From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 6 14:10:46 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A0553EA; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 14:10:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.lifanov.com (mail.lifanov.com [206.125.175.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F367D23; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 14:10:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.lifanov.com (Postfix, from userid 58) id D30161C9CBB; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 10:10:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (vnat004.nandomedia.com [166.108.31.68]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lifanov.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5F35C1C9CB5; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 10:10:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <552293E4.9060109@mail.lifanov.com> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:10:44 -0400 From: Nikolai Lifanov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: araujo@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ndmp server. References: <5522886E.2080504@mail.lifanov.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org 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: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:10:46 -0000 I can test it with real enterprise storage hardware when it's ready. On 04/06/15 10:08, Marcelo Araujo wrote: > That is nice to heard, I really would need test, because I'm using > ndmpcopy only to test it. But I still have work to do, to really have > something ready for review. Maybe 2 or 3 weeks to finish it. > > Best, > > On Apr 6, 2015 9:21 PM, "Nikolai Lifanov" > wrote: > > On 04/05/15 08:00, freebsd-fs-request@freebsd.org > 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, > > > > Please do! There is a sore lack of options to restore an NDMP backup on > an open source system. This is also the only vendor-neutral interface to > get a consistent backup quickly from Ontap, Fishworks, or other > enterprise filers. > > I would personally find both the server and the client very, very > useful. > > - Nikolai Lifanov >