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Veritas Velocity™ User's Guide

Last Published: 2017-11-28

Product(s): Velocity (2.8)

Getting to know Velocity
1. Introducing Velocity
2. How to access the Velocity Cloud Console
3. About the Velocity Appliance
4. About the Velocity Storage Server administration interfaces
5. Using the Velocity shell menu
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
Upgrading Velocity
1. How to upgrade to Velocity version 2.8
2. Finding the Velocity Storage Server and Velocity Client 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
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
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
Context-sensitive topics
1. Create Sandbox - Choose Database
2. Create Sandbox - Configure Host
3. Create Sandbox - Review Settings
4. Create Sandbox - Choose Database
5. Create Sandbox - Configure Host
6. Create Sandbox - Review Settings
7. Sandboxes window
8. Sandbox details
9. Sandbox details for an Oracle database copy
10. Sandbox details for a SQL Server database copy
11. Role Wizard - Select User Type
12. Role Wizard - Select Users
13. Role Wizard - Select Sources
14. Role Wizard - Review
15. Copies dialog
16. Database source details
17. Database Sources dialog
18. How to set up the Velocity Client
19. Schedule dialog
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

Adding an Oracle database to ingest into Velocity

To add an Oracle database to ingest into Velocity, you specify information to identify the database.

Then, you can start the ingest process immediately, save the ingestion to run later, or configure the ingestion to run on a schedule.

Alternatively, if you use Velocity to ingest Oracle databases, you can run the RMAN script manually from the command line.

See Ingesting an Oracle database into Velocity from the command line.

After databases are ingested, users can create sandboxes to access the database copies that they select.

Requirements

Ensure that the following prerequisites are set up before you add a database source:

The Velocity Client is configured on the host Oracle Database server.
See How to set up the Velocity Client.
The host Oracle Database server is running a supported configuration.
See the Velocity Software Compatibility List at the following URL:
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000125365

To add an Oracle database to ingest into Velocity

From the Velocity Cloud Console, in the left pane, click Database Sources.
On the Database Sources window, click +, and then click Add Database to Ingest.
Select Ingest Oracle to ingest an Oracle database source into Velocity, select whether you want to use Velocity or NetBackup to ingest this database source, and then click Next.
See Ingesting an Oracle database with NetBackup CoPilot.
See How to set up NetBackup CoPilot to ingest Oracle databases into Velocity.
If you selected Use NetBackup as the ingestion method in step 3, select From NetBackup CoPilot under NetBackup Ingestion Method.
Enter the hostname or IP address of the Oracle database server that you want to add to Velocity.
Click + to add the server name or IP address to the Added Hosts list.
Note:
To specify a database in a RAC environment, enter each node name or IP address one at a time. Then, click + to add each node to the Added Hosts list.
Enter the name of the Oracle database that you want to add to Velocity as a source.
Note:
The database name must start with a letter, can contain only letters, numbers, underscores (_), number signs (#), and dollar signs ($), and cannot exceed 30 characters. Refer to your Oracle documentation for other database name requirements.
(Optional) For the option Enable Copy Preparation, click Yes if you want to change data in a database before users can access the database copies from their sandboxes.
(Optional) Enter a user-friendly name for the database.
(Optional) Enter a meaningful description of the Oracle database.
Enter an NFS mount path, if you do not want to use the default path.
The NFS mount path is the path on the host server where the NFS share is mounted. The default path is /mnt/velocity.
Click Next.
(Optional) To create a recurring schedule for the ingestion, configure the scheduling options, and then click Next.
If you do not want to create a recurring schedule, click Skip.
If you selected the option to use NetBackup to ingest the database, the scheduling option is not available because scheduling is controlled within NetBackup.
You may have to upgrade your Velocity Storage Server to enable scheduling.
(Optional) Select the amount of time you want to retain this database source and all of its subsequent copies.
After the retention period ends, this database source and all of its copies are removed from the Velocity Storage Server.
Note:
Setting a default retention period for a database source that NetBackup ingested is not supported.
If you want to save this database source and its subsequent copies indefinitely, click Skip.
Click Next.

Do one of the following:

To ingest from an Oracle database that is hosted on ASM to a regular file system that is hosted on the Velocity Storage Server:

Do the following:

Click Save.
Edit the ingest_options.json file and set the 'StorageType' option to 'FS'.
See Editing default options for the ingest method for Oracle databases.
Save the ingest_options.json file.
Click Ingest.

To save the database information that you added, and then return to the Database Sources window without starting the ingest process:

Click Save.

You can run the ingest any time after you have saved the database information.

See Ingesting an Oracle database into Velocity for the first time.

See Ingesting an Oracle database with NetBackup CoPilot.

To save the database information and start the ingest process now:

Note:

This option is available only if you selected the option to use Velocity to ingest this database source in step 3.

Click Ingest.

After the database is successfully ingested, you can do any of the following:

Create a sandbox.
See Creating a sandbox from an Oracle database copy.
View the database copies.
See Viewing database copies.

More Information

Deleting a database source from Velocity