Data formats for NDMP backup operations

Data that is backed up using NDMP is not in the same format as the data that is used for typical IBM Spectrum® Protect backup operations. The NAS file server controls the format of the backup data.

Data that is backed up to a library that is directly attached to the file server must be directed to a storage pool with the proper data format. When you define a storage pool for NDMP operations, you specify one of the following data formats:
  • NETAPPDUMP if the NAS file server is a NetApp or an IBM® System Storage® N Series device.
  • CELERRADUMP if the NAS file server is an EMC Celerra device.
  • NDMPDUMP for all other devices.

Data that is backed up over the network to the local IBM Spectrum Protect hierarchy can be directed to any random-access or sequential-access primary storage pool. However, the format of the data does not change.