Veritas Access Solutions Guide for NetBackup

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2)
Platform: Linux
  1. Veritas Access integration with NetBackup
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
    2.  
      About Veritas Access as a NetBackup client
    3.  
      About Veritas Access as backup storage for NetBackup
    4.  
      Use cases for long-term data retention
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      System requirements for OpenDedup installation
    3.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with OpenDedup
    4.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with CloudCatalyst
  3. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Add-on license for using Veritas Data Deduplication
    3.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Data Deduplication with Veritas Access
    4.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the GUI
    5.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the Veritas Access command-line interface (CLI)
    6.  
      Configuring a Veritas Data Deduplication storage unit on NetBackup
    7.  
      Configuring global deduplication using the Veritas Data Deduplication storage server across the domain
  4. Migrating the NetBackup images from existing storage to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
    1.  
      Migrating the NetBackup image from OpenDedup/CloudCatalyst/S3 to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
  5. Configuring Veritas Access backup over S3 with OpenDedup and NetBackup
    1.  
      Workflow for OpenDedup
    2.  
      Backing up deduplicated data (OpenDedup and NetBackup) using the S3 protocol to Veritas Access
    3.  
      Backing up data (NetBackup) and deduplicating the data (OpenDedup) on Veritas Access
    4.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    5.  
      Creating a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) for primary backup using NetBackup
    6.  
      Creating an OST disk pool and STU in the NetBackup console
    7.  
      Setting up multiple NetBackup media servers in the same domain
    8.  
      Setting up multiple SDFS volumes on a NetBackup media server
  6. Configuring Veritas Access as a cloud storage server with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    2.  
      Configure Veritas Access as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst
    3.  
      Enabling SSL on Veritas Access
  7. Configuring backup and restore using NetBackup policies
    1.  
      Storage Lifecycle Policies
    2.  
      Backup and restore
    3.  
      Running a backup policy manually
    4.  
      Restoring backed up files
  8. Configuring Veritas Access with the NetBackup client
    1.  
      Prerequisites for configuring the NetBackup client
    2.  
      About the NetBackup Snapshot Client
    3.  
      About NetBackup snapshot methods
    4.  
      Enabling or disabling the NetBackup SAN client
    5.  
      Workflow for configuring Veritas Access for NetBackup
    6.  
      Registering a NetBackup master server or adding an optional media server
    7.  
      Displaying the excluded files from backup
    8.  
      Displaying the included and excluded files for backups
    9.  
      Adding or deleting patterns to the list of files in backups
    10.  
      Configuring or resetting the virtual IP address used by NetBackup
    11.  
      Configuring the virtual name of NetBackup
    12.  
      Displaying the status of NetBackup services
    13.  
      Configuring backup operations using NetBackup or other third-party backup applications
    14.  
      Performing a backup or restore of a Veritas Access file system over a NetBackup SAN client
    15.  
      Performing a backup or restore of a snapshot
    16.  
      Installing or uninstalling the NetBackup client
    17.  
      Configuring Veritas Access for NetBackup cloud storage
  9. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Unmounting the SDFS volume before restarting Veritas Access or the NetBackup media server
    2.  
      Upgrading SDFS from earlier versions to 7.4.2
    3.  
      Log locations for troubleshooting
    4.  
      Changing log levels
    5.  
      Additional resources
    6.  
      Generating Veritas Access S3 server keys using the helper script
    7.  
      OpenDedup tuning recommendations
  10.  
    Index

Creating an OST disk pool and STU in the NetBackup console

To create an OpenStorage Technology (OST) disk pool and storage unit (STU) in the NetBackup console

  1. Log on to the NetBackup master server from the Java console.
  2. Select Configure Disk Storage Servers.
  3. Select the OpenStorage option from the Select the type of disk storage that you want to configure section of the dialog.
  4. Add the following options to the Storage Server Details:

    • Storage server type: OpenDedupe

      Note:

      The Storage server type field is case-sensitive. OpenDedupe has to be entered exactly as shown in the screen shot.

    • Storage Server name: The name in the <NAME></NAME> tag in the /etc/sdfs/ostconfig.xml file. This is local by default.

    • Username: Anything can go in this field. It is not used.

    • Password/Confirm Password: Anything can go in this field as well.

  5. Finish supplying entries for the storage configuration wizard and make sure Create a disk pool using the storage server that you just created is selected.
  6. Select the storage pool that was just created.
  7. Add a disk pool name.
  8. Finish the wizard entries and select Create a storage unit using the disk pool that you just created.
  9. In the Storage Unit Creation page, select Only use the selected media servers and select the media server that the storage was created on. For maximum concurrent jobs, select 8.

    Note:

    If you plan to run concurrent jobs for this STU, increase the Maximum concurrent jobs count to the desired value.

  10. Verify that the storage unit is added.
  11. Verify that the disk pool is added.