Veritas Access Solutions Guide for NetBackup

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2.400)
Platform: Linux
  1. Veritas Access integration with NetBackup
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
    2.  
      About Veritas Access as a NetBackup client
    3.  
      About Veritas Access as backup storage for NetBackup
    4.  
      Use cases for long-term data retention
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with CloudCatalyst
  3. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Data Deduplication with Veritas Access
    3.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the Access CLISH
    4.  
      Configuring a Veritas Data Deduplication storage unit on NetBackup
    5.  
      Configuring global deduplication using the Veritas Data Deduplication storage server across the domain
  4. Migrating NetBackup images from existing storage to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
    1.  
      Migrating NetBackup images from CloudCatalyst/S3 to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
  5. Configuring Veritas Access as a cloud storage server with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Veritas Access for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    2.  
      Configure Veritas Access as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst
    3.  
      Enabling SSL on Veritas Access
  6. Configuring backup and restore using NetBackup policies
    1.  
      Storage Lifecycle Policies
    2.  
      Backup and restore
    3.  
      Running a backup policy manually
    4.  
      Restoring backed up files
  7. Configuring Veritas Access with the NetBackup client
    1.  
      Configuring Veritas Access for NetBackup client
    2.  
      Installing or uninstalling the NetBackup client
    3.  
      Prerequisites for configuring the NetBackup client
    4.  
      Configuring the NetBackup client
    5.  
      Adding an optional media server
    6.  
      Adding multiple master servers
    7.  
      Adding file systems to the backup configuration
    8.  
      Removing file systems from backup configuration
    9.  
      Changing the virtual IP address used by the NetBackup client
    10.  
      Upgrade the NetBackup client
    11.  
      Unconfiguring the NetBackup client
    12.  
      Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client
    13.  
      Disabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup from NetBackup client
    14.  
      Displaying the status of NetBackup services
    15.  
      Configuring backup operations using NetBackup or other third-party backup applications
    16.  
      Configuring Veritas Access for NetBackup cloud storage
    17.  
      Restoring file systems backed up with NetBackup client
  8. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Unmounting the SDFS volume before restarting Veritas Access or the NetBackup media server
    2.  
      Upgrading SDFS from earlier versions to 7.4.2.400
    3.  
      Log locations for troubleshooting
    4.  
      Changing log levels
    5.  
      Additional resources
    6.  
      Generating Veritas Access S3 server keys using the helper script
  9.  
    Index

Configuring Veritas Access for NetBackup client

Veritas Access 7.4.2.400 supports NetBackup client versions 8.1.2.1, 8.2, 8.3.0.1 and 9.0.

Certificates are deployed as a part of configuration to enable secure communication between NetBackup master and NetBackup client to perform backup and restore related operations successfully.

To back up your data with NetBackup, you must register the installed and configured NetBackup master server with Veritas Access.

To configure NetBackup for Veritas Access, perform the following tasks in the following order:

Table: Workflow for configuring the NetBackup client

Task

Details

Make sure that the prerequisites are met.

Configure the NetBackup client

See Configuring the NetBackup client.

Add an optional media server

See Adding an optional media server.

Add multiple master servers.

See Adding multiple master servers.

Add file systems for backup

See Adding file systems to the backup configuration.

Remove file systems from backup configuration

See Removing file systems from backup configuration.

You can also perform the following tasks::

Table: Other operations that you can perform on the NetBackup client

Task

Details

Unconfigure the NetBackup client.

See Unconfiguring the NetBackup client.

Change the virtual IP address used by NetBackup client

See Changing the virtual IP address used by the NetBackup client.

Upgrade the NetBackup Client

See Upgrade the NetBackup client.

Enable Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client

See Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client.

Disable Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client

See Disabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup from NetBackup client.

Remove file systems from backup configuration

See Removing file systems from backup configuration.

Display the current status of the NetBackup client.

See Displaying the status of NetBackup services.

Verify that Veritas Access is configured with the NetBackup client.

See Displaying the status of NetBackup services.

More Information

Prerequisites for configuring the NetBackup client