Veritas NetBackup for HBase Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.1)
Platform: Linux,UNIX,Windows
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Protecting HBase data using NetBackup
    2.  
      Backing up HBase data
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data
    4.  
      Deploying the HBase plug-in
    5.  
      NetBackup for HBase terminologies
    6.  
      Limitations
  2. Installing and deploying HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    1.  
      About installing and deploying the HBase plug-in
    2.  
      Pre-requisites for installing the HBase plug-in
    3.  
      Operating system and platform compatibility
    4.  
      License for HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    5.  
      Preparing the HBase cluster
    6.  
      Downloading the plug-in
    7.  
      Installing the HBase plug-in
    8.  
      Best practices for deploying the HBase plug-in
    9.  
      Post installation procedures
    10.  
      Verifying the installation of the HBase plug-in
  3. Configuring NetBackup for HBase
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for HBase
    2. Managing backup hosts
      1.  
        Whitelisting a NetBackup client on NetBackup master server
      2.  
        Configure a NetBackup Appliance as a backup host
    3.  
      Adding HBase credentials in NetBackup
    4. Configuring the HBase plug-in using the HBase configuration file
      1.  
        Configuring NetBackup for a highly-available HBase cluster
    5.  
      Configuration for a HBase cluster that uses Kerberos
    6. Configuring NetBackup policies for HBase plug-in
      1. Creating a BigData backup policy
        1. Creating BigData policy using the NetBackup Administration Console
          1.  
            Using the Policy Configuration Wizard to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
          2.  
            Using the NetBackup Policies utility to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
        2.  
          Using NetBackup Command Line Interface (CLI) to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
    7.  
      Disaster recovery of a HBase cluster
  4. Performing backups and restores of HBase
    1. About backing up a HBase cluster
      1.  
        Pre-requisite for running backup and restore operations for a HBase cluster with Kerberos authentication
      2.  
        Backing up a HBase cluster
      3.  
        Best practices for backing up a HBase cluster
    2. About restoring a HBase cluster
      1. Restoring HBase data on the same HBase cluster
        1.  
          Using the Restore Wizard to restore HBase data on the same cluster
        2.  
          Using the bprestore command to restore HBase data on the same HBase cluster
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data on an alternate HBase cluster
    4.  
      Restoring truncated tables
    5.  
      Best practices for restoring a HBase cluster
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About NetBackup for HBase debug logging
    2.  
      Backup fails with error 6609
    3.  
      Backup fails with error 6601
    4.  
      Backup fails with error 6623
    5.  
      Restore fails with error 2850
    6.  
      Backup fails with error 20

Deploying the HBase plug-in

The availability of the plug-in is not tied to any NetBackup release.

The following diagram provides an overview of how you can deploy the plug-in.

Figure: Deployment flow

Deployment flow

As illustrated in the diagram, to deploy the plug-in:

  1. Prepare the HBase cluster for NetBackup.

  2. Download the plug-in package from Veritas Entitlement Management System.

  3. Install the plug-in on all the backup hosts.

  4. Configure the BigData policy. This policy is introduced to:

    • Specify the application type.

    • Allow backing up of distributed multi-node environments.

    • Associate backup hosts.

    • Perform workload distribution.

    • Specify HBase table names to be protected

See About installing and deploying the HBase plug-in.

See About configuring NetBackup for HBase.

See Limitations.