Restore from windows filesystem to NDMP server

Hi ​@Robert.R 

Thanks for reaching out. I don’t believe this is natively supported.

In previous cases, customers were required to create a share on the target Filer and issue an out of place restore to the file share.

I will double check internally but I thought I’d respond in the meantime with the workaround I know of.

Hi Emils,

Thank you for your quick response.

You mean map drive the NMDP share into fileserver if yes i tried but during the restore option that the drive is not visible.

Robert

Hi ​@Robert.R 

Once the NDMP volume is available as a share, you don’t need to map the drive, you can directly restore to the share location: \\<SERVER/IP>\sharename or “/finite/nftest/test” using the steps in:

https://documentation.commvault.com/v11/expert/restoring_data_using_windows_file_system_agent.html

Note: ensure the MediaAgent used has access to the Filer IP. 

OR in CC and select Network Share Path with a Windows Access node for SMB or Linux Access node for NFS. 

https://documentation.commvault.com/11.40/essential/performing_file_server_restores.html

eg:

Hello Emils,

I’ve tried the option but no luck. affixing the screenprint for your reference

Hi ​@Robert.R You have to provide the destination client that has access to the destination share \\share\folder and provide the path manually here.

Best,

Rajiv Singal 

Hello Rajiv,

Thank you for your response.

My scenario that the NDMP client is not showing in Destination 

​@Robert.R By NDMP client you mean the filer or the access node that has access to the NDMP client?

Best,

Rajiv Singal

Yes filer

The NDMP client itself will not be shown here… It will be a Commvault Client aka as the access node, typically a MediaAgent which has access to the share that you specify in the destination Path.

for example, we have a mediaagent called ROB-MA1 which you're able to access and navigate the share you've created a share from the ”Dell PowerScale appliance” let's call it DELL-NDMP01. 

So to issue the restore, the client you would use is ROB-MA1 and the destination would be \\DELL-NDMP01\<someshare>\Restoretest. Ensure you've entered the credentials in Impersonate User. (Refer to the instructions in my reply above).

Hope this helps.

Thank you