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Veritas Velocity™ User's Guide

Last Published: 2018-10-23

Product(s): Velocity (2.9)

Getting to know Velocity
1. Introducing Velocity
2. About the Velocity Appliance
3. About the Velocity Storage Server administration interfaces
4. Using the Velocity shell menu
5. How Velocity and NetBackup work together
Setting up Velocity
1. Velocity administrator's checklist for setting up Veritas Velocity
2. Database administrator's checklist for setting up Veritas Velocity
3. Sandbox user's checklist for setting up Veritas Velocity
4. How to set up the Velocity Storage Server
5. How to set up the Velocity Client
6. Deleting a Velocity Client
7. Configuring a proxy server for Velocity
8. Required and optional ports for Velocity
9. Installing the NetBackup Client on the Velocity Storage Server
Setting up the Velocity on-premises management server
1. How to set up the Velocity on-premises management server
2. Deploying the Velocity on-premises management server image on a virtual machine
3. Configuring the network settings for the Velocity on-premises management server
4. Configuring Active Directory/LDAP settings on the Velocity on-premises management server
5. Adding users to the Velocity on-premises management server
6. Upgrading the Velocity on-premises management server
Upgrading Velocity
1. How to upgrade to Velocity version 2.9
2. Finding the Velocity component version numbers
3. Downloading and transferring software updates to the Velocity Storage Server
4. Removing previous upgrade files
5. Upgrading the Velocity Storage Server
6. Upgrading the Velocity Client for Linux
7. Upgrading the Velocity Client for Windows
8. Upgrading the Velocity Client for Solaris
Velocity Storage Server
1. About the Velocity Storage Server
2. Viewing physical storage usage on the Velocity Storage Server
3. About reclaiming storage space on the Veritas Velocity Storage Server
4. Increasing meta and data storage capacity on the Velocity Storage Server
5. Deregistering a Velocity Storage Server
6. How to reset the Velocity Storage Server
Users and roles
1. How to configure users and roles in Velocity
2. Adding users
3. Role-based access control
4. Adding roles
5. Deleting roles
6. Viewing details about all users and roles
7. Assigning users to an existing role
8. Removing users from a role
9. Changing the database sources that are assigned to a role
Oracle database ingestion using Velocity
1. How to provide copies of Oracle databases for sandboxes in Velocity
2. Adding an Oracle database to ingest into Velocity
3. Ingesting an Oracle database into Velocity for the first time
4. Ingesting an Oracle database again after the first ingest
5. Canceling an Oracle database ingestion
6. How to use copy preparation to mask or sanitize sensitive data
7. Ingesting an Oracle database into Velocity from the command line
8. About setting custom initialization parameters for a sandbox for an Oracle database copy
9. Editing default options for the ingest method for Oracle databases
Oracle database ingestion using NetBackup CoPilot
1. How to set up NetBackup CoPilot to ingest Oracle databases into Velocity
2. Ingesting an Oracle database with NetBackup CoPilot
Microsoft SQL Server database ingestion using Velocity
1. How to provide copies of SQL Server databases for sandboxes in Velocity
2. Adding a SQL Server database to ingest into Velocity
3. Ingesting a SQL Server database into Velocity
4. Editing default options for SQL Server database ingestion
5. Canceling a SQL Server database ingestion
Automatic ingestion of NetBackup deduplicated backups
1. About using NetBackup deduplicated backups to create Velocity sandboxes
2. How to set up automatic ingestion of NetBackup deduplicated backups
3. Supported Oracle policy options for automatic ingestions of NetBackup deduplicated backups
4. Supported SQL Server policy options for automatic ingestions of NetBackup deduplicated backups
5. Adding an Oracle database source to automatically ingest NetBackup deduplicated backups
6. Adding a SQL Server database source to automatically ingest NetBackup deduplicated backups
Database sources and copies
1. About database sources and copies
2. Viewing details of an Oracle database source
3. Viewing details of a SQL Server database source
4. Changing the nickname or description of a database source
5. Deleting a database source from Velocity
6. About scheduling ingestions for a database source
7. Retention periods for database sources and copies
8. Viewing database copies
9. Viewing the number of sandboxes that were created from a database copy
10. Viewing the status of database copies
11. Deleting database copies
Sandboxes
1. About sandboxes
2. Creating a sandbox from an Oracle database copy
3. Starting an Oracle database instance manually
4. Creating a sandbox from a SQL Server database copy
5. Starting a SQL database manually
6. Finding your sandbox
7. Viewing details about your sandboxes
8. Deleting a sandbox
9. Managing sandboxes when you restart the host Oracle Database server
