Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)
  1. NetBackup licensing models and usage reporting
    1.  
      About NetBackup licensing models
    2.  
      Tools for creating and viewing licensing reports
    3.  
      Setting the licensing type for scheduled reports
    4. How capacity licensing works
      1.  
        How capacity licensing detects overlap when multiple policies protect data
      2.  
        Backup policies and agents that support accurate licensing
      3.  
        Requirements before gathering data for multiple master servers in capacity licensing
    5.  
      How NEVC licensing works
    6.  
      Scheduling reports for capacity licensing
    7.  
      Scheduling reports for traditional licensing
    8.  
      Scheduling reports for NetBackup Enterprise Virtual Client (NEVC) licensing
    9.  
      Other configuration for incremental reporting
    10.  
      Troubleshooting failures for usage reporting and incremental reporting
    11.  
      Manually generating licensing reports
    12. Creating and viewing the licensing report
      1.  
        Report tab descriptions
    13. Reviewing a capacity licensing report
      1.  
        Summary tab
      2.  
        Client aliases and multiple IP addresses
      3.  
        Itemization tab
      4.  
        Clients backed up with multiple streams
      5.  
        Data backed up by multiple policies
      6.  
        BigData plug-ins for NetBackup
      7.  
        NetBackup for Exchange agent
      8.  
        NetBackup for NDMP agent
      9.  
        NetBackup for Oracle server agent
      10.  
        NetBackup for SQL Server agent
      11.  
        NetBackup for VMware agent
      12.  
        NetBackup for Hyper-V agent
      13.  
        NetBackup for RHV agent
      14.  
        NetBackup for Nutanix-AHV agent
      15.  
        NAS-Data-Protection policy
      16.  
        Cloud policy
      17.  
        NetBackup for Kubernetes
      18.  
        Windows file system backups
      19.  
        UNIX file system backups
    14. Reconciling the capacity licensing report results
      1.  
        Locate full backups for clients
      2.  
        Review compressed image information
      3.  
        Eliminate redundant counting of clients
      4.  
        Determine the effect of multistreamed backups
      5.  
        Confirm the accuracy of any database backups
      6.  
        Locate full backups for snapshot images
    15. Reviewing a traditional licensing report
      1.  
        Summary tab
      2.  
        Complete the Hosts tab
      3.  
        Resolve the NDMP tab
      4.  
        Update the Virtual Servers tab
      5.  
        Confirm the Drives tab
      6.  
        Final steps
    16. Reviewing an NEVC licensing report
      1.  
        Summary tab
      2.  
        Hosts tab
    17.  
      Using the NetBackup Storage API to get the total backup size information
  2. Additional configuration
    1.  
      About multiple NetBackup master servers
    2.  
      About multiple media servers with one master server
    3.  
      About direct I/O for backups on Windows
    4. About dynamic host name and IP addressing
      1.  
        About setting up dynamic IP addresses and host names
      2.  
        Configuring the NetBackup master server
      3.  
        bpclient commands that control client entries
      4.  
        Configuring dynamic NetBackup clients
    5. About busy file processing on UNIX clients
      1.  
        Configuring busy file processing on UNIX
      2.  
        Modifying bp.conf to configure busy file processing on UNIX
      3.  
        bp.conf file entries on UNIX
      4.  
        How NetBackup creates and uses action files on UNIX
      5.  
        About the logs directory on UNIX
      6.  
        Recommended changes for modifying bpend_notify_busy on UNIX
    6.  
      About specifying the locale of the NetBackup installation
    7. About the Shared Storage Option
      1.  
        About Shared Storage Option components
      2.  
        DELETE About reserving or releasing shared devices
      3.  
        How to share robotic libraries without using the Shared Storage Option
      4.  
        Shared Storage Option terms and concepts
      5.  
        DELETE About the Shared Storage Option license
      6.  
        About Shared Storage Option prerequisites
      7.  
        About hardware configuration guidelines
      8.  
        About installing and configuring drivers
