Wednesday 30 May 2012

NetApp Backup Offerings

I'm just starting to get to know the complicated and varied ways to do backups in the NetApp world.  Here's some notes and a table to try to lay it out concisely:

Product NetApp DFM NetApp SnapManager for SQL/Exchange/SharePoint OSSV
Managed by itself backup clients DFM
Depends on NetApp SnapDrive DFM/SnapVault
SnapVault on NetApp
NetApp Host Agent on backup client
NetApp Host Agent Plugin on backup client
Can Backup: any NetApp storage NetApp Host Agent Windows or Linux, SAN or local disks
Oracle
strengths centrally managed, very quick and saves lots of storage space thanks to storage snapshots saves storage and gives very fast backups of SAN data via storage snapshots Doesn't need to be NetApp storage

Data owners can manage backups

try LREP for migrating data to new location

Can do file/folder level backups

file/folder backup exclusion supported
weaknesses not sure how to run pre-post exec scripts on backup clients for individual backups. doesn't allow DFM to manage
How to run pre-post scripts?
does not backup CIFS or NFS

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