1) are you aware of an SW licensing requirements for NetApp using NDMP backups to IBM's SP 8.1. Also, do you know if there are any licensing requirements for SP.
To configureIBM Spectrum Protectfor NDMP operations in a nonclustered environment, you must use a network-attached storage (NAS) device that is validated for use withIBM Spectrum Protectthrough the Ready for IBM® validation program.
Data deduplication operations and container storage pools are supported only withNetAppfile servers that do not use the SnapMirror to Tape feature. All other NAS devices that are validated for use withIBM Spectrum Protectin accordance with the Ready forIBMvalidation program must use non-deduplicated, non-container storage pools. For more information about the types of storage pools that are supported for different brands of file servers, seeStorage pool types for NDMP operations.
Register theIBM Spectrum Protect Extended Editionlicense. To back up and restore NAS file server data by using the IBM Spectrum Protect server, IBM Spectrum Protect Extended Edition is required.
To configureIBM Spectrum Protectfor NDMP operations in a nonclustered environment, you must use a network-attached storage (NAS) device that is validated for use withIBM Spectrum Protectthrough the Ready for IBM® validation program.
Data deduplication operations and container storage pools are supported only withNetAppfile servers that do not use the SnapMirror to Tape feature. All other NAS devices that are validated for use withIBM Spectrum Protectin accordance with the Ready forIBMvalidation program must use non-deduplicated, non-container storage pools. For more information about the types of storage pools that are supported for different brands of file servers, seeStorage pool types for NDMP operations.
Register theIBM Spectrum Protect Extended Editionlicense. To back up and restore NAS file server data by using the IBM Spectrum Protect server, IBM Spectrum Protect Extended Edition is required.