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

About Veritas Access as backup storage for NetBackup

This document describes how Veritas Access fulfills the needs of NetBackup customers looking for a cost-effective solution for moving away from tape backups, yet retain the backed-up data for the long term.

NetBackup is an enterprise-class heterogeneous backup and recovery application. It provides cross-platform backup functionality to a large variety of Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems.

Veritas Access is based on the rock-solid and industry-proven Veritas CFS stack. It offers an AWS-compatible S3 protocol as object storage for NetBackup.

Veritas Access is integrated with OpenDedup. OpenDedup is OpenSource software that lets you deduplicate your data to on-premises or cloud storage. OpenDedup installs on top of a NetBackup media server or Veritas Access; it performs data deduplication and stores deduplicated data on Veritas Access over S3.