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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

A

ACS number, Robot information
ACSLS server, Robot information
adding alternate media server names, About resolving multiple names for a single server, Alternate Media Server Names tab (Vault Management Properties)
All Media Inventory report, All Media Inventory report
alternate media server names
adding, About resolving multiple names for a single server, Alternate Media Server Names tab (Vault Management Properties)
Alternate Media Server Names tab, Alternate Media Server Names tab (Vault Management Properties)
At Time of Eject setting (Suspend This Session's Media), Eject tab configuration options

B

Backup Policies setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Backups Started setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
bpdbjobs
changes for Vault, Vault fields in bpdbjobs output

C

CAP. (see media access port)
catalog backup
Catalog Backup Schedule setting, Catalog backup tab configuration options
Skip the Catalog Backup Step setting, Catalog backup tab configuration options
changing off-site volume group name, About changing volume pools and groups
changing off-site volume pool name, About changing volume pools and groups
changing volume group name, About changing volume pools and groups
changing volume pool name, About changing volume pools and groups
choose backups
Backup Policies setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Backups Started setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Clients setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
disk pools, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Media Servers setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Schedules setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Source Volume Group setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Type Of Backups setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
Volume pools, Choose Backups tab configuration options
clearing the media description field, About clearing the media description field
clearing the vault fields, About injecting media
Clients setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
clusters, About supported systems
shared disk, Windows files and directories
Complete Inventory List for Vault (see All Media Inventory report)
Complete Inventory List for Vault. (see All Media Inventory report)
concurrent copies
continue or fail, About the continue or fail for concurrent copies
during original backup, Creating multiple original images concurrently
overview, About concurrent copies
configuration
Eject tab, Eject tab (Profile dialog box)
methods, About configuration methods
profile, Configuring a profile
Reports tab, Reports tab (Profile dialog box)
volume pools, About off-site volume pools
Container Inventory Report, Container Inventory report
Containers of Many Media setting, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
continue
for concurrent copies, About the continue or fail for concurrent copies
copying a profile, Copying a profile
creating
a profile, About creating profiles
a vault, About creating a vault
a vault policy, Creating a Vault policy
critical policies, About critical policies

D

debug logs, Debug logs
deferred reports, Reports tab configuration options
Deferred setting (Eject Mode), Eject tab configuration options
Detailed Distribution List for Vault, Detailed Distribution List for Vault report
disaster recovery
definition, About the disaster recovery process
definition of disaster recovery plan, About disaster recovery plans
developing a disaster recovery plan, About developing disaster recovery plans
preparing for disaster, About disaster recovery
priorities, About recovery priorities
testing a disaster recovery plan, About testing disaster recovery plans
Distribution List for Vault, Distribution List for Vault report, Distribution List for Robot report
duplicate images, About Vaulting original or duplicate images

E

e-mail
notifying a tape operator when eject begins, About notifying a tape operator when an eject begins
eject
consolidating ejects, Consolidating ejects and reports
Eject Mode setting, Eject tab configuration options
Suspend Media On Which Backups Were Written setting, Eject tab configuration options
Eject Mode settings, Eject tab configuration options
Eject tab, Eject tab (Profile dialog box)
eject.list file, About ejection exclusions
ejected tapes returned to robot, About tapes not removed from the MAP
ejecting partial images
use suspend to avoid, About avoiding vaulting partial images
error codes, About errors returned by the Vault session
EXIT status, About errors returned by the Vault session

F

fail
for concurrent copies, About the continue or fail for concurrent copies
First Off-Site Slot ID setting, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
Full Inventory List for Vault. (see Off-site Inventory report)

G

General tab, Configuring Vault Management Properties on the General tab

I

images
duplicate, About Vaulting original or duplicate images
original, About Vaulting original or duplicate images
Immediate Eject setting, Eject tab configuration options
immediate reports, Reports tab configuration options
Immediate setting (Eject Mode), Eject tab configuration options
Immediately setting (Suspend This Session's Media), Eject tab configuration options
Inventory List for Vault. (see Vault Inventory report)
Iron Mountain Electronic Format report, About the Iron Mountain FTP file

L

log files
debug logs, Debug logs
set duration, Setting the duration and level for log files
vault session, About setting up Vault session log files
LSM number, Robot information

