You can specify the preferred filer network interface to be used when establishing an NDMP data connection to another filer.
By default, an NDMP data connection uses the same network interface as the NDMP control connection established by the NDMP backup application. However, when a data connection between NDMP-enabled filers needs to be established over an alternate network, it is necessary to specify the filer's interface through which the alternate network will be accessed.
For example, a UNIX or NT resident NDMP backup application and multiple filers can be interconnected via a corporate network. The same filers can also be interconnected via an isolated private network. To minimize load on the corporate network, the ndmpd.preferred_interface option can be used to direct all NDMP data connections over the isolated private network.
To specify the preferred network interface to be used for NDMP data connections, complete the following step.
Note
The ndmpd.preferred_interface option is persistent across filer reboots.
To disable a preferred network interface specification and force the NDMP default interface to be used for data connections, complete the following step.
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options ndmpd.preferred_interface disable ResultNDMP does not use the preferred interface for data connection. The default value for the ndmp.preferred_interface option is disable. |
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