Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.0)
  1. About NetBackup cloud storage
    1.  
      New cloud features in NetBackup 8.0
    2.  
      About cloud storage features and functionality
    3.  
      About the catalog backup of cloud configuration files
    4.  
      About support limitations for NetBackup cloud storage
  2. About the cloud storage
    1.  
      About the cloud storage vendors for NetBackup
    2. About the Amazon S3 cloud storage API type
      1.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        Amazon S3 storage type requirements
      3.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage options
      5.  
        Amazon S3 advanced server configuration options
      6.  
        Amazon S3 credentials broker details
      7.  
        About private clouds from Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers
      8.  
        About Amazon S3 storage classes
    3. About EMC Atmos cloud storage API type
      1.  
        EMC Atmos cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        EMC Atmos storage type requirements
      3.  
        EMC Atmos cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        EMC Atmos advanced server configuration options
      5.  
        About private clouds from AT&T
    4. About Microsoft Azure cloud storage API type
      1.  
        Microsoft Azure cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        Microsoft Azure storage type requirements
      3.  
        Microsoft Azure cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        Microsoft Azure advanced server configuration options
    5. About OpenStack Swift cloud storage API type
      1.  
        OpenStack Swift cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        OpenStack Swift storage type requirements
      3.  
        OpenStack Swift cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        OpenStack Swift storage region options
      5.  
        OpenStack Swift add cloud storage configuration options
      6.  
        OpenStack Swift proxy settings
      7.  
        About Rackspace Cloud Files storage requirements
      8.  
        Rackspace storage server configuration options
      9.  
        About private clouds from Rackspace
  3. Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup
    1.  
      Before you begin to configure cloud storage in NetBackup
    2.  
      Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup
    3.  
      Cloud installation requirements
    4. Scalable Storage properties
      1.  
        Configuring advanced bandwidth throttling settings
      2.  
        Advanced bandwidth throttling settings
    5. Cloud Storage properties
      1.  
        Adding a cloud storage instance
      2.  
        Changing cloud storage host properties
      3.  
        Deleting a cloud storage host instance
    6. About the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container
      1.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container security certificates
      2.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container security modes
      3.  
        NetBackup cloudstore.conf configuration file
    7.  
      Deploying host name-based certificates
    8.  
      Deploying host ID-based certificates
    9.  
      About data compression for cloud backups
    10.  
      About data encryption for cloud storage
    11.  
      About key management for encryption of NetBackup cloud storage
    12.  
      About cloud storage servers
    13.  
      About the NetBackup media servers for cloud storage
    14. Configuring a storage server for cloud storage
      1.  
        KMS database encryption settings
      2.  
        Assigning a storage class to Amazon cloud storage
    15.  
      Changing cloud storage server properties
    16. NetBackup cloud storage server properties
      1.  
        NetBackup storage server cloud connection properties
      2.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server bandwidth throttling properties
      3.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server encryption properties
    17.  
      About cloud storage disk pools
    18.  
      Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage
    19.  
      Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup cloud storage encryption
    20.  
      Adding backup media servers to your cloud environment
    21. Configuring a storage unit for cloud storage
      1.  
        Cloud storage unit properties
      2.  
        Configure a favorable client-to-server ratio
      3.  
        Control backup traffic to the media servers
    22.  
      About NetBackup Accelerator and NetBackup Optimized Synthetic backups
    23.  
      Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage
    24.  
      Enabling optimized synthetic backups with cloud storage
    25.  
      Creating a backup policy
    26. Changing cloud storage disk pool properties
      1.  
        Cloud storage disk pool properties
  4. Monitoring and Reporting
    1.  
      About monitoring and reporting for cloud backups
    2.  
      Viewing cloud storage job details
    3.  
      Viewing the compression ratio
    4.  
      Viewing NetBackup cloud storage disk reports
    5.  
      Displaying KMS key information for cloud storage encryption
  5. Operational notes
    1.  
      NetBackup bpstsinfo command operational notes
    2.  
      Unable to configure additional media servers
    3.  
      Cloud configuration may fail if NetBackup Access Control is enabled
    4.  
      Deleting cloud storage server artifacts
  6. Troubleshooting
    1. About unified logging
      1.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      2.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
    2. About legacy logging
      1.  
        Creating NetBackup log file directories for cloud storage
    3.  
      NetBackup cloud storage log files
    4.  
      Enable libcurl logging
    5.  
      NetBackup Administration Console fails to open
    6. Troubleshooting cloud storage configuration issues
      1.  
        NetBackup Scalable Storage host properties unavailable
      2.  
        Connection to the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container fails
      3.  
        Cannot create a cloud storage disk pool
      4.  
        Cannot create a cloud storage
      5.  
        Data transfer to cloud storage server fails in the SSL mode
      6.  
        Amazon GovCloud cloud storage configuration fails in non-SSL mode
      7.  
        Data restore from the Google Nearline storage class may fail
      8.  
        Backups may fail for cloud storage configurations with Frankfurt region
      9.  
        Backups may fail for cloud storage configurations with the cloud compression option
      10.  
        Fetching storage regions fails with authentication version V2
    7. Troubleshooting cloud storage operational issues
      1.  
        Cloud storage backups fail
      2.  
        Stopping and starting the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container
      3.  
        A restart of the nbcssc process reverts all cloudstore.conf settings
      4.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container startup and shutdown troubleshooting

