAN
clients as well. The backup server still manages and stores the index,
or catalog data.
In this configuration you can use a stand-alone tape drive instead of a
library drive. Also, note that within one IP4700 system, one SP can be
the primary IP4700 system, and the other can be the second IP4700
system. This means that SP A could do the backup for SP B, using the
mechanism described above. The following diagram shows the
NDMP three-way backup configuration.
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