NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.5)
  1. NetBackup licensing models and usage reporting
    1.  
      About NetBackup licensing models
    2.  
      Tools for creating and viewing licensing reports
    3. How capacity licensing works
      1.  
        How capacity licensing detects overlap when multiple policies protect data
      2.  
        Backup policies and agents that support accurate licensing
      3.  
        Requirements before gathering data for multiple primary servers in capacity licensing
    4.  
      How NEVC licensing works
    5.  
      Scheduling reports for capacity licensing
    6.  
      Scheduling reports for traditional licensing
    7.  
      Scheduling reports for NetBackup Enterprise Virtual Client (NEVC) licensing
    8.  
      Other configuration for incremental reporting
    9.  
      Troubleshooting failures for usage reporting and incremental reporting
    10.  
      Manually generating licensing reports
    11. Creating and viewing the licensing report
      1.  
        Report tab descriptions
    12. Reviewing a capacity licensing report
      1.  
        Summary tab
      2.  
        Client aliases and multiple IP addresses
      3.  
        Itemization tab
      4.  
        Clients backed up with multiple streams
      5.  
        Data backed up by multiple policies
      6.  
        BigData plug-ins for NetBackup
      7.  
        NetBackup for DB2
      8.  
        NetBackup for Enterprise Vault
      9.  
        NetBackup for Exchange agent
      10.  
        NetBackup for FlashBackup
      11.  
        NetBackup for Hyper-V agent
      12.  
        NetBackup for Informix
      13.  
        NetBackup for Kubernetes
      14.  
        NetBackup for Lotus Notes
      15.  
        NetBackup for MariaDB Agent
      16.  
        NetBackup for MySQL Agent
      17.  
        NetBackup for NDMP agent
      18.  
        NetBackup for Nutanix-AHV agent
      19.  
        NetBackup for Oracle accurate licensing
      20.  
        NetBackup for SharePoint
      21.  
        NetBackup for SQL Server agent
      22.  
        NetBackup for RHV agent
      23.  
        NetBackup for SQLite Agent
      24.  
        NetBackup for PostgreSQL Agent
      25.  
        NetBackup for SAP HANA
      26.  
        NetBackup for SAP MaxDB
      27.  
        NetBackup for SAP Oracle
      28.  
        NetBackup for Sybase
      29.  
        NetBackup for VMware agent
      30.  
        NAS-Data-Protection policy
      31.  
        Cloud policy
      32.  
        Windows file system backups
      33.  
        UNIX file system backups
    13. Reconciling the capacity licensing report results
      1.  
        Locate full backups for clients
      2.  
        Review compressed image information
      3.  
        Eliminate redundant counting of clients
      4.  
        Determine the effect of multistreamed backups
      5.  
        Confirm the accuracy of any database backups
      6.  
        Locate full backups for snapshot images
    14. Reviewing a traditional licensing report
      1.  
        Summary tab
      2.  
        Complete the Hosts tab
      3.  
        Update the Itemization tab
      4.  
        Resolve the NDMP tab
      5.  
        Update the Virtual Servers tab
      6.  
        Confirm the Drives tab
      7.  
        Final steps
    15. Reviewing an NEVC licensing report
      1.  
        Summary tab
      2.  
        Hosts tab
    16.  
      Using the NetBackup Storage API to get the total backup size information
  2. Additional configuration
    1.  
      About multiple NetBackup primary servers
    2.  
      About multiple media servers with one primary server
    3.  
      About direct I/O for backups on Windows
    4. About dynamic host name and IP addressing
      1.  
        About setting up dynamic IP addresses and host names
      2.  
        Configuring the NetBackup primary server
      3.  
        bpclient commands that control client entries
      4.  
        Configuring dynamic NetBackup clients
    5. About busy file processing on UNIX clients
      1.  
        Configuring busy file processing on UNIX
      2.  
        Modifying bp.conf to configure busy file processing on UNIX
      3.  
        bp.conf file entries on UNIX
      4.  
        How NetBackup creates and uses action files on UNIX
      5.  
        About the logs directory on UNIX
      6.  
        Recommended changes for modifying bpend_notify_busy on UNIX
    6.  
      About specifying the locale of the NetBackup installation
    7. About the Shared Storage Option
      1.  
        About Shared Storage Option components
      2.  
        About reserving or releasing shared devices
      3.  
        How to share robotic libraries without using the Shared Storage Option
      4.  
        Shared Storage Option terms and concepts
      5.  
        About the Shared Storage Option license
      6.  
        About Shared Storage Option prerequisites
      7.  
        About hardware configuration guidelines
      8.  
        About installing and configuring drivers
      9.  
        Verifying the connectivity
      10. About configuring the Shared Storage Option in NetBackup
        1.  
          About configuring SSO in NetBackup
        2.  
          Configuring Shared Storage Option devices in NetBackup
        3.  
          About adding Shared Storage Option configuration options
        4.  
          About configuring NetBackup storage units and backup policies
      11.  
        Verifying your Shared Storage Option configuration
      12.  
        Device Monitor and Shared Storage Option
      13. Viewing SSO summary reports
        1.  
          Shared Storage Option summary reports
      14.  
        Operating system assistance
      15.  
        Common configuration issues with Shared Storage Option
      16.  
        Frequently asked questions about Shared Storage Option
    8. About the vm.conf configuration file
      1.  
        ACS_mediatype entry in vm.conf
      2.  
        ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry in vm.conf
      3.  
        ACS_CSI_HOSTPORT entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
      4.  
        ACS_SSI_HOSTNAME entry in vm.conf
      5.  
        ACS_SSI_INET_PORT entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
      6.  
        ACS_SSI_SOCKET entry in vm.conf
      7.  
        ACS_TCP_RPCSERVICE / ACS_UDP_RPCSERVICE entry in vm.conf (on UNIX)
      8.  
        ADJ_LSM entry in vm.conf
      9.  
        API_BARCODE_RULES entry in vm.conf
      10.  
        AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED entry in vm.conf in NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier
      11.  
        AUTO_PATH_CORRECTION entry in vm.conf
      12.  
        AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT entry in vm.conf
      13.  
