Veritas NetBackup™ for Enterprise Vault™ Agent Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup Enterprise Vault
    1.  
      About Enterprise Vault
    2.  
      About the NetBackup Enterprise Vault Agent
    3.  
      About the Enterprise Vault Agent and the backup components
    4.  
      Enterprise Vault agent features
    5.  
      Enterprise Vault agent requirements
  2. About NetBackup Enterprise Vault agent installation requirements
    1.  
      Installation requirements for NetBackup Enterprise Vault agent
    2.  
      Verifying Enterprise Vault agent operating system compatibility
    3.  
      NetBackup server and client software requirements
    4.  
      About Enterprise Vault agent installation requirements in a cluster
    5.  
      Configuring Enterprise Vault Agent to protect Enterprise Vault databases
    6.  
      Adding the Enterprise Vault agent license key
    7. Configuration requirements for upgrading the Enterprise Vault agent
      1.  
        Configuring the policy directives after upgrading NetBackup and Enterprise Vault
  3. Configuration
    1.  
      About the Windows and Java user interfaces
    2.  
      Specifying a logon account for the Enterprise Vault server
    3.  
      About VSS-based snapshot configuration
    4.  
      Configuring the local media server for Enterprise Vault backup
    5.  
      Configuration requirements for an Enterprise Vault backup policy
    6.  
      Adding a new Enterprise Vault policy
    7.  
      Enterprise Vault backup policy attributes
    8.  
      Adding schedules to an Enterprise Vault policy
    9.  
      About the types of Enterprise Vault backups
    10.  
      Creating a backup selections list
    11.  
      Adding a client to a policy
  4. About features provided by Enterprise Vault for a backup provider
    1.  
      About Enterprise Vault quiescence before a backup
    2.  
      About quiescing and unquiescing Enterprise Vault services
    3.  
      About granular quiescence
    4.  
      About managing safety copies and backups
    5.  
      About the partition secure notification file
    6.  
      About the archive bit
  5. Performing backups of Enterprise Vault
    1.  
      About Enterprise Vault directives and what data they back up
    2.  
      Manually backing up Enterprise Vault resources
    3.  
      Canceling an Enterprise Vault backup job from the Activity Monitor
  6. Performing restores of Enterprise Vault
    1.  
      Important notes about Enterprise Vault data restore
    2.  
      Stopping the administrative services on Enterprise Vault servers
    3.  
      About the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface
    4.  
      Viewing backup data using the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
    5.  
      Restoring Enterprise Vault data
    6.  
      About the Enterprise Vault restore options on the General tab
    7.  
      About the Enterprise Vault Database Settings tab
    8.  
      Specifying the server, clients, and policy type for restores
    9.  
      About restoring Enterprise Vault file system data
    10.  
      Restoring an Enterprise Vault file system component
    11. About restoring Enterprise Vault SQL databases
      1.  
        About backup image restore sets
    12.  
      Restoring Enterprise Vault SQL database components
  7. Disaster recovery
    1.  
      Disaster recovery requirements for Enterprise Vault server
    2.  
      About disaster recovery of an Enterprise Vault site
    3.  
      Recovering a directory database
    4.  
      Recovering an auditing database
    5.  
      Recovering an FSA Reporting database
    6.  
      Recovering a Monitoring database
    7.  
      Recovering index locations
    8.  
      Recovering an Enterprise Vault vault store group
    9.  
      Recovering a fingerprint database
    10.  
      Recovering a vault store database
    11.  
      Recovering vault store partition
    12.  
      Recovering Enterprise Vault partitions
    13.  
      Recovering an Enterprise Vault server
    14.  
      Recovering an Enterprise Vault server on a different system
  8. Enterprise Vault Agent support for Enterprise Vault
    1. Policy configuration for Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Open partition, vault store database, and fingerprint database consistencies
      2.  
        Closed and ready partition consistencies
      3.  
        Index location consistencies
      4.  
        Directory database consistencies
    2. Notes about Enterprise Vault 10.0 backups
      1.  
        Exclude file list for index locations
      2.  
        Exclude file list for vault partitions
    3.  
      Excluding files from the exclude list
    4.  
      About planning backup schedules
    5.  
      About hosts for Enterprise Vault policies
    6.  
      About Enterprise Vault tools
    7. About Enterprise Vault agent backups
      1.  
        Privileges for Enterprise Vault backup
    8. About Enterprise Vault agent restores
      1.  
        Changing the socket buffer size for large restores
    9.  
      Useful tips about Enterprise Vault agent
    10. Enterprise Vault agent functionality and support for Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Differential incremental backup taken after a restore fails for Enterprise Vault
  9. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About troubleshooting
    2.  
      About debug logging
    3.  
      How to enable debug logging
    4.  
      Setting the debug level
    5.  
      About status reports
    6.  
      About operational reports
    7.  
      About progress reports
    8. About NetBackup status-related troubleshooting information
      1.  
        NetBackup status code 2
      2.  
        NetBackup status code 13
      3.  
        NetBackup status code 39
      4.  
        NetBackup status code 59
      5.  
        NetBackup status code 69
      6. NetBackup status code 156
        1.  
          About the VSS_E_BAD_STATE snapshot error
        2.  
          About the VSS_E_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE snapshot error
      7.  
        NetBackup status code 1800
  10. Appendix A. NetBackup Enterprise Vault Migrator
    1.  
      About the Enterprise Vault Migrator
    2.  
      About configuring a backup policy for migration
    3.  
      About configuring Enterprise Vault for collection and migration
    4.  
      Testing the Enterprise Vault migrator configuration
    5.  
      Setting the recommended DCOM settings
    6. Restoring Enterprise Vault migrated data from NetBackup
      1.  
        Restoring migrated data using the command line interface
      2.  
        Restoring migrated data using a Backup, Archive, and Restore user interface
    7. Troubleshooting the Enterprise Vault migrator
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault migrator version information
      2. About troubleshooting issues with the migrator
        1.  
          Is the data being archived?
        2.  
          Is the data being collected?
        3.  
          Is the migration being configured appropriately?
        4.  
          Is the data being migrated?
      3. About Log Collection
        1.  
          About Enterprise Vault logs
        2.  
          About Enterprise Vault events
        3.  
          About NetBackup logs

