Veritas NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.0)
  1. Introducing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk storage option
  2. Licensing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk license
    2.  
      Licensing AdvancedDisk
  3. Configuring AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      Configuring the AdvancedDisk option
    2.  
      About AdvancedDisk file system requirements
    3.  
      Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
    4.  
      About AdvancedDisk storage servers
    5.  
      About AdvancedDisk data movers
    6.  
      About AdvancedDisk preferred or required read servers
    7.  
      About data encryption for AdvancedDisk storage
    8.  
      About key management for encryption of NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage
    9. Configuring key management for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      1.  
        Setting up the KMS database for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      2.  
        Creating a KMS key group for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      3.  
        Creating a KMS key for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      4.  
        Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
    10. Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server
      1.  
        AdvancedDisk storage server configuration options
    11.  
      About AdvancedDisk disk pools
    12.  
      Configuring a CIFS disk volume for AdvancedDisk encryption
    13. Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      1.  
        NetBackup nbdevconfig command options for AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
    14. Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage unit
      1.  
        AdvancedDisk storage unit properties
      2. About AdvancedDisk storage unit recommendations
        1.  
          About configuring a favorable client-to-server ratio
        2.  
          About throttling traffic to the media servers
    15.  
      About storage lifecycle policies
    16. Creating a storage lifecycle policy
      1.  
        Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
    17.  
      Creating a backup policy
    18.  
      Resilient Network properties
    19.  
      Specifying resilient connections
  4. Managing AdvancedDisk
    1. Managing AdvancedDisk storage servers
      1.  
        Viewing AdvancedDisk storage servers
      2.  
        Determining AdvancedDisk storage server state
      3.  
        Viewing AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      4.  
        Removing AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      5.  
        Removing an AdvancedDisk storage server from disk pool access
      6.  
        Deleting an AdvancedDisk storage server
    2. Managing AdvancedDisk disk pools
      1.  
        Viewing AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        About changing the AdvancedDisk disk pool size
      3.  
        Adding volumes to an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      4.  
        Changing AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
      5.  
        Determining AdvancedDisk disk pool state
      6.  
        Changing AdvancedDisk disk pool state
      7.  
        Determining AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      8.  
        Changing AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      9.  
        Merging AdvancedDisk disk pools
      10.  
        Removing a volume from an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      11.  
        Inventorying a NetBackup disk pool
      12.  
        Deleting an AdvancedDisk disk pool
    3.  
      About monitoring AdvancedDisk storage capacity and usage
    4.  
      Monitoring NetBackup disk activity
    5.  
      Viewing AdvancedDisk disk reports
    6. Displaying detailed AdvancedDisk storage usage information
      1.  
        NetBackup disk volume capacity and usage reference
    7.  
      Displaying KMS key information for AdvancedDisk encryption
  5. Toubleshooting AdvancedDisk
    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 AdvancedDisk
    3.  
      NetBackup AdvancedDisk log files
    4.  
      AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
    5.  
      Resolving an incorrect storage type problem

NetBackup AdvancedDisk log files

You can monitor NetBackup AdvancedDisk activity and status by viewing the NetBackup log files.

Some NetBackup commands or processes write messages to their own log files. For those commands and processes, the log directories must exist so that the utility can write log messages.

See Creating NetBackup log file directories for AdvancedDisk.

Other processes use Veritas unified log (VxUL) files. Each process has a corresponding VxUL originator ID. VxUL uses a standardized name and file format for log files. To view VxUL log files, you must use the NetBackup vxlogview command.

More information about how to view and manage VxUL log files is available. See the NetBackup Logging Reference Guide:

http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

The following are the component identifiers for log messages:

  • An sts_ prefix relates to the interaction with the plug-in that writes to and reads from the storage.

  • An encrypt prefix relates to interaction with the encryption plug-in.

  • A KMSCLIB prefix relates to interaction with the NetBackup Key Management Service.

Most interaction occurs on the NetBackup media servers. Therefore, the log files on the media servers that you use for disk operations are of most interest.

Warning:

The higher the log level, the greater the affect on NetBackup performance. Use a log level of 5 (the highest) only when directed to do so by a Veritas representative. A log level of 5 is for troubleshooting only.

Specify the NetBackup log levels in the Logging host properties on the NetBackup master server. The log levels for some processes specific to certain options are set in configuration files as described in Table: NetBackup logs.

Table: NetBackup logs describes the logs.

Table: NetBackup logs

Activity

OID

Processes

Backups and restores

N/A

Messages appear in the log files for the following processes:

  • The bpbrm backup and restore manager.

  • The bpdbm database manager.

  • The bpdm disk manager.

  • The bptm tape manager for I/O operations.

The log files reside in the following directories:

  • UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/

  • Windows:install_path\NetBackup\logs\

Backups and restores

117

The nbjm Job Manager.

Image cleanup, verification, import, and duplication

N/A

The bpdbm database manager log files.

The log files reside in the following directories:

  • UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm

  • Windows:install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpdbm

Device configuration

111

The nbemm process.

Device configuration

178

The Disk Service Manager process that runs in the Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) process.

Device configuration

202

The Storage Server Interface process that runs in the Remote Manager and Monitor Service. RMMS runs on media servers.

Device configuration

230

The Remote Disk Service Manager interface (RDSM) that runs in the Remote Manager and Monitor Service. RMMS runs on media servers.