Veritas NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2, 8.1.1)
  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

Configuration overview: NetApp 7-Mode with Replication Director

The following tables list the general configuration steps necessary to set up NetApp 7-Mode with Replication Director. NetApp configuration is also described in the NetApp Plug-in for Veritas NetBackup Installation and Administration Guide, found at the following NetApp website:

http://support.netapp.com/documentation/docweb/index.html?productID=61512

Table: NetApp configuration tasks overview

Description

Reference topics

Install the NetApp Management Console.

See NetApp documentation.

Enable and turn on NetApp licenses, which can include the following:

  • SnapMirror

  • SnapVault

  • SnapRestore

  • FlexClone

  • SnapDrive

See NetApp documentation.

Not all licenses may be necessary.

Install necessary licenses on NAS systems:

  • CIFS licenses for MS-Windows policies

  • NFS licenses for Standard policies

See NetApp documentation.

See Enabling Unicode and language settings on NetApp disk arrays.

Install necessary licenses on SAN devices:

  • iSCSI licenses

  • Fibre Channel licenses

See NetApp documentation.

See About using NetApp SAN-connected storage with Replication Director.

The following Veritas technote contains additional information:

Configuring the primary NetApp device to use VSS with Replication Director.

Install the NetApp Plug-in for Veritas NetBackup (NBUPlugin).

After the NBUPlugin is installed, the NetBackup resource group is automatically added in the OnCommand Unified Manager. The primary volumes that are configured on NetApp storage are exposed as primary snapshot logical storage units to the NBUPlugin. This lets NetBackup initiate and manage snapshots of the primary volumes.

The plug-in uses port 8086 by default.

See NetApp documentation.

See Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director.

Configure IPv6 if necessary. By default, the NBUPlugin is configured for IPv4.

See NetApp documentation.

Consider using the NetApp import tool.

Consider importing existing data sets and Data ONTAP relationships into Replication Director using the NetApp import tool. After the snapshot data is imported, it can be managed using NetBackup.

See NetApp documentation.

See Importing existing NetApp relationships for NetBackup control.

Add resource pools.

  • Configure resource pools in the OnCommand Unified Manager and add aggregates to the resource pools. (Use the NetApp Add Resource Pool Wizard or the command line.)

    Create a resource pool for each replication target. An aggregate can belong to a single resource pool. Do not create a resource pool for the source or primary data; that is handled automatically.

  • Add resource pools to the NetBackup resource group in the OnCommand Unified Manager.

    NetBackup can now access the resource pools as disk volumes during the NetBackup disk pool creation step.

See NetApp documentation.

The following Veritas technote contains additional information:

See http://www.veritas.com/docs/HOWTO73062.

Run the Storage Server Configuration Wizard to configure the OpenStorage partner as a NetBackup storage server.

For example, configure the OnCommand Unified Manager as a storage server.

This wizard also configures the necessary:

  • Media servers that can access the storage server.

  • Disk pools.

  • Storage units.

See Creating a NetBackup storage server for snapshot replication.

The following video demonstrates NetBackup configuration:

http://www.veritas.com/community/videos/netbackup-75-replication-director-configuration-demo

  • One NetBackup domain can support multiple OnCommand Unified Manager servers.

  • Five master servers can communicate efficiently with one NBUPlugin on an OnCommand Unified Manager. The OnCommand Unified Manager determines the number of concurrent jobs that it can run from any number of media servers.

Additional documents and demonstrations provide supporting information: