Veritas NetBackup for HBase Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.1)
Platform: Linux,UNIX,Windows
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Protecting HBase data using NetBackup
    2.  
      Backing up HBase data
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data
    4.  
      Deploying the HBase plug-in
    5.  
      NetBackup for HBase terminologies
    6.  
      Limitations
  2. Installing and deploying HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    1.  
      About installing and deploying the HBase plug-in
    2.  
      Pre-requisites for installing the HBase plug-in
    3.  
      Operating system and platform compatibility
    4.  
      License for HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    5.  
      Preparing the HBase cluster
    6.  
      Downloading the plug-in
    7.  
      Installing the HBase plug-in
    8.  
      Best practices for deploying the HBase plug-in
    9.  
      Post installation procedures
    10.  
      Verifying the installation of the HBase plug-in
  3. Configuring NetBackup for HBase
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for HBase
    2. Managing backup hosts
      1.  
        Whitelisting a NetBackup client on NetBackup master server
      2.  
        Configure a NetBackup Appliance as a backup host
    3.  
      Adding HBase credentials in NetBackup
    4. Configuring the HBase plug-in using the HBase configuration file
      1.  
        Configuring NetBackup for a highly-available HBase cluster
    5.  
      Configuration for a HBase cluster that uses Kerberos
    6. Configuring NetBackup policies for HBase plug-in
      1. Creating a BigData backup policy
        1. Creating BigData policy using the NetBackup Administration Console
          1.  
            Using the Policy Configuration Wizard to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
          2.  
            Using the NetBackup Policies utility to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
        2.  
          Using NetBackup Command Line Interface (CLI) to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
    7.  
      Disaster recovery of a HBase cluster
  4. Performing backups and restores of HBase
    1. About backing up a HBase cluster
      1.  
        Pre-requisite for running backup and restore operations for a HBase cluster with Kerberos authentication
      2.  
        Backing up a HBase cluster
      3.  
        Best practices for backing up a HBase cluster
    2. About restoring a HBase cluster
      1. Restoring HBase data on the same HBase cluster
        1.  
          Using the Restore Wizard to restore HBase data on the same cluster
        2.  
          Using the bprestore command to restore HBase data on the same HBase cluster
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data on an alternate HBase cluster
    4.  
      Restoring truncated tables
    5.  
      Best practices for restoring a HBase cluster
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About NetBackup for HBase debug logging
    2.  
      Backup fails with error 6609
    3.  
      Backup fails with error 6601
    4.  
      Backup fails with error 6623
    5.  
      Restore fails with error 2850
    6.  
      Backup fails with error 20

Backing up a HBase cluster

You can either schedule a backup job or run a backup job manually. See, NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I

For overview of the backup process, See Backing up HBase data.

The backup process comprises of the following stages:

  1. Pre-processing: In the pre-processing stage, the first backup host that you have configured with the BigData policy, triggers the discovery. At this stage, a snapshot of the complete backup selection is generated. The snapshot details are visible on the Region server web interface.

  2. Data transfer: During the data transfer process, one child job is created for each backup host.

  3. Post-processing: As part of the post-processing, NetBackup cleans up the snapshots on Region server.

Considerations

  • On the Hmaster, set the PasswordAuthentication field to Yes in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. After you update the file, restart sshd.

    Ensure that all the cluster servers support supports same Hash Key algorithm ( RSA)

  • Snapshots are not cleaned up if you cancel a job manually. After cancelling the job you must manually delete snapshots from the HBase shell.

  • If you take backup of an empty table, you need to clean the snapshot manually from the HBase shell.

  • See Best practices for backing up a HBase cluster.