      9.  
        Verifying the connectivity
      10. DELETE About configuring the Shared Storage Option in NetBackup
        1.  
          About configuring SSO in NetBackup
        2.  
          Configuring Shared Storage Option devices in NetBackup
        3.  
          About adding Shared Storage Option configuration options
        4.  
          About configuring NetBackup storage units and backup policies
      11.  
        Verifying your Shared Storage Option configuration
      12.  
        Device Monitor and Shared Storage Option
      13. Viewing SSO summary reports
        1.  
          Shared Storage Option summary reports
      14.  
        Operating system assistance
      15.  
        Common configuration issues with Shared Storage Option
      16.  
        Frequently asked questions about Shared Storage Option
    8. About the vm.conf configuration file
      1.  
        ACS_mediatype entry in vm.conf
      2.  
        ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry in vm.conf
      3.  
        ACS_CSI_HOSTPORT entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
      4.  
        ACS_SSI_HOSTNAME entry in vm.conf
      5.  
        ACS_SSI_INET_PORT entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
      6.  
        ACS_SSI_SOCKET entry in vm.conf
      7.  
        ACS_TCP_RPCSERVICE / ACS_UDP_RPCSERVICE entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
      8.  
        ADJ_LSM entry in vm.conf
      9.  
        API_BARCODE_RULES entry in vm.conf
      10.  
        AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED entry in vm.conf in NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier
      11.  
        AUTO_PATH_CORRECTION entry in vm.conf
      12.  
        AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT entry in vm.conf
      13.  
        AVRD_PEND_DELAY entry in vm.conf
      14.  
        AVRD_SCAN_DELAY entry in vm.conf
      15.  
        CLEAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
      16.  
        CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW entry in vm.conf
      17.  
        CLUSTER_NAME entry in vm.conf
      18.  
        DAYS_TO_KEEP_LOGS entry in vm.conf
      19.  
        EMM_RETRY_COUNT entry in vm.conf
      20.  
        EMM_CONNECT_TIMOUT entry in vm.conf
      21.  
        EMM_REQUEST_TIMOUT entry in vm.conf
      22.  
        ENABLE_ROBOT_AUTH entry in vm.conf
      23.  
        INVENTORY_FILTER entry in vm.conf
      24.  
        MAP_ID entry in vm.conf
      25.  
        MAP_CONTINUE_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
      26.  
        MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS entry in vm.conf
      27.  
        MEDIA_ID_PREFIX entry in vm.conf
      28.  
        MM_SERVER_NAME entry in vm.conf
      29.  
        PREFERRED_GROUP entry in vm.conf
      30.  
        RANDOM_PORTS entry in vm.conf
      31.  
        REQUIRED_INTERFACE entry in vm.conf
      32.  
        SERVER entry in vm.conf in NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier
      33.  
        SSO_DA_REREGISTER_INTERVAL entry in vm.conf
      34.  
        SSO_DA_RETRY_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
      35.  
        SSO_HOST_NAME entry in vm.conf
      36.  
        VERBOSE entry in vm.conf
      37.  
        Example vm.conf file
      38.  
        How to access media and devices on other hosts
      39.  
        Host name precedence in the vm.conf file
  3. Holds Management
    1.  
      About Holds Management
    2.  
      Creating a hold
    3.  
      Viewing hold details
    4.  
      Adding a backup image to an existing hold
    5.  
      Releasing a hold
  4. Menu user interfaces on UNIX
    1.  
      About menu user interfaces
    2. About the tpconfig device configuration utility
      1.  
        About the tpconfig utility menu
      2.  
        Starting the tpconfig device configuration utility
      3.  
        Adding robots
      4.  
        Adding drives
      5.  
        Updating a robot configuration
      6.  
        Updating a drive configuration
      7.  
        Deleting a robot
      8.  
        Deleting a drive
      9.  
        Configuring drive paths
      10.  
        Configuring host credentials
      11.  
        Displaying and writing the device configuration
    3. About the NetBackup Disk Configuration Utility
      1.  
        Managing OpenStorage servers and disk pools
      2.  
        Managing global disk attributes
