NDMP

You can use the Commvault software to back up and restore network-attached storage (NAS) file server data with Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP). You can perform both streaming and IntelliSnap backups using the NDMP agent.

Backups

Backups You Can Perform

• Full backups

• Differential backups

• Incremental backups

• IntelliSnap backups

Data You Can Back Up

• Regular data

• Hard links

• Soft links

• Sparse files

• Zip files

• Unicode

• Long path files

When You Can Perform Backups

• On a schedule: The server plan that you assign manages scheduled backups

• On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time

Restores

Backups You Can Use for Restores

• The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location

• A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable

• Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted

Destinations You Can Restore To

• The current location (in place)

• Different volume/folder on the same file server (out of place)

• Different file server (out of place)

• Windows or Unix client (out of place)