NetBackup™ Web UI Kubernetes Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.0)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
  2. Monitoring NetBackup
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      Job monitoring
    3.  
      Jobs: cancel, suspend, restart, resume, delete
    4.  
      Search for or filter jobs in the jobs list
  3. Overview of NetBackup for Kubernetes
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Features of NetBackup support for Kubernetes
  4. Deploying and configuring the NetBackup Kubernetes operator
    1.  
      Deploy service package on NetBackup Kubernetes operator
    2.  
      Port requirements for Kubernetes operator deployment
    3.  
      Upgrade the NetBackup Kubernetes operator
    4.  
      Delete the NetBackup Kubernetes operator
    5.  
      Configure NetBackup Kubernetes datamover
    6.  
      Configure settings for NetBackup snapshot operation
    7.  
      Troubleshooting NetBackup servers with short names
    8. Managing image groups
      1.  
        About image expiration
      2.  
        About image copy
  5. Deploying certificates on NetBackup Kubernetes operator
    1.  
      Deploy certificates on the Kubernetes operator
    2.  
      Perform Host-ID-based certificate operations
    3.  
      Perform ECA certificate operations
    4.  
      Identify certificate types
  6. Managing Kubernetes assets
    1.  
      Add a Kubernetes cluster
    2.  
      Configure settings
    3.  
      Add protection to the assets
  7. Managing Kubernetes intelligent groups
    1.  
      About intelligent group
    2.  
      Create an intelligent group
    3.  
      Delete an intelligent group
    4.  
      Edit an intelligent group
  8. Protecting Kubernetes assets
    1.  
      Protect an intelligent group
    2.  
      Remove protection from an intelligent group
    3.  
      Configure backup schedule
    4.  
      Configure backup options
    5.  
      Configure backups
    6.  
      Configure storage units
  9. Recovering Kubernetes assets
    1.  
      Explore and validate recovery points
    2.  
      Restore from snapshot
    3.  
      Restore from backup copy
  10. Troubleshooting Kubernetes issues
    1.  
      Error during certificate deployment on the Kubernetes operator
    2.  
      Error during the primary server upgrade: NBCheck fails
    3.  
      Error during an old image restore: Operation fails
    4.  
      Error during persistent volume recovery API
    5.  
      Error during restore: Final job status shows partial failure
    6.  
      Error during restore on the same namespace
    7.  
      Datamover pods exceed the Kubernetes resource limit
    8.  
      Error during restore: Job fails on the highly loaded cluster
    9.  
      Custom Kubernetes role created for specific clusters cannot view the jobs

Restore from backup copy

NetBackup 10.0 onwards lets you restore from a backup copy. You can follow same procedure explained in restoring from snapshot, select the copy type as Backup. You can also restore to alternate target cluster.

To restore from backup copy

  1. On the left, click Kubernetes, under Workloads.
  2. In the Namespace tab, click the namespace of the asset that you want to recover. Click the Recovery pointstab.
  3. The Recovery pointstab shows you all the recovery points with the date, time, and copies of the backup. You can set filters to filter the displayed recovery points. Click the date in the Date column, to view the details of the recovery point. The Recovery points details dialog shows the resources that were backed up, like ConfigMaps, secrets, persistent volumes, pod, and so on. For details about these resources, see https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference

    Note:

    On the NetBackup web UI, a new column Copies is added, under Recovery points tab of Kubernetes asset. This column displays the total number of copies.

    Note:

    By default, if you have newly installed NetBackup version 10.0, the Copies column is visible to you.

    But, if the NetBackup primary server is upgraded from version 9.1 to 10.0, and if you are an existing user who has already visited the Recovery points tab, then the Copies column is not visible to you.

    Note:

    You can enable the visibility of Copies column using Show or hide columns option available on the Recovery points page.

  4. Click Copies, click the ellipsis menu (three dots), in the row of the recovery point that have the Backup type and a complete copy to restore.
  5. In the Recovery target page, to recover the asset to the same cluster source are auto populated. Click Next
  6. Under Specify destination namespace, select any of the following options to restore:
    • Use original namespace to use original namespace. By default, this option is selected.

    • Use alternate namespace and enter the alternate namespace and then, click Next.

  7. Under Select resource types to recover, select any of the following resource types to restore:
    • All resource types to recover all resource types. By default, this option is selected.

    • Recover selected resource types to recover only the selected resource types.

  8. Under Select Persistent volume claims to recover, select any of the following persistent volume claims to recover:
    • All Persistent volume claims to recover all persistent volume claims. By default, this option is selected.

    • Recover selected Persistent volume claims to recover selected persistent volume claims and then, click Next.

    Note:

    If you do not select any option in Recover selected resource types, then include empty persistent volume claims option is selected and no persistent volume claims is restored.

    Note:

    Restore only persistent volume enables toggle in the selected persistent volume claims to restore only the persistent volume. This will not create corresponding persistent volume claim.

  9. Click Start recovery to submit the recovery entry.
  10. In the Activity monitor tab, click the Job ID, to view the restore job details.
  11. On the Job Details page, click Details tab, the restore job sequence (pre-restore, data movement, and then the post-restore job) is displayed.

Note:

NetBackup Kubernetes restore uses single job to restore all the persistent volume claims and a namespace. You can view logs in the Activity monitor to track which persistent volume, persistent volume claims, or metadata is being restored.

Note:

NetBackup version 10.0 do not support the restore job cancellation. But a Cancel button still exists on the NetBackup web UI which is enabled. If the administrator or a user triggers cancellation, then the behavior is undefined, and the process may not be terminated correctly.

Note:

NetBackup version 10.0 supports an alternate cluster restore only for Restore from backup copy job. In some cases, restore to alternate cluster might fail partially due to different object versions on the cluster.