Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter 8.0 Performance and Tuning Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.0)
  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

Moving OpsCenter server because of constraints in upgrade

This section provides the procedure to move the existing OpsCenter server to a different machine where you want to install the latest version of OpsCenter. The following example explains the scenario in detail:

You have OpsCenter setup that you want to upgrade to the latest version. If OpsCenter is installed on a platform that is not supported by the latest version of OpsCenter, you need to move the existing OpsCenter server to a different machine that has a supported platform.

You need to carry out a few steps on the existing OpsCenter server host and a few on the new host.

To move the existing OpsCenter server to a different machine

  1. Steps to be carried out on the existing OpsCenter server host

    Stop all OpsCenter services.

  2. Copy all the database files (including log files that is *.*) from the installed location to a temporary location.

    The database location is as follows:

    Windows

    OpsCenterInstallLocation\OpsCenter\server\db\data

    UNIX

    OpsCenterInstallLocation/SYMCOpsCenterServer/db/data

  3. Copy the database password file, that is db.conf file from the installed location to a temporary location.

    The db.conf file location is as follows:

    Windows

    OpsCenterInstallLocation\OpsCenter\server\config

    UNIX

    OpsCenterInstallLocation/SYMCOpsCenterServer/config

  4. Existing OpsCenter server host may have AT (Veritas Product Authentication Service) data that you want to import into the new OpsCenter. You need to first export the AT data on the existing OpsCenter server host, which you can import into the new OpsCenter setup.

    Export the shared or remote AT broker's data to an xml file using the atutil utility. AT data comprises OpsCenterUsers(vx) users and certificates.

  5. Copy the XML file that you have created in the earlier step to the new host.

    Note:

    While copying the exported XML file, the DOS to UNIX conversion may result into garbage characters in the xml file that can cause import failure. To avoid this problem, copy the XML file through FTP and with binary format.

  6. Steps to be carried out on the new host where you want to install the latest version of OpsCenter

    Install the latest version of OpsCenter on the new host.

  7. Stop all OpsCenter services on the new host.
  8. Carry out the performance tuning steps that you had done earlier.
  9. Copy the backed up database files from the temporary location to the OpsCenter database location.

    The database location is as follows:

    Windows

    OpsCenterInstallLocation\OpsCenter\server\db\data

    UNIX

    OpsCenterInstallLocation/SYMCOpsCenterServer/db/data

  10. Copy the backed up database password file, db.conf file from the temporary location to the OpsCenter server installed location. The db.conf file location is as follows:

    Windows

    OpsCenterInstallLocation\OpsCenter\server\config

    UNIX

    OpsCenterInstallLocation/SYMCOpsCenterServer/config

  11. Upgrade the database using dbUpgrade command.

    Run the following command:

    Windows

    dbUpgrade.bat install <old_version_number> <new_version_number>

    For example: <OpsCenterInstallLocation>\OpsCenter\server\bin\dbUpgrade.bat install 7.5.0.3 7.7

    UNIX

    dbUpgrade.sh install <old_version_number> <new_version_number>

    For example: <OpsCenterInstallLocation>/SYMCOpsCenterServer/bin/dbUpgrade.sh install 7.5.0.3 7.7

  12. Check the progress of database upgrade in the upgrade logs at the following location:

    Windows

    <OpsCenterInstallLocation>\ OpsCenter\server\db\log

    Unix

    <OpsCenterInstallLocation>/SYMCOpsCenterServer/db/log

  13. Import old authentication or AT data into the new OpsCenter server host.

    Make sure that you have copied the export XML file that you have created on the existing OpsCenter server host to the new OpsCenter server host.

    Run the following command:

    Windows

    <OpsCenterInstallLocation>\OpsCenter\server\authbroker\bin\atutil import -p <password of exported xml file> -f <location of xml file that contains old AT data> -z <location of AT data folder> - overwrite

    For example: atutil import -p "password" -f \temp\userdata.xml -z C:Program Files\Symantec\OpsCenter\server\authbroker\data - overwrite

    UNIX

    <OpsCenterInstallLocation>/SYMCOpsCenterServer/authbroker/bin/atutil import -p <password of exported xml file> -f <location of xml file that contains old AT data> -z <location of AT data folder> - overwrite

    For example: atutil import -p "password" -f /temp/userdata.xml -z /opt/SYMCOpsCenterServer/authbroker/data - overwrite

    Note:

    If the import is not successful, the default OpsCenter user needs to reset the passwords of OpsCenterUsers(vx ) domain users that you have imported from the earlier OpsCenter version. Trust between NBAC-enabled NetBackup / PureDisk server and OpsCenter server need to be established again.

  14. Start OpsCenter services.