NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide

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  1. Managing and protecting cloud assets
    1.  
      About protecting cloud assets
    2.  
      Limitations and considerations
    3.  
      AWS and Azure government cloud support
    4. Configure Snapshot Manager in NetBackup
      1.  
        Add a Snapshot Manager
      2. Add a cloud provider for a Snapshot Manager
        1.  
          Adding a new region
        2.  
          IAM Role for AWS Configuration
        3.  
          IAM policy for OCI configuration
      3.  
        Associate media servers with a Snapshot Manager
      4.  
        Discover assets on Snapshot Manager
      5.  
        Enable or disable a Snapshot Manager
      6.  
        (Optional) Add the Snapshot Manager extension
    5. Managing intelligent groups for cloud assets
      1.  
        Considerations for cloud intelligent groups
      2.  
        Create an intelligent group for cloud assets
      3.  
        Delete an intelligent group for cloud assets
    6. Protecting cloud assets or intelligent groups for cloud assets
      1.  
        Customize or edit protection for cloud assets or intelligent groups
      2.  
        Remove protection from cloud assets or intelligent groups
    7. Managing policies for cloud assets
      1.  
        Limitations and considerations
      2. Add an SLP and cloud policy
        1.  
          Setting up attributes for IaaS cloud type
        2.  
          Setting up attributes for PaaS cloud type
        3. Creating schedule attributes for PaaS policy type
          1.  
            Configuring the Start window
          2.  
            Configuring the exclude dates
          3.  
            Configuring the include dates
        4.  
          Configuring the cloud assets for IaaS
        5.  
          Configuring the cloud assets for PaaS
        6.  
          Backup options for IaaS
      3.  
        Operations on cloud policy
      4.  
        PaaS and IaaS policy SLP configurations
    8. Scan for malware
      1.  
        Scanning backup images
      2.  
        Assets by workload type
    9. Protecting Microsoft Azure resources using resource groups
      1.  
        Before you begin
      2.  
        Limitations and considerations
      3. About resource group configurations and outcome
        1.  
          Examples of resource group configurations
      4.  
        Troubleshoot resource group permissions
    10. NetBackup Accelerator for cloud workloads
      1.  
        How the NetBackup Accelerator works with virtual machines
      2.  
        Accelerator forced rescan for virtual machines (schedule attribute)
      3.  
        Accelerator backups and the NetBackup catalog
      4.  
        Accelerator messages in the backup job details log
    11.  
      Configuring backup schedules for cloud workloads using protection plan
    12.  
      Backup options for cloud workloads
    13. AWS Snapshot replication
      1.  
        Configure AWS snapshot replication
      2.  
        Using AWS snapshot replication
      3.  
        Support matrix for account replication
    14.  
      Protect applications in-cloud with application-consistent snapshots
    15. Protecting PaaS assets
      1.  
        Prerequisites for protecting PaaS assets
      2. Installing the native client utilities
        1.  
          Installing the MySQL client utility
        2.  
          Installing the sqlpackage client utility
        3.  
          Installing PostgreSQL client utility
        4.  
          Installing MongoDB client utility
        5.  
          Installing the Amazon RDS for Oracle client utility
      3.  
        Configuring the storage server for instant access
      4.  
        Prerequisites for protecting Amazon RDS SQL Server database assets