        AVRD_PEND_DELAY entry in vm.conf
      14.  
        AVRD_SCAN_DELAY entry in vm.conf
      15.  
        CLEAN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
      16.  
        CLIENT_PORT_WINDOW entry in vm.conf
      17.  
        CLUSTER_NAME entry in vm.conf
      18.  
        DAYS_TO_KEEP_LOGS entry in vm.conf
      19.  
        EMM_RETRY_COUNT entry in vm.conf
      20.  
        EMM_CONNECT_TIMOUT entry in vm.conf
      21.  
        EMM_REQUEST_TIMOUT entry in vm.conf
      22.  
        INVENTORY_FILTER entry in vm.conf
      23.  
        MAP_ID entry in vm.conf
      24.  
        MAP_CONTINUE_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
      25.  
        MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS entry in vm.conf
      26.  
        MEDIA_ID_PREFIX entry in vm.conf
      27.  
        MM_SERVER_NAME entry in vm.conf
      28.  
        RANDOM_PORTS entry in vm.conf
      29.  
        REQUIRED_INTERFACE entry in vm.conf
      30.  
        SERVER entry in vm.conf in NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier
      31.  
        SSO_DA_REREGISTER_INTERVAL entry in vm.conf
      32.  
        SSO_DA_RETRY_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf
      33.  
        SSO_HOST_NAME entry in vm.conf
      34.  
        VERBOSE entry in vm.conf
      35.  
        Example vm.conf file
      36.  
        Host name precedence in the vm.conf file
  3. Holds Management
    1.  
      About Holds Management
    2.  
      Creating a hold
    3.  
      Viewing hold details
    4.  
      Adding a backup image to an existing hold
    5.  
      Releasing a hold
  4. Menu user interfaces on UNIX
    1.  
      About menu user interfaces
    2. About the tpconfig device configuration utility
      1.  
        About the tpconfig utility menu
      2.  
        Starting the tpconfig device configuration utility
      3.  
        Adding robots
      4.  
        Adding drives
      5.  
        Updating a robot configuration
      6.  
        Updating a drive configuration
      7.  
        Deleting a robot
      8.  
        Deleting a drive
      9.  
        Configuring drive paths
      10.  
        Configuring host credentials
      11.  
        Displaying and writing the device configuration
    3. About the NetBackup Disk Configuration Utility
      1.  
        Managing OpenStorage servers and disk pools
      2.  
        Managing global disk attributes
  5. Reference topics
    1. Host name rules
      1.  
        How NetBackup uses host names
      2.  
        Updating NetBackup after changing the host name
      3.  
        Special considerations for Name Service
    2. About reading backup images with nbtar or tar32.exe
      1.  
        Restoring files with non-NetBackup restore utilities (on UNIX)
      2.  
        Considerations for file restoration with non-NetBackup restore utilities (on UNIX)
      3.  
        About the files that restores generate
    3. Factors that affect backup time
      1.  
        Total amount of data to back up
      2.  
        Transfer rate
    4.  
      Methods for determining the NetBackup transfer rate
    5. NetBackup notify scripts
      1.  
        backup_notify script
      2.  
        backup_exit_notify script
      3.  
        bpstart_notify script (UNIX clients)
      4.  
        bpstart_notify.bat script (Windows clients)
      5.  
        bpend_notify script (UNIX clients)
      6.  
        bpend_notify.bat script (Windows clients)
      7.  
        bpend_notify_busy script (UNIX clients)
      8.  
        child_end_deployment_notify
      9.  
        child_start_deployment_notify
      10.  
        diskfull_notify script
      11.  
        drive_mount_notify script (on UNIX)
      12.  
        drive_unmount_notify script (on UNIX)
      13.  
        mail_dr_info script
      14.  
        media_deassign_notify script
      15.  
        nbmail.cmd script (on Windows)
      16.  
        parent_end_deployment_notify
      17.  
        parent_end_notify script
      18.  
        parent_start_deployment_notify
      19.  
        parent_start_notify script
      20.  
        pending_request_notify script
      21.  
        restore_notify script
      22.  
        session_notify script
      23.  
        session_start_notify script
      24.  
        shared_drive_notify script
      25.  
        userreq_notify script
    6. Media and device management best practices
      1.  
        Media management best practices
      2.  
        Device management best practices
      3.  
        Media and device performance and troubleshooting
    7. About TapeAlert
      1.  
        About TapeAlert cleaning (reactive cleaning)
      2.  
        About TapeAlert and frequency-based cleaning
      3.  
        About TapeAlert requirements
      4.  
        TapeAlert logs and codes
    8. About tape drive cleaning
      1.  
        About library-based cleaning
      2.  
        About frequency-based cleaning
      3.  
        About operator-initiated cleaning
      4.  
        About using a cleaning tape
    9.  
      How NetBackup selects drives
    10. How NetBackup reserves drives
      1. About SCSI persistent reserve
        1.  
          About SCSI persistent reserve commands
        2.  
          About SCSI persistent reserve conflicts
      2. About the SPC-2 SCSI reserve process
        1.  
          About SPC-2 SCSI reserve commands
        2.  
          About SCSI reservation conflicts
        3.  
          About forcing a release of an unavailable HBA's SPC-2 reservation
        4.  
          Breaking a reservation
      3.  
        About SCSI reserve requirements
      4.  
        About SCSI reserve limitations
      5.  
        About SCSI reservation logging
      6.  
        About SCSI reserve operating system limitations on Windows
      7. About checking for data loss
        1.  
          About possible data loss causes
      8. About checking for tape and driver configuration errors
        1.  
          About common configuration problems
      9.  
        About configuring SCSI reserve
    11. How NetBackup selects media
      1. About selecting media in robots
        1.  
          About spanning media with automatic media selection
      2. About selecting media in standalone drives
        1.  
          About selecting media by using standalone drive extensions
        2.  
          About disabling standalone drive extensions
        3.  
          About spanning media
        4.  
          About leaving standalone drives in the ready state
    12.  
      Volume pool and volume group examples
    13.  
      Media formats
    14.  
      Media and device management processes
    15. About Tape I/O commands on UNIX
      1.  
        About requesting tapes
      2.  
        About reading and writing tape files
      3.  
        About removing tape files
  6.  
    Index

MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS entry in vm.conf

If this entry is specified in vm.conf, it controls the NetBackup media ID generation. This entry is read and interpreted on the host on which vmcheckxxx and vmupdate run as part of the robot inventory operation.

MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS = robot_num barcode_length media_ID_rule

Note:

To use this entry, the robot must support bar codes and the robot type cannot be an API robot.

Choose how NetBackup creates media IDs by defining the rules that specify which characters of a barcode on tape NetBackup uses. Alphanumeric characters can be specified to be inserted in the ID.

Multiple entries can be added to the vm.conf file. For example, specify media ID generation for each robot or for each barcode format that has different numbers of characters. The multiple entries allow flexibility for multimedia.

If no MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS entries exist or the entry is invalid, NetBackup uses the rightmost six characters of the barcode to create its media ID.

robot_num is the robot number.

barcode_length is the length of the barcode.

A media_ID_rule consists of a maximum of six fields that colons delimit. Numbers in the fields define the positions of the characters in the barcode that NetBackup extracts (from left to right). For example, if the number 2 is in a field, NetBackup extracts the second character from the barcode. The numbers can be specified in any order.

If the pound sign (#) prefixes a character, that character is inserted in that position in the generated ID. Any alphanumeric characters must be valid for a media ID. Use rules to create media IDs of many different formats. However, if the generated media ID is different from the label on the media, media management may be more difficult.

The following is an example rule and the resulting generated media ID:

Barcode on the tape: 032945L1
Media ID rule:       #N:2:3:4:5:6
Generated media ID:  N32945