Veritas NetBackup™ OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2, 8.1.1, 8.1)
  1. Introducing disk appliance storage solutions
    1.  
      About storage solutions for backups to disk
    2.  
      About the NetBackup OpenStorage option
    3.  
      About control of the storage
    4.  
      About replication to OpenStorage devices
  2. Planning your deployment
    1.  
      Planning your OpenStorage deployment
    2.  
      About OpenStorage requirements and limitations
    3.  
      About OpenStorage storage servers for backups
    4.  
      About OpenStorage server credentials
    5.  
      About OpenStorage data movers for backups
    6.  
      About the OpenStorage plug-in
    7. About OpenStorage disk pools for backups
      1.  
        About spanning volumes in OpenStorage disk pools
    8.  
      About OpenStorage optimized duplication and replication
    9.  
      About OpenStorage optimized synthetic backups
    10.  
      About storage unit groups for OpenStorage
    11. About OpenStorage direct to tape
      1.  
        About NDMP requirements for OpenStorage direct to tape
      2.  
        About media server requirements for OpenStorage direct to tape
      3.  
        About media server recommendations for OpenStorage direct to tape
      4.  
        About OpenStorage direct to tape limitations
      5.  
        About the OpenStorage direct to tape process
  3. Provisioning the storage
    1.  
      About provisioning the disk appliance storage
    2.  
      Installing the disk appliance plug-in
  4. Licensing OpenStorage
    1.  
      About the OpenStorage license
    2.  
      Licensing OpenStorage
  5. Configuring OpenStorage in NetBackup
    1.  
      Configuring OpenStorage disk appliance storage
    2.  
      Configuring an OpenStorage storage server for backups
    3. Configuring an OpenStorage disk pool for backups
      1.  
        OpenStorage disk pool properties
    4. Configuring an OpenStorage storage unit
      1.  
        OpenStorage storage unit properties
      2. About OpenStorage storage unit recommendations
        1.  
          About configuring a favorable client-to-server ratio with OpenStorage
        2.  
          About separating OpenStorage SAN client traffic
        3.  
          About throttling OpenStorage traffic to the media servers
    5.  
      Configuring OpenStorage optimized synthetic backups
    6.  
      Configuring OpenStorage direct to tape
    7. Configuring optimized duplication to an OpenStorage device within the same NetBackup domain
      1.  
        About OpenStorage optimized duplication within the same domain
      2. Configuring NetBackup optimized duplication or replication behavior
        1.  
          Setting NetBackup configuration options by using the command line
    8. Configuring replication to an OpenStorage device in a different domain
      1. About NetBackup Auto Image Replication
        1.  
          One-to-many Auto Image Replication model
        2.  
          Cascading Auto Image Replication model
        3.  
          About the domain relationship for replication
        4.  
          About the replication topology for Auto Image Replication
        5. Viewing the replication topology for Auto Image Replication
          1.  
            Sample volume properties output for OpenStorage backup replication
    9.  
      About storage lifecycle policies
    10.  
      About the storage lifecycle policies required for Auto Image Replication
    11. Creating a storage lifecycle policy
      1.  
        Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
    12.  
      Creating a backup policy
    13.  
      Adding OpenStorage functionality to an existing environment
  6. Managing OpenStorage
    1. Managing OpenStorage storage servers
      1.  
        Viewing OpenStorage storage servers
      2.  
        Determining OpenStorage storage server state
      3.  
        Changing OpenStorage storage server properties
      4.  
        Setting OpenStorage storage server attributes
      5.  
        Removing OpenStorage storage server attributes
      6.  
        Updating an OpenStorage storage server to reflect plug-in updates
      7.  
        Deleting an OpenStorage storage server
    2. Managing OpenStorage server credentials
      1.  
        Determining if OpenStorage server credentials exist
      2.  
        Adding OpenStorage server credentials
      3.  
        Changing OpenStorage server credentials
      4.  
        Deleting the OpenStorage server credentials of a data mover
    3. Managing OpenStorage data movers
      1.  
        Adding an OpenStorage data mover
      2.  
        Retiring an OpenStorage data mover
    4. Managing OpenStorage disk pools
      1.  
        Viewing OpenStorage disk pools
      2.  
        Determining OpenStorage disk pool state
      3.  
        Changing OpenStorage disk pool state
      4.  
        Determining OpenStorage disk volume state
      5.  
        Changing OpenStorage disk volume state
      6. Changing OpenStorage disk pool properties
        1.  
          How to resolve volume changes for Auto Image Replication
      7.  
        Setting OpenStorage disk pool attributes
      8.  
        Removing OpenStorage disk pool attributes
      9.  
        Adding volumes to an OpenStorage disk pool
      10.  
        Merging OpenStorage disk pools
      11.  
        Removing a volume from an OpenStorage disk pool
      12.  
        Updating an OpenStorage disk pool to reflect plug-in updates
      13.  
        Deleting an OpenStorage disk pool
    5.  
      Monitoring OpenStorage storage capacity and usage
    6.  
      Viewing OpenStorage disk reports
    7.  
      Reporting on Auto Image Replication jobs
    8.  
      About catalog backups to OpenStorage devices
    9.  
      About restoring from OpenStorage backup copies
    10.  
      About restoring from a backup at a target master domain
  7. Troubleshooting
    1. About unified logging
      1.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      2.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
    2. About legacy logging
      1.  
        Creating NetBackup log file directories for OpenStorage
    3.  
      NetBackup OpenStorage log files
    4.  
      Troubleshooting OpenStorage credentials creation