      5. Configuring storage for different deployments
        1.  
          For MSDP cloud deployments
        2.  
          For Kubernetes deployments
        3.  
          For VM-based BYO deployments
      6.  
        About incremental backup for PaaS workloads
      7.  
        Configuring incremental backups for Azure MySQL server
      8.  
        About archive redo log backup for PaaS workloads
      9.  
        About Auto Image Replication for PaaS workloads
      10.  
        Limitations and considerations
      11.  
        Discovering PaaS assets
      12.  
        Viewing PaaS assets
      13.  
        Managing PaaS credentials
      14.  
        View the credential name that is applied to a database
      15. Add credentials to a database
        1.  
          Creating an IAM database username
        2.  
          Configuring permissions for the database user
        3.  
          Creating a system or user-managed identity username
      16.  
        Add protection to PaaS assets
      17.  
        Perform backup now
    16.  
      Protecting AWS or Azure VMs for recovering to VMware
    17.  
      Cloud asset cleanup
    18.  
      Cloud asset filtering
  2. Recovering cloud assets
    1. Recovering cloud assets
      1.  
        About the pre-recovery check for VMs
      2.  
        Supported parameters for restoring cloud assets
      3.  
        Restoring to a different cloud provider
      4.  
        Recovering virtual machines
      5.  
        Recovering applications and volumes to their original location
      6.  
        Recovering applications and volumes to an alternate location
      7.  
        Additional steps required after restoring an AWS RDS database instance
      8.  
        Recovery scenarios for GCP VMs with read-only volumes
      9.  
        (GCP only) Restoring virtual machines and volumes using the autoDelete disk support
    2.  
      Perform rollback recovery of cloud assets
    3. Restore to a different cloud provider
      1.  
        Prepare the VMs for back up
      2.  
        Post-restore configurations
    4. Recovering AWS or Azure VMs to VMware
      1.  
        Post-recovery considerations for cloud VMs recovered to VMware
      2. Steps to recover images from cloud VMs to VMware
        1.  
          Recovering images from AWS to VMware
        2.  
          Recovering images from Azure to VMware
    5. Recovering PaaS assets
      1.  
        Recovering non-RDS PaaS assets
      2.  
        Recovering Redshift clusters
      3.  
        Recovering RDS-based PaaS asset
      4.  
        Recovering Azure-protected assets
      5.  
        Recovering duplicate images from AdvancedDisk
  3. Performing granular restore
    1.  
      About granular restore
    2.  
      Supported environment list
    3.  
      List of supported file systems
    4.  
      Before you begin
    5.  
      Limitations and considerations
    6.  
      Restoring files and folders from cloud virtual machines
    7.  
      Restoring volumes on cloud virtual machines
    8.  
      Performing steps after volume restore containing LVM
    9.  
      Troubleshooting
  4. Troubleshooting protection and recovery of cloud assets
    1.  
      Troubleshoot cloud workload protection issues
    2.  
      Error Code 9855: Error occurred while exporting snapshot for the asset: <asset_name>
    3.  
      Backup from snapshot jobs take longer time than expected
    4.  
      Backup from snapshot job fails due to connectivity issues when Snapshot Manager is deployed on an Ubuntu host
    5.  
      Error disambiguation in NetBackup UI
    6.  
      Status Code 150: Termination requested by administrator
    7. Troubleshoot PaaS workload protection and recovery issues
      1.  
        Troubleshooting Amazon Redshift issues

