You can't have both as NMM includes partially NW client.  So to you classic client you must uninstall NMM (I wish that was not truth as then I could use classic client for system backups and NMM for AD backups, but at the moment such setup is just a wish list).

Hi agracci,

I would encourage you to take a moment to go through the documentation.

NMM 2.3 is installed on top of NetWorker client (previous versions of NMM such 2.1, 2.2 and 2.2 SP1 install embedded NetWorker client), and once you install NMM you must configure the backups to use NMM, which means you will need to use the backup command nsrsnap_vss_save.exe and some other Application information variables. For example, for File System backups you will need to use the following application information:

NSR_SNAP_TYPE=vss

This is the only variable that is required for every single backup with NMM, and some others are required depending on the Application (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, etc) you want to backup.

Let us know if you need any further information.

Thank you.

Carlos.

Hi Carlos,

Is there a way, for system with both NW and NMM, to say to use traditional backup instead of NMM trigerred one?  I didn't test 2.3, but with previous versions it used to be rather pain to make DR (3 hours as opposed to 10 minutes when using starndard client) so I skipped NMM from my roadmap.  The only interest (at this point) we see with NMM is ability to make granular backups of AD (which funny enough is not using VSS so it feels more natural to belong to NetWorker core package rather than NMM).

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Hi Hrvoje,

There is no option to run normal backups (save.exe) with NMM once it has been installed. Despite NMM 2.3 is installed on top of NetWorker client, nsrsnap_vss_save "replaces" save.exe; I mean, it's not replaced as such (save.exe still remains) but it's not used for anything other than the DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ save set with NetWorker 7.6.2.x for Disaster Recovery operations.

About nsradsave.exe (granular backup for AD) it's embedded in NMM as you can also perform AD DR with SYSTEM COMPONENTS:\, which backs up also the AD (NTDS).

Please let me know if you need any further information.

Thanks

Carlos.

Hi,

So everything is the same as before.  The problem as stated before is that DR with NMM takes considerably longer then whith classic NetWorker client.  I doubt this has changed with 7.6SP2 (in respect to NMM).  So in my case there is no value of using it.  I did placed a RFE to integrate AD granula backups within classic NW though...  Thanks.