NDMP Savepacks

The properties displayed are for the NDMP Savepack highlighted in the list Select an NDMP server.

NDMP Server
Highlight an NDMP server in the drop list. If no NDMP server has been added to Arkeia Network Backup, click on Home > NDMP > NDMP Servers to add one.
Backup type
Select from the drop list. Only two types are available for NDMP backups:Total and Archive.
Total
A total backup job copies every file in the Savepack to the backup dataset. The backup data set will have a Valid to date, after which it may be overwritten with new backup data.
Archive
An archive backup is the same as a total backup job, except that the backup data set has no Valid to date, so it will not be overwritten by Arkeia Network Backup.
Direct Access Recovery
DAR (direct access recovery) is either Allowed or Disabled, the default is Allowed. When DAR is enabled, backup history information for each file is stored in the Arkeia database. This enables faster restoration, but when there are many relatively small files, the backup may be slow. In this case, you may wish to choose Disable, and avoid recording individual file history. The penalty will be increased restoration time. This setting can be overridden for individual trees in the Savepack in this screen.
List of trees
The list of filepaths to NAS data to be backed up contained in this Savepack.
NDMP environment variables
The list of environment variables currently set in Arkeia Network Backup for this Savepack, and their value. The variables will be set prior to the tree being backed up.

Add an NDMP Savepack

Click on this item in the actions menu to add a Savepack, then fill in the fields presented. A new empty Savepack will be added. To add trees containing the filepaths to the NAS data to be backed up, highlight this Savepack and click on Manage trees for....

Modify an NDMP Savepack

Click on this item in the action menu modify the highlighted Savepack.

Remove an NDMP savepack

Click on Delete... to remove the highlighted Savepack.