Configuring backup schedules for cloud workloads using protection plan

You can add a backup schedule in the Attributes tab of the Add backup schedule dialog, while creating a protection plan for the Azure, Azure Stack Hub, AWS, OCI, and GCP cloud workloads.

See the Managing protection plans section of the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide, for details on how to create a protection plan.

To add a backup schedule to a cloud workload

  1. On the left, click Protection > Protection plans and then click Add.
  2. In Basic properties, enter a Name, Description, and select Cloud, from the Workload drop-down list.
  3. Select a Cloud Provider from the drop-down list, and click Next. In Schedules, click Add schedule.

    In the Add backup schedule tab, you can configure the options for retaining the backup and the snapshot.

  4. (For Azure SQL server, GCP SQL Server, and SQL Managed Instance PaaS assets only.) If you have selected Protect PaaS assets only for the protection plan, select Backup type as Incremental backup or Full. For the incremental backup type, NetBackup takes an initial full backup, and all subsequent backups capture only incremental changes in the database. This feature increases backup performance to a great extent. In case of a schema change, goes back to a full backup from an incremental backup, and notifies this activity in the activity monitor.

    Assign a longer retention period to full backups than to incremental backups within a policy. A complete restore requires the previous full backup plus all subsequent incremental backups. It may not be possible to restore all the files if the full backup expires before the incremental backups. See About incremental backup for PaaS workloads.

  5. From the Recurrence drop-down, specify the frequency of the backup.
  6. In the Snapshot and backup options, do any of the following:
    • Select the Keep snapshot along with backup option to retain both the snapshot and the backup. Specify a retention period for both the snapshot and the backup, using the Keep snapshot for and the Keep backup for drop-downs. Select Full from the Backup type drop-down. Select Initiate backup only when the snapshot is about to expire option, to start the backup job just before the retained snapshot expires.

      (For Amazon RDS Oracle assets only) If you have selected the Protect PaaS assets only option for the protection plan, you can select Backup type as Full, Differential incremental, or Archived redo log.

      For incremental and Archived redo log backup types, NetBackup takes an initial full backup and captures all the subsequent backups by incremental or archive changes in the database. This feature increases backup performance to a great extent.

      Do not use multiple protection plans having incremental schedules. Also, do not use protection plans with a frequency greater than 24 hours in the archived log schedule. For a successful restore NetBackup requires the previous full backup, all subsequent incremental backups, and all subsequent archive backups. If the full backup expires before the incremental or archive backups, it may not be possible to restore all the files.

    • Select Keep snapshot only option, to retain only the snapshot. Specify the retention period for the snapshot using the Keep snapshot for drop-down.

      • (Optional) If you have selected the provider as Amazon AWS, and selected to retain the snapshot by selecting any of the above two options, you can configure snapshot replication at this point. For more information about cloud snapshot replication, See Configure AWS snapshot replication.

      • Select Enable Snapshot replication.

      • In the table, select Region, AWS Account, and Retention period for the replicated snapshots.

        Note:

        The number of replication copies that you configure is displayed in the Snapshot replicas column in the Schedules and retention table in the Schedules tab.

    • Select the Keep backup only option, to retain only the backup. The snapshot expires immediately after the backup. Specify a retention period for the backup using the Keep backup for drop-down. Select Full from the Backup type drop-down.

  7. Continue creating the schedule in the Start window tab, as described in the Managing protection plans section of the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.
Availability of granular recovery for different backup options

Availability of the granular recovery for files or folders option depends on the different backup options that you select for the workload.

  • When you select the Keep snapshot along with backup option, granular recovery is available.

  • When you select the Keep snapshot only option, granular recovery is available.

  • When you select the Keep backup only option, granular recovery is available.

Indexing during backup and snapshot jobs

  • NetBackup performs VxMS (Veritas Mapping Service) based indexing from snapshot, and inline indexing during the backup from snapshot Jobs. It can index files irrespective of the region and location of the Snapshot Manager. VxMS-based indexing is currently supported for GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI, and Azure Stack Hub clouds.

  • Indexing is performed during the actual backup or snapshot jobs, but you can perform the recovery of individual files or folders only from the snapshot and backup copy using Enable granular recovery for files and folders option.

  • Once the snapshot of the VM assets is created, the 'Index from Snapshot' job for each of the assets is triggered. You can check the indexing job details in the Activity Monitor.

  • The VxMS debug logs and the cloud connector debug logs are available in the /cloudpoint/openv/dm/datamover.<datamover-id>/netbackup/logs folder of the Snapshot Manager.

  • To index files and folders with the same mount path as mentioned in /etc/fstab, the /etc/fstab file on the Linux servers must have entries based on the UUID file system, instead of device paths. The device paths can change depending on the order in which Linux discovers the devices during system boot.

Note:

If the VM is not in a connected state, then the VM backup continues and the backup job is marked as partially successful. In this case, you cannot restore individual files or folders as the indexing is not available when the VM is not connected.