ndmpd(1M) System Administration Commands ndmpd(1M)NAMEndmpd - Network Data Management Protocol daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/ndmp/ndmpd [-d]
DESCRIPTION
The ndmpd daemon handles client Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
requests. NDMP is an open, enterprise-wide, network-based data manage‐
ment protocol used for backup and recovery. The ndmpd daemon enables
users to manage data backup and recovery using Data Management Applica‐
tion (DMA) clients. The NDMP protocol is used to coordinate data move‐
ment and control between a DMA and an NDMP server or between two NDMP
servers.
By default, ndmpd is disabled.
OPTIONS
The following option is supported:
-d
Debugging mode; log file will be created.
EXIT STATUS
0 Successful completion.
1 An error occurred that prevented the ndmpd daemon from initializ‐
ing, such as failure to fork a process, mutex initialization.
2 Invalid command-line options were specified.
FILES
/usr/lib/ndmp/ndmpd
Network data management protocol server binary.
/var/ndmp/ndmp.log
Network data management protocol log messages file. This file is
deleted upon reboot.
/var/ndmp/dumpdates
A text file that stores information about the date and the level of
dump backups.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │service/storage/ndmp, SUNWndmpr │
├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
└─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOsvcs(1), ndmpadm(1M), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M), syslogd(1M),
attributes(5), smf(5)NOTES
The ndmpd daemon is managed by the service management facility
(smf(5)), under the service identifier:
svc:/system/ndmpd:default
Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The service's
status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.
SunOS 5.11 27 Apr 2009 ndmpd(1M)