  5. Reference topics
    1. Host name rules
      1.  
        How NetBackup uses host names
      2.  
        Updating NetBackup after changing the host name
      3.  
        Special considerations for Domain Name Service (DNS)
    2. About reading backup images with nbtar or tar32.exe
      1.  
        Restoring files with non-NetBackup restore utilities (on UNIX)
      2.  
        Considerations for file restoration with non-NetBackup restore utilities (on UNIX)
      3.  
        About the files that restores generate
    3. Factors that affect backup time
      1.  
        Total amount of data to back up
      2.  
        Transfer rate
    4.  
      Methods for determining the NetBackup transfer rate
    5. NetBackup notify scripts
      1.  
        backup_notify script
      2.  
        backup_exit_notify script
      3.  
        bpstart_notify script (UNIX clients)
      4.  
        bpstart_notify.bat script (Windows clients)
      5.  
        bpend_notify script (UNIX clients)
      6.  
        bpend_notify.bat script (Windows clients)
      7.  
        bpend_notify_busy script (UNIX clients)
      8.  
        child_end_deployment_notify
      9.  
        child_start_deployment_notify
      10.  
        diskfull_notify script
      11.  
        drive_mount_notify script (on UNIX)
      12.  
        drive_unmount_notify script (on UNIX)
      13.  
        mail_dr_info script
      14.  
        media_deassign_notify script
      15.  
        nbmail.cmd script (on Windows)
      16.  
        parent_end_deployment_notify
      17.  
        parent_end_notify script
      18.  
        parent_start_deployment_notify
      19.  
        parent_start_notify script
      20.  
        pending_request_notify script
      21.  
        restore_notify script
      22.  
        session_notify script
      23.  
        session_start_notify script
      24.  
        shared_drive_notify script
      25.  
        userreq_notify script
    6. Media and device management best practices
      1.  
        Media management best practices
      2.  
        Device management best practices
      3.  
        Media and device performance and troubleshooting
    7. About TapeAlert
      1.  
        About TapeAlert cleaning (reactive cleaning)
      2.  
        About TapeAlert and frequency-based cleaning
      3.  
        About TapeAlert requirements
      4.  
        TapeAlert logs and codes
    8. About tape drive cleaning
      1.  
        About library-based cleaning
      2.  
        About frequency-based cleaning
      3.  
        About operator-initiated cleaning
      4.  
        About using a cleaning tape
    9.  
      How NetBackup selects drives
    10. How NetBackup reserves drives
      1. About SCSI persistent reserve
        1.  
          About SCSI persistent reserve commands
        2.  
          About SCSI persistent reserve conflicts
      2. About the SPC-2 SCSI reserve process
        1.  
          About SPC-2 SCSI reserve commands
        2.  
          About SCSI reservation conflicts
        3.  
          About forcing a release of an unavailable HBA's SPC-2 reservation
        4.  
          Breaking a reservation
      3.  
        About SCSI reserve requirements
      4.  
        About SCSI reserve limitations
      5.  
        About SCSI reservation logging
      6.  
        About SCSI reserve operating system limitations on Windows
      7. About checking for data loss
        1.  
          About possible data loss causes
      8. About checking for tape and driver configuration errors
        1.  
          About common configuration problems
      9.  
        About configuring SCSI reserve
    11. How NetBackup selects media
      1. About selecting media in robots
        1.  
          About spanning media with automatic media selection
      2. About selecting media in standalone drives
        1.  
          About selecting media by using standalone drive extensions
        2.  
          About disabling standalone drive extensions
        3.  
          About spanning media
        4.  
          About leaving standalone drives in the ready state
    12.  
      Volume pool and volume group examples
    13.  
      Media formats
    14.  
      Media and device management processes
    15. About Tape I/O commands on UNIX
      1.  
        About requesting tapes
      2.  
        About reading and writing tape files
      3.  
        About removing tape files
  6.  
    Index

