topic Interroperability between SnapProtect and Simpana in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Interroperability-between-SnapProtect-and-Simpana/m-p/12364#M6842 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>I was talking about SnapProtect with a customer and they are very interested in that solution.</P><P>The customer asked me if we can create a backup to tape using SnapProtect they could restore this tape using the Simpana in another storage ?</P><P>If yes, Is this applied only for backups created by iDA's or for NDMP backups too ?</P><P></P><P>Kind Regards,</P><P></P><P>Vinicius Calori</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:19:31 GMT calori 2025-06-05T06:19:31Z Interroperability between SnapProtect and Simpana https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Interroperability-between-SnapProtect-and-Simpana/m-p/12364#M6842 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>I was talking about SnapProtect with a customer and they are very interested in that solution.</P><P>The customer asked me if we can create a backup to tape using SnapProtect they could restore this tape using the Simpana in another storage ?</P><P>If yes, Is this applied only for backups created by iDA's or for NDMP backups too ?</P><P></P><P>Kind Regards,</P><P></P><P>Vinicius Calori</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:19:31 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Interroperability-between-SnapProtect-and-Simpana/m-p/12364#M6842 calori 2025-06-05T06:19:31Z Re: Interroperability between SnapProtect and Simpana https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Interroperability-between-SnapProtect-and-Simpana/m-p/12369#M6843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Vinicius and welcome to the Community! <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy" __jive_macro_name="emoticon" class="jive_macro jive_emote" src="https://community.netapp.com/5.0.1/images/emoticons/happy.gif"></SPAN></P><P></P><P>I believe there shouldn't be any problems with that, both for iDA &amp; NDMP-type of backups, as SnapProtect is simply a rebadged Simpana - same backup/restore software &amp; same backup format.</P><P></P><P>For NDMP restores though, they need a NetApp filer in another location, as NDMP formats are in fact different between different vendors.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:44:45 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Interroperability-between-SnapProtect-and-Simpana/m-p/12369#M6843 radek_kubka 2012-09-05T17:44:45Z