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 optimized duplication to an OpenStorage device within the same NetBackup domain

You can configure optimized duplication from one disk appliance to another disk appliance of the same type.

A NetBackup media server initiates and manages the duplication between appliances. After the duplication completes, the media server connects to the destination appliance to verify the image copy. NetBackup maintains records of the image copies and their locations in the NetBackup catalog.

Table: To configure optimized duplication of deduplicated data

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Ensure that all requirements are met.

See About OpenStorage optimized duplication within the same domain.

Step 2

Configure optimized duplication behaviors.

Optionally, you can configure the optimized duplication behavior.

See Configuring NetBackup optimized duplication or replication behavior.

Step 3

Select the media server in common.

In the storage unit for the destination disk pool, select Only use the following media servers. Then, select the media server or media servers that are common to both the source storage server and the destination storage server.

If you select more than one, NetBackup balances the job load among them.

See Configuring an OpenStorage storage unit.

Step 4

Configure a storage lifecycle policy for the duplication

Configure a storage lifecycle policy only if you want to use one to duplicate images.

The storage lifecycle policy manages both the backup jobs and the duplication jobs. Configure the lifecycle policy in the OpenStorage environment that performs your normal backups.

When you configure the storage lifecycle policy, do the following:

  • For the Backup destination, select the Storage unit that is the target of your backups.

    The disk appliance for the storage unit contains the primary backup copies; they are the source images for the duplication operation.

  • For the Duplication destination, select the Storage unit for the disk pool on another appliance.

You can apply separate retention periods to each copy. For example, you can retain the source image for three weeks and the destination copy for a longer period of time. If you delete the source image, the copy is not deleted.

See About storage lifecycle policies.

See Creating a storage lifecycle policy.

Step 5

Configure a backup policy

Configure a backup policy only if you use a storage lifecycle policy to manate the duplication.

Configure a policy to back up your clients. Select that storage lifecycle policy in the Policy storage field of the Policy Attributes tab.

See Creating a backup policy.

Step 6

Configure NetBackup Vault for the duplication

Configure Vault duplication only if you use NetBackup Vault to duplicate the images.

Configure Vault in the deduplication environment that performs your normal backups. Do not configure it in the environment that contains the copies.

A Vault policy. For Vault, you must configure a Vault profile and a Vault policy.

  • On the Vault Profile dialog box Choose Backups tab, choose the backup images in the source disk pool.

  • On the Vault Profile dialog box Duplication tab, select the destination storage unit in the Destination Storage unit field.

  • Configure a Vault policy to schedule the duplication jobs. A Vault policy is a NetBackup policy that is configured to run Vault jobs. Select the profile you created for the OpenStorage duplication job.

See the NetBackup Vault Administrator's Guide.

Step 7

Duplicate by using the bpduplicate command

Use the NetBackup bpduplicate command only if you want to copy images manually.

Duplicate from the source storage to the destination storage.

See NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

More Information

About throttling OpenStorage traffic to the media servers