NetBackup™ for HBase Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.4)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Protecting HBase data using NetBackup
    2.  
      Backing up HBase data
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data
    4.  
      NetBackup for HBase terminologies
    5.  
      Limitations
  2. Deploying HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    1.  
      About the HBase plug-in deployment
    2.  
      Pre-requisites for installing the HBase plug-in
    3.  
      Operating system and platform compatibility
    4.  
      License for HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    5.  
      Preparing the HBase cluster
    6.  
      Best practices for deploying the HBase plug-in
    7.  
      Post installation procedures
    8.  
      Verifying the deployment of the HBase plug-in
  3. Configuring NetBackup for HBase
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for HBase
    2. Managing backup hosts
      1.  
        Adding a NetBackup client to the allowed list
      2.  
        Configure a NetBackup Appliance as a backup host
    3.  
      Adding HBase credentials in NetBackup
    4. Configuring the HBase plug-in using the HBase configuration file
      1.  
        Configuring NetBackup for a highly-available HBase cluster
      2.  
        Configuring communication between NetBackup and HBase clusters that have SSL enabled (HTTPS)
    5.  
      Configuration for a HBase cluster that uses Kerberos
    6.  
      Create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
    7.  
      Disaster recovery of a HBase cluster
  4. Performing backups and restores of HBase
    1. About backing up a HBase cluster
      1.  
        Prerequisites for running backup and restore operations for a HBase cluster with Kerberos authentication
      2.  
        Backing up a HBase cluster
      3.  
        Best practices for backing up a HBase cluster
    2. About restoring an HBase cluster
      1.  
        Restoring HBase data on the same HBase cluster
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data on an alternate HBase cluster
    4.  
      Restoring truncated tables
    5.  
      Best practices for restoring a HBase cluster
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About NetBackup for HBase debug logging
    2.  
      Backup fails with error 6609
    3.  
      Backup fails with error 6601
    4.  
      Backup fails with error 6623
    5.  
      Restore fails with error 2850
    6.  
      Backup fails with error 20
    7.  
      Backup fails with error 112
    8.  
      Backup operation fails with error 6654
    9.  
      NetBackup configuration and certificate files do not persist after the container-based NetBackup appliance restarts
    10.  
      Configuration file is not recovered after a disaster recovery

Restoring HBase data

For restore only one backup host is used.

The following diagram provides an overview of the restore flow.

Figure: Restore flow

Restore flow

As illustrated in the diagram:

  1. The restore job is triggered from the primary server.

  2. The backup host connects with the HMaster. Backup host is also the destination client.

  3. The actual data restore from the storage media starts.

  4. The data blocks are restored on the Region servers.

See About restoring an HBase cluster.