Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup media server deduplication option
    1.  
      About the NetBackup deduplication options
    2.  
      New MSDP features in NetBackup 8.1
  2. Planning your deployment
    1.  
      Planning your MSDP deployment
    2.  
      NetBackup naming conventions
    3.  
      About MSDP deduplication nodes
    4.  
      About the NetBackup deduplication destinations
    5.  
      About MSDP storage capacity
    6. About MSDP storage and connectivity requirements
      1.  
        Fibre Channel and iSCSI comparison for MSDP
    7. About NetBackup media server deduplication
      1.  
        About MSDP storage servers
      2.  
        About MSDP load balancing servers
      3.  
        About MSDP server requirements
      4.  
        About MSDP unsupported configurations
    8. About NetBackup Client Direct deduplication
      1.  
        About MSDP client deduplication requirements and limitations
    9. About MSDP remote office client deduplication
      1.  
        About MSDP remote client data security
      2.  
        About remote client backup scheduling
    10.  
      About the NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
    11.  
      About the network interface for MSDP
    12.  
      About MSDP port usage
    13.  
      About MSDP optimized synthetic backups
    14.  
      About MSDP and SAN Client
    15.  
      About MSDP optimized duplication and replication
    16. About MSDP performance
      1.  
        How file size may affect the MSDP deduplication rate
    17.  
      About MSDP stream handlers
    18. MSDP deployment best practices
      1.  
        Use fully qualified domain names
      2.  
        About scaling MSDP
      3.  
        Send initial full backups to the storage server
      4.  
        Increase the number of MSDP jobs gradually
      5.  
        Introduce MSDP load balancing servers gradually
      6.  
        Implement MSDP client deduplication gradually
      7.  
        Use MSDP compression and encryption
      8.  
        About the optimal number of backup streams for MSDP
      9.  
        About storage unit groups for MSDP
      10.  
        About protecting the MSDP data
      11.  
        Save the MSDP storage server configuration
      12.  
        Plan for disk write caching
  3. Provisioning the storage
    1.  
      About provisioning the storage for MSDP
    2.  
      Do not modify MSDP storage directories and files
    3.  
      About adding additional MSDP storage
    4.  
      About volume management for NetBackup MSDP
  4. Licensing deduplication
    1.  
      About the MSDP license
    2.  
      Licensing NetBackup MSDP
  5. Configuring deduplication
    1.  
      Configuring MSDP server-side deduplication
    2.  
      Configuring MSDP client-side deduplication
    3.  
      About the MSDP Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent
    4. Configuring the Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent behavior
      1.  
        MSDP mtstrm.conf file parameters
    5.  
      Configuring deduplication plug-in interaction with the Multi-Threaded Agent
    6.  
      About MSDP fingerprinting
    7.  
      About the MSDP fingerprint cache
    8. Configuring the MSDP fingerprint cache behavior
      1.  
        MSDP fingerprint cache behavior options
    9.  
      About seeding the MSDP fingerprint cache for remote client deduplication
    10.  
      Configuring MSDP fingerprint cache seeding on the client
    11. Configuring MSDP fingerprint cache seeding on the storage server
      1.  
        NetBackup seedutil options
    12.  
      Enabling 96-TB support for MSDP
    13. Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool
      1.  
        MSDP storage path properties
      2.  
        MSDP network interface properties
    14.  
      Configuring a storage server for a PureDisk Deduplication Pool
    15.  
      About disk pools for NetBackup deduplication
    16. Configuring a disk pool for deduplication
      1.  
        Media Server Deduplication Pool properties
    17.  
      Creating the data directories for 96-TB MSDP support
    18.  
      Adding volumes to a 96-TB Media Server Deduplication Pool
    19. Configuring a Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit
