Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)
  1. About NetBackup cloud storage
    1.  
      New cloud features in NetBackup 8.1
    2.  
      About cloud storage features and functionality
    3.  
      About the catalog backup of cloud configuration files
    4.  
      About support limitations for NetBackup cloud storage
  2. About the cloud storage
    1.  
      About the cloud storage vendors for NetBackup
    2. About the Amazon S3 cloud storage API type
      1.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        Amazon S3 storage type requirements
      3.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        Amazon S3 cloud storage options
      5.  
        Amazon S3 advanced server configuration options
      6.  
        Amazon S3 credentials broker details
      7.  
        About private clouds from Amazon S3-compatible cloud providers
      8.  
        About Amazon S3 storage classes
      9.  
        Amazon virtual private cloud support with NetBackup
      10. Protecting data in Amazon Glacier for long-term retention
        1.  
          Backing up data to Amazon Glacier
        2.  
          Restoring data from Amazon Glacier
      11.  
        Permissions required for Amazon IAM user
      12.  
        About NetBackup character restrictions for Amazon S3 cloud connector
    3. About EMC Atmos cloud storage API type
      1.  
        EMC Atmos cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        EMC Atmos storage type requirements
      3.  
        EMC Atmos cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        EMC Atmos advanced server configuration options
      5.  
        About private clouds from AT&T
    4. About Microsoft Azure cloud storage API type
      1.  
        Microsoft Azure cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        Microsoft Azure storage type requirements
      3.  
        Microsoft Azure cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        Microsoft Azure advanced server configuration options
    5. About OpenStack Swift cloud storage API type
      1.  
        OpenStack Swift cloud storage vendors certified for NetBackup
      2.  
        OpenStack Swift storage type requirements
      3.  
        OpenStack Swift cloud storage provider options
      4.  
        OpenStack Swift storage region options
      5.  
        OpenStack Swift add cloud storage configuration options
      6.  
        OpenStack Swift proxy settings
      7.  
        About Rackspace Cloud Files storage requirements
      8.  
        Rackspace storage server configuration options
      9.  
        About private clouds from Rackspace
  3. Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup
    1.  
      Before you begin to configure cloud storage in NetBackup
    2.  
      Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup
    3.  
      Cloud installation requirements
    4. Scalable Storage properties
      1.  
        Configuring advanced bandwidth throttling settings
      2.  
        Advanced bandwidth throttling settings
    5. Cloud Storage properties
      1.  
        Adding a cloud storage instance
      2.  
        Changing cloud storage host properties
      3.  
        Deleting a cloud storage host instance
    6. About the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container
      1.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container security certificates
      2.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container security modes
      3.  
        NetBackup cloudstore.conf configuration file
    7.  
      Deploying host name-based certificates
    8.  
      Deploying host ID-based certificates
    9.  
      About data compression for cloud backups
    10.  
      About data encryption for cloud storage
    11.  
      About key management for encryption of NetBackup cloud storage
    12.  
      About cloud storage servers
    13.  
      About object size for cloud storage
    14. About the NetBackup media servers for cloud storage
      1.  
        Using media server as NetBackup Cloud master host
    15. Configuring a storage server for cloud storage
      1.  
        KMS database encryption settings
      2.  
        Assigning a storage class to Amazon cloud storage
    16.  
      Changing cloud storage server properties
    17. NetBackup cloud storage server properties
      1.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server bandwidth throttling properties
      2.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server connection properties
      3.  
        NetBackup CloudCatalyst storage server properties
      4.  
        NetBackup cloud storage server encryption properties
    18.  
      About cloud storage disk pools
    19.  
      Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage
    20.  
      Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup cloud storage encryption
    21.  
      Adding backup media servers to your cloud environment
    22. Configuring a storage unit for cloud storage
      1.  
        Cloud storage unit properties
      2.  
        Configure a favorable client-to-server ratio
      3.  
        Control backup traffic to the media servers
    23.  
      About NetBackup Accelerator and NetBackup Optimized Synthetic backups
    24.  
      Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage
    25.  
      Enabling optimized synthetic backups with cloud storage
    26.  
      Creating a backup policy
    27. Changing cloud storage disk pool properties
      1.  
        Cloud storage disk pool properties
    28.  
      Managing Certification Authorities (CA) for NetBackup Cloud
  4. Monitoring and Reporting
    1.  
      About monitoring and reporting for cloud backups
    2.  
      Viewing cloud storage job details
    3.  
      Viewing the compression ratio
    4.  
      Viewing NetBackup cloud storage disk reports
    5.  
      Displaying KMS key information for cloud storage encryption
  5. Operational notes
    1.  
      NetBackup bpstsinfo command operational notes
    2.  
      Unable to configure additional media servers
    3.  
      Cloud configuration may fail if NetBackup Access Control is enabled
    4.  
      Deleting cloud storage server artifacts
  6. Troubleshooting
    1. About unified logging
      1.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      2.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
    2. About legacy logging
      1.  
        Creating NetBackup log file directories for cloud storage
    3.  
      NetBackup cloud storage log files
    4.  
      Enable libcurl logging
    5.  
      NetBackup Administration Console fails to open
    6. Troubleshooting cloud storage configuration issues
      1.  
        NetBackup Scalable Storage host properties unavailable
      2.  
        Connection to the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container fails
      3.  
        Cannot create a cloud storage disk pool
      4.  
        Cannot create a cloud storage
      5.  
        Data transfer to cloud storage server fails in the SSL mode
      6.  
        Amazon GovCloud cloud storage configuration fails in non-SSL mode
      7.  
        Data restore from the Google Nearline storage class may fail
      8.  
        Backups may fail for cloud storage configurations with Frankfurt region
      9.  
        Backups may fail for cloud storage configurations with the cloud compression option
      10.  
        Fetching storage regions fails with authentication version V2
      11.  
        nbcssc service does not start after installation in clustered environment
    7. Troubleshooting cloud storage operational issues
      1.  
        Cloud storage backups fail
      2.  
        Stopping and starting the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container
      3.  
        A restart of the nbcssc process reverts all cloudstore.conf settings
      4.  
        NetBackup CloudStore Service Container startup and shutdown troubleshooting

