NDMP backup- Files permissions not restored

Question

Hello,

I am backing up Celerra filesystem which is also CIFS share, on my NDMP client properties> apps & module> application information I set the following environment variables

DIRECT=y

DSA=n

DAR=y

DDAR=y

HIST=y

UPDATE=y

then I tried both options NSR_NDMP_RECOVER_DIR=y and NSR_NDMP_DDAR=y

Unfortunately the file attributes aren't restored, any file or directory I restore, full permissions are set to everyone.

any idea what can be behind.

Thanks in advance

ble1 · Answer

Long time ago, and that was with NetApp, I have seen the same and trick there was to use EXTRACT_ACL=T. To be sure what and if it is needed/used for VNX/Celerra, please check NDMP configuration guide for the filer which will contain list of supported variable with associated description.

I guess another question is if you are restoring this back to original position or somewhere else?

Oussama_HMD · Answer

Thanks for your answer. OPTION NT should be the default value that go with dump command, I am using. I've just restored a directory to its original location and the permissions are restored as well. I was restoring the directory to a different FS, can this be the reason?

ble1 · Answer

Yes it could as then I think permissions might be inherited from parent or something like that.  For such cases, I usually use icacls to save original permissions and restore them on target.

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NDMP backup- Files permissions not restored

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