M

MAP. (see media access port)
media access port
capacity, Robot information
number, Robot information
to use for eject, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
media description field
clearing, About clearing the media description field
media missing in robot, About media that is missing in robot
media server names
adding alternate, About resolving multiple names for a single server, Alternate Media Server Names tab (Vault Management Properties)
Media Servers setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
menu user interface
bpdbjobs, Vault fields in bpdbjobs output
overview, About using the menu interfaces
Vault Administration Interface, About the Vault administration interface
Vault Oerator Menu Interface, Vault operator menu interface
vltadm, About the Vault administration interface
vltopmenu, Vault operator menu interface
Monitoring a vault session, About monitoring a Vault session
moving a vault to different robot, About moving a vault to a different robot
multiple copies, About concurrent copies
overview, About concurrent copies

N

notify scripts
for a specific profile, About notify script for a specific profile
for a specific robot, About notify script for a specific robot
for a specific vault, About notify script for a specific Vault
order of execution, Notify script order of execution
using, About using notify scripts
vlt_ejectlist_notify, About using notify scripts
vlt_end_notify, About using notify scripts
vlt_endeject_notify, About using notify scripts
vlt_start_notify, About using notify scripts
vlt_starteject_notify, About using notify scripts
notifying a tape operator when eject begins, About notifying a tape operator when an eject begins

O

Off-site Inventory report, Off-site Inventory report
off-site volume group, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
renaming, About changing volume pools and groups
Off-Site Volume Group setting, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
off-site volume pool, About off-site volume pools
renaming, About changing volume pools and groups
Off-Site Volume Pools setting, Eject tab configuration options
Off-site Volume Pools windows (Eject tab), Eject tab configuration options
organizing reports by profile, About organizing reports by profile
organizing reports by robot, About organizing reports by robot
organizing reports by vault, About organizing reports by Vault
original images, About Vaulting original or duplicate images

P

partial backups
use suspend to avoid vaulting, About avoiding vaulting partial images
Picking List for Robot, Picking List for Robot report
Picking List for Vault, Picking List for Vault report
policy, Creating a Vault policy
NetBackup policy for Vault, About scheduling a Vault session
preferred vaulting strategies, About preferred vaulting strategies
preview vault session, About previewing a Vault session
preview.list file, About previewing a Vault session
printing
troubleshooting problems, About printing problems
profile
configuring, Configuring a profile
copying a, Copying a profile
creating, About creating profiles
notify script for a specific, About notify script for a specific profile
organizing reports by, About organizing reports by profile
overlap time window, About overlapping the time window in the profile
Profile dialog, Profile dialog box

R

recovery
keep primary copy on site, About the primary copy
match volume pools to usage, About matching volume pools to data usage
preparing for efficient, About preparing for efficient recovery
revault unexpired media, About revaulting unexpired media
use precise naming conventions, About naming conventions for volume pools and groups
vault NetBackup catalogs, About Vault NetBackup catalog requirements and guidelines
Recovery Report for Vault, Recovery Report for Vault report
renaming off-site volume group, About changing volume pools and groups
renaming off-site volume pool, About changing volume pools and groups
renaming volume group, About changing volume pools and groups
renaming volume pool, About changing volume pools and groups
reports
All Media Inventory, All Media Inventory report
Complete Inventory List for Vault. (see All Media Inventory report)
consolidating reports, About consolidating reports
Container Inventory Report, Container Inventory report
deferred, Reports tab configuration options
Detailed Distribution List for Vault, Detailed Distribution List for Vault report
Distribution List for Robot, Distribution List for Robot report
Distribution List for Vault, Distribution List for Vault report
Full Inventory List for Vault. (see Off-site Inventory report)
immediate, Reports tab configuration options
inventory, Inventory reports
Inventory List for Vault. (see Vault Inventory report)
Iron Mountain Electronic Format, About the Iron Mountain FTP file
Lost Media Report, About generating the lost media report regularly, Lost Media report
Off-site Inventory, Off-site Inventory report
organizing by profile, About organizing reports by profile
organizing by robot, About organizing reports by robot
organizing by vault, About organizing reports by Vault
Picking List for Robot, Picking List for Robot report
Picking List for Vault, Picking List for Vault report
printing, About generating reports
Recovery Report for Vault, Recovery Report for Vault report
Summary Distribution List for Vault, Summary Distribution List for Vault report
types of, Vault report types
Vault Inventory report, Vault Inventory report
Reports tab, Reports tab (Vault Management Properties), Reports tab (Profile dialog box)
resource contention
vault original backups to avoid, About Vault original backups
resuming a vault session, About resuming a Vault session
Retention level setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
revault media, Revaulting unexpired media
robot
control host, Vault Robot dialog box options
notify script for a specific, About notify script for a specific robot
organizing reports by, About organizing reports by robot
Robot Name setting, Vault Robot dialog box options
robotic volume group, About specifying a robotic volume group when configuring a Vault
Robotic Volume Group setting, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
running multiple sessions simultaneously, About running multiple sessions simultaneously

