NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)
  1. Managing and protecting cloud assets
    1.  
      About protecting cloud assets
    2.  
      Limitations and considerations
    3. Configure Snapshot Manager's in NetBackup
      1.  
        Configure a third-party CA certificate
      2.  
        Add a Snapshot Manager
      3. Add a cloud provider for a Snapshot Manager
        1.  
          IAM Role for AWS Configuration
      4.  
        Associate media servers with a Snapshot Manager
      5.  
        Discover assets on Snapshot Manager
      6.  
        Edit a Snapshot Manager
      7.  
        Enable or disable a Snapshot Manager
      8.  
        (Optional) Add the Snapshot Manager extension
    4. Managing intelligent cloud groups
      1.  
        Create an intelligent cloud group
      2.  
        Delete an intelligent cloud group
    5. Protecting cloud assets or intelligent cloud groups
      1.  
        Customize or edit protection for cloud assets or intelligent groups
      2.  
        Remove protection from cloud assets or intelligent groups
    6.  
      Cloud asset cleanup
    7.  
      Cloud asset filtering
    8.  
      AWS and Azure government cloud support
    9. About protecting Microsoft Azure resources using resource groups
      1.  
        Before you begin
      2.  
        Limitations and considerations
      3. About resource group configurations and outcome
        1.  
          Examples of resource group configurations
      4.  
        Troubleshoot resource group permissions
    10. About the NetBackup Accelerator for cloud workloads
      1.  
        How the NetBackup Accelerator works with virtual machines
      2.  
        Accelerator forced rescan for virtual machines (schedule attribute)
      3.  
        Accelerator backups and the NetBackup catalog
      4.  
        Accelerator messages in the backup job details log
    11.  
      Configuring backup schedule for cloud workloads
    12.  
      Backup options for cloud workloads
    13.  
      Snapshot replication
    14.  
      Configure AWS snapshot replication
    15.  
      Using AWS snapshot replication
    16.  
      Support matrix for account replication
    17.  
      Protect applications in-cloud with application consistent snapshots
    18. Protecting PaaS assets
      1.  
        Prerequisites for protecting PaaS assets
      2. Installing the native client utilities
        1.  
          Installing the MySQL client utility
        2.  
          Installing sqlpackage client utility
        3.  
          Installing Postgres client utility
      3.  
        Configuring the storage server for instant access
      4.  
        About incremental backup for PaaS workloads
      5.  
        Limitations and considerations
      6.  
        Discovering PaaS assets
      7.  
        Viewing PaaS assets
      8.  
        Managing PaaS credentials
      9.  
        View the credential name that is applied to a database
      10. Add credentials to a database
        1.  
          Creating an IAM database username
        2.  
          Creating a system or user managed identity username
      11.  
        Add protection to PaaS assets
      12.  
        Perform backup now
  2. Recovering cloud assets
    1.  
      Recovering cloud assets
    2.  
      Perform rollback recovery of cloud assets
    3. Recovering PaaS assets
      1.  
        Recovering non-RDS PaaS assets
      2.  
        Recovering RDS-based PaaS asset
      3.  
        Recovering Azure protected assets
      4.  
        Recovering duplicate images from AdvancedDisk
  3. Performing granular restore
    1.  
      About granular restore
    2.  
      Supported environment list
    3.  
      List of supported file systems
    4.  
      Before you begin
    5.  
      Limitations and considerations
    6.  
      Restoring files and folders from cloud virtual machines
    7.  
      Restoring volumes on cloud virtual machines
    8.  
      Troubleshooting
  4. Troubleshooting protection and recovery of cloud assets
    1.  
      Troubleshoot cloud workload protection issues
    2.  
      Troubleshoot PaaS workload protection and recovery issues

Using AWS snapshot replication

This section elaborates how to create snapshot replicas using the AWS snapshot replication feature, and restore the replicated snapshots whenever required. Refer to the NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide and the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide for details about these steps, otherwise indicated.

Creating snapshot replications

This section describes how to configure the Source region to create snapshot replicas in the Target region.

To create replicas

  1. Add Snapshot Manager (CP1) in webUI. Add a Snapshot Manager
  2. Add AWS plug-in for Source and Target region for replication.
  3. Create protection plan and select Region and Account.
  4. Connect and configure an application consistent guest VM using the OnHost agent.
  5. Trigger snapshot-based backup and replicate the snapshots using the protection plan.
  6. Verify the recovery points for snapshot and replica copy.
Restoring from the snapshot replicas in the target region

If the Source region fails, you can restore the VMs belonging to this region, from the Target region, where you have taken the snapshot replicas. As the Source region is down, you will initially need to restore the VMs in the Target region.

Note:

You cannot restore single files or folders from a replica that was discovered by an alternate Snapshot Manager in a failed over region.

Restoring in the target region

  1. Disable server CP1 in the Source region from webUI. Enable or disable a Snapshot Manager
  2. Register a new Snapshot Manager (CP2) in the target region, from webUI.
  3. Add AWS plug-in for only the Target region and account. Let the discovery complete.
  4. To restore VMs:

    • Log on to the NetBackup web UI.

    • On the left, click Cloud, under Workloads. On the Virtual machines tab, click the machine that you want to recover.

    • Click the Recovery points tab. In the list of images, click Restore in front of the required Replica image, and click Restore virtual machine.

    • To change the Display name for the VM, enter a new name.

    • Select a subnet (subnet path having VPC).

      Recovering cloud assets

  5. Add appropriate security group to the restored VMs to enable remote access.
  6. Uninstall and reinstall the Snapshot Manager agent from the restored VMs, and then register the Snapshot Manager agents with the new CP2 server.
  7. Run a deep discovery from the AWS provider console.
  8. Create new protection plan to protect the restored VMs. Trigger a snapshot-based backup.
Restoring back to the source region from the target region

You can restore the VMs from the Target region to the Source region, once the source region is back online.

Restoring to the source region

  1. Edit the AWS plug-in for CP2 and add the Source region.
  2. Create a new protection plan to create a snapshot replica in the Source region.
  3. Trigger snapshot-based backup and replicate.
  4. Disable the CP2 server in webUI. Enable or disable a Snapshot Manager
  5. Enable the CP1 server and trigger deep discovery from AWS provider console.
  6. Perform full restore of the VMs from the Target region.
  7. Add appropriate security group to enable remote access to restored VMs.
  8. Uninstall and reinstall the Snapshot Manager agents from the restored VMs, and then register Snapshot Manager agents with the CP1 server.
  9. Run a deep discovery from the AWS console.
  10. Use the existing protection plan to protect newly restored VMs.

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