Configuring OpenStorage direct to tape

To configure OpenStorage direct to tape, you must perform multiple procedures on multiple computers. These procedures are in addition to the procedures to install and configure the disk appliance and OpenStorage.

See About OpenStorage direct to tape.

Table: OpenStorage direct to tape configuration overview

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Learn about OpenStorage direct to tape

See About OpenStorage direct to tape.

Step 2

Install and configure the NDMP tape server hosts and storage devices

See the NetBackup for NDMP Administrator's Guide.

Step 3

Reconfigure the storage server

If you upgraded a disk appliance so it supports the Veritas OpenStorage copy to tape specification, you must reconfigure the storage server in NetBackup.

See Configuring an OpenStorage storage server for backups.

Step 4

Install the NetBackup for NDMP software

Install the NetBackup for NDMP software on each media server you use for direct to tape.

See About media server recommendations for OpenStorage direct to tape.

See About media server requirements for OpenStorage direct to tape.

See the NetBackup for NDMP Administrator's Guide.

You must enter a license that activates NDMP on those media servers. The license that activates OpenStorage also activates NetBackup for NDMP.

Step 5

Configure NDMP host credentials

Configure logon credentials in NetBackup for the NDMP hosts.

See About NDMP requirements for OpenStorage direct to tape.

See the NetBackup for NDMP Administrator's Guide.

Step 6

Configure the NetBackup storage units

The storage units must be configured as NDMP storage units, and they must use the NDMP tape storage as their destination.

You do not have to include the write side media servers explicitly in the storage unit. If you configure Any Available, when the job runs NetBackup selects a media server that has the logon credentials for the NDMP tape server.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Step 7

Configure the copy to tape process

First ensure that all requirements are met.

Then, use one of the following methods for direct to tape:

  • Create a storage lifecycle policy to create the backup and to duplicate the backup images automatically.

    For the Backup destination Storage unit, select the storage unit for the disk pool on one appliance. For the Duplication destination Storage unit, select the NDMP storage unit.

    See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

  • Create a Vault policy to copy images automatically.

    On the Profile dialog box Choose Backups tab, choose the backup images in the source disk pool on one appliance. For the Destination Storage unit on the Duplication tab, select the NDMP storage unit.

    See the NetBackup Vault Administrator's Guide.

  • Use the Duplicate option in the Catalog node of the NetBackup Administration Console.

    Select the NDMP storage unit as the destination for the duplication. Use the Storage unit field in the Setup Duplication Variables dialog box.

    See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

  • Use the NetBackup bpduplicate command to duplicate images on the disk appliance to an NDMP storage unit.

    See NetBackup Commands Reference Guide..

More Information

About NDMP requirements for OpenStorage direct to tape