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Archives created with NDMP or the dump command

You can use Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) or the Data ONTAP dump command to archive each of the LUNs that contain data for the backup set that you want to archive directly from the storage system to the archive medium, without involving Exchange or the Exchange server at all.

NDMP and dump command are the most efficient methods for creating archives of the LUN drive files. LUN Snapshot copies are made, copied to the archive medium, and deleted as shown in the following diagram.

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For more information about backing up storage system data to tape, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for your version of Data ONTAP.

Path name for the LUN to be archived

When using NDMP or the dump command to archive your SnapManager backups, specify the database LUN by using its absolute path name /vol/volume_name/.snapshot/snapshot_name/LUN_name name, in which the three variables represent the following text strings:
volume_name
Name of the volume containing the data to be archived
snapshot_name
Name of the Snapshot copy containing the LUNs to be archived
LUN_name
Name of the LUN containing the data to be archived
For example, the absolute path name of the LUN exch1db.lun in the Snapshot copy exchsnap__SRVR3_01-20-2006_12.05.58_Daily on the volume ExchVoln is represented as follows:

/vol/ExchVol/.snapshot/exchsnap__SRVR3_01-20- 2006_12.05.58__Daily/exch1db.lun

Parent topic: SnapManager backup archiving
Related concepts
Archives created with NDMP or the dump command
Related reference
Example: Using a Windows backup utility to archive SnapManager backups
Example: Using Exchange Backup Agent to archive Exchange backup copies

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