Veritas Access Solutions Guide for NetBackup

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  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.  
      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 as a cloud storage server with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    2.  
      Creating a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) for primary backup using NetBackup
    3.  
      Configure Veritas Access as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst
    4.  
      Enabling SSL on Veritas Access
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9.  
    Index

About Veritas Access as a NetBackup client

Veritas Access is integrated with Veritas NetBackup so that a NetBackup administrator can back up your Veritas Access file systems to NetBackup master or media servers and retain the data as per your company policy. Once data is backed up, a storage administrator can delete unwanted data from Veritas Access. The NetBackup master and media servers that run on separate computers from Veritas Access are licensed separately from Veritas Access.

You configure NetBackup domain information using any one of the following interfaces:

  • Command-line interface (CLI)

    The Veritas Access command-line interface has a dedicated Backup> menu. From the Backup> menu, register the NetBackup client with the NetBackup domain. Information is saved in the bp.conf file.

  • GUI

    Settings > NetBackup Configuration

    See the Online Help for how to configure NetBackup using the GUI.

  • RESTful APIs

    See the Veritas Access RESTful API Guide.

Consolidating storage reduces the administrative overhead of backing up and restoring many separate file systems. Critical file data can be backed up and restored through the NetBackup client on Veritas Access.

Figure: Backing up Veritas Access using NetBackup

Backing up Veritas Access using NetBackup

If Veritas Access is configured with IPv6 addresses, you have to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host as well.

Perform the following steps to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host :

  • Set the IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY option in the NetBackup bp.conf file for the host to AF_UNSPEC.

    # bpsetconfig IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC
  • You can view the current setting by executing the bpgetconfig command.

    # bpgetconfig
    IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC
  • Restart the services after making this change.