Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

• Device Property Window

  Select the media type: file.

  UNIX/Linux storage node:
  local or NFS only.

  Windows storage node: local
  path only. CIFS is not supported for
  FTDs.

• Device Configuration Wizard
• Device Property Window

  Select media type: adv_file.

  UNIX/Linux storage node: local
  or NFS only.

  Windows storage node: local or
  CIFS using UNC path or using NFS:
  Remote user, Password.

• Device Configuration Wizard
• Device Property Window

  Select media type:
  Data Domain

• Specified in the Name attribute.

• Specified in the Device Access Information attribute.

• Specified in the Device Access Information attribute.

Concurrent AFTD recovery operation limitations provides
more information about performing
concurrent recovery operations from an
AFTD.

• No.

• Yes.

• Yes.

• The nsrim program removes both aborted and expired save sets, once every 24 hours, by the Expiration action, at the time defined in the Server backup workflow (if you have set volume recycle to Auto).

• Aborted save sets immediately removed.
• The nsrim program removes expired save sets from the media database once every 24 hours, by the Expiration action, at the time defined in the Server backup workflow (if you have set volume recycle to Auto). NetWorker removes space on the AFTD as specified in the Reclaim Space Interval of the staging policy.

• Reclaims only data that is unique, not required by other existing backups.
• NetWorker does not immediately remove aborted save sets, but marks them recyclable. A restarted save can be deduplicated. Otherwise, NetWorker removes the aborted save set during the next Recover Space operation.

• If the file type device was used before setting the Volume Default Capacity attribute, the data for that file type device must be staged or cloned to another device.

• Does not apply.

• Does not apply.

• Does not apply.

• A setting determines the capacity that NetWorker software should stop writing to an AFTD: spans from 1% to 100%.

• Does not apply.

• Waiting message is displayed if no writable volume available or until volume becomes available.
• Volume marked full and is no longer available for backups until the volume becomes appendable.

• Message is displayed stating file system requires more space.
• The nsrim program invoked to reclaim space for expired save set on AFTD.
• Notification is sent by email stating device is full.
• Device waits until space become available. The volume is never marked as full.

• Backup to a DD Boost device fails and stops when full.

• Yes.

• No. Save sets that start on an AFTD must be completed on the same device.

• No. Save sets that start on a DD Boost device must be completed on the same device.

• Open Tape Format (OTF).

• Save stream (uasm) format (uses less space).

• Deduplicated

• No.

• Yes.

  Clients send their own backup data
  directly to the storage devices. If Client
  Direct backup is not available, a traditional
  storage node backup is performed.

  NetWorker archive operations are
  not supported for Client Direct backup.

• Yes.

  Clients use DD Boost
  DSP functionality to deduplicate
  their own backup data before
  sending it directly to the storage
  devices. If Client Direct backup is not
  available, a traditional storage
  node backup is performed.

  NetWorker archive
  operations are not supported for
  Client Direct backup.