# Support for NetApp FlexGroup Volumes

You can back up and restore data with the NDMP agent on FlexGroup volumes.

## Considerations

- NetApp supports NDMP on FlexGroup volumes beginning with ONTAP version 9.7.

- NetApp does not support NDMP restores from a FlexGroup volume to another NetApp filer with ONTAP versions older than 9.7.

- Restores to Windows or UNIX clients are not supported with backups from FlexGroup volumes.

- Synthetic restores are not supported with backups from FlexGroup volumes.

- Subclients cannot contain a mix of FlexVol volumes and FlexGroup paths.

- NetApp does not support SMTape backups on FlexGroup volumes.

- Restartable backups (BRE extension) are supported for FlexGroup volumes with ONTAP version 9.8.

- NetApp NDMP multi-streaming is not supported on FlexGroup volumes.

- NetApp supports exclude filters as of ONTAP version 9.8.

- You can use NetApp FlexGroup volumes with NetApp Open Replication with the primary-mirror or the primary-vault topologies. You cannot use NetApp FlexGroup volumes with NetApp Open Replication with fanout or with cascade topologies.

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