Veritas Access NetBackup Solutions Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.3.1)
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.  
      System requirements for OpenDedup installation
    2.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with OpenDedup
    3.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with CloudCatalyst
  3. Configuring Veritas Access backup over S3 with OpenDedup and NetBackup
    1.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Access with NetBackup and OpenDedup
    2.  
      Workflow for OpenDedup
    3.  
      Use case 1: Backing up deduplicated data (OpenDedup and NetBackup) using the S3 protocol to Veritas Access
    4.  
      Use case 2: Backing up data (NetBackup) and deduplicating the data (OpenDedup) on Veritas Access
    5.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    6.  
      Creating a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) for primary backup using NetBackup
    7.  
      Creating an OST disk pool and STU in the NetBackup console
    8.  
      Setting up multiple NetBackup media servers in the same domain
    9.  
      Setting up multiple SDFS volumes on a NetBackup media server
  4. Configuring Veritas Access as a cloud storage server with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Access with NetBackup and CloudCatalyst
    2.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    3.  
      Configuring Veritas Access as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server
    4.  
      Configuring Veritas Access SSL with NetBackup
  5. 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
  6. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Unmounting the SDFS volume before restarting Veritas Access or the NetBackup media server
    2.  
      Log locations for troubleshooting
    3.  
      Additional resources
    4.  
      Generating Veritas Access S3 server keys using the helper script

Configuring Veritas Access SSL with NetBackup

To configure Veritas Access SSL with NetBackup

  1. Enable SSL on Veritas Access.
    Objectaccess > set ssl_enabled yes
Objectaccess > server stop

Objectaccess > server start
  2. Go to the bash prompt of the cluster node and copy the following content from the /shared/ptgwy/cacert.pem file and append it to the /usr/openv/netbackup/db/cloud/cacert.pem on the NetBackup master and media servers.
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

MIIDjTCCAnWgAwIBAgIJANFjuMEdS0LRMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMF0xCzAJBgNV

BAYTAlVTMRMwEQYDVQQIDApDYWxpZm9ybmlhMRAwDgYDVQQKDAdWZXJpdGFzMQ8w

DQYDVQQLDAZBY2Nlc3MxFjAUBgNVBAMMDXMzLm5idTg3Mi1hcHAwHhcNMTgwMTAz

MTAwODAxWhcNMjEwMTAyMTAwODAxWjBdMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEGA1UECAwK

Q2FsaWZvcm5pYTEQMA4GA1UECgwHVmVyaXRhczEPMA0GA1UECwwGQWNjZXNzMRYw

FAYDVQQDDA1zMy5uYnU4NzItYXBwMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIB

CgKCAQEAl+XkH9Buzz2KRYsoBbKxOExq2fRDhfTb1lplleiMN/1cryvMkguEFkFk

kjuTsi3lnuj0Sc5/FimzfnclXyvI9uWAB07wdxwjKFBlg0GvxSa/obQ/SMG8fEHL

qYl/baJKPoz7xvg+QJd/3A1ZJqLvA1i7DEErVuUyNrtjxKnPNIKzzRhBg9M5+HPp

b4ZOXUnFWU9w4CI1JBvYTBQ5X2wtGx9cLtHb9fF9XTv2SqWUUroGDc2DYlgo8j2n

AsTWzk+mJw12wRcE00FoBlYhOCNJlXkl4n4VSKbTUdCMkm6Ej5Yf+AIAbLiQNFgv

Sralc5TFMHjUUg5dgBPizCLTmuQz8QIDAQABo1AwTjAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUgBpm7gK1

q/M/3+Y0st8m2EMzulgwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUgBpm7gK1q/M/3+Y0st8m2EMzulgw

DAYDVR0TBAUwAwEB/zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAcw4QIfXiuJMY/6BGBVAA

dnrRG11+hczHfbQVeDV9ApijEe/qiIx8QLL9fDx8MqsdIIHcgfuv5mzAQLzwa+tH

7USIqBfxfEytnKBuAYbYyOfXKJDUIAaWFjcM0rOP1z+Dv6zf7B65Mv3aKD1rENFT

UgPBphLACAU9CzLidJkoE3izOaZbiys/r24yRR8X/Pugsxy7VESN6WSqzYg0jdSf

iCJKgLEdOYcE85NhW8eaCsfqCkxoskTgu1Nnf4j0lMYP5d+4U8uAEc/uLrndD3Rn

n7MB0EeciPgqWZQWNLjyQNNZ/F58wlyTtHv48VM1ZXhIJBhjUwFZAEAg43R5n67o

Pw==

               -----END CERTIFICATE-----
  3. Restart the NetBackup services on both the master and media server.
    # bp.kill_all
# bp.start_all
  4. Configure the cloud storage server with SSL.