Discuss Forget NDMP & use Synthetic Full backups http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:49:26 +0000 JComments http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-26 yaron Fri, 04 May 2007 16:05:42 +0000 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-26 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-18 cpreston Tue, 01 May 2007 11:24:32 +0000 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-18 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-19 cpreston Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:21:49 +0000 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-19 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-16 server -> some commercial utility, followed by occasional synthetic fulls And I'm saying that the latter has the following advantages: * It doesn't use dump (which has had problems since it was designed) * It allows you to perform fulls whenever you want, even during the day * It places no load on the filer or LAN when you're doing synthetic fulls So I'm saying give it a shot!]]> cpreston Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:00:05 +0000 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-16 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-13 hga Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:41:52 +0000 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-13 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-14 cpreston Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:27:57 +0000 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-14 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-12 hga Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:12:31 +0000 http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/48-forget-ndmp-a-use-synthetic-full-backups.html#comment-12