Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation

To perform the pre-migration steps

1. Stop all jobs on the Cloud Catalyst appliance as follows.

   • Deactivate all backup policies that write to the Cloud Catalyst storage server.

   • Deactivate all storage lifecycle policies (SLPs) that write to the Cloud Catalyst storage server.

   • Verify all active jobs that are targeted for the Cloud Catalyst storage server have been stopped.

2. Log in to the primary appliance server as a NetBackupCLI Administrator and run the following command to clean up the NetBackup catalog:

   bpimage -cleanup -allclients -prunetir

   For a traditional NetBackup primary server, log in to the NetBackup Administration Console to run the command.

3. To complete the pre-migration steps on the Cloud Catalyst appliance, install the EEB that you downloaded from the Vertias Download Center (in Task 3) and respond to the prompts as they appear.

To perform the configuration tasks

1. Remove the Cloud Catalyst appliance from the primary server.
2. Deploy a NetBackup Virtual Appliance 5.0 media server or upgrade an existing NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server to version 5.0. The appliance must be managed by the same primary server as the Cloud Catalyst appliance. Make sure the primary server has an adequate amount of space for the MSDP partition.
3. If the appliance was previously configured for KMS, make sure to configure it.

   Note:

   Upgraded appliances do not require reconfiguration of KMS or other enabled features.

4. After completing the configuration, log in to the appliance shell menu and run the following command to reset the storage:

   Support > Storage Reset

5. Log in to the NetBackup Web UI and delete the PureDisk storage unit and disk pool on the media server.

To perform the migration steps

1. Log in to the newly deployed or upgraded appliance as a NetBackupCLI Administrator and run the following command:

   bpnbat -Login -loginType WEBUI -requestApproval

2. To start the migration process, run the following command:

   sudo /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdecommission -migrate_cloudcatalyst

3. Monitor the migration and provide the following information or responses when prompted to do so:

   • The line number of the Cloud Catalyst server to migrate

   • Cloud bucket name

   • Cloud Catalyst server hostname

   • Indicate if MSDP KMS encryption is enabled for cloudcatalyst_server_name.

   • New disk volume name for the migrated Cloud Catalyst server

   • New disk pool name for the migrated Cloud Catalyst server

   • Cloud account username or access key

   • Cloud account password or secret access key

   • Indicate if you want to migrate cloudcatalyst_server_name to the new MSDP cloud server.

   • Verify that no jobs are currently running on the Cloud Catalyst server.

   • Decide if you wish to skip migrating Cloud Catalyst image sharing information.

   • Select how to handle the SLP-controlled images that are in-process or yet to be processed. Options are displayed.

   • Select how to delete the Cloud Catalyst disk pool, storage unit, and storage server, or how to deactivate the policies that reference the Cloud Catalyst storage unit. Options are displayed.

After the migration process has completed successfully

1. Log in to the appliance (image sharing server) as a NetBackupCLI Administrator and run the following command, and then restart the appliance:

   cacontrol --catalog buildcloudcatalystobjects <new_disk_volume_name>

   For details about this command, see the Veritas NetBackup Deduplication Guide, Appendix B.

2. Create a new storage unit for this disk pool that was created during the migration through the NetBackup Web UI. Use the new storage unit as the destination for your policies and SLPs through the NetBackup Java Console.
3. Re-enable any existing policies and SLPs that previously wrote to the migrated Cloud Catalyst server, as the migration process disables these policies.
4. Optional step: To clean up any unused Cloud Catalyst objects from the cloud bucket, log in to the media server appliance as a NetBackupCLI user and run the following command:

   cacontrol --catalog cleanupcloudcatalystobjects <new_disk_volume_name>

   For details about this command, see the Veritas NetBackup Deduplication Guide, Appendix B.