      1.  
        Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit properties
      2.  
        MSDP storage unit recommendations
    20.  
      Configuring client attributes for MSDP client-side deduplication
    21.  
      Disabling MSDP client-side deduplication for a client
    22.  
      About MSDP compression
    23.  
      About MSDP encryption
    24.  
      MSDP compression and encryption settings matrix
    25.  
      Configuring encryption for MSDP backups
    26.  
      Configuring encryption for MSDP optimized duplication and replication
    27.  
      About the rolling data conversion mechanism for MSDP
    28.  
      Modes of rolling data conversion
    29.  
      MSDP encryption behavior and compatibilities
    30.  
      Configuring optimized synthetic backups for MSDP
    31.  
      About a separate network path for MSDP duplication and replication
    32.  
      Configuring a separate network path for MSDP duplication and replication
    33. About MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain
      1. About the media servers for MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain
        1.  
          About MSDP push duplication within the same domain
        2.  
          About MSDP pull duplication within the same domain
    34. Configuring MSDP optimized duplication within the same NetBackup domain
      1. Configuring NetBackup optimized duplication or replication behavior
        1.  
          Setting NetBackup configuration options by using the command line
    35.  
      About MSDP replication to a different domain
    36. Configuring MSDP replication to a different NetBackup domain
      1. About NetBackup Auto Image Replication
        1.  
          One-to-many Auto Image Replication model
        2.  
          Cascading Auto Image Replication model
        3.  
          About the domain relationship for replication
        4.  
          About the replication topology for Auto Image Replication
        5. Viewing the replication topology for Auto Image Replication
          1.  
            Sample volume properties output for MSDP replication
      2.  
        About trusted master servers for Auto Image Replication
      3.  
        Adding a trusted master server
      4.  
        Removing a trusted master server
      5.  
        Enabling NetBackup clustered master server inter-node authentication
      6. Configuring a target for MSDP replication to a remote domain
        1.  
          Target options for MSDP replication
    37.  
      About configuring MSDP optimized duplication and replication bandwidth
    38.  
      About storage lifecycle policies
    39.  
      About the storage lifecycle policies required for Auto Image Replication
    40. Creating a storage lifecycle policy
      1.  
        Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
    41.  
      About MSDP backup policy configuration
    42.  
      Creating a backup policy
    43. Resilient Network properties
      1.  
        Resilient connection resource usage
    44.  
      Specifying resilient connections
    45.  
      Adding an MSDP load balancing server
    46.  
      About the MSDP pd.conf configuration file
    47. Editing the MSDP pd.conf file
      1.  
        MSDP pd.conf file parameters
    48.  
      About the MSDP contentrouter.cfg file
    49.  
      About saving the MSDP storage server configuration
    50.  
      Saving the MSDP storage server configuration
    51.  
      Editing an MSDP storage server configuration file
    52.  
      Setting the MSDP storage server configuration
    53.  
      About the MSDP host configuration file
    54.  
      Deleting an MSDP host configuration file
    55.  
      Resetting the MSDP registry
    56. About protecting the MSDP catalog
      1.  
        About the MSDP shadow catalog
      2.  
        About the MSDP catalog backup policy
    57.  
      Changing the MSDP shadow catalog path
    58.  
      Changing the MSDP shadow catalog schedule
    59.  
      Changing the number of MSDP catalog shadow copies
    60. Configuring an MSDP catalog backup
      1.  
        MSDP drcontrol options
    61.  
      Updating an MSDP catalog backup policy
