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NetBackup™ for HBase Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2023-10-26

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.3.0.1, 10.3)

Using the NetBackup web UI to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters

Use the following procedure to create a BigData policy with the NetBackup web UI.

On the NetBackup web UI, in the left pane, select Protection > Policies.
On the Policies tab, click Add.
On the Attributes tab, do the following: select BigData as the policy type.
Click OK.
On the Attributes tab, select BigData as the policy type.
On the Schedules tab, click New to create a new schedule.
You can create a schedule for a Full Backup, Differential Incremental Backup, or Cumulative Incremental Backup for your BigData policy. Once you set the schedule, HBase data is backed up automatically as per the set schedule without any further user intervention.
On the Clients tab, enter the IP address or the host name of the NameNode.
On the Backup Selections tab, enter the following parameters and their values as shown:
- Application_Type=hbase
  The parameter values are case-sensitive.
- Backup_Host=IP_address or hostname
  The backup host must be a Linux computer. The backup host can be a NetBackup client or a media server.
  You can specify multiple backup hosts.
- Tables to back up
  You can specify multiple tables.
  Note:
  The table names that are specified for backup selection while defining BigData Policy with Application_Type=hbase must not contain space or comma in their names.
Click Create.

For more information on using NetBackup for big data applications, refer to the Veritas NetBackup documentation page.