topic Re: Backing up most recent SME snapshots with NetBackup via NDMP in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Backing-up-most-recent-SME-snapshots-with-NetBackup-via-NDMP/m-p/56800#M13381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just a quick one as I had this issue. Is the tape conected to the filer with the volumes on it? We had a cluster of FAS3070 and had NDMP_ILLEGAL_ARGS_ERR.</P><P></P><P>If you turn on <STRONG>ndmpd debug 70</STRONG> you can see everything what is going on. The log goes to the console so I recommend you record the console out put to a log. Debug level 0 turns it off again.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:14:08 GMT BrendonHiggins 2008-12-16T10:14:08Z Backing up most recent SME snapshots with NetBackup via NDMP https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Backing-up-most-recent-SME-snapshots-with-NetBackup-via-NDMP/m-p/56795#M13379 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to back up most recent SME snapshots with NetBackup via NDMP</P><P>I figured out the share name using snapdrive. I then mounted the snapshot to figure out where on the volume the recent snapshots were.</P><P></P><P>Symantec NetBackup isn't liking it though.</P><P></P><P>I am getting this error.</P><P></P><P>:08 PM - Error ndmpagent(pid=40088) NDMP backup failed, path = /vol/exchgbosn01b_sg01_log_snapinfo/exchgbosn01b/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01b_recent <BR />12/15/2008 12:17:10 PM - Error ndmpagent(pid=40088) ndmp_data_start_backup failed, status = 9 (NDMP_ILLEGAL_ARGS_ERR) </P><P></P><P>Is it possible to backup the a snapshot directory on the volume via NDMP?</P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg01_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg01_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent</A></P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01a_sg01_data/exchgbosn01a/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01a_recent </P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg02_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg02_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent</A> </P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01a_sg02_data/exchgbosn01a/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01a_recent</P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg01_log_snapinfo$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg01_log_snapinfo$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent</A> </P><P></P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01a_sg01_log_snapinfo/exchgbosn01a/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01a_recent </P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg02_log_snapinfo$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01a_sg02_log_snapinfo$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01a__recent</A> </P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01a_sg02_log_snapinfo/exchgbosn01a/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01a_recent </P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg01_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg01_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent</A></P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01b_sg01_data/exchgbosn01b/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01b_recent </P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg02_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg02_data$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent</A> </P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01b_sg02_data/exchgbosn01b/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01b_recent</P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg01_log_snapinfo$%20/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg01_log_snapinfo$%20/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent</A> </P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01b_sg01_log_snapinfo/exchgbosn01b/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01b_recent </P><P></P><P><A title="file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg02_log_snapinfo$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent" target="_blank">file://storebosp01/exchgbosn01b_sg02_log_snapinfo$/~snapshot/exchsnap__exchgbosp01b__recent</A> </P><P></P><P>/vol/exchgbosn01b_sg02_log_snapinfo/exchgbosn01b/.snapshot/exchsnap_exchgbosp01b_recent </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:32:22 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Backing-up-most-recent-SME-snapshots-with-NetBackup-via-NDMP/m-p/56795#M13379 mmason440 2025-06-05T07:32:22Z Re: Backing up most recent SME snapshots with NetBackup via NDMP https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Backing-up-most-recent-SME-snapshots-with-NetBackup-via-NDMP/m-p/56800#M13381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just a quick one as I had this issue. Is the tape conected to the filer with the volumes on it? We had a cluster of FAS3070 and had NDMP_ILLEGAL_ARGS_ERR.</P><P></P><P>If you turn on <STRONG>ndmpd debug 70</STRONG> you can see everything what is going on. The log goes to the console so I recommend you record the console out put to a log. Debug level 0 turns it off again.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:14:08 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Backing-up-most-recent-SME-snapshots-with-NetBackup-via-NDMP/m-p/56800#M13381 BrendonHiggins 2008-12-16T10:14:08Z