Veritas NetBackup™ for HBase Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.0.0.1, 9.0)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      Protecting HBase data using NetBackup
    2.  
      Backing up HBase data
    3.  
      Restoring HBase data
    4.  
      NetBackup for HBase terminologies
    5.  
      Limitations
  2. Deploying HBase plug-in for NetBackup
    1.  
      About the HBase plug-in deployment
    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.  
      Best practices for deploying the HBase plug-in
    7.  
      Post installation procedures
    8.  
      Verifying the deployment 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
      2.  
        Configuring communication between NetBackup and HBase clusters that have SSL enabled (HTTPS)
    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
    7.  
      Backup fails with error 112
    8.  
      Backup operation fails with error 6654
    9.  
      NetBackup configuration and certificate files do not persist after the container-based NetBackup appliance restarts
    10.  
      Configuration file is not recovered after a disaster recovery
  6.  
    Index

Using the bprestore command to restore HBase data on the same HBase cluster

The bprestore command lets you restore a backed up or archived file or list of files. You can also name directories to restore. If you include a directory name, bprestore restores all files and subdirectories of that directory. You can exclude a file or a directory path that was previously included in the restore by placing an exclamation mark (!) in front of the file or the directory path (does not apply to NDMP restores). For example, the exclude capability is useful if you want to exclude part of a directory from the restore.

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is/usr/openv/var/global/bin/.

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command isinstall_path\NetBackup\bin\

To restore HBase data on the same location as your backup location

  1. Log on as an Administrator or root user based on windows or UNIX system respectively.
  2. Run the following command on the NetBackup master server by providing appropriate values:

    bprestore -S master_server -D backup_host-C client -t 44 -L progress log -f listfile

    Where,

    -S master_server

    Specifies the name of the NetBackup master server.

    -D backup host

    Specifies the name of the backup host.

    -C client

    Specifies a HMaster as a source to use for finding backups or archives from which to restore files. This name must be as it appears in the NetBackup catalog.

    -f listfile

    Specifies a file (listfile) that contains a list of files to be restored and can be used instead of the file names option. In listfile, list each file path must be on a separate line.

    -L progress_log

    Specifies the name of whitelisted file path in which to write progress information.

    -t 44

    Specifies BigData as the policy type.