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NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide
Last Published:
2023-10-23
Product(s):
NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.3.0.1, 10.3)
- Introduction
- Preparing for NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center installation
- About the deployment approach
- Hosting NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Meeting system requirements
- Host sizing recommendations
- Creating an instance or preparing the host to install NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Installing container platform (Docker, Podman)
- Creating and mounting a volume to store data
- Verifying that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host
- Deploying NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center using container images
- Before you begin installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Installing NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center in the Docker/Podman environment
- Securing the connection to NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Verifying that NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center is installed successfully
- Restarting NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Associating NetBackup media server(s) with Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- About NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center upgrades
- Supported upgrade path
- Upgrade scenarios
- Preparing to upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center using patch or hotfix
- Migrating and upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Before you begin migrating NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Migrate and upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center on RHEL 8.6 or 8.4
- Uninstalling NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Snapshot Manager for Data Center catalog backup and recovery
- Configure NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Storage array replication
- Storage array plug-ins for Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Configure the storage array plug-ins for Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Dell EMC PowerMax and VMax array
- Dell EMC PowerMax and VMax plug-in configuration prerequisites
- Supported Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Dell EMC PowerMax and VMax
- DELL EMC PowerMax and VMax Plug-in configuration parameters
- Roles and privileges on Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax and VMax
- Dell EMC XtremIO plug-in considerations and limitations
- Dell EMC PowerFlex array
- Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
- Supported NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center Operation on DELL EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
- DELL EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in configuration prerequisites
- Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) plug-in configuration parameters
- Using SmartConnect with Snapshot Manager
- Roles and privileges on Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
- Snapshot replication for Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
- Supported Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) replication topologies
- Consideration for Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
- Dell EMC PowerStore SAN and NAS plug-in
- Dell EMC XtremIO SAN array
- Dell EMC Unity Array
- Fujitsu Eternus AF/DX SAN array
- Fujitsu Eternus AB/HB SAN array
- HPE RMC plug-in
- HPE XP plug-in
- HPE Alletra 9000 SAN array
- HPE Alletra 6000 SAN array
- Hitachi NAS array
- Hitachi SAN array
- IBM Storwize SAN V7000 plug-in
- InfiniBox SAN array
- InfiniBox NAS array
- Lenovo DM 5000 series array
- NetApp Storage array
- Supported NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on NetApp storage
- NetApp plug-in configuration prerequisites
- NetApp plug-in configuration parameters
- Roles and privileges on NetApp storage array for the ZAPI interface
- Roles and privileges on NetApp storage array for REST interface
- Domain user permissions on the NetApp array
- Configuring a dedicated LIF for NetBackup operation
- NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO)
- Snapshot Replication
- Supported NetApp replication topologies
- Considerations for NetApp plug-in
- NetApp E-Series array
- Nutanix Files array
- Pure Storage FlashArray SAN
- Supported Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Pure Storage SAN array models
- Pure Storage SAN plug-in configuration pre-requisites
- Pure Storage SAN plug-in configuration parameters
- Roles and privileges on Pure Storage FlashArray
- Pure Storage FlashArray plug-in considerations and limitations
- Pure Storage FlashBlade plug-in configuration notes
- PowerMax eNAS array
- Qumulo NAS array
- Supported Snapshot Manager for Data Center operations on Qumulo plug-in
- Qumulo plug-in configuration prerequisites
- Qumulo plug-in configuration parameters
- Permissions and privileges on Qumulo cluster
- Domain user permissions on the Qumulo cluster
- Configuring a dedicated VLAN for NetBackup access
- Qumulo plug-in considerations and limitations
- Configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
- About configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Creating a storage lifecycle policy for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Operation types in a storage lifecycle policy
- Retention types for storage lifecycle policy operations
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager logging
- About NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center logging mechanism
- How Fluentd-based NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center logging works
- About the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center fluentd configuration file
- Modifying the fluentd configuration file
- Viewing NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center logs
- Fluentd-based logging requirements and considerations
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center logs
- Troubleshooting
Restarting NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center
If you need to restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center, it's important that you restart it correctly so that your environmental data is preserved.
Run the following command to restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center in a Docker/Podman environment using the flexsnap_configure CLI:
# flexsnap_configure restart
The output resembles as follows:
Restarting the services Stopping services at time: Mon Jul 31 11:43:43 UTC 2023 Stopping container: flexsnap-workflow-system-0-min ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-workflow-general-0-min ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-listener ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-nginx ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-notification ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-policy ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-scheduler ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-onhostagent ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-agent ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-coordinator ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-api-gateway ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-certauth ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-rabbitmq ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-postgresql ...done Stopping container: flexsnap-fluentd ...done Stopping services completed at time: Mon Jul 31 11:44:04 UTC 2023 Starting services at time: Mon Jul 31 11:44:04 UTC 2023 Starting container: flexsnap-fluentd ...done Starting container: flexsnap-postgresql ...done Starting container: flexsnap-rabbitmq ...done Starting container: flexsnap-certauth ...done Starting container: flexsnap-api-gateway ...done Starting container: flexsnap-coordinator ...done Starting container: flexsnap-agent ...done Starting container: flexsnap-onhostagent ...done Starting container: flexsnap-scheduler ...done Starting container: flexsnap-policy ...done Starting container: flexsnap-notification ...done Starting container: flexsnap-nginx ...done Starting container: flexsnap-listener ...done Starting services completed at time: Mon Jul 31 11:44:21 UTC 2023
Use the following procedure as an alternative to flexsnap_configure restart command to restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center in a Docker/Podman environment:
To restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center in the Docker environment
Warning:
Do not use commands such as docker restart or docker stop and docker start to restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center. Use the docker run command described below.
- On the instance where NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center is installed, enter the following command:
# sudo docker run -it --rm -u 0 -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock veritas/flexsnap-deploy:<version> restart
Here, version represents the currently installed NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center product version.
For example:
# sudo docker run -it -rm -u 0 -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.2.x.xxxx restart
Note:
Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.
To restart NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center in the Podman environment
- First, stop the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center by using the following command on the instance where NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center is installed:
# podman run -it --rm -u 0 -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint -v /run/podman/podman.sock:/run/podman/podman.sock veritas/flexsnap-deploy:<version> stop
- Then, start it again by using the following command:
# podman run -it --rm -u 0 -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint -v /run/podman/podman.sock:/run/podman/podman.sock veritas/flexsnap-deploy:<version> start
Note:
Ensure that you enter the commands without any line breaks.