NetBackup 9.0 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.0)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to NetBackup applications for Flex Appliance
    2.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
    3.  
      NetBackup 9.0 application new features, enhancements, and changes
    4.  
      Supported upgrade paths to this release
    5.  
      Operational notes
  2. Geting started
    1.  
      Prerequisites before you can create NetBackup application instances
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup Administration Console and client packages
  3. Creating NetBackup application instances
    1. Creating application instances
      1.  
        Creating a NetBackup master server instance
      2.  
        Creating a NetBackup media server instance
      3.  
        Creating a NetBackup WORM storage server instance
  4. Managing NetBackup application instances
    1.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    2. Accessing NetBackup master and media server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users on a master or media server instance
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users on a master or media server instance
        2.  
          Connecting a remote user domain to a master or media server instance
        3.  
          Changing a user password on a master or media server instance
      2. Running NetBackup commands on a master or media server application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on a master or media server application instance
      3.  
        Monitoring NetBackup services on a NetBackup master server instance
      4.  
        Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup master server instance
      5.  
        Setting environment variables on master and media server instances
      6.  
        Storing custom data on a master or media server instance
      7.  
        Modifying or disabling the nbdeployutil utility on a master server instance
      8.  
        Establishing trust with a NetBackup 7.7.3 master server instance
    3. Accessing NetBackup WORM storage server instances for management tasks
      1. About the NetBackup WORM storage server shell
        1.  
          About the dedupe command
        2.  
          About the retention command
        3.  
          About the setting command
        4.  
          About the support command

Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup master server instance

You can configure the NetBackup catalog backup policy to send disaster recovery files to a Network File System (NFS) share. Use the following procedure to mount an NFS share on a master server application instance for disaster recovery.

To mount the NFS share and configure the catalog backup policy:

  1. On the NFS server, navigate to /etc/exports and add the following directive:

    <NFS directory> <master IP address>(rw,noroot_squash)

    Where <NFS directory> is the directory for the NFS share, and <master IP address> is the IP address of the master server instance.

    For example:

    /nfsdir 11.11.11.111(rw,no_root_squash)

  2. Run the following command to change the permission of the NFS directory to 775:

    # *chmod 775 <NFS directory>

    For example:

    # *chmod 775 /nfsdir

  3. Restart the NFS service.
  4. Log in to the master server instance as the appadmin user and run the following commands:

    $ sudo bash

    bash-4.2# cat > /mnt/nbdata/vxos/etc/fstab

    <NFS IP address>:<NFS directory> /mnt/nbcatdr nfs v<NFS version>,rw,x-mount.mkdir

    Where <NFS IP address> is the IP address of the NFS server, <NFS directory> is the directory for the NFS share, and <NFS version> is either 3 or 4.

    For example:

    22.22.22.222:/nfsdir /mnt/nbcatdr nfs v3,rw,x-mount.mkdir

  5. From the NetBackup Administration Console, use the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard to configure a backup policy with the type NBU-Catalog. Specify the following information for the catalog disaster recovery file:

    • Path: /mnt/nbcatdr/

    • Logon: appadmin

    • Password: Your appadmin user password

    For more information about the catalog backup policy, see the chapter "Protecting the NetBackup Catalog" in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.