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NetBackup Web UI Vault Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (11.1)
  1. About Vault
    1.  
      About Vault
    2.  
      About Vault and NetBackup functions
    3.  
      About accessing NetBackup Vault
    4.  
      About Vaulting original or duplicate images
    5. About the Vault process
      1.  
        About choosing backup images
      2.  
        About backing up the NetBackup catalog
      3.  
        About ejecting media
      4.  
        About generating reports
    6.  
      About how Vault uses volume groups and pools
    7.  
      About NetBackup and Vault configuration
    8.  
      About Vault management procedures
  2. Installing Vault
    1.  
      About supported systems
    2.  
      About supported robots
    3. About installing and configuring Vault on UNIX and Linux systems
      1.  
        Adding a valid license and configuring Vault for UNIX and Linux systems
      2.  
        About upgrading NetBackup Vault on UNIX and Linux systems
    4. About installing and configuring Vault on Microsoft Windows systems
      1.  
        Adding a Vault license on a Windows system
      2.  
        About upgrading NetBackup Vault on a Windows system
    5.  
      Removing a Vault license
  3. Best Practices
    1.  
      About best practices
    2.  
      About vaulting paradigms
    3. About preferred vaulting strategies
      1.  
        About Vault original backups
    4. About how to ensure that data is vaulted
      1. About overlapping the time window in the profile
        1.  
          About the consequences of not overlapping the time window
      2.  
        About resolving multiple names for a single server
      3.  
        About specifying a robotic volume group when configuring a Vault
    5. About not Vaulting more than necessary
      1.  
        About sending only the intended backups off-site
      2.  
        About avoiding vaulting partial images
      3.  
        About vaulting original backups in a 24x7 environment
    6. About preparing for efficient recovery
      1.  
        About Vault NetBackup catalog requirements and guidelines
      2.  
        About naming conventions for volume pools and groups
      3.  
        About matching volume pools to data usage
      4.  
        About the primary copy
      5.  
        About suspending vaulted media
      6.  
        About revaulting unexpired media
    7.  
      About media ejection recommendations
    8.  
      About scratch volume pools
    9. About organizing reports
      1.  
        About organizing reports by robot
      2.  
        About organizing reports by Vault
      3.  
        About organizing reports by profile
      4.  
        About the consequences of sharing an off-site volume group across multiple robots
    10.  
      About generating the lost media report regularly
  4. Configuring NetBackup Vault
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup Vault
    2. About off-site volume pools
      1.  
        Creating a volume pool
    3. About creating catalog backup schedules for Vault
      1.  
        Creating a Vault catalog backup schedule in an existing policy
    4. About setting primary server properties for Vault
      1.  
        Setting the maximum number of Vault jobs
  5. Configuring Vault
    1.  
      About configuring Vault
    2. About Vault configuration
      1.  
        Configuration information about primary servers, media servers, and storage units
      2.  
        Robot information
    3.  
      About configuration methods
    4. About configuring Vault Management Properties
      1. General tab (Vault management settings)
        1.  
          Configuring Vault Management Properties on the General tab
      2. Alternate Media Server Names tab (Vault Management Properties)
        1.  
          About alternative media server names
        2.  
          About alternate media server names considerations
        3.  
          Adding alternate media server names
      3. Reports tab (Vault Management Properties)
        1.  
          Changing report properties
    5.  
      Configuring robots in Vault
    6.  
      Vault Robot dialog box options
    7. About creating a vault
      1.  
        Creating a Vault
      2. About configuring Vault dialog box attributes
        1.  
          Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
    8.  
      Media access ports dialog box
    9. About creating profiles
      1.  
        Profile dialog box
      2.  
        About the number of profiles required
    10.  
      Creating a profile
    11. Configuring a profile
      1.  
        About configuring a profile using the Choose Backups tab
      2.  
        Choose Backups tab configuration options
      3. Catalog backup tab (Profile dialog box)
        1.  
          About Vault catalog backups
        2.  
          Catalog backup policy settings
        3.  
          About critical policies
        4.  
          Catalog backup tab configuration options
      4. Eject tab (Profile dialog box)
        1.  
          About media ejection
        2.  
          About ACS MAP
        3.  
          About eject mode (immediate or deferred)
        4.  
          About media ejection timeout impact
        5.  
          Eject tab configuration options
      5. Reports tab (Profile dialog box)
        1.  
          About report mode (immediate or deferred)
        2.  
          Reports that depend on eject
        3.  
          Reports tab configuration options
        4.  
          Changing report properties
  6. Vaulting and managing media
    1. About Vault sessions
      1. About scheduling a Vault session
        1.  
          Creating a Vault policy
      2. About running a session manually
        1.  
          Running a vault from the NetBackup Web UI
