The Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) enables the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance to participate in NDMP-based backup and restore operations controlled by a remote NDMP client called a Data Management Application (DMA). Using NDMP, appliance user data (for example, data stored in administrator-created shares on the appliance) can be backed up and restored to both locally attached devices, such as tape drives, and remote systems. Locally attached devices can also be backed up and restored via DMA.