NetBackup™ for HBase Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.4)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Protecting HBase data using NetBackup
    2.  
      Backing up HBase data
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data
    4.  
      NetBackup for HBase terminologies
    5.  
      Limitations
  2. Deploying HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    1.  
      About the HBase plug-in deployment
    2.  
      Pre-requisites for installing the HBase plug-in
    3.  
      Operating system and platform compatibility
    4.  
      License for HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    5.  
      Preparing the HBase cluster
    6.  
      Best practices for deploying the HBase plug-in
    7.  
      Post installation procedures
    8.  
      Verifying the deployment of the HBase plug-in
  3. Configuring NetBackup for HBase
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for HBase
    2. Managing backup hosts
      1.  
        Adding a NetBackup client to the allowed list
      2.  
        Configure a NetBackup Appliance as a backup host
    3.  
      Adding HBase credentials in NetBackup
    4. Configuring the HBase plug-in using the HBase configuration file
      1.  
        Configuring NetBackup for a highly-available HBase cluster
      2.  
        Configuring communication between NetBackup and HBase clusters that have SSL enabled (HTTPS)
    5.  
      Configuration for a HBase cluster that uses Kerberos
    6.  
      Create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
    7.  
      Disaster recovery of a HBase cluster
  4. Performing backups and restores of HBase
    1. About backing up a HBase cluster
      1.  
        Prerequisites for running backup and restore operations for a HBase cluster with Kerberos authentication
      2.  
        Backing up a HBase cluster
      3.  
        Best practices for backing up a HBase cluster
    2. About restoring an HBase cluster
      1.  
        Restoring HBase data on the same HBase cluster
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data on an alternate HBase cluster
    4.  
      Restoring truncated tables
    5.  
      Best practices for restoring a HBase cluster
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About NetBackup for HBase debug logging
    2.  
      Backup fails with error 6609
    3.  
      Backup fails with error 6601
    4.  
      Backup fails with error 6623
    5.  
      Restore fails with error 2850
    6.  
      Backup fails with error 20
    7.  
      Backup fails with error 112
    8.  
      Backup operation fails with error 6654
    9.  
      NetBackup configuration and certificate files do not persist after the container-based NetBackup appliance restarts
    10.  
      Configuration file is not recovered after a disaster recovery

Backing up a HBase cluster

You can schedule a backup job with a NetBackup policy. Or, you can run a backup job manually. See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I for details on manual backups.

The backup process includes the following stages:

  1. Pre-processing: In the pre-processing stage, the first backup host that you have configured with the BigData policy, starts the discovery. At this stage, a snapshot of the complete backup selection is generated. The snapshot details are visible on the Region server web interface.

  2. Data transfer: During the data transfer process, one child job is created for each backup host.

  3. Post-processing: As part of the post-processing, NetBackup cleans up the snapshots on the Region server.

An overview of the backup process is available.

See Backing up HBase data.

Considerations

  • On the Hmaster, set the PasswordAuthentication field to Yes in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. After you update the file, restart sshd.

    Ensure that all the cluster servers support supports same hash key algorithm (RSA).

  • Snapshots are not cleaned up if you cancel a job manually. After you cancel the job you must manually delete the snapshots from the HBase shell.

  • If you take a backup of an empty table, you need to clean the snapshot manually from the HBase shell.

  • See Best practices for backing up a HBase cluster.