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

Configure Veritas Access as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server

To configure Veritas Access cluster as a cloud storage server and create an OpenStorage Technology (OST) disk pool and storage unit (STU) from the NetBackup console

  1. Log on to the NetBackup master server from the Java console.
  2. Select Configure Cloud Storage Servers.
  3. The Welcome to cloud storage server configuration wizard appears. Click Next.
  4. Select Veritas Access in the cloud provider list. Click Next.
  5. On the Add storage server form, click on Add Cloud Storage.
  6. In the Add cloud storage wizard, enter the required information.

    • Service host: s3.<veritas_access_cluster_name>

    • HTTP port: 8143

    • Https Port: 8143

    • Storage server Name: Any string or any auto-generated name.

      For example, my-s3.<veritas_access_cluster_name>

    Click Ok.

  7. Select Media server from the Media server name drop-down box. Select the Enable NetBackup CloudCatalyst check box if you want to store the deduplicated MSDP backup data on Veritas Access's ObjectAccess bucket. Specify the path of local cache directory for CloudCatalyst. Enter the access key and secret key using which the bucket is created on Veritas Access. For SSL-related settings, click on Advance Setting.
  8. If the Veritas Access ObjectAccess server is configured with No SSL, then clear the Use SSL check box and click Ok.
  9. Click Next
  10. On the Specify Deduplication setting form, click Next
  11. Messages related to setting the encryption appear. Click Yes.
  12. Review the Cloud storage server summary and click Next.
  13. Check the status of the tasks in the storage server creation process. Click Next
  14. Verify that the storage server is successfully created and click Next.
  15. The Volume selection to use in disk pool form lists all the buckets that are created by a user on the Veritas Access cluster as a volume. If the bucket is not created from Veritas Access, then click on Add volume and specify the bucket name. After bucket creation, the bucket is listed as a volume. Select a bucket and click Next.
  16. In the Additional disk pool information form, enter the disk pool name and click Next.
  17. Review the disk pool configuration summary and click Next.
  18. In the Disk pool creation status form, verify that the disk pool is created successfully. Make sure that the Create storage unit using disk pool which you have just created check box is selected.
  19. In the Storage unit creation wizard, enter the storage unit name. Click Only use selected media servers. Select the media server in the list and click Next.
  20. Verify that the disk pool creation wizard is completed successfully. Click Finish.