S

Schedules setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
scratch volume pools, About scratch volume pools
server name group, Alternate Media Server Names tab (Vault Management Properties)
Skip the Catalog Backup Step setting, Catalog backup tab configuration options
Skip the Eject Step setting, Eject tab configuration options
Slot ID, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
Slots for Individual Media setting, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
Source Volume Group setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options
status codes, About errors returned by the Vault session
Summary Distribution List for Vault, Summary Distribution List for Vault report
supported clusters, About supported systems
supported robots, About supported robots
supported systems, About supported systems
suspend
Suspend Media On Which Backups Were Written setting, About avoiding vaulting partial images
Suspend Option setting, About avoiding vaulting partial images
use suspend to avoid partial backups, About avoiding vaulting partial images
Suspend Media for the Next Session setting, Eject tab configuration options
Suspend Media on Which Backups Were Written setting, Eject tab configuration options
Suspend Option setting, Eject tab configuration options
Suspend This Session's Media setting, Eject tab configuration options

T

time window
overlapping, About overlapping the time window in the profile
troubleshooting
drive or robot offline, About the tape drive or robot offline
ejected tapes returned to robot, About tapes not removed from the MAP
ejecting tapes while in use, About ejecting tapes that are in use
error codes, About errors returned by the Vault session
logs, Logs to accompany problem reports
media missing in robot, About media that is missing in robot
printing problems, About printing problems
Types Of Backups setting, Choose Backups tab configuration options

V

Vault
accessing, About accessing NetBackup Vault
vault
clearing the Vault fields, About injecting media
creating a, About creating a vault
moving to a different robot, About moving a vault to a different robot
name, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
notify script for a specific, About notify script for a specific Vault
only the intended backups, About sending only the intended backups off-site
organizing reports by, About organizing reports by Vault
original backups, About Vault original backups
paradigm, About the Vault process, About vaulting paradigms
policy, About scheduling a Vault session
vendor, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
Vault Administration Interface, About the Vault administration interface
Vault dialog, About configuring Vault dialog box attributes
Vault Inventory report, Vault Inventory report
Vault Management Properties dialog
Alternate Media Server Names tab, Alternate Media Server Names tab (Vault Management Properties)
General tab, Configuring Vault Management Properties on the General tab
Reports tab, Reports tab (Vault Management Properties)
Vault Name setting, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
Vault Operator Menu Interface, Vault operator menu interface
vault original backups, About Vault original backups
vault session
previewing, About previewing a Vault session
resuming, About resuming a Vault session
running, About Vault sessions
running multiple sessions simultaneously, About running multiple sessions simultaneously
stopping, Stopping a Vault session
Vault Vendor setting, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
vaulting
containers, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
defined, About the Vault process
original backups in a 24x7 environment, About vaulting original backups in a 24x7 environment
paradigm, About the Vault process, About vaulting paradigms
preferred strategies, About preferred vaulting strategies
vltoffsitemedia command
changing Vault attributes, About tracking volumes not ejected by Vault
volume group
configuration, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
renaming, About changing volume pools and groups
robotic, Vault Attributes tab options (Vault dialog box)
source, Choose Backups tab configuration options
volume pool
configuration, About off-site volume pools
for backup media that remains on site, About off-site volume pools
for catalog media, About off-site volume pools
match to data usage, About matching volume pools to data usage
naming conventions, About naming conventions for volume pools and groups
off-site, About off-site volume pools
overview, About off-site volume pools
renaming, About changing volume pools and groups
use scratch volume pools, About scratch volume pools

W

Windows files and directories, Windows files and directories