Veritas NetBackup™ for MariaDB Administrator's Guide

Before you perform the backups, you must meet the following prerequisites:

• (LVM users) Ensure that the MariaDB data directory and logs directory reside on logical volumes.

• (Windows) Set the NetBackup\bin directory in the environment variable.

  For example, Path =C:\Program Files\Veritas\Netbackup\bin

• (Windows) Set the MariaDB\bin directory in user environment variable.

• Configure the DataStore policy from the NetBackup Administration Console.

• (LVM) Verify that there is enough space for the snapshot in the volume group, and then set the snapshot size in nbmariadb.conf file or by the command line.

  Note:

  Ensure that the snapshot size is 50% of the instance size that you want to backup.

• (Linux) Create a symbolic link libmariadb.so and ensure that it points to the correct libmariadb.so.<n> library version.

  Ensure that you update the MARIADB_LIB_INSTALL_PATH parameter in the nbmariadb.conf file with the absolute path of the symbolic link.

  For more information, See Post-installation requirements for NetBackup for MariaDB Agent.

• Set the FLUSH and LOCK user privileges.

• Set the following parameters in the nbmariadb.conf file:

  • DB_USER

  • DB_PORT

  • MASTER_SERVER_NAME

  • POLICY_NAME

  • SCHEDULE_NAME

  • MARIADB_LIB_INSTALL_PATH

  • (Linux) SNAPSHOT_SIZE

• Verify the installing prerequisites and post-installation requirements.

  For more information, See Installing prerequisites for NetBackup for MariaDB Agent.

  For more information, See Post-installation requirements for NetBackup for MariaDB Agent.