Enabling and disabling NDMP

Procedure

1. Navigate to Home Data Protection NDMP Configuration to display the NDMP Configuration page.

   

2. Enter the storage server’s NDMP configuration settings.

   Field/Item	Description
   NDMP Settings
   User Name	The user name cannot be more than 20 characters long and cannot contain the following characters: \ / < > " '
   Password	By default, the password is ʺndmpʺ. The password cannot be more than 20 characters long.
   Version	By default, the storage server uses NDMP version 4 for NDMP backup and recovery; if required, it can be configured for version 2 or 3 of the NDMP protocol. NoteBoth incremental data replication and ADC require NDMP version 3 or 4. Set NDMP to version 2 only if required by your backup software.
   Port	The NDMP port number. By default, port 10000 is used.
   apply	Apply the changes made to the NDMP Settings.
   NDMP Server Status
   Current Status:	The options are: start - Enable NDMP server. stop - Disable NDMP server and terminate any NDMP operations in progress.
   Enable NDMP Server At Boot:	The options are: enable - Enable NDMP server at boot time. disable - Disable NDMP server at boot time.

3. Start or stop the NDMP process.

   CautionRead this caution before following instructions to start and stop! Clicking stop terminates all NDMP processes immediately, leaving any tapes in use in an untidy state. It may also confuse the storage management application. To help avoid this, you can terminate NDMP transfers using the storage management application before clicking stop.
   • To stop NDMP processing, click stop. If any NDMP operations are in progress when you click stop, those operations will be aborted.
   • To start NDMP processing, click start.

4. Enable or disable the NDMP process at Boot.

   • To automatically enable NDMP processing at Boot, click enable.
   • To automatically disable NDMP processing at Boot, click disable.

Parent Topic

• Backup Administration Guide

  This guide provides information about configuring the server to work with NDMP, and making and managing NDMP backups. This guide also includes information about Hitachi NAS Synchronous Image Backup.