Veritas NetBackup™ for NDMP Administrator's Guide
- Introduction to NetBackup for NDMP
- About NetBackup for NDMP
- About Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
- Types of NDMP backup
- About NDMP policies in NetBackup
- About NetBackup storage units
- About assigning tape drives to different hosts
- About the NDMP backup process
- About the NDMP restore process
- About Direct Access Recovery (DAR)
- Snapshot Client assistance
- About NDMP multiplexing
- About NDMP support for Replication Director
- Limitations of Replication Director with NDMP
- About NDMP support for NetApp clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT)
- Installation Notes for NetBackup for NDMP
- Configuring NDMP backup to NDMP-attached devices
- About configuring NDMP-attached devices
- Authorizing NetBackup access to a NAS (NDMP) host
- About access for three-way backups and remote NDMP
- About Media and Device Management configuration
- Using the Device Configuration Wizard to configure an NDMP filer
- About adding volumes
- About verifying NDMP password and robot connection
- Adding NDMP storage units
- About creating an NDMP policy
- Attributes tab options for an NDMP policy
- Schedules tab options for an NDMP policy with Accelerator for NDMP enabled
- Clients tab options for an NDMP policy
- Backup selection options for an NDMP policy
- About environment variables in the backup selections list
- About appropriate host selection for NetApp cDOT backup policies
- About backup types in a schedule for an NDMP policy
- About enabling or disabling DAR
- Configuring NetBackup for NDMP in a clustered environment
- Configuring NDMP backup to NetBackup media servers (remote NDMP)
- Configuring NDMP DirectCopy
- Accelerator for NDMP
- Remote NDMP and disk devices
- Using the Shared Storage Option (SSO)
- Backup and restore procedures
- Troubleshooting
- Using NetBackup for NDMP scripts
- About the NetBackup for NDMP scripts
- ndmp_start_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_start_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_end_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_end_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_start_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_start_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_end_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_end_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_moving_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_moving_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
About the track log for Accelerator for NDMP
The track log is a binary file that you should not attempt to edit. On occasion, Veritas Technical Support may request the track log for troubleshooting purposes. Two copies of the track log exist in the following locations:
Master server:
UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/trackWindows:
install_path\NetBackup\db\trackMedia server:
UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/trackWindows:
install_path\NetBackup\track
You can manually delete track logs safely if any of the follow situations occur:
You disable the option.
The backup selections are changed.
The policy is renamed.
The NDMP filer is removed from the policy.
The storage server that is used to perform the backup is changed.
The master server that is used to control the backups is changed.
Navigate to the following locations to manually delete track logs for specific backup selections:
Master server:
UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/track/master_server/storage_server/filer_name/ policy/backup_selection
Windows:
install_path\NetBackup\db\track\master_server\storage_server\filer_name\ policy\backup_selection
Media server:
UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/track/master_server/storage_server/filer_name/ policy/backup_selection
Windows:
install_path\NetBackup\track\master_server\storage_server\filer_name\ policy\backup_selection