How to backup to a LUN or drive as destination using networker

I'm not sure I understand your question - can you elaborate with real life example?

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Thanks for your attention to this.

What i exactly want to know, is instead of sending backup to VTL or PTL or tapes... Can we send the backup data to some LUN or drive on some of the server. Using networker the destination as the LUN or drive...

I hope i am able to explain now... Please suggest...

Thanks

You can, but in such case that LUN is owned by host and if something happens to host you most likely loose your LUN too so such approach is not best practice, but of course - nothing stops you from using it.

Hi....

Thanks for your response. I do know it is not a best practice, but i will gradually suggest the use of tapes, but at the moment i just need to set it up for some reason. Can you please suggest how can i do this. Need help in setting it up, instantly to backup to a LUN...

Please suggest how to do this...

Thanks in advance...

Regards,

Swapnil

Define disk device.  Go where lun is (is presented as disk on some host, right?), create some folder(s) and used those as disk device (AFTD).  You can use wizard for that or define it manually - see official documentation where creation of disk devices is described.

sol 1 : I think u cannot back up any LUN or drive.U only can backup file or any folder.On NMC mention seve set .

Sol  2: For u r solution please contact storage admin gui.he may do lun migration .

OP is not asking for backup or LUN (that can be done with rawasm for example) but for backup to LUN - that can be done using file system layer on top of it.