Veritas NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup Replication Director
    2.  
      About the roles of the Replication Director plug-ins
    3.  
      Software required to use Replication Director
    4.  
      NetBackup configuration for Replication Director
    5.  
      Tools for troubleshooting Replication Director
  2. Additional configuration topics
    1.  
      Configuring the NetBackup Client Service
    2.  
      NetBackup naming conventions
    3.  
      How to configure a multi-NIC environment
  3. Creating a NetBackup storage server for snapshot replication
    1.  
      Creating a NetBackup storage server for snapshot replication
    2.  
      Updating an OpenStorage storage server to reflect plug-in updates
    3.  
      Adding the storage server credentials to a NetBackup server
  4. Configuring disk pools for snapshot and replication
    1. About disk pools for snapshots and snapshot replication
      1.  
        About disk volumes for snapshots and snapshot replication
    2.  
      Creating disk pools for snapshot replication
    3.  
      Updating disk pools after volumes are added, are deleted, or are changed
    4.  
      Updating an OpenStorage disk pool to reflect plug-in updates
    5.  
      How to resolve snapshot disk volume changes
    6. Using bpstsinfo to view the replication topology of a device
      1.  
        NetApp storage server sample bpstsinfo output
  5. Configuring storage units and storage unit groups for snapshots and snapshot replication
    1.  
      Creating storage units for a Replication Director configuration
    2.  
      Creating storage unit groups for snapshots
  6. Configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
    1.  
      About configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
    2.  
      Creating a storage lifecycle policy for snapshots and snapshot replication
    3. Operation types in a storage lifecycle policy
      1. Snapshot operation in an SLP
        1.  
          Primary snapshot storage unit
        2.  
          Primary + Replication source snapshot storage unit
        3.  
          Replication source + Replication target snapshot storage unit
        4.  
          Replication target snapshot storage unit
        5.  
          Replication source + Replication target + Mirror snapshot storage unit
        6.  
          Replication target + Mirror snapshot storage unit
      2.  
        Replication operation in an SLP
      3. Index From Snapshot operation in an SLP
        1.  
          Determining where and when the Index From Snapshot operation occurs
        2.  
          Pre-requisites for indexing for an NDMP policy
        3.  
          Configuring indexing for an NDMP policy
      4.  
        Backup From Snapshot operation in an SLP
      5.  
        Duplication operation in an SLP
    4. Retention types for storage lifecycle policy operations
      1.  
        Expire after copy retention type for SLP operations
      2.  
        Fixed retention type for SLP operations
      3.  
        Maximum snapshot limit retention type for SLP operations
      4.  
        Mirror retention type for SLP operations
      5.  
        Target retention type for SLP operations
  7. Configuring backup policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
    1.  
      About configuring a backup policy for Replication Director
    2.  
      Configuring an NDMP policy to protect a NAS host
    3.  
      Configuring a Standard or MS-Windows policy to protect clients using NDMP with Data Mover
    4.  
      Configuring a Standard or MS-Windows policy to protect NAS volumes or SAN-connected devices
    5. About NDMP support for Replication Director
      1.  
        Limitations of Replication Director with NDMP
      2.  
        Authorizing NetBackup access to a NAS (NDMP) host
      3.  
        ALL_FILESYSTEMS and VOLUME_EXCLUDE_LIST directives
      4.  
        Configuring an NDMP policy in a multi-network environment
  8. Restoring from a snapshot
    1.  
      About restores from array-based snapshots
    2.  
      Restoring files and folders from an array-based snapshot
    3. About restores from array-based snapshots of virtual machines
      1.  
        Restoring files from array-based snapshots of virtual machines
    4.  
      Using OpsCenter to restore from array-based snapshots
    5.  
      How NetApp performs a volume-level rollback restore
    6.  
      Restoring (rolling back) from an array-based snapshot
  9. OpsCenter reporting
    1.  
      Veritas OpsCenter reporting
    2.  
      Configuring an alert for OpenStorage events
    3.  
      Storage lifecycle policy reporting
    4.  
      Disk pool monitoring
    5.  
      Monitoring snapshot replication jobs
    6.  
      Reporting on storage units, storage unit groups, and storage lifecycle policies
  10. Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    1.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    2. Supported NetApp topologies
      1.  
        NetApp topologies that Replication Director does not support
    3. Using NetApp Data ONTAP 7-mode with Replication Director
      1.  
        Configuration overview: NetApp 7-Mode with Replication Director
      2.  
        Licenses required for NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode with Replication Director
      3.  
        Software required to use NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode with Replication Director
      4. About using NetApp SAN-connected storage with Replication Director
        1.  
          Using SnapDrive for iSCSI setup on Windows
        2.  
          SAN-connected storage limitations
      5.  
        If the OnCommand Unified Manager root or administrator password has changed
      6.  
        Considerations when configuring an OnCommand Unified Manager as a NetBackup storage server
      7.  
        Importing existing NetApp relationships for NetBackup control
      8.  
        Enabling Unicode and language settings on NetApp disk arrays
    4. Using NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
      1.  
        Configuration overview: NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
      2.  
        Licenses required for NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
      3.  
        Software required to use NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
      4.  
        Configuring Replication Director to work with Clustered Data ONTAP
      5.  
        About creating backup policies for Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
      6.  
        Protecting volumes with nested junctions for Clustered Data ONTAP
      7.  
        Limitations to using Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
  11. Using Oracle with Replication Director
    1.  
      Requirements for Oracle support
    2. About Oracle support for Replication Director
      1.  
        Configuring an Oracle Intelligent Policy
      2.  
        Configuring a script- or template-based Oracle policy
  12. Using Virtual Machines with Replication Director
    1.  
      Requirements for virtual machine support
    2. About virtual machines and Replication Director
      1.  
        Notes on Replication Director for virtual machines
      2.  
        Configuring a policy for virtual machines to use Replication Director
      3.  
        About jobs in the Activity Monitor that use Replication Director for virtual machines
  13. Terminology
    1.  
      Replication terminology

