Hi All, we are looking to backup CIFs servers on our VNX5500 to tape (tape library is connected to the Backup Exec server, not the VNX) via NDMP and Backup Exec 2012.

I have read and followed the EMC configuring NDMP Backups on VNX guide whith the only change on the VNX being to add a user and password:

/nas/sbin/server_user server_2 -add -md5 -password ndmpadmin

I haven't change any other settings as the defaults all look fine for now.

in Unisphere > settings > Network >Settings for File > Network Services I can see that NDMP is enabled for TCP on port 10000 for node server_2

My issue is that I can get Backup Exec to connect to it!  In the Backup Exec wizard it asks for a servername, username, password and port.  I'm using port10000 and the username and password created with the above command but I have no idea what to use for the servername.  I have tried all the IP addresses for the control stations, I have even added server_2 to the hosts file on the backup exec server with all the IP's with no joy.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?  Is there a way to test that NDMP is working without using Backup Exec (i've tried telnetting to port 10000 on the control station IP, but get no response.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Ed.