Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. About NetBackup cloud storage
    1.  
      About cloud storage features and functionality
    2.  
      About the catalog backup of cloud configuration files
    3.  
      About support limitations for NetBackup cloud storage
  2. About the cloud storage
    1.  
      About the cloud storage vendors for NetBackup
    2. About the Amazon S3 cloud storage API type
      1.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        Amazon S3 storage type requirements
      3.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage options
      5.  
        Amazon S3 advanced server configuration options
      6.  
        Amazon S3 credentials broker details
      7.  
        About private clouds from Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers
      8.  
        About Amazon S3 storage classes
      9.  
        Amazon virtual private cloud support with NetBackup
      10. About protecting data in Amazon for long-term retention
        1. About protecting data in Amazon Glacier
          1.  
            About backing up data to Amazon Glacier
          2.  
            About restoring data from Amazon Glacier
        2. About protecting data in Amazon Glacier vault
          1.  
            About backing up data to Amazon Glacier vault
          2.  
            About restoring data from Amazon Glacier vault
      11. Protecting data using Amazon's cloud tiering
        1.  
          About backing up data using LIFECYCLE storage class
        2.  
          About restoring data from LIFECYCLE storage class
      12.  
        About NetBackup character restrictions for Amazon S3 cloud connector
    3. About Microsoft Azure cloud storage API type
      1.  
        Microsoft Azure cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        Microsoft Azure storage type requirements
      3.  
        Microsoft Azure cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        Microsoft Azure advanced server configuration options
    4. About OpenStack Swift cloud storage API type
      1.  
        OpenStack Swift cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        OpenStack Swift storage type requirements
      3.  
        OpenStack Swift cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        OpenStack Swift storage region options
      5.  
        OpenStack Swift add cloud storage configuration options
      6.  
        OpenStack Swift proxy settings
  3. Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup
    1.  
      Before you begin to configure cloud storage in NetBackup
    2.  
      Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup
    3.  
      Cloud installation requirements
    4. Scalable Storage properties
      1.  
        Configuring advanced bandwidth throttling settings
      2.  
        Advanced bandwidth throttling settings
    5. Cloud Storage properties
      1.  
        Adding a cloud storage instance
      2.  
        Changing cloud storage host properties
      3.  
        Deleting a cloud storage host instance
    6. About the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container
      1.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container security certificates
      2.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container security modes
      3.  
        NetBackup cloudstore.conf configuration file
    7.  
      Deploying host name-based certificates
    8.  
      Deploying host ID-based certificates
    9.  
      About data compression for cloud backups
    10.  
      About data encryption for cloud storage
    11.  
      About key management for encryption of NetBackup cloud storage
    12.  
      About cloud storage servers
    13.  
      About object size for cloud storage
    14. About the NetBackup media servers for cloud storage
      1.  
        Using media server as NetBackup Cloud master host
    15. Configuring a storage server for cloud storage
      1.  
        KMS database encryption settings
      2.  
        Assigning a storage class to Amazon cloud storage
    16.  
      Changing cloud storage server properties
    17. NetBackup cloud storage server properties
      1.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server bandwidth throttling properties
      2.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server connection properties
      3.  
        NetBackup CloudCatalyst storage server properties
      4.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server encryption properties
    18.  
      About cloud storage disk pools
    19.  
      Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage
    20.  
      Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup cloud storage encryption
    21.  
      Adding backup media servers to your cloud environment
    22. Configuring a storage unit for cloud storage
      1.  
        Cloud storage unit properties
      2.  
        Configure a favorable client-to-server ratio
      3.  
        Control backup traffic to the media servers
    23.  
      About NetBackup Accelerator and NetBackup Optimized Synthetic backups
    24.  
      Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage
    25.  
      Enabling optimized synthetic backups with cloud storage
    26.  
      Creating a backup policy
    27. Changing cloud storage disk pool properties
      1.  
        Cloud storage disk pool properties
    28.  
      Managing Certification Authorities (CA) for NetBackup Cloud
  4. Monitoring and Reporting
    1.  
      About monitoring and reporting for cloud backups
    2.  
      Viewing cloud storage job details
    3.  
      Viewing the compression ratio
    4.  
      Viewing NetBackup cloud storage disk reports
    5.  
      Displaying KMS key information for cloud storage encryption
  5. Operational notes
    1.  
      NetBackup bpstsinfo command operational notes
    2.  
      Unable to configure additional media servers
    3.  
      Cloud configuration may fail if NetBackup Access Control is enabled
    4.  
      Deleting cloud storage server artifacts
  6. Troubleshooting
    1. About unified logging
      1.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      2.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
    2. About legacy logging
      1.  
        Creating NetBackup log file directories for cloud storage
    3.  
      NetBackup cloud storage log files
    4.  
      Enable libcurl logging
    5.  
      NetBackup Administration Console fails to open
    6. Troubleshooting cloud storage configuration issues
      1.  
        NetBackup Scalable Storage host properties unavailable
      2.  
        Connection to the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container fails
      3.  
        Cannot create a cloud storage disk pool
      4.  
        Cannot create a cloud storage
      5.  
        Data transfer to cloud storage server fails in the SSL mode
      6.  
        Amazon GovCloud cloud storage configuration fails in non-SSL mode
      7.  
        Data restore from the Google Nearline storage class may fail
      8.  
        Backups may fail for cloud storage configurations with Frankfurt region
      9.  
        Backups may fail for cloud storage configurations with the cloud compression option
      10.  
        Fetching storage regions fails with authentication version V2
    7. Troubleshooting cloud storage operational issues
      1.  
        Cloud storage backups fail
      2.  
        Stopping and starting the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container
      3.  
        A restart of the nbcssc (on legacy media servers), nbwmc, and nbsl processes reverts all cloudstore.conf settings
      4.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container startup and shutdown troubleshooting
      5.  
        bptm process takes time to terminate after cancelling GLACIER restore job
      6.  
        Handling image cleanup failures for Amazon Glacier vault
      7.  
        Cleaning up orphaned archives manually
      8.  
        Restoring from Amazon Glacier vault spans more than 24 hours for single fragment
      9.  
        Restoring from GLACIER_VAULT takes more than 24 hours for Oracle databases
      10.  
        Troubleshooting failures due to missing Amazon IAM permissions
      11.  
        Restore job fails if the restore job start time overlaps with the backup job end time