  6. Configuring deduplication to the cloud with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1. Using NetBackup CloudCatalyst to upload deduplicated data to the cloud
      1. Optimized duplication is used to copy data from an MSDP storage server to a CloudCatalyst storage server (preferred use case)
        1.  
          MSDP storage servers fan-in to a single CloudCatalyst storage server
      2.  
        Backups go directly to a CloudCatalyst storage server
    2.  
      CloudCatalyst requirements and limitations
    3.  
      Configuring a Linux media server as a CloudCatalyst storage server
    4. Configuring a CloudCatalyst storage server for deduplication to the cloud
      1.  
        How to configure a NetBackup CloudCatalyst Appliance
      2.  
        How to configure a Linux media server as a CloudCatalyst storage server
      3.  
        Configuring a CloudCatalyst storage server as the target for the deduplications from MSDP storage servers
      4.  
        Configuring a storage lifecycle policy for NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    5.  
      About the CloudCatalyst esfs.json configuration file
    6.  
      About the CloudCatalyst cache
    7.  
      Controlling data traffic to the cloud when using CloudCatalyst
    8.  
      Configuring push or pull optimized duplication for CloudCatalyst
    9.  
      Decommissioning CloudCatalyst cloud storage
    10.  
      NetBackup CloudCatalyst workflow processes
    11.  
      Disaster Recovery for CloudCatalyst
  7. Monitoring deduplication activity
    1.  
      Monitoring the MSDP deduplication rate
    2. Viewing MSDP job details
      1.  
        MSDP job details
    3.  
      About MSDP storage capacity and usage reporting
    4.  
      About MSDP container files
    5.  
      Viewing storage usage within MSDP container files
    6.  
      Viewing MSDP disk reports
    7.  
      About monitoring MSDP processes
    8.  
      Reporting on Auto Image Replication jobs
  8. Managing deduplication
    1. Managing MSDP servers
      1.  
        Viewing MSDP storage servers
      2.  
        Determining the MSDP storage server state
      3.  
        Viewing MSDP storage server attributes
      4.  
        Setting MSDP storage server attributes
      5.  
        Changing MSDP storage server properties
      6.  
        Clearing MSDP storage server attributes
      7.  
        About changing the MSDP storage server name or storage path
      8.  
        Changing the MSDP storage server name or storage path
      9.  
        Removing an MSDP load balancing server
      10.  
        Deleting an MSDP storage server
      11.  
        Deleting the MSDP storage server configuration
    2. Managing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
      1.  
        Determining which media servers have deduplication credentials
      2.  
        Adding NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
      3.  
        Changing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
      4.  
        Deleting credentials from a load balancing server
    3. Managing Media Server Deduplication Pools
      1.  
        Viewing Media Server Deduplication Pools
      2.  
        Determining the Media Server Deduplication Pool state
      3.  
        Changing Media Server Deduplication Pool state
      4.  
        Viewing Media Server Deduplication Pool attributes
      5.  
        Setting a Media Server Deduplication Pool attribute
      6. Changing a Media Server Deduplication Pool properties
        1.  
          How to resolve volume changes for Auto Image Replication
      7.  
        Clearing a Media Server Deduplication Pool attribute
      8.  
        Determining the MSDP disk volume state
      9.  
        Changing the MSDP disk volume state
      10.  
        Inventorying a NetBackup disk pool
      11.  
        Deleting a Media Server Deduplication Pool
    4.  
      Deleting backup images
    5.  
      About MSDP queue processing
    6.  
      Processing the MSDP transaction queue manually
    7.  
      About MSDP data integrity checking
    8. Configuring MSDP data integrity checking behavior
      1.  
        MSDP data integrity checking configuration parameters
    9.  
      About managing MSDP storage read performance
