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 a NetBackup client

Veritas Access is integrated with Veritas NetBackup so that a NetBackup administrator can back up your Veritas Access file systems to NetBackup master or media servers and retain the data as per your company policy. Once data is backed up, a storage administrator can delete unwanted data from Veritas Access. The NetBackup master and media servers that run on separate computers from Veritas Access are licensed separately from Veritas Access.

You configure NetBackup domain information using any one of the following Veritas Access interfaces:

  • CLISH

    The Veritas Access CLISH has a dedicated Backup> menu. From the Backup> menu, register the NetBackup client with the NetBackup domain. Information is saved in the bp.conf file on Veritas Access.

  • GUI

    Settings > NetBackup Configuration

    See the online Help for how to configure NetBackup using the GUI.

  • RESTful APIs

    See the Veritas Access RESTful API Guide.

Consolidating storage reduces the administrative overhead of backing up and restoring many separate file systems. Critical file data can be backed up and restored through the NetBackup client on Veritas Access.

Figure: Backing up Veritas Access using NetBackup

Backing up Veritas Access using NetBackup

If Veritas Access is configured with IPv6 addresses, you have to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host as well.

Perform the following steps to configure IPv6 support for the NetBackup host :

  • Set the IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY option in the NetBackup bp.conf file for the host to AF_UNSPEC.

    # bpsetconfig IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC

  • You can view the current setting by executing the bpgetconfig command.

    # bpgetconfig
IP_ADDRESS_FAMILY = AF_UNSPEC

  • Restart the services after making this change.