        2.  
          Running a session from a command line
      3.  
        About running multiple sessions simultaneously
    2.  
      About previewing a Vault session
    3.  
      Stopping a Vault session
    4.  
      About resuming a Vault session
    5.  
      About monitoring a Vault session
    6. About the list of images to be vaulted
      1.  
        About ejection exclusions
      2.  
        About Vault resiliency
    7. About ejecting media
      1.  
        Previewing media to be ejected
      2.  
        Ejecting media by using NetBackup Web UI
      3.  
        Ejecting media by using the Vault operator menu
      4.  
        Ejecting media by using the vlteject command
      5.  
        Ejecting media by using a Vault policy
      6.  
        Consolidating ejects and reports
    8. About injecting media
      1.  
        Injecting media for libraries with and without barcode readers
      2.  
        Injecting media by using the Vault Operator Menu
      3.  
        Injecting media by using the vltinject command
    9. About using containers
      1. About vaulting media in containers
        1.  
          Vaulting container media by using the Vault operator menu
        2.  
          Vaulting container media by using the vltcontainers command
      2. About managing containers and media
        1.  
          Managing container media by using the Vault operator menu
        2.  
          Managing container media by using the vltcontainers command
      3.  
        Generating a Container Inventory Report
    10.  
      Revaulting unexpired media
    11.  
      About tracking volumes not ejected by Vault
    12.  
      About notifying a tape operator when an eject begins
    13. About using notify scripts
      1.  
        About notify script for a specific robot
      2.  
        About notify script for a specific Vault
      3.  
        About notify script for a specific profile
      4.  
        Notify script order of execution
    14.  
      About clearing the media description field
    15.  
      Restoring data from vaulted media
  7. Creating originals or copies concurrently
    1.  
      About concurrent copies
    2. About the continue or fail for concurrent copies
      1.  
        About continue copies
      2.  
        About fail all copies
    3.  
      Creating multiple original images concurrently
  8. Reporting
    1.  
      About reports
    2. About generating reports
      1.  
        Generating reports by using the Vault operator menu
      2.  
        Generating reports by using the vlteject command
      3.  
        Creating a Vault policy to generate reports
    3. About consolidating reports
      1.  
        About consolidated reports in previous Vault releases
    4.  
      Viewing Vault reports
    5. Vault report types
      1. Reports for media going off site
        1.  
          Picking List for Robot report
        2.  
          Distribution List for Vault report
        3.  
          Detailed Distribution List for Vault report
        4.  
          Summary Distribution List for Vault report
      2. Reports for media coming on-site
        1.  
          Picking List for Vault report
        2.  
          Distribution List for Robot report
      3. Inventory reports
        1.  
          Vault Inventory report
        2.  
          Off-site Inventory report
        3.  
          All Media Inventory report
        4.  
          Container Inventory report
        5.  
          Recovery Report for Vault report
      4.  
        Lost Media report
      5.  
        Non-vaulted Images Exception report
      6.  
        About the Iron Mountain FTP file
  9. Administering Vault
    1.  
      About setting up email
    2. About administering access to Vault
      1.  
        About the Vault Operator user group permissions
    3.  
      Copying a profile
    4.  
      About moving a vault to a different robot
    5.  
      About changing volume pools and groups
    6. About NetBackup Vault session files
      1.  
        About setting up Vault session log files
      2.  
        Setting the duration of Vault session files
  10. Using the menu user interface
    1.  
      About using the menu interfaces
    2.  
      About the Vault administration interface
    3.  
      Vault operator menu interface
    4.  
      Vault fields in bpdbjobs output
  11. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About troubleshooting Vault
    2.  
      About printing problems
    3.  
      About errors returned by the Vault session
    4.  
      About media that are not ejected
    5.  
      About media that is missing in robot
    6.  
      About the tape drive or robot offline
    7.  
      About stopping bpvault
    8.  
      About ejecting tapes that are in use
    9.  
      About tapes not removed from the MAP
    10.  
      Revaulting unexpired tapes
    11. Debug logs
      1.  
        Setting the duration and level for log files
      2.  
        Logs to accompany problem reports
  12. Appendix A. Recovering from disasters
    1. About disaster recovery
      1.  
        About what defines a disaster
      2.  
        About the disaster recovery process
      3.  
        About disaster recovery plans
      4.  
        About recovery priorities
      5.  
        About developing disaster recovery plans
      6.  
        About testing disaster recovery plans
    2.  
      About disaster recovery in the NetBackup Vault context
    3.  
      About preparing for recovery
    4.  
      About recovering NetBackup
    5.  
      Recovering data and restoring backup images
    6.  
      Archiving and recovering from a specific point in time
  13. Appendix B. Vault file and directory structure
    1.  
      UNIX files and directories
    2.  
      Windows files and directories
  14.  
    Index

