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Understanding NDMP
The Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) is a standardized protocol for controlling backup, recovery, and other types of data transfer between primary and secondary storage devices, such as storage systems and tape libraries.
By enabling NDMP protocol support on a storage system, you enable that storage system to carry out communications with NDMP-enabled commercial network-attached backup applications (also called Data Management Applications or DMAs), data servers, and tape servers participating in backup or recovery operations. NDMP also provides low-level control of tape drives and medium changers.

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