Veritas Access NetBackup Solutions Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.4)
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
    5.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Access with NetBackup and OpenDedup/CloudCatalyst
  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.  
      Workflow for OpenDedup
    2.  
      Use case 1: Backing up deduplicated data (OpenDedup and NetBackup) using the S3 protocol to Veritas Access
    3.  
      Use case 2: Backing up data (NetBackup) and deduplicating the data (OpenDedup) on Veritas Access
    4.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    5.  
      Creating a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) for primary backup using NetBackup
    6.  
      Creating an OST disk pool and STU in the NetBackup console
    7.  
      Setting up multiple NetBackup media servers in the same domain
    8.  
      Setting up multiple SDFS volumes on a NetBackup media server
  4. 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
  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

Creating an OST disk pool and STU in the NetBackup console

To create an OpenStorage Technology (OST) disk pool and storage unit (STU) in the NetBackup console

  1. Log on to the NetBackup master server from the Java console.
  2. Select Configure Disk Storage Servers.
  3. Select the OpenStorage option from the Select the type of disk storage that you want to configure section of the dialog.
  4. Add the following options to the Storage Server Details:

    • Storage server type: OpenDedupe

      Note:

      The Storage server type field is case-sensitive. OpenDedupe has to be entered exactly as shown in the screen shot.

    • Storage Server name: The name in the <NAME></NAME> tag in the /etc/sdfs/ostconfig.xml file. This is local by default.

    • Username: Anything can go in this field. It is not used.

    • Password/Confirm Password: Anything can go in this field as well.

  5. Finish supplying entries for the storage configuration wizard and make sure Create a disk pool using the storage server that you just created is selected.
  6. Select the storage pool that was just created.
  7. Add a disk pool name.
  8. Finish the wizard entries and select Create a storage unit using the disk pool that you just created.
  9. In the Storage Unit Creation page, select Only use the selected media servers and select the media server that the storage was created on. For maximum concurrent jobs select 8.

    Note:

    If you plan to run concurrent jobs for this STU, increase the Maximum concurrent jobs count to the desired value.

  10. Verify that the storage unit is added.
  11. Verify that the disk pool is added.