Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)
  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.  
        Permissions required for Amazon S3 cloud provider user
      4.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage provider options
      5.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage options
      6.  
        Amazon S3 advanced server configuration options
      7.  
        Amazon S3 credentials broker details
      8.  
        About private clouds from Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers
      9.  
        About Amazon S3 storage classes
      10.  
        Amazon virtual private cloud support with NetBackup
      11. About protecting data in Amazon for long-term retention
        1. About protecting data in Amazon Glacier
          1.  
            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
      12. Protecting data using Amazon's cloud tiering
        1.  
          About backing up data using LIFECYCLE storage class
        2.  
          About restoring data from LIFECYCLE storage class
      13. About using Amazon IAM roles with NetBackup
        1.  
          Configuring AWS IAM Role with NetBackup
      14.  
        About NetBackup character restrictions for Amazon S3 cloud connector
      15. Protecting data with Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge
        1.  
          Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball with Amazon Snowball client
        2.  
          Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball with Amazon S3 API interface
        3.  
          Using multiple Amazon S3 adapters
        4.  
          Configuring NetBackup with Amazon Snowball Edge with file interface
        5.  
          Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball Edge with S3 API interface
        6.  
          Configuring SSL for Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge
        7.  
          Post backup procedures if you have used S3 API interface
    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
      5.  
        Protecting data in Microsoft Azure Archive for long-term retention
    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 NetBackup KMS for encryption of NetBackup cloud storage
    12.  
      About external KMS for encryption of NetBackup cloud storage
    13.  
      About cloud storage servers
    14.  
      About object size for cloud storage
    15. About the NetBackup media servers for cloud storage
      1.  
        Using media server as NetBackup Cloud master host
    16. Configuring a storage server for cloud storage
      1.  
        KMS database encryption settings
      2.  
        Assigning a storage class to Amazon cloud storage
    17.  
      Changing cloud storage server properties
    18. NetBackup cloud storage server properties
      1.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server bandwidth throttling properties
      2.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server connection properties
      3.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server encryption properties
    19.  
      About cloud storage disk pools
    20.  
      Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage
    21.  
      Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup cloud storage encryption
    22.  
      Adding backup media servers to your cloud environment
    23. 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
    24.  
      About NetBackup Accelerator and NetBackup Optimized Synthetic backups
    25.  
      Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage
    26.  
      Enabling optimized synthetic backups with cloud storage
    27.  
      Creating a backup policy
    28. Changing cloud storage disk pool properties
      1.  
        Cloud storage disk pool properties
    29.  
      Certificate validation against Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
    30.  
      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
    5.  
      Using csconfig reinitialize to load updated cloud configuration settings
    6.  
      Enabling or disabling communication between master server and legacy cloud storage media servers
  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
      12.  
        Post processing fails for restore from Azure archive
    8.  
      Troubleshooting Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge issues
  7.  
    Index

Protecting data in Microsoft Azure Archive for long-term retention

To protect your data for long-term retention you can back up the data to Microsoft Azure Archive Blob storage using NetBackup. Using NetBackup, you can create a storage server with Archive storage tier.

Note:

The Archive storage tier is only available at the blob level and not at the storage account level.

Requirements

Ensure that the following requirements are fulfilled:

  • You must have a general-purpose storage V2 to use Azure Archive.

  • Account level tier must be configured to HOT, else backup fails.

Limitations

Consider the following limitations:

  • Accelerator and deduplication are not supported with Azure Archive.

  • If restore or cleanup fails, you need to manually set the tier to archive for corresponding blobs.

High-level steps for configurations

  1. Configure the Azure Archive cloud storage server.

    See Configuring a storage server for cloud storage.

  2. Create a disk pool with Microsoft Azure Container.

    See Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage.

  3. Storage unit is created using the disk pool.

  4. Verify if the AZR:STORAGE_TIER property is configured for the storage server.

    Note:

    Once storage server is configured, its STORAGE_TIER cannot be changed.

    See NetBackup cloud storage server properties.

  5. Use the STU in the backup policy or the service lifecycle policy.

    See Creating a backup policy.

Backing up data to Azure Archive

During backup, NetBackup first uploads data to HOT Tier and after the data is successfully uploaded, it is moved to the Archive Tier.

The following diagram illustrates the backup flow.

Restoring data from Azure Archive

During restore, first image fragments are moved from Archive Tier to HOT tier. Movement of image fragments takes around 3 hrs to 15 hrs. After the image fragments are available in HOT Tier, they are downloaded to local storage. After the restore is complete, the image fragments on the HOT tier are moved back to the Archive Tier.

Note:

Image import from Azure Archive storage with TIR is faster.

The following diagram illustrates the restore flow.