NDMP backup options for NetApp/IBM/Fujitsu

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 NetApp/IBM/Fujitsu

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.

Back up Access Control Lists

(NetApp filers only). Backs up NetApp Access Control Lists.

Enable file history

Enables the generation of file history data. File history is used to optimize recovery of selected subsets of data from the backup image. File history generation and processing increase the backup time. Disabling this option improves backup time. If file history is made unavailable and you must restore data later, restore the entire backup image.

NDMP backup options for NetApp/IBM/Fujitsu