About Enterprise Vault directives and what data they back up

When you create a policy to back up Enterprise Vault data, you choose the directive based on the data that you want to back up. In addition, the data that is backed up also depends on the client(s) that you select in the policy. The following table identifies each of the available Enterprise Vault directives along with a brief summary of the data that is backed up when that particular directive is selected.

Note:

Veritas recommends that you create Enterprise Vault policies with the directives that do not back up the same Enterprise Vault data. For example, an Enterprise Vault backup policy with the EV_SITE directive can back up the same data as a backup policy with the EV_SERVER directive. In this case, running the Enterprise Vault backup policy that is configured with the EV_SERVER directive is not necessary.

Table: Enterprise Vault directives and what they back up shows the Enterprise Vault directives. In the following table a policy client has been specified and each directive applies to full, differential, and cumulative backups. In addition, Enterprise Vault supports multiple policy clients (except for the EV_VAULT_STORE_DB=, EV_OPEN_PARTITION=, EV_READY_PARTITIONS=, EV_CLOSED_PARTITIONS=, EV_FINGERPRINT_DB=, and EV_VAULT_STORE_DB= directives).

Table: Enterprise Vault directives and what they back up

Directive (backup selection)

Description

EV_DIR_DB

The directory database is an SQL database that contains configuration information.

  • Use this directive to back up the directory database of the Enterprise Vault site that the policy client belongs to.

  • The directory database does not need to be hosted on the policy client.

  • This database is known as a site-level database.

  • This directive supports multiple policy clients in the client list. You should add multiple clients when multiple Enterprise Vault sites have their own directory database.

  • You cannot use this directive with the EV_INDEX_LOCATION= and the EV_OPEN_PARTITION= directives.

EV_MONITORING_DB

The monitoring database is an SQL database that is associated with the Enterprise Vault monitoring service. This database typically contains performance and trend information about Enterprise Vault activities.

  • Use this directive to back up the monitoring database of the Enterprise Vault site that the policy client belongs to.

  • The monitoring database does not need to be hosted on the policy client.

  • This database is known as a site-level database.

  • This directive supports multiple policy clients in the client list. You should add multiple clients when multiple Enterprise Vault sites have their own monitoring database.

