Before you configure IBM Spectrum Protect™ for
network data management protocol (NDMP) operations, review the storage pool types that are
supported. Different storage pool types are supported for NDMP operations, depending on the brand of
file server that you use.
Backup operations
The following storage pool types can be used for backup operations.
| Brand of file server |
Can directory-container storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can cloud-container storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can non-container, non-deduplicated storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can non-container, deduplicated storage pools of type FILE be used as the
destination? |
|---|
| NetApp without the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| NetApp with the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Other brands |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Replication operations: limitations on source storage pools
The following storage pool types can be used on a source server for replication operations.
| Brand of file server |
Can directory-container storage pools be used on the source replication server? |
Can cloud-container storage pools be used on the source replication server? |
Can non-container, non-deduplicated storage pools be used on the source replication
server? |
Can non-container, deduplicated storage pools of type FILE be used on the source replication
server? |
|---|
| NetApp without the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| NetApp with the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Other brands |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Replication operations: limitations on target storage pools
The following storage pool types can be used on a target replication server.
| Brand of file server |
Can directory-container storage pools be used on the target replication server? |
Can cloud-container storage pools be used on the target replication server? |
Can non-container, non-deduplicated storage pools be used on the target replication
server? |
Can non-container, deduplicated storage pools of type FILE be used on the target replication
server? |
|---|
| NetApp without the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| NetApp with the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Other brands |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Protection operations to a remote storage pool
The following storage pool types can be used on a target replication server to protect data in
directory-container storage pools by using the
PROTECT STGPOOL command.
| Brand of file server |
Can directory-container storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can cloud-container storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can non-container, non-deduplicated storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can non-container, deduplicated storage pools of type FILE be used as the
destination? |
|---|
| NetApp without the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| NetApp with the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Other brands |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Protection operations to tape on the same server
The following storage pool types can be used when you run the
PROTECT STGPOOL
command to protect a directory-container storage pool to tape on the same server.
| Brand of file server |
Can directory-container storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can cloud-container storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can non-container, non-deduplicated storage pools be used as the destination? |
Can non-container, deduplicated storage pools of type FILE be used as the
destination? |
|---|
| NetApp without the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| NetApp with the SnapMirror to Tape
feature |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Other brands |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Storage pool conversion
If NDMP data exists in a storage pool that is converted to a directory-container storage pool or
a cloud-container storage pool, the NDMP data remains in the original storage pool and is not
converted.
Cloud tiering
If NDMP data exists in a storage pool that is tiered to cloud object storage, the NDMP data
remains in the original storage pool and is not tiered.