Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Performance and Tuning Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1)
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Purpose of the guide
    2.  
      Disclaimer
  2. About OpsCenter configuration
    1.  
      OpsCenter Server configuration
    2. About OpsCenter Server on a virtual machine
      1.  
        Physical versus virtual configuration for OpsCenter Server
      2.  
        Guidelines on the OpsCenter VM parameters
      3.  
        About VM settings and % gains during OpsCenter report generation
    3.  
      OpsCenter database configuration
    4.  
      OpsCenter services
  3. About OpsCenter performance and tuning
    1.  
      Sizing considerations
    2.  
      Sizing guidelines
    3. About tuning OpsCenter for increased performance
      1.  
        About performance tuning guidelines
      2.  
        About adding NetBackup Master Servers to OpsCenter
      3.  
        About using a web browser to access OpsCenter
      4. About saving the OpsCenter log files on a different drive
        1.  
          Checking the debug level of logs
        2.  
          Saving the log files to a different location on Windows
        3.  
          Saving the log files to a different location on UNIX
      5. About adjusting the heap size or cache size for OpsCenter services
        1.  
          Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter server service
        2.  
          Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter web server service
        3.  
          Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter Agent service
        4.  
          Adjusting the OpsCenter database service cache size
      6. About OpsCenter database defragmentation
        1.  
          Checking the disk fragment count
        2.  
          About allocating more memory before database defragmentation
        3.  
          Defragmenting the OpsCenter database
      7.  
        About purging data periodically
    4. Moving OpsCenter server to a different computer
      1.  
        About saving the files before moving the OpsCenter Server
      2.  
        Moving OpsCenter server because of constraints in upgrade
      3.  
        Moving OpsCenter server because of issues in the existing setup
  4. OpsCenter best practices
    1.  
      Network configuration best practices
    2. Installation and upgrade best practices
      1.  
        Things to avoid during installation and upgrade
    3. OpsCenter database best practices
      1.  
        Things to avoid while you use OpsCenter database
    4. Backup products best practices
      1.  
        Things to avoid while you collect data from backup products
    5.  
      OpsCenter Server best practices
    6.  
      OpsCenter reporting best practices
    7.  
      Best practices for antivirus configuration on Windows

Adjusting the default heap size for the OpsCenter Agent service

If the OpsCenter Agent processes consume a large amount of memory (which may happen with large OpsCenter configurations), it may be helpful to increase the OpsCenter Agent service heap size. The OpsCenter Agent service default heap size can be increased from 1024 MB to a higher value (like 2048 MB). You can determine a higher value based on the physical memory (RAM) and the virtual memory that is available on your system.

See About adjusting the heap size or cache size for OpsCenter services.

Note:

The information that is published in this section is based on the tests that were performed in Veritas Lab in a controlled environment with expert users. These can only be used as guidelines and should not be used as 100% accurate benchmarks.

To adjust the default heap size on Windows

  1. Open OpsCenterAgentService.xml file from the following location on the OpsCenter server:

    INSTALL_PATH\OpsCenter\Agent\bin

    Note:

    Save a copy of the OpsCenterAgentService.xml file before modifying it.

  2. Modify the Xmx1024M value in the following string:
    <CmdArg value="-Xms512M -Xmx1024M

    For example, replace -Xmx1024M with -Xmx1400M to increase the maximum heap size from 1024 MB to 1400 MB.

  3. Save the OpsCenterAgentService.xml file.
  4. You must restart the OpsCenter Agent service for the changes to be effective. To restart the OpsCenter Agent service, first stop and then start the Veritas OpsCenter Agent Service.

    Select Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and stop the Veritas OpsCenter Agent Service.

  5. Select Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and start the Veritas OpsCenter Agent Service.