EV_AUDIT_DB

The auditing database only exists if Enterprise Vault auditing is enabled. The audit database contains audit records of various configurable Enterprise Vault operations.

Use this directive to back up the auditing database in the Enterprise Vault deployment if you have Audit enabled. This option is disabled by default.

  • The auditing database does not need to be hosted on the policy client.

  • This directive supports multiple policy clients in the client list. You should add multiple clients when multiple Enterprise Vault sites have their own auditing database.

EV_FSAREPORTING_DB

The FSA Reporting database only exists if FSA Reporting has been configured. The FSA Reporting database contains a history of the active and the archived files on the file servers. This data is used to track trends and as a summary of the archived files and active files on file servers.

Use this directive to back up the FSA Reporting database in the Enterprise Vault deployment if you have FSA Reporting enabled. This option is disabled by default.

  • The FSA Reporting database does not need to be hosted on the policy client.

  • This directive supports multiple policy clients in the client list. You should add multiple clients when multiple Enterprise Vault sites have their own FSA Reporting database.

EV_INDEX_LOCATION=Site name

Use this directive to back up all index locations in the Enterprise Vault site, that the Site name variable specifies. You can use any backup schedule with this directive.

  • You cannot use this directive with the EV_DIR_DB directive.

  • This directive does not support multiple policy clients in the client list.

  • If Site name is not specified, the job fails.

EV_OPEN_PARTITION=Vault Store name

The open partition directive backs up the open partition and Vault Store database of the Vault Store that you specify when you define the Vault Store name. The partition can be present on NTFS file system or NAS devices.

You can use any backup schedule with this directive.

For open partitions:

  • You cannot use this directive with the EV_DIR_DB directive.

  • This directive does not support multiple policy clients in the client list.

  • If Vault Store name is not specified, the job fails.

Note:

For the streamer-based open partitions, do not use this directive as the backup would succeed partially. Instead, use the EV_VAULT_STORE_DB directive.

EV_CLOSED_PARTITIONS=Vault Store name

The closed partitions directive backs up any closed partitions of the Vault Store that you specify when you define the Vault Store name. The partitions can be present on NTFS file system or NAS devices.

You can use any backup schedule with this directive.

For closed partitions:

  • This directive does not support multiple policy clients in the client list.

  • If Vault Store name is not specified, the job fails.

Note:

Do not use this directive for streamer-based closed partitions. If some closed partitions are streamer-based, the job is completed, but the data is not backed up by NetBackup. If all close partitions are streamer-based the job fails.

EV_READY_PARTITIONS=Vault Store name

The ready partitions directive backs up the ready partitions of the Vault Store that you specify when you define the Vault Store name. The partitions can be present on NTFS file system or NAS devices.

You can use any backup schedule with this directive.

For ready partitions:

  • This directive does not support multiple policy clients in the client list.

  • If Vault Store name is not specified, the job fails.

Note:

Do not use this directive for the streamer-based ready partitions. If some ready partitions are streamer-based, the job is completed but the data is not backed up by NetBackup. If all ready partitions are streamer-based the job fails.

EV_VAULT_STORE_DB=Vault Store name

The Enterprise Vault, vault store database is an SQL database that can contain metadata about the vault store and archived data.

Use this directive to back up the vault store database that the Vault Store name variable specifies in the Enterprise Vault deployment.

You can use any backup schedule with this directive.

The following applies for this directive:

  • The vault store databases can be hosted on a different system.

  • This directive does not support multiple policy clients in the client list.

  • If Vault Store name is not specified, the job fails.

    Note:

    The vault store name is the vault store name and not the vault store database name.

EV_FINGERPRINT_DB=Vault Store Group name

The fingerprint database contains information about archived data in Vault Store Partitions. Use this directive to back up the fingerprint database that is associated with the supplied Vault Store Group. The Enterprise Vault agent can discover multiple fingerprint databases when a Vault Store Group is configured to support multiple fingerprint databases.

You can use any backup schedule with this directive.

The following applies for this directive:

  • The fingerprint database can be hosted on a different system.

  • The job fails if the Vault Store group name is not specified.

  • This directive does not support multiple policy clients in the client list.