Dell Fluid File System Version 6.0 Support Matrix

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Backup and Restore – NDMP

The following table lists the supported backup and restore applications.

Table 1. Backup and Restore Applications
Application	Supported Version	3-Way NDMP Support
CommVault Simpana	11	Yes
EMC Networker	9	Yes*
Veritas BackupExec	2016	Yes
Veritas NetBackup	7.7	Yes

* Level-based incremental backups are supported from the EMC Networker CLI. Token-based backups are not supported.

Refer to the application documentation for the minimal revision/service pack supporting Dell FluidFS systems.

The following table lists the NDMP agent characteristics. Refer to the application documentation for the minimum revision/service pack supporting Dell FluidFS systems.

Table 2. NDMP Agent Characteristics
Functionality	Supported Range
NDMP version	v2, v3, v4
DMA address type	IPv4 only
DMA servers configured	Up to 10
Concurrent NDMP sessions per controller	Up to 48
DMA user-name length	1–63 bytes (accepts Unicode)
DMA password length	1–32 characters
Maximum number of include paths for an NDMP job	32
Maximum number of exclude paths for an NDMP job	32

NOTE: Your environment should allow ICMP (ping) traffic between the FluidFS controllers’ private IP addresses (not the access VIPs) and the backup server.