NetApp storage server sample bpstsinfo output

The following examples show sample output from the bpstsinfo command for a NetApp storage server named plinko which contains four LSUs. The generic syntax for the command is as follows:

bpstsinfo -lsuinfo -storage_server storage_server_name -stype storage_type

The following is an example of the command, run on the NetBackup media server, for storage server plinko:

bpstsinfo -lsuinfo -storage_server plinko -stype Network_NTAP

Output for first LSU:

LSU Info:
   Server Name: Network_NTAP:plinko
   LSU Name: PrimarySnapshot
   Allocation : STS_LSU_AT_STATIC
   Storage: STS_LSU_ST_NONE
   Description:
   Configuration:
   Media: (STS_LSUF_REP_ENABLED | STS_LSUF_REP_SOURCE)
   Save As : (STS_SA_PRIMARY | STS_SA_SNAPSHOT)
   Replication Sources: 0 ( )
   Replication Targets: 3 ( Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapVault
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror )
   .
   .
   .

The bpstsinfo output provides the following information about the volume:

Storage server name (Server Name).

plinko

The name preceding the server name is the storage server type. For example, Network_NTAP.

Volume name (LSU Name).

PrimarySnapshot

Volume properties (Media, Save As).

The volume has the following properties:

  • Primary

  • Snapshot

  • Replication Source

Replication sources of the volume (Replication Sources).

The volume has no replication sources. It cannot receive replication from any other volume.

Replication targets of the volume (Replication Targets).

The volume has three replication targets.

It can replicate to the following volumes:

  • Netapp3140a2_SnapVault

  • Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror

  • Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror

Output for second LSU:

LSU Info:
   Server Name: Network_NTAP:plinko
   LSU Name: Netapp3140a2_SnapVault
   Allocation : STS_LSU_AT_STATIC        
   Storage: STS_LSU_ST_NONE        
   Description:        
   Configuration:
   Media: (STS_LSUF_REP_ENABLED | STS_LSUF_REP_SOURCE | 
      STS_LSUF_REP_TARGET | STS_LSUF_MIRROR_FLEXIBLE)
   Save As : (STS_SA_SNAPSHOT | STS_SA_MIRROR)        
   Replication Sources: 3 ( Network_NTAP:plinko:PrimarySnapshot
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror 
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror )
   Replication Targets: 2 ( Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror 
      Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror )
   .
   .
   .

The bpstsinfo output provides the following information about the volume:

Storage server name (Server Name).

plinko

The name preceding the server name is the storage server type.

Volume name (LSU Name).

Netapp3140a2_SnapVault

Volume properties (Media, Save As).

The volume has the following properties:

  • Snapshot

  • ReplicationSource

  • ReplicationTarget

  • Mirror

  • MirrorFlexible

Since the LSU is MirrorFlexible, it can be configured as Mirror-capable or not Mirror-capable as specified by the user.

Replication sources of the volume (Replication Sources).

The volume has three replication sources.

It can receive replications from the following three volumes:

  • PrimarySnapshot

  • Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror

  • Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror

Replication targets of the volume (Replication Targets).

The volume has two replication targets.

It can replicate to the following two volumes:

  • Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror

  • Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror

Output for third LSU:

LSU Info:
   Server Name: Network_NTAP:plinko
   LSU Name: Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror
   Allocation : STS_LSU_AT_STATIC
   Storage: STS_LSU_ST_NONE        
   Description:        
   Configuration:        
   Media: (STS_LSUF_REP_ENABLED | STS_LSUF_REP_SOURCE | 
      STS_LSUF_REP_TARGET | STS_LSUF_MIRROR_FLEXIBLE)        
   Save As : (STS_SA_SNAPSHOT | STS_SA_MIRROR)        
   Replication Sources: 3 ( Network_NTAP:plinko:PrimarySnapshot
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapVault
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror )
   Replication Targets: 2 ( Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapVault 
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror )
   .
   .
   .

Output for fourth LSU:

LSU Info:
   Server Name: Network_NTAP:plinko
   LSU Name: Netapp3140a2_SecondSnapMirror
   Allocation : STS_LSU_AT_STATIC
   Storage: STS_LSU_ST_NONE        
   Description:        
   Configuration:        
   Media: (STS_LSUF_REP_ENABLED | STS_LSUF_REP_SOURCE | 
      STS_LSUF_REP_TARGET | STS_LSUF_MIRROR_FLEXIBLE)
   Save As : (STS_SA_SNAPSHOT | STS_SA_MIRROR)
   Replication Sources: 3 ( Network_NTAP:plinko:PrimarySnapshot 
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapVault 
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror )
   Replication Targets: 2 ( Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapVault
   Network_NTAP:plinko:Netapp3140a2_SnapMirror )
   .
   .
   .