# NDMP

You can use the Commvault software to back up and restore network-attached storage (NAS) file server data with Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP). You can perform both streaming and IntelliSnap backups using the NDMP agent.

## Backups

### Backups You Can Perform

- Full backups

- Differential backups

- Incremental backups

- IntelliSnap backups

### Data You Can Back Up

- Regular data

- Hard links

- Soft links

- Sparse files

- Zip files

- Unicode

- Long path files

### When You Can Perform Backups

- On a schedule: The backup plan that you assign manages scheduled backups

- On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time

## Restores

### Backups You Can Use for Restores

- The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location

- A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable

- Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted

### Destinations You Can Restore To

- The current location (in place)

- Different volume/folder on the same file server (out of place)

- Different file server (out of place)

- Windows or Unix client (out of place)

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