Administrator Guide

(Optional) In addition, some DMA servers require more information, such as the host name of the FluidFS cluster, OS type,
product name , and vendor name.
● Host name of the FluidFS cluster, which uses the following format:controller_number.FluidFS_cluster_name
● OS type – DellFluid File System
● Product – Compellent FS8600
● Vendor – Dell
Most backup applications automatically list the available NAS volumes to back up. Otherwise, you can manually type in the NAS
volume path. The FluidFS cluster exposes backup NAS volumes at the following path:
/NAS_volume_name
To improve data transfer speed, increase the number of concurrent backup jobs to more than one per NAS controller,
distributing the load across the available NAS controllers.
NDMP Exclude File Under Paths Using FluidFS
When you define a backup using DMA, you can select specific directories from the virtual NAS volume to include in, or exclude
from, backup jobs.
Requirements
The following requirements must be met to include or exclude NDMP paths:
● The path specified can be a directory or a file. If the path is a directory, all child elements of that directory will be included in
(or excluded from) the backup.
Each path specified is a child of the backup root directory and must start with a forward slash (/).
● The maximum number of paths that you can include or exclude is 32.
● Each path can be a maximum of 128 bytes long.
● The first or the last element of the path can contain a wildcard character (*).
● If both include and exclude paths are defined, the NDMP server will first check for include, then check for exclude.
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. Click Edit Settings.
The Edit NAS Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5. Select Data Protection.
6. Select or clear the NDMP Exclude Files Under Paths checkbox.
7. Specify a path to exclude and click Add.
NDMP Exclude Files Matching the Patterns Using FluidFS
Configuring DMA clients with data-exclusion patterns might not work with a few backup vendors such as BackupExec and
Netbackup. FluidFS has an option for handling exclude paths and patterns, which will be skipped when executing NDMP backup
on the NAS volume.
This option can be configured at the NAS volume level, and is available under NAS Volume Settings.
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. Select a NAS volume and click Edit Settings.
4. In the Edit NAS Volume Settings panel, click Data Protection.
5. Select the NDMP Exclude Files Matching the Patterns Enabled checkbox.
6. Specify a pattern to exclude and click Add.
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