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

Migrating the NetBackup image from OpenDedup/CloudCatalyst/S3 to Veritas Data Deduplication storage

You can migrate the backup images from the OpenDedup/CloudCatalyst/S3 Storage Unit (STU) to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.

Note:

Veritas recommends using the Veritas Data Deduplication feature rather than using OpenDedup. However, OpenDedup is supported for backward compatibility.

To migrate the NetBackup images from the OpenDedup STU to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU when OpenDedup is configured as secondary storage in the NetBackup SLP

  1. Configure the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  2. Change the SLP to point to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU instead of the OpenDedup STU so that the new images get duplicated on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  3. Go to the NetBackup Management > Catalog and select the Action as Duplicate from the drop-down menu.
  4. In the NetBackup Management > Catalog, right-click on the image that is stored on the OpenDedup STU and that you want to duplicate on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU. Select Duplicate.
  5. In the pop-up window that appears, select the Veritas Data Deduplication STU and click OK.
  6. In the confirmation screen, click OK to start duplication.

    You can check the progress of the image duplication in the NetBackup Activity Monitor.

  7. After duplication is complete, expire the backup image stored on the OpenDedup STU.

You can duplicate the images stored on the OpenDedup STU to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU by using the following NetBackup commands:

  • Get the list of images stored on the OpenDedup STU.

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimmedia -stype OpenDedupe 
| grep ^IMAGE |awk {'print $3'}

  • Start duplication to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpduplicate -dstunit 
<ACCESS MSDP STU NAME> -pt Standard  -backupid <backup image id>

To migrate the NetBackup images from the OpenDedup STU to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU when OpenDedup is configured as the primary storage in the NetBackup policy

  1. Configure the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  2. Change the SLP to point to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU instead of the OpenDedup STU so that the new images get created on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  3. Go to the NetBackup Management > Catalog and select the Action as Duplicate from the drop-down menu.
  4. In the NetBackup Management > Catalog, right-click on the image that is stored on the OpenDedup STU and that you want to duplicate on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU. Select Duplicate.
  5. In the pop-up window that appears, select the Veritas Data Deduplication STU and click OK.
  6. In the confirmation screen, click OK to start duplication.

    You can check the progress of the image duplication in the NetBackup Activity Monitor.

  7. After duplication is complete, expire the backup image stored on the OpenDedup STU.

To migrate the NetBackup images from the CloudCatalyst STU to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU when CloudCatalyst is configured as the secondary storage in the NetBackup SLP

  1. Configure the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  2. Change the SLP to point to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU instead of the CloudCatalyst STU so that the new images get duplicated on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  3. As optimized duplication from CloudCatalyst to Veritas Data Deduplication is not supported, the administrator is required to add the RESUME_ORIG_DUP_ON_OPT_DUP_FAIL = TRUE flag in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file of both the master and media server.
  4. Go to the NetBackup Management > Catalog and select the Action as Duplicate from the drop-down menu.
  5. In the NetBackup Management > Catalog, right-click on the image that is stored on the CloudCatalyst STU and that you want to duplicate on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU. Select Duplicate.
  6. In the pop-up window that appears, select the Veritas Data Deduplication STU and click OK.
  7. In the confirmation screen, click OK to start duplication.

    You can check the progress of the image duplication in the NetBackup Activity Monitor.

  8. After the completion of duplication, the status of the duplication job appears as The requested operation was partially successful. In the job detail status, some error messages appear that are expected.
  9. After duplication is complete, expire the backup image stored on the CloudCatalyst STU.

To migrate the NetBackup images from the CloudCatalyst STU to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU when CloudCatalyst is configured as the primary storage in the NetBackup policy

  1. Configure the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  2. Change the SLP to point to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU instead of the CloudCatalyst STU so that the new images get created on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  3. As optimized duplication from CloudCatalyst to Veritas Data Deduplication is not supported, the administrator is required to add the RESUME_ORIG_DUP_ON_OPT_DUP_FAIL = TRUE flag in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file of both the master and media server.
  4. Go to the NetBackup Management > Catalog and select the Action as Duplicate from the drop-down menu.
  5. In the NetBackup Management > Catalog, right-click on the image that is stored on the CloudCatalyst STU and that you want to duplicate on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU. Select Duplicate.
  6. In the pop-up window that appears, select the Veritas Data Deduplication STU and click OK.
  7. In the confirmation screen, click OK to start duplication.

    You can check the progress of the image duplication in the NetBackup Activity Monitor.

  8. After the completion of duplication, the status of the duplication job appears as The requested operation was partially successful. In the job detail status, some error messages appear that are expected.
  9. After duplication is complete, expire the backup image stored on the CloudCatalyst STU.

To migrate the NetBackup images from the S3 STU to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU when S3 is configured as the primary storage in the NetBackup policy

  1. Configure the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  2. Change the SLP to point to the Veritas Data Deduplication STU instead of the S3 STU so that the new images get created on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU.
  3. Go to the NetBackup Management > Catalog and select the Action as Duplicate from the drop-down menu.
  4. In the NetBackup Management > Catalog, right-click on the image that is stored on the S3 STU and that you want to duplicate on the Veritas Data Deduplication STU. Select Duplicate.
  5. In the pop-up window that appears, select the Veritas Data Deduplication STU and click OK.
  6. In the confirmation screen, click OK to start duplication.

    You can check the progress of the image duplication in the NetBackup Activity Monitor.

  7. After duplication is complete, expire the backup image stored on the S3 STU.