    10. About MSDP storage rebasing
      1.  
        MSDP server-side rebasing parameters
    11.  
      About the MSDP data removal process
    12.  
      Resizing the MSDP storage partition
    13.  
      How MSDP restores work
    14.  
      Configuring MSDP restores directly to a client
    15.  
      About restoring files at a remote site
    16.  
      About restoring from a backup at a target master domain
    17.  
      Specifying the restore server
  9. Recovering MSDP
    1.  
      About recovering the MSDP catalog
    2.  
      Restoring the MSDP catalog from a shadow copy
    3.  
      Recovering from an MSDP storage server disk failure
    4.  
      Recovering from an MSDP storage server failure
    5.  
      Recovering the MSDP storage server after NetBackup catalog recovery
  10. Replacing MSDP hosts
    1.  
      Replacing the MSDP storage server host computer
  11. Uninstalling MSDP
    1.  
      About uninstalling MSDP
    2.  
      Deactivating MSDP
  12. Deduplication architecture
    1.  
      MSDP server components
    2.  
      Media server deduplication backup process
    3.  
      MSDP client components
    4.  
      MSDP client - side deduplication backup process
  13. Troubleshooting
    1. About unified logging
      1.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      2.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
    2. About legacy logging
      1.  
        Creating NetBackup log file directories for MSDP
    3.  
      NetBackup MSDP log files
    4. Troubleshooting MSDP installation issues
      1.  
        MSDP installation on SUSE Linux fails
    5. Troubleshooting MSDP configuration issues
      1.  
        MSDP storage server configuration fails
      2.  
        MSDP database system error (220)
      3.  
        MSDP server not found error
      4.  
        License information failure during MSDP configuration
      5.  
        The disk pool wizard does not display an MSDP volume
    6. Troubleshooting MSDP operational issues
      1.  
        Verify that the MSDP server has sufficient memory
      2.  
        MSDP backup or duplication job fails
      3.  
        MSDP client deduplication fails
      4.  
        MSDP volume state changes to DOWN when volume is unmounted
      5.  
        MSDP errors, delayed response, hangs
      6.  
        Cannot delete an MSDP disk pool
      7.  
        MSDP media open error (83)
      8.  
        MSDP media write error (84)
      9.  
        MSDP no images successfully processed (191)
      10.  
        MSDP storage full conditions
      11.  
        Troubleshooting MSDP catalog backup
    7.  
      Viewing MSDP disk errors and events
    8.  
      MSDP event codes and messages
    9. Troubleshooting CloudCatalyst issues
      1. CloudCatalyst logs
        1.  
          Error messages in esfs_storage
        2.  
          Error messages in esfs_filesystem
      2. Problems encountered while using the Cloud Storage Server Configuration Wizard
        1.  
          Unable to select the desired media server
        2.  
          Unable to select the Deduplication option
        3. Storage Server Creation Status errors
          1.  
            Login credentials or certificate failed message
          2.  
            Failure to add credentials
      3. Disk pool problems
        1.  
          Disk pool creation problem due to timeout issue
        2.  
          One disk pool for each CloudCatalyst storage server
      4. Problems during cloud storage server configuration
        1.  
          Media server not available in Media Servers tab to add credentials
        2.  
          Add credentials failed message for media server
      5.  
        Status 191: No images were successfully processed
      6.  
        Media write error (84) if due to a full local cache directory
      7.  
        Restarting the vxesfsd process
      8.  
        Problems restarting vxesfsd
      9. CloudCatalyst troubleshooting tools
        1.  
          esfs_cleanup.sh script
        2.  
          esfs_check consistency checking tool
        3.  
          setlsu_ioctl tool
  14. Appendix A. Migrating to MSDP storage
    1.  
      Migrating from PureDisk to the NetBackup MSDP
    2.  
      Migrating from another storage type to MSDP

Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool

Configure in this context means to configure a NetBackup media server as a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool.

See About MSDP storage servers.

The type of storage.

Select Media Server Deduplication Pool for the type of disk storage.

The credentials for the deduplication engine.

See About the NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials.

The storage paths.

See MSDP storage path properties.

The network interface.

See About the network interface for MSDP.

The load balancing servers, if any.

See About MSDP storage servers.

When you configure the storage server, the wizard also lets you create a disk pool and storage unit.

Prerequisite

For a 96-TB Media Server Deduplication Pool, you must create the required directories before you configure the storage server.

See Creating the data directories for 96-TB MSDP support.

To configure a NetBackup storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, select either NetBackup Management or Media and Device Management.
  2. In the right pane, click Configure Disk Storage Servers.

    The Storage Server Configuration Wizard Welcome panel appears.

  3. On the Welcome panel, select Media Server Deduplication Pool from the drop-down menu.

    The types of storage servers that you can configure depend on the options for which you are licensed.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Wizard Welcome panel

    After you select Media Server Deduplication Pool, click Next. The Add Storage Server wizard panel appears.

  4. On the Add Storage Server panel, select or enter the appropriate information.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Add Storage Server panel

    Media server

    Select the media server that you want to configure as the storage server.

    You can add deduplication load balancing servers on the next wizard panel.

    Username

    Enter the user name for the NetBackup Deduplication Engine.

    Password

    Enter the password for the NetBackup Deduplication Engine.

    Confirm password

    To confirm the password, re-enter the password.

    After you enter the information, click Next.

    The Storage Server Properties panel appears.

  5. On the Storage Server Properties panel, enter or select the properties for the deduplication storage server.

    See MSDP storage path properties.

    See MSDP network interface properties.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Properties panel

    After you click Next, the behavior depends on whether you have media servers installed, as follows:

    No media servers installed

    The panel appears.

    Go to step 7.

    Media servers are installed.

    The Deduplication Load Balancing panel appears.

    Continue to step 6.

  6. On the Deduplication Load Balancing panel, select other NetBackup media servers to use for deduplication. Selecting load balancing servers is optional.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Deduplication Load Balancing panel

    For the media servers that you select, NetBackup enables their deduplication functionality and populates them with the NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials you entered on a previous panel.

    When you click Next, the panel appears next.

    Note:

    Load balancing for CloudCatalyst storage servers or CloudCatalyst appliances is supported. See the following topic for configuration considerations.

    See Configuring push or pull optimized duplication for CloudCatalyst.

  7. On the Storage Server Configuration Summary panel, verify the selections. If OK, click Next to configure the storage server.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Configuration Summary panel

    The Storage Server Creation Status panel appears.

  8. The Storage Server Configuration Status wizard panel describes the status of the operation.
    Storage Server Configuration Status panel

    After the storage server is created, you can do the following:

    Configure a disk pool

    Ensure that Create a disk pool using the storage server that you have just created is selected and then click Next.

    The Select Volumes panel appears. Continue to the next step.

    Exit

    Click Close.

    You can configure a disk pool at another time.

    If storage server creation fails, troubleshooting help is available.

    See Troubleshooting MSDP configuration issues.

  9. On the Select Volumes panel, select the volume for this disk pool. All of storage in the Storage Path that you configured in the Storage Server Configuration Wizard is exposed as a single volume. The PureDiskVolume is a virtual name for that storage.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Volume Selection panel

    After you select the PureDiskVolume volume, click Next. The Additional Disk Pool Information wizard panel appears.

  10. On the Additional Disk Pool Information panel, enter the values for this disk pool.

    See Media Server Deduplication Pool properties.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Additional Disk Pool Information  panel

    After you enter the appropriate information or select the necessary options, click Next. The Disk Pool Configuration Summary wizard panel appears.

  11. On the Disk Pool Configuration Summary panel, verify the selections. If OK, click Next.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Disk Pool Configuration Summary panel

    To configure the disk pool, click Next. The Disk Pool Configuration Status wizard panel appears.

  12. The Disk Pool Configuration Status wizard panel describes the progress of the operation.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Disk Pool Configuration Status panel

    After the disk pool is created, you can do the following:

    Configure a storage unit

    Ensure that Create a storage unit using the disk pool that you have just created is selected and then click Next. The Storage Unit Creation wizard panel appears. Continue to the next step.

    Exit

    Click Close.

    You can configure one or more storage units later.

    See Configuring a Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit.

  13. Enter the appropriate information for the storage unit.

    See Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit properties.

    The following is an example of the wizard panel:

    Storage Server Storage Unit Creation panel

    After you enter the appropriate information or select the necessary options, click Next to create the storage unit.

  14. After NetBackup configures the storage unit, the Finished panel appears. Click Finish to exit from the wizard.