Veritas NetBackup™ CloudPoint Install and Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3)
Platform: Linux,UNIX,Windows
  1. Section I. CloudPoint installation and configuration
    1. Preparing for CloudPoint installation
      1.  
        About the deployment approach
      2.  
        Deciding where to run CloudPoint
      3.  
        About deploying CloudPoint in the cloud
      4.  
        Meeting system requirements
      5.  
        CloudPoint host sizing recommendations
      6.  
        Creating an instance or preparing the physical host to install CloudPoint
      7.  
        Installing Docker
      8.  
        Creating and mounting a volume to store CloudPoint data
      9.  
        Verifying that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host
    2. Deploying CloudPoint using the Docker image
      1.  
        Installing CloudPoint
      2.  
        Verifying that CloudPoint installed successfully
      3.  
        Configuring AWS KMS in CloudPoint
    3. CloudPoint cloud plug-ins
      1. AWS plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Prerequisites for configuring the AWS plug-in
        2.  
          Configuring AWS permissions for CloudPoint
        3.  
          AWS permissions required by CloudPoint
        4.  
          Before you create a cross account configuration
      2. Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Google Cloud Platform permissions required by CloudPoint
        2.  
          Configuring a GCP service account for CloudPoint
        3.  
          Preparing the GCP service account for plug-in configuration
      3. Microsoft Azure plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Configuring permissions on Microsoft Azure
      4.  
        How to configure the CloudPoint cloud plug-ins?
    4. CloudPoint storage array plug-ins
      1. NetApp plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          NetApp plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Configuring a dedicated LIF for NetBackup access
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on NetApp storage
      2. Nutanix Files plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Nutanix Files plug-in configuration prerequisites
        2.  
          Nutanix Files plug-in considerations and limitations
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Nutanix Files File Server
        4. Troubleshooting NetBackup issues for Nutanix Files
          1.  
            Backup jobs for Nutanix Files fail due to snapshot import and export operations failures
          2.  
            Plug-in configuration may fail if the Nutanix Files version is unsupported
      3. Dell EMC Unity array plug-in configuration parameters
        1.  
          Supported Dell EMC Unity arrays
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Dell EMC Unity arrays
      4. Pure Storage FlashArray plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Supported Pure Storage FlashArray models
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Pure Storage FlashArray models
      5. HPE RMC plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          RMC plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported HPE storage systems
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on HPE storage arrays
      6. Hitachi plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Hitachi plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported Hitachi storage arrays
        3.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on Hitachi arrays
      7. InfiniBox plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          InifiniBox plug-in configuration parameters
        2.  
          Supported CloudPoint operations on InfiniBox arrays
      8.  
        How to configure the CloudPoint storage array plug-ins?
    5. CloudPoint application agents and plug-ins
      1.  
        Microsoft SQL plug-in configuration notes
      2. Oracle plug-in configuration notes
        1.  
          Optimizing your Oracle database data and metadata files
      3.  
        MongoDB plug-in configuration notes
      4.  
        About the installation and configuration process
      5.  
        Preparing to install the Linux-based agent
      6.  
        Preparing to install the Windows-based agent
      7.  
        Downloading and installing the CloudPoint agent
      8.  
        Registering the Linux-based agent
      9.  
        Registering the Windows-based agent
      10.  
        Configuring the CloudPoint application plug-in
      11.  
        Configuring VSS to store shadow copies on the originating drive
      12.  
        Creating a NetBackup protection plan for cloud assets
      13.  
        Subscribing cloud assets to a NetBackup protection plan
      14. About snapshot restore
        1.  
          Process for restoring SQL AG databases
      15.  
        Restore requirements and limitations for Microsoft SQL Server
      16.  
        Restore requirements and limitations for Oracle
      17.  
        Restore requirements and limitations for MongoDB
      18.  
        Steps required before restoring SQL AG databases
      19.  
        Recovering a SQL database to the same location
      20.  
        Recovering a SQL database to an alternate location
      21. Additional steps required after a SQL Server snapshot restore
        1.  
          Steps required after a SQL Server disk-level snapshot restore to new location
      22.  
        Additional steps required after restoring SQL AG databases
      23.  
        SQL snapshot or restore and granular restore operations fail if the Windows instance loses connectivity with the CloudPoint host
      24.  
        Disk-level snapshot restore fails if the original disk is detached from the instance
      25.  
        Additional steps required after a MongoDB snapshot restore
      26.  
        Additional steps required after an Oracle snapshot restore
      27.  
        Additional steps required after restoring an AWS RDS database instance
    6. Protecting assets with CloudPoint's agentless feature
      1.  
        About the agentless feature
      2.  
        Prerequisites for the agentless configuration
      3.  
        Granting password-less sudo access to host user account
      4.  
        Configuring the agentless feature
  2. Section II. CloudPoint maintenance
    1. CloudPoint logging
      1.  
        About CloudPoint logging mechanism
      2. How Fluentd-based CloudPoint logging works
        1.  
          About the CloudPoint fluentd configuration file
        2.  
          Modifying the fluentd configuration file
      3.  
        CloudPoint logs
    2. Troubleshooting CloudPoint
      1.  
        Restarting CloudPoint
      2.  
        Troubleshooting CloudPoint logging
      3.  
        CloudPoint agent fails to connect to the CloudPoint server if the agent host is restarted abruptly
      4.  
        CloudPoint agent registration on Windows hosts may time out or fail
      5.  
        Disaster recovery when DR package is lost or passphrase is lost
    3. Upgrading CloudPoint
      1.  
        About CloudPoint upgrades
      2.  
        Supported upgrade path
      3.  
        Upgrade scenarios
      4.  
        Preparing to upgrade CloudPoint
      5.  
        Upgrading CloudPoint
    4. Uninstalling CloudPoint
      1.  
        Preparing to uninstall CloudPoint
      2.  
        Backing up CloudPoint
      3.  
        Unconfiguring CloudPoint plug-ins
      4.  
        Unconfiguring CloudPoint agents
      5.  
        Removing the CloudPoint agents
      6.  
        Removing CloudPoint from a standalone Docker host environment
      7.  
        Restoring CloudPoint

Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration notes

The Google Cloud Platform plug-in lets you create, delete, and restore disk and host-based snapshots in all zones where Google Cloud is present.

Table: Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration parameters

CloudPoint configuration parameter

Google equivalent term and description

Project ID

The ID of the project from which the resources are managed. Listed as project_id in the JSON file.

Client Email

The email address of the Client ID. Listed as client_email in the JSON file.

Private Key

The private key. Listed as private_key in the JSON file.

Note:

You must enter this key without quotes (neither single quotes nor double quotes). Do not enter any spaces or return characters at the beginning or end of the key.

Zones

A list of zones in which the plug-in operates.

CloudPoint supports the following GCP zones:

Table: GCP zones supported by CloudPoint

GCP zones

  • asia-east1-a, asia-east1-b, asia-east1-c

  • asia-east2-a, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c

  • asia-northeast1-a, asia-northeast1-b, asia-northeast1-c

  • asia-northeast2-a, asia-northeast2-b, asia-northeast2-c

  • asia-south1-a, asia-south1-b, asia-south1-c

  • asia-southeast1-a, asia-southeast1-b, asia-southeast1-c

  • australia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-c

  • europe-north1-a, europe-north1-b, europe-north1-c

  • europe-west1-b, europe-west1-c, europe-west1-d

  • europe-west2-a, europe-west2-b, europe-west2-c

  • europe-west3-a, europe-west3-b, europe-west3-c

  • europe-west4-a, europe-west4-b, europe-west4-c

  • europe-west6-a, europe-west6-b, europe-west6-c

  • northamerica-northeast1-a, northamerica-northeast1-b, northamerica-northeast1-c

  • southamerica-east1-a, southamerica-east1-b, southamerica-east1-c

  • us-central1-a, us-central1-b, us-central1-c, us-central1-f

  • us-east1-b, us-east1-c, us-east1-d

  • us-east4-a, us-east4-b, us-east4-c

  • us-west1-a, us-west1-b, us-west1-c

  • us-west2-a, us-west2-b, us-west2-c

  • us-west3-a Utah, us-west3-b Utah, us-west3-c Utah

  • us-west4-a Nevada, us-west4-b Nevada, us-west4-c Nevada

GCP plug-in considerations and limitations

Consider the following before you configure this plug-in:

  • If a zone is removed from the GCP plug-in configuration, then all the discovered assets from that zone are also removed from the CloudPoint assets database. If there are any active snapshots that are associated with the assets that get removed, then you may not be able perform any operations on those snapshots.

    Once you add that zone back into the plug-in configuration, CloudPoint discovers all the assets again and you can resume operations on the associated snapshots. However, you cannot perform any restore operations on the associated snapshots.

  • If you are creating multiple configurations for the same plug-in, ensure that they manage different zones. Two or more plug-in configurations should not manage the same set of cloud assets simultaneously.

    CloudPoint currently does not block you from creating such a configuration. If there is an overlap of cloud assets between plug-in configurations, you may have to resolve the configuration issue by deleting the plug-in configurations and adding them again, ensuring that there are no overlapping assets.

    However, CloudPoint does not allow you to delete a plug-in configuration if there are any snapshots associated with the assets in that configuration.

More Information

Google Cloud Platform permissions required by CloudPoint

Configuring a GCP service account for CloudPoint

Preparing the GCP service account for plug-in configuration