NetWorker/NetApp NDMP solution/integration can be designed in two ways...!!!
1) Local NDMP backup ==> where you backup to locally attached devices on NAS side
2) LAN based NDMP backup ==> where NDMP data from NAS is stream over LAN to NetWorker storage nodes(Windows or Unix host)
In both cases there is no Networker Software Agent required on the NAS side.
The backup happens via NDMP protocol which all NAS has.
As far as SAN goes, it is recommended that all backup resources ie: NetWorker Server, NAS host and library/tape drives be SAN zoned together for sharing purposes of say tape drives.
If there is no sharing of resources, then zoning can be independent for whatever purposes.
Once systems are TCP/IP reachable, you are set to go with NetWorker NDMP implementation through Client resource creation, assignment of Client to Group, Group assignment to pools and ultimately devices assignment to Pools
You might want to look at thes video and white papers, all of which are available from powerlink.emc.com. They should help show how you can configure NetWorker to backup your NAS
MikeToo1
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October 21st, 2010 03:00
Mike, do you have some info if and when NW would support integration with NetApp's SnapVault?
Cheers,
H
wlee
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October 21st, 2010 04:00
You might want to look at thes video and white papers, all of which are available from powerlink.emc.com. They should help show how you can configure NetWorker to backup your NAS
NDMP Client Configuration
NetWorker Dynamic Drive Sharing (DDS) Configuration
White Paper: Shared Library with EMC NetWorker — A Detailed Review
White Paper: EMC Solutions for Backup to Disk Accelerating NAS Backup with EMC Celerra, MPFS, and EMC NetWorker - Applied Technology