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

Restoring file systems backed up with NetBackup client

This section describes how you can restore file systems (which are backed up using the NetBackup client) that get corrupted in the Access Appliance environment.

You can backup a file system with the NetBackup client using the backup fs add command. The back up of the file system is created on the NetBackup media server. If the file system goes corrupt and is destroyed, you can restore the file system.

To restore a corrupted file system

  1. Create a new file system. You can use the same name as that of the existing file system (for convenience) or a different name.
  2. Add the file system back to the NetBackup client's backup file system configuration using the backup fs add fs_name command.
  3. Restore the data backed up from the file system to the respective path on the new file system.

To restore the MSDP catalog file system

  • Restore the MSDP catalog file system.

    If the NetBackup client is enabled with deduplication catalog backup and the catalog filesystem goes corrupt, you will need to format the catalog file system.

    • Disable the catalog backup.

      backup> dedupe-catalog disable

    • Format the catalog file system or re-create it with the same name.

    • Add the catalog file system as a backup file system.

      backup> fs add fs_name

    • From the deduplication catalog backup, restore the spa and datacheck directories at /vx/<catalog_fs>/dedupe/databases by selecting Restore to a different location on the NetBackup master.

    • Enable the deduplication catalog to continue backing up the deduplication catalog.

       backup> dedupe-catalog enable

      Note:

      In case the MSDP catalog file system is destroyed, ensure that a new file system is created and renamed back to the old MSDP catalog file system. You can then follow the steps to add, restore and enable the catalog file system.