10. Unmounting a sandbox from an Oracle host server
Database recovery
1. Recovering an Oracle database
Alerts and logs
1. Viewing alerts
2. Creating audit log reports
3. Redirecting the syslog messages
4. Viewing the syslog messages on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux computer
5. Viewing the syslog messages on a Windows computer
Managing the Velocity physical appliance
1. Configuring network address settings on the Velocity physical appliance
2. About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity physical appliance
3. About Velocity physical appliance storage
  1. Configuring the storage on the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Viewing the storage on the Velocity physical appliance
4. About users on the Velocity physical appliance
5. About Velocity physical appliance checkpoints
  1. Creating a custom checkpoint on the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Restoring the Velocity physical appliance from a checkpoint
6. About factory reset on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. Restoring the Velocity physical appliance to a factory state
Monitoring the Velocity physical appliance
1. About Veritas AutoSupport on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. Setting up AutoSupport on the Velocity physical appliance
2. Setting up email notifications on the Velocity physical appliance
3. Setting up SNMP notifications on the Velocity physical appliance
4. Auditing the SDCS logs on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. About SDCS event type codes and severity codes on the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Changing the SDCS log retention settings on the Velocity physical appliance
5. Testing the Velocity physical appliance hardware
Velocity physical appliance security
1. About Velocity physical appliance user account privileges
  1. Velocity physical appliance user name and password specifications
    1. Password encryption and handling on the Velocity physical appliance
2. About the Velocity physical appliance intrusion detection system
  1. Reviewing SDCS events on the Velocity physical appliance
3. About Velocity physical appliance operating system security
  1. Vulnerability scanning of the Velocity physical appliance
  2. Disabled service accounts on the Velocity physical appliance
4. About data security on the Velocity physical appliance
5. About data integrity on the Velocity physical appliance
6. About the Velocity physical appliance ports
7. Recommended IPMI settings on the Velocity physical appliance
  1. Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate on the physical appliance
Velocity REST APIs
1. Getting started with Velocity REST APIs
2. Authenticate a user for the Velocity REST APIs
3. Get Velocity Storage Servers
4. Create a share
5. Find the share ID
6. Find the share location
7. Create a snapshot
8. Find the snapshot ID
9. Create a sandbox
10. Find the sandbox ID
11. Get a sandbox
12. Delete a share
13. Delete a snapshot
14. Delete a sandbox
15. Get templates (shares)
16. Get snapshots
17. List all sandboxes
Best practices
1. Improving the performance of Veritas Velocity for Oracle Database
2. Stopping and starting all mounts
3. Protecting the Velocity on-premises management server
Troubleshooting
1. NFS export paths where ingested Oracle Database sources are stored are inaccessible
2. NFS export path is not created during a database ingestion
3. Database ingestion fails with the Oracle error 'diskgroup {xx} space exhausted'
4. After restart of the vpfsd service, links to the applications are broken
5. Sandbox creation fails on an Oracle Database server
6. Sandbox creation fails for a SQL Server database copy
7. Sandbox creation fails after you use the --adGroups argument when you configure the Velocity Client for Windows
8. Sandbox creation may take longer than usual on Oracle Database 12c
9. A sandbox cannot be deleted from an Oracle Database server because the mount point is busy
10. Error occurs when registering the Velocity Client; provide the Oracle DBA with access to the Velocity registration files
11. Error occurs when a new sandbox name has the same name as a deleted sandbox
12. Ingestions and sandboxes are stuck 'In Progress' after the Velocity Storage Server is restarted
Glossary
1. Glossary terms for Velocity
Section I. Velocity shell menu commands
1. Introduction
  1. About Velocity commands
2. Appendix A. Main > Manage > Storage
  1. Manage > Storage > Configure
  2. Manage > Storage > Show
3. Appendix B. Main > Manage > Cloud
  1. Main > Manage > Cloud
4. Appendix C. Main > Manage > Software
5. Appendix D. Main > Monitor
6. Appendix E. Main > Network
7. Appendix F. Main > Settings
8. Appendix G. Main > Support

Testing the network path for Oracle communications

Velocity uses NFS to export and mount file systems so that it can access data. When you install and register the Velocity Client, you have to know the appropriate network path so that the Velocity Storage Server can communicate with any Oracle host servers.

