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

Installing the NetBackup client add-on packages

The supported NetBackup clients can be installed as add-on packages.

To install the add-on packages

  1. Download the add-on packages for the NetBackup client:

    • VRTSaccess-app-ADDON-NBUClient-8.1-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

    • VRTSaccess-app-ADDON-NBUClient-8.2-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

    • VRTSaccess-app-ADDON-NBUClient-8.3-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

    • VRTSaccess-app-ADDON-NBUClient-9.0-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

  2. Go to the Appliance CLISH. Navigate to Manage > Software > Share Open.
  3. Copy the add-on packages to the /inst/patch/appliance/available/ folder using NFS or CIFS. Repeat this operation on all the nodes of the cluster.

    For more details, see the Downloading software updates to an Access 3340 appliance node using a client share section in the Veritas Access Appliance Upgrade Guide.

  4. In the Appliance CLISH, navigate to Manage > Software > List Downloaded to confirm that the add-on packages are downloaded successfully.
  5. Navigate to Manage > Software > Install <NBU Client add-on package name> to install the package.
  6. Navigate to Manage > Software > List InstalledADDONs to confirm that the package has been installed.

To remove the add-on packages

  1. Go to the Appliance CLISH. Navigate to Manage > Software > Rollback to uninstall the packages
  2. Navigate to Manage > Software > List InstalledADDONs to confirm that the package has been removed.