Defining a data mover for a NAS file server

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Define a data mover for each NAS file server by using NDMP operations in your environment. The data mover name must match the node name that you specified when you registered the NAS node to the IBM Storage Protect server.

About this task

The definition for a NAS data mover contains the network address, authorization, and data formats that are required for NDMP operations. A data mover enables communication and ensures authority for NDMP operations between the IBM Storage Protect server and the NAS file server.

Procedure

To define a data mover, use the DEFINE DATAMOVER command.

Example

For example, define a data mover with these parameters:
  • The NAS node is named NASNODE1.
  • The high-level address is an IP address for the NAS file server, either a numerical address or a host name.
  • The low-level address is the IP port for NDMP sessions with the NAS file server. The default is port number 10000.
  • The user ID is the ID defined to the NAS file server that authorizes an NDMP session with the NAS file server. For this example, the user ID is the administrative ID for the NetApp file server.
  • The password parameter is a valid password for authentication to an NDMP session with the NAS file server.
  • The data format is NETAPPDUMP. This is the data format that the NetApp file server uses for tape backup. This data format must match the data format of the target storage pool.

Enter the following command:

define datamover nasnode1 type=nas hladdress=netapp2 lladdress=10000 userid=root 
password=admin dataformat=netappdump