NetBackup cloudstore.conf configuration file

Table: cloudstore.conf configuration file parameters and descriptions describes the cloudstore.conf configuration file parameters. The cloudstore.conf file is available on all media servers that are installed on the platforms that NetBackup supports. You can modify most of these parameters manually.

Note:

You must stop the nbcssc service before you modify any of the parameters in the cloudstore.conf file. Once you modify the parameters, restart the nbcssc service.

The cloudstore.conf file resides in the following directories:

  • UNIX or Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/db/cloud

  • Windows: install_path\Netbackup\db\cloud

Table: cloudstore.conf configuration file parameters and descriptions

Parameter

Description

CSSC_VERSION

Veritas recommends that you do not modify this value.

Specifies the version of cloudstore.conf file. The default value is 1.

CSSC_PLUGIN_PATH

Veritas recommends that you do not modify this value.

Specifies the path where NetBackup cloud storage plug-ins are installed. The default path is as follows:

On Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\ost-plugins

On UNIX: /usr/openv/lib/ost-plugins

CSSC_PORT

Specifies the port number for the CloudStore Service Container (nbcssc). The default value is 5637.

CSSC_LOG_DIR

Specifies the directory path where nbcssc generates log files. The default path is as follows:

On Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackup\logs\nbcssc

On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbcssc

CSSC_LOG_FILE

Specifies the file name that the nbcssc service uses to write its logs. The default value is empty, which means that the NetBackup logging mechanism determines the log file name.

CSSC_IS_SECURE

Specifies if the nbcssc service runs in secure (value 64) or non-secure mode (value 0). The default value is 64.

CSSC_CIPHER_LIST

Veritas recommends that you do not modify this value.

Specifies the cipher list that NetBackup uses while it communicates with the nbcssc service in the secure (SSL) mode. The default value is HIGH:MEDIUM:!eNULL:!aNULL:!SSLv2:!RC4.

CSSC_LOG_LEVEL

Specifies the log level for nbcssc logging. Value 0 indicates that the logging is disabled and non-zero value indicates that the logging is enabled. The default value is 0.

CSSC_MASTER_PORT

Specifies the port number of NetBackup master server host where the nbcssc service runs. The default value is 5637.

CSSC_MASTER_NAME

Specifies the NetBackup master server name. This entry indicates that the nbcssc service runs on this host. It processes all cloud provider-specific requests based on the CloudProvider.xml and CloudInstance.xml files that reside at the following location:

On Windows: install_path\Netbackup\db\cloud

On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/db/cloud

CSSC_MASTER_IS_SECURE

Specifies if the nbcssc service is running in secure (value 64) or non-secure mode (value 0) on the NetBackup master server. The default value is 64.

CSSC_LEGACY_AUTH_ENABLED

Specifies if the nbcssc service has the legacy authentication enabled (value 1) or disabled (0). The default value is 0.

To avoid legacy authentication failures, Veritas recommends you to upgrade pre-NetBackup 8.0 media servers to NetBackup 8.0 or later.