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Host Server Setup
There is some minor setup that must be performed on the host server, where the
NDMP backup application will be running. Since this is a three-way backup
configuration, all participants must be able to communicate with each other over the
network.
One way to do this is to make an entry in the hosts file on the host for each library that
it will utilize. The hosts file will create an association between the hostname of the
library and its IP address.
10.0.0.254 spectra0
It should be verified that each library can be pinged by the host system that runs the
NDMP backup software.
ping spectra0
It should also be verified that the filer can be pinged as well.
Network Appliance Filer Setup
The filer will need some setup in order to interact with the NDMP agent. Since data
will flow to the library on a backup, there are steps that are required to authorize
access to the data on the filer.
First, the filer must recognize the library by its hostname. This is accomplished by
adding an entry to the
/vol/vol0/etc/hosts
file on the filer. The format is the
same as the hosts file on the backup host.
For example:
10.0.0.254 spectra0
Verify that the filer can successfully ping each library to which it will be backing up.
For example:
ping spectra0