NetBackup cloud storage server bandwidth throttling properties

The following storage server properties apply to bandwidth throttling. The THR prefix specifies a throttling property. Use the correct cloud provider URL for the desired cloud vendor.

To change these properties, use the Scalable Storage host properties Cloud Settings tab.

See Scalable Storage properties.

Table: Cloud storage server bandwidth throttling properties

Property

Description

THR:storage_server

Shows maximum number of concurrent jobs that can be run for a specific cloud storage server.

If configuring throttling for a media server that is a CloudCatalyst cloud storage server:

  • Change this value to 160 or more.

  • This value should be the same as the Maximum concurrent jobs media server property in the Scalable Storage host properties.

    See Scalable Storage properties.

Default value: Not applicable

Possible values: See the Description column

THR:AVAIL_BANDWIDTH

This read-only field displays the total available bandwidth value for the cloud feature. The value is displayed in bytes per second. You must specify a number greater than zero. If you enter zero, an error is generated.

Default value: 104857600

Possible values: Any positive integer

THR:DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS

The default maximum number of concurrent jobs that the media server can run for the cloud storage server.

If THR:storage_server is set, NetBackup uses THR:storage_server instead of THR:DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS.

This is a read-only field.

This value applies to the media server not to the cloud storage server. If you have more than one media server that can connect to the cloud storage server, each media server can have a different value. Therefore, to determine the total number of jobs that can run on the cloud storage server, add the values from each media server.

If NetBackup is configured to allow more jobs than THR:DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS, NetBackup fails any jobs that start after the number of maximum jobs is reached. Jobs include both backup and restore jobs.

You can configure job limits per backup policy and per storage unit.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Note:

NetBackup must account for many factors when it starts jobs: the number of concurrent jobs, the number of THR:DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS per media server, the number of media servers, and the job load-balancing logic. Therefore, NetBackup may not fail jobs exactly at the maximum number of connections. NetBackup may fail a job when the connection number is slightly less than the maximum, exactly the maximum, or slightly more than the maximum.

In practice, you should not need to set this value higher than 100.

Default value: 10

Possible values: 1 to 2147483647

THR:OFF_TIME_BANDWIDTH_PERCENT

This read-only field displays the bandwidth percent that is used during off time.

Default value: 100

Possible values: 0 to 100

THR:OFF_TIME_END

This read-only field displays the end of off time. Specify the time in 24-hour format. For example, 8:00 A.M. is 8 and 6:30 P.M. is 1830.

Default value: 8

Possible values: 0 to 2359

THR:OFF_TIME_START

This read-only field displays the start of off time. Specify the time in 24-hour format. For example, 8:00 A.M. is 8 and 6:30 P.M. is 1830.

Default value: 18

Possible values: 0 to 2359

THR:READ_BANDWIDTH_PERCENT

This read-only field displays the read bandwidth percentage the cloud feature uses. Specify a value between 0 and 100. If you enter an incorrect value, an error is generated.

Default value: 100

Possible values: 0 to 100

THR:SAMPLE_INTERVAL

This read-only field displays the rate at which backup streams sample their utilization and adjust their bandwidth use. The value is specified in seconds. When this value is set to zero, throttling is disabled.

Default value: 0

Possible values: 1 to 2147483647

THR:WEEKEND_BANDWIDTH_PERCENT

This read-only field displays the bandwidth percent that is used during the weekend.

Default value: 100

Possible values: 0 to 100

THR:WEEKEND_END

This read-only field displays the end of the weekend. The day value is specified with numbers, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on.

Default value: 7

Possible values: 1 to 7

THR:WEEKEND_START

This read-only field displays the start of the weekend. The day value is specified with numbers, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on.

Default value: 6

Possible values: 1 to 7

THR:WORK_TIME_BANDWIDTH_PERCENT

This read-only field displays the bandwidth percent that is used during the work time.

Default value: 100

Possible values: 0 to 100

THR:WORK_TIME_END

This read-only field displays the end of work time. Specify the time in 24-hour format. For example, 8:00 A.M. is 8 and 6:30 P.M. is 1830.

Default value: 18

Possible values: 0 to 2359

THR:WORK_TIME_START

This read-only field displays the start of work time. Specify the time in 24-hour format. For example, 8:00 A.M. is 8 and 6:30 P.M. is 1830.

Default value: 8

Possible values: 0 to 2359

THR:WRITE_BANDWIDTH_PERCENT

This read-only field displays the write bandwidth percentage the cloud feature uses. Specify a value between 0 and 100. If you enter an incorrect value, an error is generated.

Default value: 100

Possible values: 0 to 100

See Changing cloud storage server properties.

See NetBackup cloud storage server properties.