Veritas NetBackup™ for NDMP Administrator's Guide
- Introduction to NetBackup for NDMP
- About NetBackup for NDMP
- About Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
- Types of NDMP backup
- About NDMP policies in NetBackup
- About NetBackup storage units
- About assigning tape drives to different hosts
- About the NDMP backup process
- About the NDMP restore process
- About Direct Access Recovery (DAR)
- Snapshot Client assistance
- About NDMP multiplexing
- About NDMP support for Replication Director
- Limitations of Replication Director with NDMP
- About NDMP support for NetApp clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT)
- Installation Notes for NetBackup for NDMP
- Configuring NDMP backup to NDMP-attached devices
- About configuring NDMP-attached devices
- Authorizing NetBackup access to a NAS (NDMP) host
- About access for three-way backups and remote NDMP
- About Media and Device Management configuration
- Using the Device Configuration Wizard to configure an NDMP filer
- About adding volumes
- About verifying NDMP password and robot connection
- Adding NDMP storage units
- About creating an NDMP policy
- Attributes tab options for an NDMP policy
- Schedules tab options for an NDMP policy with Accelerator for NDMP enabled
- Clients tab options for an NDMP policy
- Backup selection options for an NDMP policy
- About environment variables in the backup selections list
- About appropriate host selection for NetApp cDOT backup policies
- About backup types in a schedule for an NDMP policy
- About enabling or disabling DAR
- Configuring NetBackup for NDMP in a clustered environment
- Configuring NDMP backup to NetBackup media servers (remote NDMP)
- Configuring NDMP DirectCopy
- Accelerator for NDMP
- Remote NDMP and disk devices
- Using the Shared Storage Option (SSO)
- Backup and restore procedures
- Troubleshooting
- Using NetBackup for NDMP scripts
- About the NetBackup for NDMP scripts
- ndmp_start_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_start_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_end_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_end_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_start_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_start_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_end_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_end_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
- ndmp_moving_path_notify script (UNIX)
- ndmp_moving_path_notify.cmd script (Microsoft Windows)
How to redirect track logs for Accelerator for NDMP
Track log size is relative to the size and number of files in a backup. In some cases, you may need to relocate the track logs to a different volume because of space issues. In these cases, Veritas recommends that you "redirect" the track logs to a volume where there is sufficient disk space.
One copy of the track log exists on the master server and another copy exists on a media server in the following directories:
Master server:
UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/trackWindows:
install_path\NetBackup\db\trackMedia server:
UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/trackWindows:
install_path\NetBackup\track
To redirect these directories, complete the appropriate procedures in this topic. After completion, the next Accelerator-enabled backup that is executed redirects the track logs it creates to the directory you specified.
To redirect the track log directories on UNIX systems:
Rename the track log directories to make backup copies:
On the master server:
# mv /usr/openv/netbackup/db/track /usr/openv/netbackup/db/track.sv
On the media server:
# mv /usr/openv/netbackup/track /usr/openv/netbackup/track.sv
Copy the backup to a new location:
On the master server:
# cp -rp /usr/openv/netbackup/db/track.sv/* <path to new destination directory for track logs>
On the media server:
# cp -rp /usr/openv/netbackup/track.sv/* <path to new destination directory for track logs>
Create symbolic links from track log directories to the desired locations. For example, if the desired directory is /vol1/track, enter the following command:
On the master server:
# ln - s /vol1/track /usr/openv/netbackup/db/track
On the media server:
# ln - s /vol1/track /usr/openv/netbackup/track
- After you have verified that everything works properly, you can remove the backup
track.svdirectory to free up space on the original volume.
To redirect the track log directories on systems with Windows Server:
Rename the track log directories to make backup copies:
On the master server:
> move "install_path\NetBackup\db\track" "install_path\NetBackup\db\track.sv"
On the media server:
> move "install_path\NetBackup\track" "install_path\NetBackup\track.sv"
Copy the backup to a new location:
On the master server:
> xcopy /e "install_path\NetBackup\db\track.sv" "<path to new destination directory for track logs>"
On the media server:
> xcopy /e "install_path\NetBackup\track.sv" "<path to new destination directory for track logs>"
- Before performing an Accelerator-enabled backup, use mklink to link the <install_dir>\NetBackup\track directory to the desired directory. For example, if the desired directory is
E:\track, enter the following command:> mklink /D "<install_dir>\NetBackup\track" E:\track
- After you have verified that everything works properly, you can remove the backup
track.svdirectory to free up space on the original volume.
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