Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Performance and Tuning Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1)
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Purpose of the guide
    2.  
      Disclaimer
  2. About OpsCenter configuration
    1.  
      OpsCenter Server configuration
    2. About OpsCenter Server on a virtual machine
      1.  
        Physical versus virtual configuration for OpsCenter Server
      2.  
        Guidelines on the OpsCenter VM parameters
      3.  
        About VM settings and % gains during OpsCenter report generation
    3.  
      OpsCenter database configuration
    4.  
      OpsCenter services
  3. About OpsCenter performance and tuning
    1.  
      Sizing considerations
    2.  
      Sizing guidelines
    3. About tuning OpsCenter for increased performance
      1.  
        About performance tuning guidelines
      2.  
        About adding NetBackup Master Servers to OpsCenter
      3.  
        About using a web browser to access OpsCenter
      4. About saving the OpsCenter log files on a different drive
        1.  
          Checking the debug level of logs
        2.  
          Saving the log files to a different location on Windows
        3.  
          Saving the log files to a different location on UNIX
      5. About adjusting the heap size or cache size for OpsCenter services
        1.  
          Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter server service
        2.  
          Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter web server service
        3.  
          Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter Agent service
        4.  
          Adjusting the OpsCenter database service cache size
      6. About OpsCenter database defragmentation
        1.  
          Checking the disk fragment count
        2.  
          About allocating more memory before database defragmentation
        3.  
          Defragmenting the OpsCenter database
      7.  
        About purging data periodically
    4. Moving OpsCenter server to a different computer
      1.  
        About saving the files before moving the OpsCenter Server
      2.  
        Moving OpsCenter server because of constraints in upgrade
      3.  
        Moving OpsCenter server because of issues in the existing setup
  4. OpsCenter best practices
    1.  
      Network configuration best practices
    2. Installation and upgrade best practices
      1.  
        Things to avoid during installation and upgrade
    3. OpsCenter database best practices
      1.  
        Things to avoid while you use OpsCenter database
    4. Backup products best practices
      1.  
        Things to avoid while you collect data from backup products
    5.  
      OpsCenter Server best practices
    6.  
      OpsCenter reporting best practices
    7.  
      Best practices for antivirus configuration on Windows

OpsCenter reporting best practices

This section talks about a few best practices that you should follow while generating OpsCenter reports.

See Disclaimer.

Scenario 1 - Pie chart reports may slow down the OpsCenter GUI service

Note:

Assumption - OpsCenter database cache size tuning is in place.

See Adjusting the OpsCenter database service cache size.

Solution: You need to tune the OpsCenter GUI service for reporting.

  • The recommended average report time frame is 15 days. If the timeframe is more than 15 days and if you want to generate a chart-based report, then increase the GUI (web server) service heap size to a value between 2 GB and 4 GB. If you observe performance issues even after increasing the heap size, increase the OpsCenter Server service and GUI service heap size beyond the recommended sizes.

    See Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter web server service.

Note:

Once you have changed the heap size, restart the OpsCenter services.

Scenario 2 - OpsCenter performance may be affected while generating scheduled or custom reports

Solution: You need to define good time frame for scheduled reports as well as custom reports

  • If the number of scheduled reports is more than 300, use the recommended average report time frame that is 15 days.

  • Make sure that multiple reports are not running in parallel. Schedule the reports at different times as much as possible.

  • Schedule graphical (chart-based) reports at different times than the tabular reports, because graphical reports require more amount of memory to generate the output.

  • Increase the OpsCenter Server service heap size. Set the heap size to a value between 4 GB and 8 GB.

    See Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter server service.

Note:

Once you have changed the heap size, restart the OpsCenter services.