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Options for the ndmpcopy command

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You should understand the options available for the ndmpcopy nodeshell command to successfully transfer data.

The following table lists the available options.

Option Description

-sa username:[password]

This option sets the source authentication user name and password for connecting to the source storage system. This is a mandatory option.

For a user without admin privilege, you must specify the user's system-generated NDMP-specific password. The system-generated password is mandatory for both admin and non-admin users.

-da username:[password]

This option sets the destination authentication user name and password for connecting to the destination storage system. This is a mandatory option.

-st {md5|text}

This option sets the source authentication type to be used when connecting to the source storage system.This is a mandatory option and therefore the user should provide either the text or md5 option.

-dt {md5|text}

This option sets the destination authentication type to be used when connecting to the destination storage system.

-l

This option sets the dump level used for the transfer to the specified value of level.Valid values are 0, 1, to 9, where 0 indicates a full transfer and 1 to 9 specifies an incremental transfer. The default is 0.

-d

This option enables generation of ndmpcopy debug log messages. The ndmpcopy debug log files are located in the /mroot/etc/log root volume. The ndmpcopy debug log file names are in the ndmpcopy.yyyymmdd format.

-f

This option enables the forced mode. This mode enables system files to be overwritten in the /etc directory on the root of the 7-Mode volume.

-h

This option prints the help message.

-p

This option prompts you to enter the password for source and destination authorization. This password overrides the password specified for -sa and -da options.

Note

You can use this option only when the command is running in an interactive console.

-exclude

This option excludes specified files or directories from the path specified for data transfer. The value can be a comma-separated list of directory or file names such as .pst or .txt. The maximum number of exclude patterns supported is 32 and the maximum number of characters supported is 255.