Revaulting unexpired media

When you inject unexpired media from off-site storage back into a robot (for example, to perform a restore), you should revault the media. If you have to revault many tapes, you should create a new profile to revault them. If only a few tapes are to be revaulted, revaulting them manually may be the easiest and fastest option.

To revault unexpired media by creating a new profile

  1. Copy the original Vault profile that was used to eject the media.
  2. In this new profile, change the Choose Backups time window to shift it far enough back in time so that it selects the images on the volumes that you want to revault.
  3. Start a session using this new vault profile.

    Vault recognizes that copies of images eligible to be vaulted exist and does not duplicate the images even if the duplication step is configured. The profile ejects the volumes to be revaulted.

  4. If you are vaulting containers, logically add the volumes to containers. The container ID field is cleared when media that was vaulted in containers is injected back into the robot, so you must add the media to containers.

    See About using containers.

    If you are vaulting media in slots, Vault assumes that the media are returned to the same slots in off-site storage from which they were recalled.

  5. Delete the new profile you created to do the revaulting.
  6. If you froze your media during the data restore process, use the bpmedia command to unfreeze it.

    If you froze the media, you have to unfreeze it so it is recalled and returned to volume pool rotation when it expires. Vaulted media that are suspended are unsuspended automatically when they expire and are recalled.

  7. Return the media to your vault vendor so that all backups on that media will be available for future disaster recovery.
  8. Run the Recovery Report to ensure that media are available in off-site storage for future use.

    See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for information about the bpmedia command.

To revault media manually

  1. Manually eject the media, using one of the following methods:

    • Use the vmchange command.

    • In the NetBackup Web UI, select the media ID from Tape storage and then select the Eject from robot.

    vlteject and vltopmenu do not work for this purpose.

  2. Manually transfer the media to the off-site volume group, using one of the following methods:

    • Use the vmchange command.

    • In the NetBackup Web UI, select the media ID from Tape storage and then select the Change Volume Group.

  3. If you are vaulting containers, logically add the volumes to containers. The container ID field is cleared when media vaulted in containers is injected back into the robot, so you must add the media to containers.

    See About using containers.

    If you are vaulting media in slots, Vault assumes that the media are returned to the same slots in off-site storage from which they were recalled.

  4. If you froze your media during the data restore process, use the bpmedia command to unfreeze it.

    If you froze the media, you have to unfreeze it so that it is recalled and returned to volume pool rotation when it expires. Vaulted media that are suspended are unsuspended automatically when they expire and are recalled.

  5. Return the media to your vault vendor so that all backups on that media are available for future disaster recovery.
  6. Run the Recovery report to ensure that the media are available for future disaster recovery operations.

    See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for information about the vmchange command.