Configuring cloud storage in NetBackup

This topic describes how to configure cloud storage in NetBackup. Table: Overview of the NetBackup cloud configuration process provides an overview of the tasks to configure cloud storage. Follow the steps in the table in sequential order.

The NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I describes how to configure a base NetBackup environment. The NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I is available through the following URL:

http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

Table: Overview of the NetBackup cloud configuration process

Step

Task

More information

Step 1

Create NetBackup log file directories on the master server and the media servers

See NetBackup cloud storage log files.

See Creating NetBackup log file directories for cloud storage.

Step 2

Review the cloud installation requirements

See Cloud installation requirements.

Step 3

Determine the requirements for provisioning and configuring your cloud storage provider in NetBackup

See About the cloud storage vendors for NetBackup.

Step 4

Configure the global cloud storage host properties as necessary

See Scalable Storage properties.

Step 5

Configure the Cloud Storage properties

Optionally, add a cloud storage service host using the NetBackup host properties.

See Cloud Storage properties.

Step 6

Understand the role of the CloudStore Service Container

See About the NetBackup CloudStore Service Container.

Step 7

Provision a security certificate for authentication on the media servers

See NetBackup CloudStore Service Container security certificates.

See Deploying host name-based certificates.

Step 8

Understand key management for encryption

Encryption is optional.

See About data encryption for cloud storage.

See About key management for encryption of NetBackup cloud storage.

Step 9

Configure the storage server

See About cloud storage servers.

See Adding a cloud storage instance.

See Configuring a storage server for cloud storage.

Step 10

Configure the disk pool

Step 11

Configure additional storage server properties

Step 12

Add additional media servers

Adding additional media servers is optional.

Step 13

Configure a storage unit

See Configuring a storage unit for cloud storage.

Step 14

Configure NetBackup Accelerator and optimized synthetic backups

Accelerator and optimzed synthetic backups are optional.

Step 15

Configure a backup policy

See Creating a backup policy.

More Information

About object size for cloud storage

About cloud storage disk pools

Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage

NetBackup cloud storage server properties

Changing cloud storage server properties

About the NetBackup media servers for cloud storage

Adding backup media servers to your cloud environment

About NetBackup Accelerator and NetBackup Optimized Synthetic backups

Enabling NetBackup Accelerator with cloud storage

Changing cloud storage server properties