NetBackup™ 10.1 Application Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (2.1.4, 2.1.3, 2.1.2, 2.1.1)
Platform: Flex Appliance OS
  1. Product overview
    1.  
      Introduction to NetBackup applications for Flex Appliance
    2.  
      About the Flex Appliance documentation
  2. Release notes
    1.  
      NetBackup 10.1 application new features, enhancements, and changes
    2.  
      Supported upgrade paths to this release
    3.  
      Operational notes
  3. Geting started
    1.  
      Prerequisites before you can create NetBackup application instances
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup Administration Console and client packages
  4. Creating NetBackup application instances
    1. Creating application instances
      1.  
        Creating a NetBackup primary server instance
      2.  
        Creating a NetBackup media server instance
      3.  
        Creating a NetBackup WORM storage server instance
  5. Managing NetBackup application instances
    1.  
      Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
    2. Accessing NetBackup primary and media server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users on a primary or media server instance
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users on a primary or media server instance
        2.  
          Connecting an Active Directory user domain to a primary or a media server instance
        3.  
          Connecting an LDAP user domain to a primary or a media server instance
        4.  
          Changing a user password on a primary or media server instance
      2. Running NetBackup commands on a primary or media server application instance
        1.  
          Creating a NetBackup touch file on a primary or media server application instance
        2.  
          Installing NetBackup notify scripts on a primary or media server application instance
      3.  
        Monitoring NetBackup services on a NetBackup primary server instance
      4.  
        Mounting an NFS share on a NetBackup primary server instance
      5.  
        Setting environment variables on primary and media server instances
      6.  
        Storing custom data on a primary or media server instance
      7.  
        Modifying or disabling the nbdeployutil utility on a primary server instance
      8.  
        Disabling SMB server signing on a media server instance
      9.  
        Establishing trust with a NetBackup 7.7.3 primary server instance
      10.  
        Using a primary server instance for disaster recovery
    3. Accessing NetBackup WORM storage server instances for management tasks
      1. Managing users from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Adding and removing local users from the deduplication shell
        2.  
          Adding MSDP users from the deduplication shell
        3.  
          Connecting an Active Directory domain to a WORM storage server for Universal Shares and Instant Access
        4.  
          Disconnecting an Active Directory domain from the deduplication shell
        5.  
          Changing a user password from the deduplication shell
      2.  
        Managing VLAN interfaces from the deduplication shell
      3.  
        Viewing the lockdown mode on a WORM storage server
      4.  
        Managing the retention policy on a WORM storage server
      5.  
        Managing images with a retention lock on a WORM storage server
      6.  
        Auditing WORM retention changes
      7. Managing certificates from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Viewing the certificate details from the deduplication shell
        2.  
          Importing certificates from the deduplication shell
        3.  
          Removing certificates from the deduplication shell
      8.  
        Managing FIPS mode from the deduplication shell
      9.  
        Encrypting backups from the deduplication shell
      10. Configuring an isolated recovery environment on a Flex Appliance WORM storage server instance
        1.  
          Configuring data transmission between a production environment and a Flex Appliance IRE
      11.  
        Managing an isolated recovery environment on a Flex Appliance WORM storage server instance
      12.  
        Tuning the MSDP configuration from the deduplication shell
      13.  
        Setting the MSDP log level from the deduplication shell
      14. Managing NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          Managing the cyclic redundancy checking (CRC) service
        2.  
          Managing the content router queue processing (CRQP) service
        3.  
          Managing the online checking service
        4.  
          Managing the compaction service
        5.  
          Managing the deduplication (MSDP) services
        6.  
          Managing the Storage Platform Web Service (SPWS)
        7.  
          Managing the Veritas provisioning file system (VPFS) mounts
        8.  
          Managing the NGINX service
        9.  
          Managing the SMB service
      15. Monitoring and troubleshooting NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
        1.  
          About the support command

Tuning the MSDP configuration from the deduplication shell

The default MSDP configuration should work for most installations. However, if you need to make adjustments, use the following commands to set or view the parameters.

Parameter

Description

Commands

AllocationUnitSize

The allocation unit size for the data on the server

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param allocation-unit-size value=<number of MiB>

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param allocation-unit-size

DataCheckDays

The number of days to check the data for consistency

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param data-check-days value=<number of days>

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param data-check-days

LogRetention

The length of time to keep logs

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param log-retention value=<number of days>

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param log-retention

MaxCacheSize

The maximum size of the NetBackup Deduplication Engine (spoold) fingerprint cache

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param max-cache-size value=<number of GB>

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param max-fp-cache-size

MaxRetryCount

The maximum number of times to retry a failed transmission

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param max-retry-count value=<number of retry times>

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param max-retry-count

SpadLogging

The log level for the NetBackup Deduplication Manager (spad)

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param spad-logging log_level=<value>

See Setting the MSDP log level from the deduplication shell.

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param spad-logging

SpooldLogging

The log level for the NetBackup Deduplication Engine (spoold)

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param spoold-logging log_level=<value>

See Setting the MSDP log level from the deduplication shell.

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param spoold-logging

WriteThreadNum

The number of threads for writing data to the data container in parallel

To set the parameter: setting set-MSDP-param write-thread-num value=<number of threads>

To view the parameter: setting get-MSDP-param write-thread-num