From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 5 14:40:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53932B94 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2015 14:40:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost1.greenhost.nl (smarthost1.greenhost.nl [195.190.28.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12949270 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2015 14:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.greenhost.nl ([213.108.104.138]) by smarthost1.greenhost.nl with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Yelis-0005AS-8c for freebsd-fs@freebsd.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:40:32 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndmp server. References: Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:40:24 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Ronald Klop" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) X-Authenticated-As-Hash: 398f5522cb258ce43cb679602f8cfe8b62a256d1 X-Virus-Scanned: by clamav at smarthost1.samage.net X-Spam-Level: -- X-Spam-Score: -2.9 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, BAYES_00, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Scan-Signature: 12f61b0c8dc8dcc8c992b8e1fde77987 X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:40:41 -0000 On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 19:42:34 +0200, Marcelo Araujo wrote: > Hi guys, > > I saw at wiki[1], there is a project idea to have an NDMP data server. > > I have something workable based on Illumos implementation[2], it doesn't > implement all features that Illumos version has. Also the protocol > version > is 4 and not the new one 5. I can do a backup/restore between two FreeBSD > machines via NDMP with success. Also is necessary port or create another > tools such like this one on Illumos[3], I have a very simple python > script > to setup it now. > > It needs more polishment on the code and a man page, as well as maybe the > ndmpadm or something based on it. I'm wondering, if someone still has > interesting on it, because with zfs send/recv I don't see too much > utility > for NDMP. Even a rsync can do the job. > > If you guys think, that have NDMP, at least the server on FreeBSD would > be > a good idea, let me know, and I can put some effort on it and I can > provide > a patch soon for tests. > > [1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage#NDMP_data_server > [2] > https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent/tree/master/usr/src/cmd/ndmpd > [3] > https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent/tree/master/usr/src/cmd/ndmpadm > > > Best Regards, I think this is very useful as a port. It seems an easy way to copy data to/from a NetApp fileserver also. Ronald