NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide

To recover Snapshot Manager using a snapshot you have in the cloud

1. Using your cloud provider's dashboard or console, create a volume from the existing snapshot.
2. Create a new virtual machine with specifics equal to or better than your previous Snapshot Manager server.
3. Install Docker/Podman on the new server.

4. Attach the newly-created volume to this Snapshot Manager server instance.
5. Create the Snapshot Manager installation directory on this server.

   Use the following command:

   # mkdir /full_path_to_cloudpoint_installation_directory

   For example:

   # mkdir /cloudpoint

6. Mount the attached volume to the installation directory you just created.

   Use the following command:

   # mount /dev/device-name /full_path_to_cloudpoint_installation_directory

   For example:

   # mount /dev/xvdb /cloudpoint

7. Verify that all Snapshot Manager related configuration data and files are in the directory.

   Enter the following command:

   # ls -l /cloudpoint

8. Download or copy the Snapshot Manager installer binary to the new server.
9. Install Snapshot Manager.

   Use the following command:

   (For Docker)

   # sudo docker run -it --rm -u 0 
   -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint 
   -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
   veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

   (For Podman)

   # sudo podman run -it --rm -u 0
   -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint 
   -v /var/run/podman.sock:/var/run/podman.sock 
   veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

   Here, 10.1.0.0.1005 represents the Snapshot Manager version. Replace it as per your currently installed product version.

   Note:

   This is a single command. Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

   The installation program detects an existing version of Snapshot Manager and re-installs all Snapshot Manager services without overwriting existing content.

   Messages similar to the following are displayed on the command prompt:

   Configuration started at time Wed May 13 22:20:47 UTC 2020
   This is a re-install.
   Checking if a 1.0 release container exists ...

   Note the line that indicates that the operation is a re-install.

10. When the installation completes, you can resume working with Snapshot Manager using your existing credentials.

To recover Snapshot Manager using a backup located on-premise

1. Copy the existing Snapshot Manager backup to the new Snapshot Manager server and extract it to the Snapshot Manager installation directory.

   In the following example, because /cloudpoint was backed up, the command creates a new /cloudpoint directory.

   # tar -zxf cloudpoint_dr.tar.gz -C /cloudpoint/

2. Download or copy the Snapshot Manager installer binary to the new server.
3. Install Snapshot Manager.

   Use the following command:

   (For Docker)

   # sudo docker run -it --rm -u 0 
   -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint 
   -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
   veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

   (For Podman)

   # sudo podman run -it --rm -u 0 
   -v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint 
   -v /var/run/podman.sock:/var/run/podman.sock 
   veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

   Here, 10.1.0.0.1005 represents the Snapshot Manager version. Replace it as per your currently installed product version.

   Note:

   This is a single command. Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

   The installation program detects an existing version of Snapshot Manager and re-installs all Snapshot Manager services without overwriting existing content.

   Messages similar to the following are displayed on the command prompt:

   Configuration started at time Wed May 13 22:20:47 UTC 2020
   This is a re-install.
   Checking if a 1.0 release container exists ...

   Note the line that indicates that the operation is a re-install.

4. When the installation completes, you can resume working with Snapshot Manager using your existing credentials.

To recover Snapshot Manager using GCP cross-project restore

1. Create a cross project role in other-service-account with the following permissions:

   • compute.snapshots.useReadOnly

   • compute.disks.create

   • Cloud KMS CryptoKey Encrypter/Decrypter

2. Assign the above role to cp-host-service-account under the other-project project.