Veritas NetBackup™ Copilot™ for Oracle Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (5.1.1)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Creating a Share

The following procedures explain how to create a Standard Share or an Optimized Share from the web console or shell menu.

Before you create a share, note the following:

  • Standard and Optimized shares are not supported for use in high availability (HA) configuration setups.

  • Starting with NetBackup Appliance release 5.1.1, the Copilot feature supports clients with IPv6 addresses to access Standard and Optimized shares. All IPv6 addresses must resolve to a valid hostname. If you enter a hostname format, the hostname must resolve to an IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) that is pingable. If the hostname can resolve to both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, the IPv4 address has the priority.

Note:

Creating a Standard or Optimized Share from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console

The following procedure explains how to create a Standard or Optimized Share from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.

To create a new Share from the web console

  1. Navigate to Manage > Storage > Shares
  2. Click Create on the main Shares page.
  3. Choose the type of share to create, either Standard or Optimized.

    Note:

    If you have not created the Optimized Share Reserve, you are prompted to create it during the first Optimized Share creation process. Select the size of the Optimized Share Reserve, then click Create Optimized Share Reserve. When creation completes, you can continue with the next step.

  4. Enter a name for the Share, for example share_1.
  5. Enter a short description for the Share, for example Test for share_1.
  6. Enter the Share size, for example 5GB.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Add Client, then enter the client name into the blue box.

    Note:

    Client names can be entered using the short name, the FQDN, or the IP format.

  9. Click the arrow next to the NFS options to make modifications to the NFS options for each client.

    See NFS export options.

  10. Click the checkmark to confirm that the NFS options you entered for each client.
  11. Click Next, then review the summary to confirm that the Share details are correct.
  12. Click Create Share to create the Share. A success message is shown when the Share is created.
  13. Click Close to return to the main Shares page.
Creating a Standard or Optimized Share from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

The following procedure explains how to create a Standard or Optimized Share from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

To create a new Share from the shell menu

  1. Open an SSH session to log on to the appliance as an administrator.
  2. Enter the create command specific to Share you want to create:

    • Main_Menu > Manage > Storage > Create Share Standard creates a Standard Share.

    • Main_Menu > Manage > Storage > Create Share Optimized creates an Optimized Share.

    The command guides you through the process of configuring a new Share.

  3. Enter the Share name, for example share_1.
  4. Enter a short description for the Share, for example Test for share_1.
  5. Enter the allocated capacity for the Share, for example 5GB.
  6. Enter a comma-separated list of Oracle server clients that can access the Share, for example 10.100.0.2, 10.100.0.3.

    Note:

    Client names can be entered using the short name, the FQDN, or the IP format.

  7. Enter the NFS export options for each of the Oracle clients. You are prompted to enter options for each client you added in the previous step.

    See NFS export options.

  8. Once you have entered the NFS export options, a summary is displayed.
  9. Enter yes to create the Share. A series of messages are displayed as the Share is created.

See Copilot configuration overview.

Refer to the NetBackup™ Copilot™ for Oracle Configuration Guide for more information on configuring Oracle database backups.

Refer to the NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide for more information on Copilot in NetBackup software.