SVM-scoped NDMP fails to establish data connection

Applies to

• ONTAP 9
• NDMP
• Data Management Application (DMA) or NDMP Backup Application

Issue

• The backup or restore requires a network connection to exchange data between the DMA and the NetApp system (Indirect or 3-way topology)
• The backup or restore aborts with a network-related error
• Examples of errors that might accompany this issue, and can be found in a ndmpd debug log: 

error 33 (ERROR: CONNECT FAILED)
NDMP Connect: Unable to Connect to <data_connect_address> due to Connection timed out
ERROR: NDMP Vserver Connect: couldn't find any appropriate preferred local src IP address
NDMP Connect: Unable to Connect to <data_connect_address> due to Network is unreachable