Veritas Access Solutions Guide for NetBackup

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2.400)
Platform: Linux
  1. Veritas Access integration with NetBackup
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
    2.  
      About Veritas Access as a NetBackup client
    3.  
      About Veritas Access as backup storage for NetBackup
    4.  
      Use cases for long-term data retention
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with CloudCatalyst
  3. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Data Deduplication with Veritas Access
    3.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the Access CLISH
    4.  
      Configuring a Veritas Data Deduplication storage unit on NetBackup
    5.  
      Configuring global deduplication using the Veritas Data Deduplication storage server across the domain
  4. Migrating NetBackup images from existing storage to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
    1.  
      Migrating NetBackup images from CloudCatalyst/S3 to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
  5. Configuring Veritas Access as a cloud storage server with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    2.  
      Configure Veritas Access as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst
    3.  
      Enabling SSL on Veritas Access
  6. Configuring backup and restore using NetBackup policies
    1.  
      Storage Lifecycle Policies
    2.  
      Backup and restore
    3.  
      Running a backup policy manually
    4.  
      Restoring backed up files
  7. Configuring Veritas Access with the NetBackup client
    1.  
      Configuring Veritas Access for NetBackup client
    2.  
      Installing or uninstalling the NetBackup client
    3.  
      Prerequisites for configuring the NetBackup client
    4.  
      Configuring the NetBackup client
    5.  
      Adding an optional media server
    6.  
      Adding multiple master servers
    7.  
      Adding file systems to the backup configuration
    8.  
      Removing file systems from backup configuration
    9.  
      Changing the virtual IP address used by the NetBackup client
    10.  
      Upgrade the NetBackup client
    11.  
      Unconfiguring the NetBackup client
    12.  
      Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client
    13.  
      Disabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup from NetBackup client
    14.  
      Displaying the status of NetBackup services
    15.  
      Configuring backup operations using NetBackup or other third-party backup applications
    16.  
      Configuring Veritas Access for NetBackup cloud storage
    17.  
      Restoring file systems backed up with NetBackup client
  8. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Unmounting the SDFS volume before restarting Veritas Access or the NetBackup media server
    2.  
      Upgrading SDFS from earlier versions to 7.4.2.400
    3.  
      Log locations for troubleshooting
    4.  
      Changing log levels
    5.  
      Additional resources
    6.  
      Generating Veritas Access S3 server keys using the helper script
  9.  
    Index

About Veritas Access as a NetBackup client

Veritas Access is integrated with Veritas NetBackup so that a NetBackup administrator can back up your Veritas Access file systems to NetBackup master or media servers and retain the data as per your company policy. Once data is backed up, a storage administrator can delete unwanted data from Veritas Access. The NetBackup master and media servers that run on separate computers from Veritas Access are licensed separately from Veritas Access.

You configure NetBackup domain information using any one of the following interfaces:

  • Command-line interface (CLI)

    The Veritas Access command-line interface has a dedicated Backup> menu. From the Backup> menu, register the NetBackup client with the NetBackup domain. Information is saved in the bp.conf file.

  • GUI

    Settings > NetBackup Configuration

    See the Online Help for how to configure NetBackup using the GUI.

  • RESTful APIs

    See the Veritas Access RESTful API Guide.

Consolidating storage reduces the administrative overhead of backing up and restoring many separate file systems. Critical file data can be backed up and restored through the NetBackup client on Veritas Access.

Figure: Backing up Veritas Access using NetBackup

Backing up Veritas Access using NetBackup

If Veritas Access is configured with IPv6 addresses, you have to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host as well.

Perform the following steps to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host :

  • Set the IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY option in the NetBackup bp.conf file for the host to AF_UNSPEC.

    # bpsetconfig IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC

  • You can view the current setting by executing the bpgetconfig command.

    # bpgetconfig
IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC

  • Restart the services after making this change.