Veritas Access Appliance Solutions Guide for NetBackup

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Product(s): Appliances (7.4.3)
Platform: Veritas 3340,Access Appliance OS
  1. Access Appliance integration with NetBackup
    1.  
      About Access Appliance as a NetBackup client
    2.  
      About Access Appliance as backup storage for NetBackup
    3.  
      Use cases for long-term data retention
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with CloudCatalyst
  3. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with Access Appliance
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Data Deduplication with Access Appliance
    3.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the GUI
    4.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the Access CLISH
    5.  
      Support for multiple domains across networks for Veritas Data Deduplication
    6.  
      Veritas Data Deduplication storage layout
    7.  
      Configuring a Veritas Data Deduplication storage unit on NetBackup
    8.  
      Configuring global deduplication using the Veritas Data Deduplication storage server across the domain
    9.  
      Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication encryption
  4. Migrating the NetBackup images from existing storage to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
    1.  
      Migrating NetBackup images from CloudCatalyst/S3 to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
  5. Configuring Access Appliance as a cloud storage server with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Access Appliance for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    2.  
      Configure Access Appliance as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst
    3.  
      Enabling SSL on Access Appliance
  6. Configuring backup and restore using NetBackup policies
    1.  
      Storage Lifecycle Policies
    2.  
      Backup and restore
    3.  
      Running a backup policy manually
    4.  
      Restoring backed up files
  7. Configuring Access Appliance with the NetBackup client
    1.  
      Configuring Access Appliance for NetBackup client
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup client add-on packages
    3.  
      Prerequisites for configuring the NetBackup client
    4.  
      Configuring the NetBackup client
    5.  
      Adding an optional media server
    6.  
      Adding multiple master servers
    7.  
      Adding file systems to the backup configuration
    8.  
      Removing file systems from backup configuration
    9.  
      Changing the virtual IP address used by the NetBackup client
    10.  
      Upgrade the NetBackup client
    11.  
      Unconfiguring the NetBackup client
    12.  
      Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client
    13.  
      Disabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup from NetBackup client
    14.  
      Displaying the status of NetBackup services
    15.  
      Configuring backup operations using NetBackup or other third-party backup applications
    16.  
      Configuring Access Appliance for NetBackup cloud storage
    17.  
      Restoring file systems backed up with NetBackup client
  8. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Additional resources
    2.  
      Generating Access Appliance S3 server keys using the helper script
  9.  
    Index

Enabling SSL on Access Appliance

To enable SSL on Access Appliance using the Access Appliance GUI

  1. Log on to the Access Appliance GUI and click on Settings > S3 Management.
  2. Click the Edit button at the top.
  3. Click Yes under the Enable SSL button. This automatically creates a certificate on Access Appliance in the /shared/ptgwy/cacert.pem directory.

To enable SSL on Access Appliance using the Veritas Access command-line interface

  • Enable SSL on Access Appliance.
    Objectaccess > set ssl_enabled yes
Objectaccess > server stop

Objectaccess > server start

To copy the certificate to NetBackup

  1. Go to the bash prompt of the cluster node and copy the following content from the /shared/ptgwy/cacert.pem file and append it to the /usr/openv/netbackup/db/cloud/cacert.pem on the NetBackup master and media servers.
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

MIIDjTCCAnWgAwIBAgIJANFjuMEdS0LRMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMF0xCzAJBgNV

BAYTAlVTMRMwEQYDVQQIDApDYWxpZm9ybmlhMRAwDgYDVQQKDAdWZXJpdGFzMQ8w

DQYDVQQLDAZBY2Nlc3MxFjAUBgNVBAMMDXMzLm5idTg3Mi1hcHAwHhcNMTgwMTAz

MTAwODAxWhcNMjEwMTAyMTAwODAxWjBdMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEGA1UECAwK

Q2FsaWZvcm5pYTEQMA4GA1UECgwHVmVyaXRhczEPMA0GA1UECwwGQWNjZXNzMRYw

FAYDVQQDDA1zMy5uYnU4NzItYXBwMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIB

CgKCAQEAl+XkH9Buzz2KRYsoBbKxOExq2fRDhfTb1lplleiMN/1cryvMkguEFkFk

kjuTsi3lnuj0Sc5/FimzfnclXyvI9uWAB07wdxwjKFBlg0GvxSa/obQ/SMG8fEHL

qYl/baJKPoz7xvg+QJd/3A1ZJqLvA1i7DEErVuUyNrtjxKnPNIKzzRhBg9M5+HPp

b4ZOXUnFWU9w4CI1JBvYTBQ5X2wtGx9cLtHb9fF9XTv2SqWUUroGDc2DYlgo8j2n

AsTWzk+mJw12wRcE00FoBlYhOCNJlXkl4n4VSKbTUdCMkm6Ej5Yf+AIAbLiQNFgv

Sralc5TFMHjUUg5dgBPizCLTmuQz8QIDAQABo1AwTjAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUgBpm7gK1

q/M/3+Y0st8m2EMzulgwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUgBpm7gK1q/M/3+Y0st8m2EMzulgw

DAYDVR0TBAUwAwEB/zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAcw4QIfXiuJMY/6BGBVAA

dnrRG11+hczHfbQVeDV9ApijEe/qiIx8QLL9fDx8MqsdIIHcgfuv5mzAQLzwa+tH

7USIqBfxfEytnKBuAYbYyOfXKJDUIAaWFjcM0rOP1z+Dv6zf7B65Mv3aKD1rENFT

UgPBphLACAU9CzLidJkoE3izOaZbiys/r24yRR8X/Pugsxy7VESN6WSqzYg0jdSf

iCJKgLEdOYcE85NhW8eaCsfqCkxoskTgu1Nnf4j0lMYP5d+4U8uAEc/uLrndD3Rn

n7MB0EeciPgqWZQWNLjyQNNZ/F58wlyTtHv48VM1ZXhIJBhjUwFZAEAg43R5n67o

Pw==

               -----END CERTIFICATE-----
  2. Stop and start the services on the master using the following commands in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin directory.
    # bp.kill_all -f -v
# bp.start_all
  3. Log into the media server. Stop and start the services on the media server using the following commands:
    # bp.kill_all -f -v
# bp.start_all