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Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Last Published: 2020-02-18

Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)

How to configure a NetBackup Cloud Catalyst Appliance

Use the following procedure to configure a NetBackup Cloud Catalyst Appliance as a Cloud Catalyst storage server.

This procedure assumes that the preferred use case is configured. The preferred use case is described in the following topic:

See Optimized duplication is used to copy data from an MSDP storage server to a Cloud Catalyst storage server (preferred use case).

Table: Configuration steps for a NetBackup Cloud Catalyst Appliance

Step	Task	Where to configure	Procedure
Step 1	Configure an MSDP storage server (source)	One or more media servers	A NetBackup environment may contain one or more media servers that serve as source MSDP storage servers for one or more Cloud Catalyst appliances. See About MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain. See About the media servers for MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain.
Step 2	Create an account with a cloud service provider	Cloud service provider	Make sure that you have an account with a cloud service provider and that you know the user name and password.
Step 3	Configure KMS (optional)	Master server	NetBackup Cloud Catalyst supports MSDP Key Management Service (KMS) encryption. /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbkms -createemptydb As part of the setup, enter: A passphrase and an ID for the host master key (HMK). A passphrase and ID for the key protection key (KPK). Run the following command on the master server to start KMS: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbkms
Step 4	Configure an appliance as a Cloud Catalyst storage server (target)	Appliance	A Cloud Catalyst Appliance is the target for the optimized duplication. It is a dedicated appliance for cloud storage. A NetBackup environment may contain one or more Cloud Catalyst appliances. There should be one appliance for each different cloud service provider that is used in the environment. If desired, select the Encrypt data using MSDP KMS encryption in the wizard to configure encryption. As part of this wizard, a disk pool and a storage unit are configured. Documentation for the Cloud Catalyst Appliance can be found at the following website: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/Appliances.html
Step 5	Configure the target to allow load balancing for push optimized duplications (optional)	Appliance	To configure load balancing for push optimized duplications, the Cloud Catalyst Appliance must allow access from the source media server. Note: The push configuration is recommended if using load balancing for Cloud Catalyst. See the following topic for configuration considerations. See Configuring source control or target control optimized duplication for Cloud Catalyst.
Step 6	Configure a storage lifecycle policy	Master server	See Configuring a storage lifecycle policy for NetBackup Cloud Catalyst. Note: The backup and the duplication jobs can also be run manually from the NetBackup Administration Console or by using the bpduplicate command.
Step 7	Configure a backup policy	Master server	Create a backup policy that uses the SLP. In the Policy storage field of the policy Attributes tab, select the SLP. See About MSDP backup policy configuration. See Creating a backup policy .
Step 8	Protect the MSDP data and catalog	Media server	See About protecting the MSDP catalog. See Configuring an MSDP catalog backup. Note: After the MSDP catalog backup policy is created, it is inactive. Assign a storage unit to it and then make it active by setting the Go into effect at option on the Attributes tab. Save a configuration file for every MSDP storage server and Cloud Catalyst storage server in the environment. See About saving the MSDP storage server configuration.