NDMP backup options for EMC

When you create a backup job for NDMP, you can set any of the following options that are appropriate for the job.

See Backing up NDMP resources.

Table: NDMP backup options for EMC

Item

Description

Backup method

Specifies the backup level. Level 0 provides a full backup. Levels 1 through 9 provide various levels of incremental backups. Level 1 backup method backs up new or modified files since the level 0 backup. Level 2 backup method backs up new or modified files since the level 1 backup, and so on.

Backup type

Determines the backup type for this backup job.

The following backup types are available:

  • VBB

  • Dump

Back up with integrated checkpoints (SnapSure)

Enables Backup Exec to create a backup set that uses the EMC SnapSure feature. For more information about SnapSure, see your EMC documentation.

Enable file history

Allows for the recovery of selected subsets of data from the backup history. If you uncheck Enable file history, file history data is not generated, but backup time may be reduced. This option is selected by default.

NDMP backup options for EMC