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Learn about managing ONTAP node-scoped NDMP mode for FlexVol volumes

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You can manage NDMP at the node level by using NDMP options and commands. You can modify the NDMP options by using the options command. You must use NDMP-specific credentials to access a storage system to perform tape backup and restore operations.

Learn more about options in the ONTAP command reference.

Commands for managing ONTAP node-scoped NDMP mode

You can use the system services ndmp commands to manage NDMP at a node level. Some of these commands are deprecated and will be removed in a future major release.

You can use the following NDMP commands only at the advanced privilege level:

  • system services ndmp service terminate

  • system services ndmp service start

  • system services ndmp service stop

  • system services ndmp log start

  • system services ndmp log stop

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Enable NDMP service

system services ndmp on*

Disable NDMP service

system services ndmp off*

Display NDMP configuration

system services ndmp show*

Modify NDMP configuration

system services ndmp modify*

Display the default NDMP version

system services ndmp version*

Display NDMP service configuration

system services ndmp service show

Modify NDMP service configuration

system services ndmp service modify

Display all NDMP sessions

system services ndmp status

Display detailed information about all NDMP sessions

system services ndmp probe

Terminate the specified NDMP session

system services ndmp kill

Terminate all NDMP sessions

system services ndmp kill-all

Change the NDMP password

system services ndmp password*

Enable node-scoped NDMP mode

system services ndmp node-scope-mode on*

Disable node-scoped NDMP mode

system services ndmp node-scope-mode off*

Display the node-scoped NDMP mode status

system services ndmp node-scope-mode status*

Forcefully terminate all NDMP sessions

system services ndmp service terminate

Start the NDMP service daemon

system services ndmp service start

Stop the NDMP service daemon

system services ndmp service stop

Start logging for the specified NDMP session

system services ndmp log start*

Stop logging for the specified NDMP session

system services ndmp log stop*

  • These commands are deprecated and will be removed in a future major release.

Learn more about system services ndmp in the ONTAP command reference.

User authentication in a node-scoped NDMP mode

In the node-scoped NDMP mode, you must use NDMP specific credentials to access a storage system in order to perform tape backup and restore operations.

The default user ID is “root”. Before using NDMP on a node, you must ensure that you change the default NDMP password associated with the NDMP user. You can also change the default NDMP user ID.

Related information

Commands for managing node-scoped NDMP mode

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