NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (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

Save a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption

Cohesity recommends that you save a record of the encryption key names and tags. The key tag is necessary if you need to recover or recreate the keys.

See Configuring key management for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption.

To save a record of the key names

  1. To determine the key group names, use the following command on the primary server:

    UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbkmsutil -listkgs

    Windows: install_path\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbkmsutil.exe -listkgs

    The following is example output:

    Key Group Name        : UX_Host.example.com:backups
Supported Cipher      : AES_256
Number of Keys        : 1
Has Active Key        : Yes
Creation Time         : Tues Oct 01 01:00:00 2013
Last Modification Time: Tues Oct 01 01:00:00 2013
Description           : -
FIPS Approved Key     : Yes

    Key Group Name        : Win_Host.example.com:
Supported Cipher      : AES_256
Number of Keys        : 1
Has Active Key        : Yes
Creation Time         : Tues Oct 01 01:05:00 2013
Last Modification Time: Tues Oct 01 01:05:00 2013
Description           : -
FIPS Approved Key     : Yes
  2. For each key group, write all of the keys that belong to the group to a file. Run the command on the primary server. The following is the command syntax:

    UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbkmsutil -listkeys -kgname key_group_name > filename.txt

    Windows: install_path\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbkmsutil.exe -listkeys -kgname key_group_name > filename.txt

    The following is example output:

    nbkmsutil.exe -listkeys -kgname UX_Host.example.com:backups > encrypt_keys_UX_Host.example.com_backups.txt

    Key Group Name        : UX_Host.example.com:backups
Supported Cipher      : AES_256
Number of Keys        : 1
Has Active Key        : Yes
Creation Time         : Tues Oct 01 01:00:00 2013
Last Modification Time: Tues Oct 01 01:00:00 2013
Description           : -
FIPS Approved Key     : Yes

  Key Tag               : 867d710aa7f4c64dcdd2cec6...cce
                          d0c831c1812c510acd05
  Key Name              : AdvDisk_Key
  Current State         : ACTIVE
  Creation Time         : Tues Oct 01 01:05:00 2013
  Last Modification Time: Tues Oct 01 01:05:00 2013
  Description           : -
  FIPS Approved Key    : Yes

Number of Keys: 1
  3. Include in the file the pass phrase that you used to create the key record.
  4. Store the file in a secure location.