Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
- Introducing the NetBackup media server deduplication option
- Planning your deployment
- About MSDP storage and connectivity requirements
- About NetBackup media server deduplication
- About NetBackup Client Direct deduplication
- About MSDP remote office client deduplication
- About MSDP performance
- About MSDP stream handlers
- MSDP deployment best practices
- Provisioning the storage
- Licensing deduplication
- Configuring deduplication
- Configuring the Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent behavior
- Configuring the MSDP fingerprint cache behavior
- Configuring MSDP fingerprint cache seeding on the storage server
- About MSDP Encryption using NetBackup KMS service
- Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool
- Configuring a disk pool for deduplication
- Configuring a Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit
- About MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain
- Configuring MSDP optimized duplication within the same NetBackup domain
- Configuring MSDP replication to a different NetBackup domain
- About NetBackup Auto Image Replication
- Configuring a target for MSDP replication to a remote domain
- Creating a storage lifecycle policy
- Resilient Network properties
- Editing the MSDP pd.conf file
- About protecting the MSDP catalog
- Configuring an MSDP catalog backup
- About NetBackup WORM storage support for immutable and indelible data
- Configuring deduplication to the cloud with NetBackup Cloud Catalyst
- Using NetBackup Cloud Catalyst to upload deduplicated data to the cloud
- Configuring a Cloud Catalyst storage server for deduplication to the cloud
- MSDP cloud support
- About MSDP cloud support
- Monitoring deduplication activity
- Viewing MSDP job details
- Managing deduplication
- Managing MSDP servers
- Managing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
- Managing Media Server Deduplication Pools
- Changing a Media Server Deduplication Pool properties
- Configuring MSDP data integrity checking behavior
- About MSDP storage rebasing
- Managing MSDP servers
- Recovering MSDP
- Replacing MSDP hosts
- Uninstalling MSDP
- Deduplication architecture
- Troubleshooting
- About unified logging
- About legacy logging
- Troubleshooting MSDP installation issues
- Troubleshooting MSDP configuration issues
- Troubleshooting MSDP operational issues
- Troubleshooting Cloud Catalyst issues
- Cloud Catalyst logs
- Problems encountered while using the Cloud Storage Server Configuration Wizard
- Disk pool problems
- Problems during cloud storage server configuration
- Cloud Catalyst troubleshooting tools
- Trouble shooting multi-domain issues
- Appendix A. Migrating to MSDP storage
Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool
Configure in this context means to configure a NetBackup media server as a storage server for a
.See About MSDP storage servers.
The type of storage. |
Select for the type of disk storage. |
The credentials for the deduplication engine. | |
The storage paths. | |
The network interface. | |
The load balancing servers, if any. |
When you configure the storage server, the wizard also lets you create a disk pool and storage unit.
Prerequisite |
For a 96-TB , you must create the required directories before you configure the storage server. |
To configure a NetBackup storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool
- In the NetBackup Administration Console, select either NetBackup Management or Media and Device Management.
- In the right pane, click Configure Disk Storage Servers.
The Storage Server Configuration Wizard Welcome panel appears.
- On the Welcome panel, select Media Server Deduplication Pool from the drop-down menu.
The types of storage servers that you can configure depend on the options for which you are licensed.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
After you select Media Server Deduplication Pool, click Next. The Add Storage Server wizard panel appears.
- On the Add Storage Server panel, select or enter the appropriate information.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
Media server
Select the media server that you want to configure as the storage server.
You can add deduplication load balancing servers on the next wizard panel.
Username
Enter the user name for the NetBackup Deduplication Engine.
Password
Enter the password for the NetBackup Deduplication Engine.
Confirm password
To confirm the password, re-enter the password.
After you enter the information, click Next.
The Storage Server Properties panel appears.
- On the Storage Server Properties panel, enter or select the properties for the deduplication storage server.
See MSDP storage path properties.
See MSDP network interface properties.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
After you click Next, the behavior depends on whether you have media servers installed, as follows:
- On the Deduplication Load Balancing panel, select other NetBackup media servers to use for deduplication. Selecting load balancing servers is optional.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
For the media servers that you select, NetBackup enables their deduplication functionality and populates them with the NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials you entered on a previous panel.
When you click Next, the Storage Server Encryption panel appears next.
Note:
Load balancing for Cloud Catalyst storage servers or Cloud Catalyst appliances is supported. See the following topic for configuration considerations.
See Configuring source control or target control optimized duplication for Cloud Catalyst.
- On the Storage Server Encryption panel, you can enable encryption and KMS for the Media Server Deduplication Pool. The Enable KMS option is available when you select Enable Encryption.
If none of the KMS servers is configured, NetBackup KMS is configured:
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
See About MSDP Encryption using NetBackup KMS service.
See About MSDP Encryption using external KMS server.
If you select Enable KMS for the first time, as a one-time KMS configuration, you must enter the following information:
Option
Description
KMS server name
The name of the Key Management Server.
Host master key (HMK) passphrase
Enter a password that you want to set as the host master key (HMK) passphrase.
Host master key id
Enter a unique ID to associate with the host master key. This ID helps you to determine an HMK associated with any key store.
Key protection key (KPK) passphrase
Enter a password that you want to set as the key protection key (KPK) passphrase. This ID helps you to determine a KPK associated with any key store.
Key protection key id
Enter a unique ID to associate with the key protection key.
Key name
Enter a name of the key.
Key passphrase
Enter a password that you want set as the key passphrase.
If you select Enable KMS and if NetBackup KMS is already configured on the Master Server, you must enter the following information:
Option
Description
Key name
Enter a name of the key.
Key passphrase
Enter a password that you want set as the key passphrase.
If you select Enable KMS and if external KMS is already configured on the Master Server, you must enter the following information:
Option
Description
Key group name
Enter a name of the key group.
Ensure that a key with a custom attribute set with value of key group name already exists in the external KMS server.
For more information about KMS configuration, see the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.
When you click Next, the Storage Server Configuration Summary panel appears next.
- On the Storage Server Configuration Summary panel, verify the selections. If OK, click Next to configure the storage server.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
The Storage Server Creation Status panel appears.
- The Storage Server Configuration Status wizard panel describes the status of the operation.
After the storage server is created, you can do the following:
Configure a disk pool
Ensure that Create a disk pool using the storage server that you have just created is selected and then click Next.
The Select Volumes panel appears. Continue to the next step.
Exit
Click Close.
You can configure a disk pool at another time.
If storage server creation fails, troubleshooting help is available.
- On the Select Volumes panel, select the volume for this disk pool. All of storage in the Storage Path that you configured in the Storage Server Configuration Wizard is exposed as a single volume. The PureDiskVolume is a virtual name for that storage.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
After you select the PureDiskVolume volume, click Next. The Additional Disk Pool Information wizard panel appears.
- On the Additional Disk Pool Information panel, enter the values for this disk pool.
See Media Server Deduplication Pool properties.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
After you enter the appropriate information or select the necessary options, click Next. The Disk Pool Configuration Summary wizard panel appears.
- On the Disk Pool Configuration Summary panel, verify the selections. If OK, click Next.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
To configure the disk pool, click Next. The Disk Pool Configuration Status wizard panel appears.
- The Disk Pool Configuration Status wizard panel describes the progress of the operation.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
After the disk pool is created, you can do the following:
Configure a storage unit
Ensure that Create a storage unit using the disk pool that you have just created is selected and then click Next. The Storage Unit Creation wizard panel appears. Continue to the next step.
Exit
Click Close.
You can configure one or more storage units later.
See Configuring a Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit.
- Enter the appropriate information for the storage unit.
See Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit properties.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
After you enter the appropriate information or select the necessary options, click Next to create the storage unit.
- After NetBackup configures the storage unit, the Finished panel appears. Click Finish to exit from the wizard.