bpstart_notify script (UNIX clients)

On UNIX clients, NetBackup calls the bpstart_notify script each time the client starts a backup or an archive.

Note:

Ensure that others can run this script on the client before it's used. To do so, run chmod ugo+rx script_name, where script_name is the name of the script.

To use this script, copy the following file from the server:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bpstart_notify

Then place the script in the following location on the UNIX client:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/

Modify the script and ensure that you have permission to run the script.

The bpstart_notify script runs each time a backup or an archive starts and initialization is completed. The script runs before the tape is positioned. This script must exit with a status of 0 for the calling program to continue and for the backup or archive to proceed. A nonzero status causes the client backup or archive to exit with a status of bpstart_notify failed.

If the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpstart_notify script exists, it runs in the foreground. The bpbkar process on the client waits for the script to complete before it continues. Any commands in the script that do not end with an ampersand character (&) run serially.

The server expects the client to respond with a continue message within the time that the BPSTART_TIMEOUT option specifies on the server. The default for BPSTART_TIMEOUT is 300 seconds. If the script needs more time than 300 seconds, increase the value to allow more time. (The BPSTART_TIMEOUT option corresponds to the Backup start notify timeout on the Timeouts host properties.)

Note:

The Client read timeout (CLIENT_READ_TIMEOUT option) must be equal to or greater than the Backup start notify timeout (BPSTART_TIMEOUT option). If the Client read timeout is less than the Backup start notify timeout, the job can time out while the bpstart_notify script is running.

NetBackup passes the following parameters to the script:

clientname

Specifies the name of the client from the NetBackup catalog.

policyname

Specifies the policy name from the NetBackup catalog.

schedname

Specifies the schedule name from the NetBackup catalog.

schedtype

Specifies one of the following: FULL, INCR (differential incremental), CINC (cumulative incremental), UBAK, UARC

Note:

The bpstart_notify script also runs for NetBackup catalog backups if a .policyname[.schedule] is not specified.

For example:

bpstart_notify client1 pol_cd4000s sched_fulls FULL
bpstart_notify client2 pol_cd4000s sched_incrementals INCR
bpstart_notify client3 pol_cd4000s sched_fulls FULL
bpstart_notify client4 pol_cd4000s sched_user_backups UBAK
bpstart_notify client5 pol_cd4000s sched_user_archive UARC

To create a bpstart_notify script for a specific policy or policy and schedule combination, create script files with a .policyname or .policyname.schedulename suffix. The following are two examples of script names for a policy (production) that has a schedule (fulls):

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpstart_notify.production
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpstart_notify.production.fulls

The first script affects all scheduled backups in the policy that are named production. The second script affects scheduled backups in the policy that is named production only when the schedule is named fulls.

Note:

For a given backup, NetBackup uses only one bpstart_notify script and that is the script with the most specific name. For example, if there are both bpstart_notify.production and bpstart_notify.production.fulls scripts, NetBackup uses only bpstart_notify.production.fulls.

The bpstart_notify script can use the following environment variables:

BACKUPID
UNIXBACKUPTIME
BACKUPTIME

The NetBackup bpbkar process creates these variables. The following are examples of the strings that are available to the script to use to record information about a backup:

BACKUPID=client1_0857340526
UNIXBACKUPTIME=0857340526
BACKUPTIME=Sun Mar 2 16:08:46 2016

In addition, the following environment variables can be used to support multiple data streams.

Table: Environment variables used to support multiple data streams

Environment variable

Description

STREAM_NUMBER

Specifies the stream number. The first stream from a policy, client, and schedule is 1. A 0 value indicates that multiple data streams are not enabled.

STREAM_COUNT

Specifies the total number of streams to be generated from this policy, client, and schedule.

STREAM_PID

Specifies the PID (process ID) number of bpbkar.

RESTARTED

Specifies the checkpointed restarts or checkpointed backup jobs. A value of 0 indicates that the job was not resumed. (For example, upon first initiation.) A value of 1 indicates that the job was resumed.