You may find it helpful to complete the following procedure if you have a complicated network configuration, for example if you use more than one network card on your Oracle server. Completing these steps before you register the Velocity Client can help eliminate potential issues with the way Velocity uses NFS. It can also help you to determine the integrity of the network configuration.

To test the network path for Oracle communications

On the Velocity Storage Server, from the Velocity shell menu, select Support > Support > Maintenance.
When prompted, enter the Velocity Storage Server password, and then type the following command:
elevate
Root access is enabled.
Type the following command to create a test directory:
mkdir /testexport
Type the following command to create a test file in the directory:
touch /testexport/test
Modify /etc/exports to add the following line:
/testexport <hostname/IP>(ro)
Where <hostname/IP> is the hostname or IP address of the Oracle host server that you want to use with Velocity.
Note:
If you already attempted this procedure, but you were unable to view the test file, you should use a new hostname or IP address. The new hostname or IP address should represent a different network card on the Oracle host server.
Save /etc/exports.
Type the following commands to export the file that you created:
- exportfs -rav
  Ensure that "/testexport" appears as having been exported to the intended Oracle host server.
  Note:
  You may receive a message that says "exportfs: Failed to resolve <oracle host>", where <oracle host> is the hostname of the Oracle server that you are using for the test. If you receive this message, you have entered a server hostname that is not able to be resolved on the network. Go back to step 5 and try a new hostname or modify your network name resolution configuration so that the hostname is resolvable to an IP address.
- exportfs
  Ensure that "/testexport" is listed in the output.
Log on to the Oracle host server as root.
Type the following command to create a test directory mount point on the Oracle host server:
mkdir /testmount
Note:
If you already created this test directory to test a hostname or IP address, you can skip this step. At the end of this procedure, when you have successfully identified the hostname or IP address to use with Velocity, you will remove the test directory.
Type the following command to mount the exported test directory from the Velocity Storage Server:
mount -o vers=4 <storage host/IP>:/testexport /testmount
Where <storage host/IP> is the hostname or IP address of the Velocity Storage Server.
Type the following command to ensure that the test file can be seen in the mounted directory:
ls -l /testmount/test

Were you able to view the test file?

If you were able to view the test file:

The mount succeeded.

Proceed to step 13 to remove the testmount directory that you created.

If you were not able to view the test file:

If the mount failed or pauses or if the directory does not show the test file, then the network path is incorrect. You must repeat the test using a different host server hostname or IP address in /etc/exports to determine the correct network path.

For each test, you must unmount the testmount on the host server before you modify /etc/exports on the Velocity Storage Server and retry the mount:

Type the following command on the Oracle host server to unmount the test directory:
umount /testmount
On the Velocity Storage Server, from the Velocity shell menu, select Support > Support > Maintenance.
When prompted, enter the Velocity Storage Server password, and then type the following command:
elevate
Root access is enabled.

Return to step 5 to repeat the procedure. You should use a new hostname or IP address that represents a different network card on the Oracle host server.

On the Oracle host server, type the following command to unmount the test directory:
umount /testmount
Type the following command to remove the local test directory mount point:
rmdir /testmount
On the Velocity Storage Server, from the Velocity shell menu, select Support > Support > Maintenance.
When prompted, enter the Velocity Storage Server password, and then type the following command:
elevate
Root access is enabled.
Edit the /etc/exports file and remove the /testexport entry.
Run the following command:
exportfs -rav
Type the following command to remove the /testexport directory:
rm -fr /testexport
You have completed this procedure. You can use the hostname or IP address that you tested for the host server when you register the Velocity Client.

See Configuring the Velocity Client for Linux.