NetBackup™ Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide
- Introduction
- Installation
- Policy configuration
- Notes on policies
- Configuring a policy
- Backup Selections tab options when configuring a policy
- Off-host backup configuration options
- Selecting the snapshot method
- Configuring backup scripts
- About using alternate client backup
- Configuring alternate client backup
- Policy configuration tips
- About disabling snapshots
- NAS snapshot configuration
- About NAS snapshot overview
- Dynamic data streaming for D-NAS workloads
- Prerequisites for NetBackup DNAS configuration
- Configuring dynamic data streaming with backup host pool
- Configuring a backup host pool
- Discover plugins
- Minimum supported backup host versions for different features
- Limitations and considerations
- Setting up a NAS-Data-Protection policy
- FlashBackup configuration
- Instant Recovery configuration
- About Instant Recovery capabilities
- Instant Recovery requirements
- Instant Recovery restrictions
- Giving full server privileges to the media server
- About Instant Recovery
- Configuring a policy for Instant Recovery
- About sizing the cache for Instant Recovery copy-on-write snapshots
- Instant Recovery for databases
- About storage lifecycle policies for snapshots
- Configuration of software-based snapshot methods
- Support for Cluster Volume Manager Environments (CVM)
- Configuration of snapshot methods for disk arrays
- OS-specific configuration tasks
- About IBM DS6000 and DS8000 arrays
- IBM DS6000 and DS8000 software requirements
- Preconfiguration for IBM arrays
- Configuring NetBackup to access the IBM DS6000 or DS8000 array
- Configuring the IBM array for NetBackup
- Using DSCLI commands to obtain unique IBM identifiers
- Configuring a NetBackup policy for IBM_DiskStorage_FlashCopy
- For further reference on IBM arrays
- About IBM DS4000 array
- About Hitachi SMS/WMS/AMS, USP/NSC, USP-V/VM
- Hitachi array software requirements
- Preconfiguration for Hitachi
- About communication between NetBackup and the Hitachi array
- Determining if the Hitachi command devices are visible
- About configuring the Hitachi array for NetBackup
- Obtaining the Hitachi array serial number and the unique device identifiers
- Configuring a NetBackup policy for Hitachi_ShadowImage or Hitachi_CopyOnWrite
- About HP-XP arrays
- HP-XP array software requirements
- Preconfiguration for HP-XP
- About communication between NetBackup and the HP-XP array
- Determining if the HP-XP command devices are visible
- About configuring the HP-XP array for NetBackup
- Obtaining the array serial number and unique HP-XP identifiers
- Configuring a NetBackup policy for HP_XP_BusinessCopy and HP_XP_Snapshot
- About array troubleshooting
- Notes on Media Server and Third-Party Copy methods
- Disk requirements for Media Server and Third-Party Copy methods
- Directives for Media Server and Third-Party Copy methods
- Storage units for Media Server and Third-Party Copy methods
- Preventing multiplexing on a third-party copy backup
- Raw partition backups
- Increasing the client read timeout for all clients
- Further information on off-host data mover backups
- Backup and restore procedures
- Snapshot management
- Troubleshooting
- About gathering information and checking logs
- Logging directories for UNIX platforms
- Logging folders for Windows platforms
- Customer support contact information
- Latest patches and updates
- Snapshot provider information
- Important notes on &newProductName;
- &newProductName; installation problems
- FlashBackup and status code 13
- Single file restore from a FlashBackup Instant Recovery snapshot of a file protected by Windows VSS writer fails
- Identifying and removing a left-over snapshot
- Removing a VxVM volume clone
- Alternate client restore and backup from a snapshot fails
- Restore from a snapshot fails with status 2800
- Raw Partition restore fails with the message 'FlashBackup-Windows policy restore error'
- Snapshot creation fails with error 156
- Snapshot fails with error 20
- Restore from a snapshot fails with status 133
- Backup from snapshot fails with error 50
- Backup from snapshot parent job fails with error 4213: Snapshot import failed
- Snapshot job fails and the snapshot command does not recognize the volume name
- Snapshot creation fails with error 4220
- Snapshot creation fails when the same volume is mounted on multiple mount points of the same host
- Snapshot-based backup and restore failure
- Multiple snapshot jobs fail with code 156 or 1541.
- FlashBackup policy fails, with multiple backup selections [Cache =]
- Partial backup failure with 'Snapshot encountered error 156'
- Backup of file system validation fails with error 223
- Policy validation fails if the specified CIFS share path contains a forward slash
- Policy validation fails with status code 223
- An NDMP snapshot policy for wildcard backup fails with error 4201
- Troubleshooting with bpfis log
- Limitations of using HP-UX 11.31
- While configuring a policy for snapshot operations, the NetBackup Administration Console hangs
- Accelerator enabled incremental backup of NetApp NAS volume
- Snapshot method: Auto
- Appendix A. Managing nbu_snap (Solaris)
- Appendix B. Overview of snapshot operations
- Index
Using DSCLI commands to obtain unique IBM identifiers
The NetBackup policy requires entry of the array's Unique ID. If your array administrator provided LUN numbers for the devices, you must convert those LUN numbers into unique IDs for entry in the NetBackup policy Snapshot Resources pane. You can obtain the LUN unique IDs in either of two ways, as described in this topic.
The LUN ID of the primary and snapshot (clone) logical volume can be found from the array by means of DSCLI commands or the IBM Storage Manager interface.
To use DSCLI commands to obtain unique IBM identifiers
- Find the host connection and its corresponding volume group by entering the following:
lshostconnect -dev enclosure_ID
Example:
dscli> lshostconnect -dev IBM.1750-6866123 Date/Time: December 17, 2007 4:18:02 PM IST IBM DSCLI Version: 5.2.2.224 DS: IBM.1750-6866123 Name ID WWPN HostType Profile portgrp volgrpID ESSIOport ====================================================================================== oigtsol05 0000 10000000C956A9B4 Sun SUN - Solaris 0 V11 all oigtaix03 0022 10000000C969F60E pSeries IBM pSeries - AIX 0 V46 all oigtaix02 0023 10000000C94AA677 pSeries IBM pSeries - AIX 0 V47 all
- Find the volumes presented to this volume group and to the host:
showvolgrp -dev enclosure_ID volume_group
Example:
dscli> showvolgrp -dev IBM.1750-6866123 V47 Date/Time: December 17, 2007 4:21:01 PM IST IBM DSCLI Version: 5.2.2.224 DS: IBM.1750-6866123 Name oigtaix02 ID V47 Type SCSI Mask Vols 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0009 0031
The values listed for Vols are the LUN ids.
- Find out which device on the host corresponds to a given logical volume.
Enter the following:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbfirescan
To use the IBM Storage Manager web interface to obtain the device identifiers
- In the Storage Manager, click Real-time manager > Manage hardware > Host systems.
- Click the host for which you need to find the volumes presented.
The volume groups that are associated with the host are displayed.
- Click the volume group to get the list of the logical volumes that are configured in this volume group.
The Number column indicates the LUN ID.
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