NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (11.0)
  1. Introducing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk storage option
  2. Licensing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk license
    2.  
      License AdvancedDisk
  3. Configuring AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      Configuring the AdvancedDisk option
    2.  
      About AdvancedDisk file system requirements
    3.  
      Configure the NetBackup service credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
    4.  
      About AdvancedDisk storage servers
    5.  
      About AdvancedDisk data movers
    6.  
      About AdvancedDisk preferred or required read servers
    7.  
      About data encryption for AdvancedDisk storage
    8.  
      About key management for encryption of NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage
    9. Configuring key management for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      1.  
        Set up the KMS database for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      2.  
        Create a KMS key group for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      3.  
        Create a KMS key for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      4.  
        Save a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
    10. Configure an AdvancedDisk storage server
      1.  
        AdvancedDisk storage server configuration options
    11.  
      About AdvancedDisk disk pools
    12.  
      Configure a CIFS disk volume for AdvancedDisk encryption
    13. Configure an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      1.  
        NetBackup nbdevconfig command options for AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
    14. Configure an AdvancedDisk storage unit
      1.  
        AdvancedDisk storage unit properties
      2. About AdvancedDisk storage unit recommendations
        1.  
          About configuring a favorable client-to-server ratio
        2.  
          About throttling traffic to the media servers
    15.  
      About storage lifecycle policies
    16. Creating a storage lifecycle policy
      1.  
        Storage lifecycle policy settings
    17.  
      Creating a backup policy
    18.  
      Resilient network properties
    19.  
      Specify resilient connections for clients
  4. Managing AdvancedDisk
    1. Manage AdvancedDisk storage servers
      1.  
        View AdvancedDisk storage servers
      2.  
        Determine the AdvancedDisk storage server state
      3.  
        View AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      4.  
        Remove AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      5.  
        Remove an AdvancedDisk storage server from disk pool access
      6.  
        Delete an AdvancedDisk storage server
    2. Manage AdvancedDisk disk pools
      1.  
        View AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        About changing the AdvancedDisk disk pool size
      3.  
        Adding volumes to an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      4.  
        Change the AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
      5.  
        Determine the AdvancedDisk disk pool state
      6.  
        Changing AdvancedDisk disk pool state
      7.  
        Determine the AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      8.  
        Change AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      9.  
        Merge AdvancedDisk disk pools
      10.  
        Remove a volume from an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      11.  
        Delete an AdvancedDisk disk pool
    3.  
      About monitoring AdvancedDisk storage capacity and usage
    4.  
      Monitor NetBackup disk activity
    5.  
      View AdvancedDisk disk reports
    6. Display detailed AdvancedDisk storage usage information
      1.  
        NetBackup disk volume capacity and usage reference
    7.  
      Display KMS key information for AdvancedDisk encryption
  5. Troubleshooting AdvancedDisk
    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 AdvancedDisk
    3.  
      NetBackup AdvancedDisk log files
    4.  
      AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
    5.  
      Resolve an incorrect storage type problem

Configure an AdvancedDisk storage unit

Create one or more storage units that reference the disk pool. To determine if storage units exist for the disk pool, go to Storage > Storage units.

More information about storage units is available. See the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.

To configure a storage unit for AdvancedDisk

  1. On the left, select Storage > Storage units.
  2. Select the Storage units tab, then select Add.
  3. From the Category options, select AdvancedDisk.
  4. Select Start.
  5. Provide a name for the storage unit and configure any other settings. Then select Next.

    See AdvancedDisk storage unit properties.

  6. Select the disk pool. Then select Next.
  7. Select the media server. Then select Next.
  8. On the Review page, verify the selections. To save the changes and add the storage unit, select Save.

More Information

About AdvancedDisk storage unit recommendations