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

Configure Veritas Access as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst

To configure the Veritas Access cluster as a cloud storage server and create an OpenStorage Technology (OST) disk pool and storage unit (STU) from the NetBackup console

  1. Log on to the NetBackup master server from the Java console.
  2. Select Configure Cloud Storage Servers.
  3. The Welcome to cloud storage server configuration wizard appears. Click Next.
  4. Select Veritas Access in the cloud provider list. Click Next.
  5. On the Add storage server form, click on Add Cloud Storage.
  6. In the Add cloud storage wizard, enter the required information.

    • Service host: s3.<veritas_access_cluster_name>

    • HTTP port: 8143

    • HTTPS port: 8143

    • Storage server Name: Any string or any auto-generated name.

      For example, my-s3.<veritas_access_cluster_name>

    Click Ok.

    Note:

    If DNS is not configured, you have to add an entry in the /etc/hosts file on the NetBackup master server and the CloudCatalyst media server.

  7. Select Media server from the Media server name drop-down box. Select the Enable NetBackup CloudCatalyst check box if you want to store the deduplicated MSDP backup data on Veritas Access's ObjectAccess bucket. Specify the path of the local cache directory for CloudCatalyst. Enter the access key and secret key using which you created the bucket is on Veritas Access. For SSL-related settings, click on Advance Settings.
  8. If the Veritas Access ObjectAccess server is configured with No SSL, then clear the Use SSL check box and click Ok.

    To enable SSL, See Enabling SSL on Veritas Access.

  9. Click Next.
  10. On the Specify Deduplication setting form, click Next
  11. Messages related to setting the encryption appear. Click Yes.
  12. Review the Cloud storage server summary and click Next.
  13. Check the status of the tasks in the storage server creation process. Click Next.
  14. Verify that the storage server is successfully created and click Next.
  15. The Volume selection to use in disk pool form lists all the buckets that are created by a user on the Veritas Access cluster as a volume. If the bucket is not created from Veritas Access, then click on Add volume and specify the bucket name. After bucket creation, the bucket is listed as a volume. Select a bucket and click Next.
  16. In the Additional disk pool information form, enter the disk pool name and click Next.
  17. Review the disk pool configuration summary and click Next.
  18. In the Disk pool creation status form, verify that the disk pool is created successfully. Make sure that the Create a storage unit using the disk pool that you have just created check box is selected.
  19. In the Storage unit creation wizard, enter the storage unit name. Click Only use the selected media servers. Select the media server in the list and click Next.
  20. Verify that the disk pool creation wizard completes successfully. Click Finish.