Veritas Access Solutions Guide for Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Management Platform
- Introduction
- Deploying the SDS Management Platform with Veritas Access
- Using the SDS Management Platform interface
- Setting up SSL in the SDS Management Platform
- Performing authentication
- System backup and restore
- Troubleshooting
- Log locations
- Diagnostic reports
- Java Virtual Machine (JVM) parameters
- SDS Management Platform known issues
- If multiple bucket creation requests with different inputs for attributes such as size and layout are in progress in parallel, then a bucket can get created with incorrect attributes
- When editing a storage resource or backup server, an Advanced button is available that shows options that you should not change
- If you add a Veritas Access cluster where the host includes the protocol (such as, https://10.20.30.40), the provider gets added and collects data but running the LTR workflow fails
- When you create a bucket, the status of the task appears as DONE, even though the creation is still in progress
- Clicking on a non-mapped Veritas Access cluster directs you to an empty wiki page which shows a table and some data
- If you restart the operating system, the SDS Management Platform does not start automatically
- When you add a storage resource or backup server, the added resource is not automatically visible
- After the SDS log is rotated, the log messages from either Veritas Access or the SDS plugin go to the rotated file instead of the new file
- Some of the storage resources may appear as faulted and a warning sign appears next to the cluster IP address in the Infrastructure> Storage Resources page
- Creation of STU fails if the S3 user is changed
- Software limitations
Using the Long Term Retention Storage (LTR) application
The LTR application has the following menu entries:
Use this option to go back to the launchpad, and switch to another application.
Displays the bucket health overview, storage utilization, and a bar chart showing the top ten buckets with the highest storage utilization. An alert overview with LTR-specific alerts is also displayed, if the details are available.
Shows a table of all the buckets with information on the file system, storage pool, backup server (if the bucket is used for LTR), storage resource, and storage utilization.
You can use the wizard to configure storage for long-term retention.
To configure storage for long-term retention using the LTR wizard
- Click on Provision Storage to start the LTR wizard. An infographic for the LTR workflow appears on the screen.
- All the NetBackup servers known to the platform are shown in a table. Select any one server.
- All the backup policies of the selected NetBackup server are shown in a table. Select any one policy.
- Select whether you want to use an existing bucket for LTR or create a new one by choosing either Select existing bucket or Create new bucket.
If you select Select existing bucket, all the available buckets are listed in a table. Select any one bucket.
If you select Create new bucket, you are prompted to enter the following details:
Bucket size: The size of the bucket to be created.
File system layout: Select any one of the values - mirrored, simple, or erasure-coded from the drop-down menu.
Device protection: If you have selected erasure-coded as the file system layout, select either disk or node from the drop-down menu. If any other file system layout has been selected, you can ignore this field.
Policy: LTR On-premises is pre-selected. Currently, you cannot change this value.
- A summary report is displayed that shows all the details.
The SDS module creates the bucket intelligently on the available clusters based on your inputs.
The bucket size can be increased either directly on the page using the respective action in the table or on the detail page of a bucket.
Note:
The SDS module updates the /etc/hosts system file with the IP of the Veritas Access cluster.