Data Protector NDMP Integration Quickstart Guide

Executive summary

This white paper provides quick start information for integrating Data Protector with an HP X9000

Network Storage System or NetApp FAS3070 Universal Storage System, for NDMP (Network Data

Management Protocol) based backup tasks where the backup target is an HP StoreOnce Backup

System.

Key take-away points:

 When using HP Data Protector for direct NDMP backups of HP X9000 and NetApp filers, the

HP StoreOnce Backup System can be used as a deduplicating disk backup target.

 Additional Data Protector licenses are needed to enable NDMP backups.

 The StoreOnce Backup System must be configured to emulate tape devices (Virtual Tape) for the

backup targets.

 Backing up to the HP StoreOnce Backup System delivers backup storage capacity savings of 90%+

with deduplication in the range 12:1 to 16:1 after around 30 backups. These deduplication ratios

are similar to the best deduplication ratios achieved using regular file system backup, that is file

system backups using the largest Data Protector configurable block size.

 StoreOnce Backup System replication can be used to create DR copies of virtual tapes at a remote

location.

Audience

This document is intended for solution architects, project managers, engineers, and support personnel

involved in planning, designing and configuring NDMP backup/recovery solutions using Data

Protector with HP X9000 NAS technology, NetApp FAS filer technology, and HP StorageWorks

Backup to Disk technology using HP StoreOnce deduplication for backup data reduction.

Familiarity with the following topics is recommended:

 HP X9000 architecture

 HP Data Protector

 HP StoreOnce Backup System (formerly: HP StorageWorks D2D) architecture

 NetApp FAS3070 architecture

 NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol)

Disclaimer

The configurations in this document are HP-recommended configurations. They are provided as a

reference only, as configurations vary with specific customer needs. Where memory, processor count

and speed, and I/O storage recommendations are given, these should be considered as minimum

recommendations.