Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.0)
  1. About NetBackup cloud storage
    1.  
      New cloud features in NetBackup 8.0
    2.  
      About cloud storage features and functionality
    3.  
      About the catalog backup of cloud configuration files
    4.  
      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.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage options
      5.  
        Amazon S3 advanced server configuration options
      6.  
        Amazon S3 credentials broker details
      7.  
        About private clouds from Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers
      8.  
        About Amazon S3 storage classes
    3. About EMC Atmos cloud storage API type
      1.  
        EMC Atmos cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        EMC Atmos storage type requirements
      3.  
        EMC Atmos cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        EMC Atmos advanced server configuration options
      5.  
        About private clouds from AT&T
    4. 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. 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
      7.  
        About Rackspace Cloud Files storage requirements
      8.  
        Rackspace storage server configuration options
      9.  
        About private clouds from Rackspace
  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 key management for encryption of NetBackup cloud storage
    12.  
      About cloud storage servers
    13.  
      About the NetBackup media servers for cloud storage
    14. Configuring a storage server for cloud storage
      1.  
        KMS database encryption settings
      2.  
        Assigning a storage class to Amazon cloud storage
    15.  
      Changing cloud storage server properties
    16. NetBackup cloud storage server properties
      1.  
        NetBackup storage server cloud connection properties
      2.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server bandwidth throttling properties
      3.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server encryption properties
    17.  
      About cloud storage disk pools
    18.  
      Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage
    19.  
      Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup cloud storage encryption
    20.  
      Adding backup media servers to your cloud environment
    21. 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
    22.  
      About NetBackup Accelerator and NetBackup Optimized Synthetic backups
    23.  
      Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage
    24.  
      Enabling optimized synthetic backups with cloud storage
    25.  
      Creating a backup policy
    26. Changing cloud storage disk pool properties
      1.  
        Cloud storage disk pool properties
  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
  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 process reverts all cloudstore.conf settings
      4.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container startup and shutdown troubleshooting

NetBackup storage server cloud connection properties

All or most of the cloud storage servers use the storage server properties in Table: Storage server cloud connection properties. The following are the prefixes for the currently supported cloud vendors:

  • Amazon: AMZ

  • Amazon GovCloud: AMZGOV

  • AT&T: ATT

  • Cloudian: CLD

  • Google Nearline: GOOG

  • Hitachi: HT

  • Microsoft Azure: AZR

  • Rackspace: RACKS

  • Verizon: VER

Table: Storage server cloud connection properties

Property

Description

METER:DIRECTORY

This read-only field displays the directory in which to store data stream metering information.

Default value: /usr/openv/netbackup/db/cloud (UNIX) or install_path\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\cloud\ (Windows)

METER:INTERVAL

The interval at which NetBackup gathers connection information for reporting purposes.

NetBackup OpsCenter uses the information that is collected to create reports. The value is set in seconds. The default setting is 300 seconds (5 minutes). If you set this value to zero, metering is disabled

To change this property, use the Cloud Settings tab of the Scalable Storage host properties.

See Scalable Storage properties.

Default value: 300

Possible values: 1 to 10000

PREFIX:CURL_CONNECT_TIMEOUT

The amount of time that is allocated for the media server to connect to the cloud storage server. This value is specified in seconds. The default is 300 seconds or five minutes.

This only limits the connection time, not the session time. If the media server cannot connect to the cloud storage server in the specified time, the job fails.

This value cannot be disabled. If an invalid number is entered, the CURL_CONNECT_TIMEOUT returns to the default value of 300.

Default value: 300

Possible values: 1 to 10000

PREFIX:CURL_TIMEOUT

The maximum time in seconds to allow for the completion of a data operation. This value is specified in seconds. If the operation does not complete in the specified time, the operation fails. The default is 900 seconds (15 minutes). To disable this timeout, set the value to 0 (zero).

Default value: 900

Possible values: 1 to 10000

PREFIX:LOG_CURL

Determines if cURL activity is logged. The default is NO which means log activity is disabled.

Default value: NO

Possible values: NO (disabled) and YES (enabled)

PREFIX:PROXY_IP

The TCP/IP address of the proxy server. If you do not use a proxy server, leave this field blank.

Default value: No default

Possible values: Valid TCP/IP address

PREFIX:PROXY_PORT

The port number that is used to connect to the proxy server. The default is 70000 which indicates you do not use a proxy server.

Default value: 70000

Possible values: Valid port number

PREFIX:PROXY_TYPE

Used to define the proxy server type. If a firewall prevents access to your cloud vendor, use this value to define your proxy server type. If you do not use a proxy server, leave this field blank.

Default value: NONE

Possible values: NONE, HTTP, SOCKS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5, SOCKS4A

PREFIX:READ_BUFFER_SIZE

The size of the buffer to use for read operations. READ_BUFFER_SIZE is specified in bytes.

To enable the use of the buffer, set this value to a non-zero number. Veritas recommends that this value be a multiple of 256.

The READ_BUFFER_SIZE determines the size of the data packets that the storage server transmits during each restore job. An increase in the value may increase performance when a large amount of contiguous data is accessed. If insufficient bandwidth exists to transmit the specified amount of data within a few minutes, restore failures may occur due to timeouts. When you calculate the required bandwidth, consider the total load of simultaneous backup jobs and restore jobs on multiple media servers.

Default value for Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers: 104875600 (100 MB)

Default value for cloud providers other than Amazon S3-compatible providers: 0

Possible values for Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers: 1048756 (1 MB) to 1073741824 (1 GB)

Possible values for cloud providers other than Amazon S3-compatible providers: 524288 (512 KB) to 1073741824 (1 GB)

PREFIX:USE_SSL

Determines if Secure Sockets Layer encryption is used for the control APIs. The default value is YES, meaning SSL is enabled.

Default value: YES

Possible values: YES or NO

PREFIX:USE_SSL_RW

Determines if Secure Sockets Layer encryption is used for read and write operations. The default value is YES, meaning SSL is enabled.

Default value: YES

Possible values: YES or NO

PREFIX: WRITE_BUFFER_NUM

This parameter is not applicable for Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers.

This read-only field displays the total number of write buffers that are used by the plug-in. The WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE value defines the size of the buffer. The value is set to 1 and cannot be changed.

Default value: 1

Possible values: 1

PREFIX:WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE

The size of the buffer to use for write operations. WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE is specified in bytes.

To disable the use of the buffer, set this value to 0 (zero).

The WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE value determines the size of the data packs transmitted from the data mover to the storage server during a backup. An increase in the value may increase performance when a large amount of contiguous data is accessed. If insufficient bandwidth exists to transmit the specified amount of data within a few minutes, backup failures may occur due to timeouts. When you calculate the required bandwidth, consider the total load of simultaneous backup jobs and restore jobs on multiple media servers.

Default value for Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers: 104875600 (100 MB)

Default value for cloud providers other than Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers: 10485760 (10 MB)

Possible values for all cloud providers: 1048576 (1 MB) to 1073741824 (1 GB)

HTTP:User-Agent

This is applicable only for Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers.

You cannot edit this property.

HTTP:x-amz-server-side-encryption

This is applicable only for the following cloud providers: Amazon S3 and Amazon GovCloud

Use this property to enable the server-side encryption of the data that you need to transfer to the cloud storage.

AES-256 is a server-side encryption standard.

Set this property to NONE to disable the server-side encryption for the cloud provider.

Note:

You should not enable this property, if you have already enabled the media server-side encryption option while configuring cloud storage server using the NetBackup Administration Console.

See Changing cloud storage server properties.

See NetBackup cloud storage server properties.