Veritas Access Appliance Solutions Guide for NetBackup

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Product(s): Appliances (7.4.3)
Platform: Veritas 3340,Access Appliance OS
  1. Access Appliance integration with NetBackup
    1.  
      About Access Appliance as a NetBackup client
    2.  
      About Access Appliance as backup storage for NetBackup
    3.  
      Use cases for long-term data retention
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Supported configurations and versions for NetBackup with CloudCatalyst
  3. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with Access Appliance
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Data Deduplication with Access Appliance
    3.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the GUI
    4.  
      Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the Access CLISH
    5.  
      Support for multiple domains across networks for Veritas Data Deduplication
    6.  
      Veritas Data Deduplication storage layout
    7.  
      Configuring a Veritas Data Deduplication storage unit on NetBackup
    8.  
      Configuring global deduplication using the Veritas Data Deduplication storage server across the domain
    9.  
      Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication encryption
  4. Migrating the NetBackup images from existing storage to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
    1.  
      Migrating NetBackup images from CloudCatalyst/S3 to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
  5. Configuring Access Appliance as a cloud storage server with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
    1.  
      Creating an S3 bucket on Access Appliance for storing deduplicated backup data from NetBackup
    2.  
      Configure Access Appliance as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst
    3.  
      Enabling SSL on Access Appliance
  6. Configuring backup and restore using NetBackup policies
    1.  
      Storage Lifecycle Policies
    2.  
      Backup and restore
    3.  
      Running a backup policy manually
    4.  
      Restoring backed up files
  7. Configuring Access Appliance with the NetBackup client
    1.  
      Configuring Access Appliance for NetBackup client
    2.  
      Installing the NetBackup client add-on packages
    3.  
      Prerequisites for configuring the NetBackup client
    4.  
      Configuring the NetBackup client
    5.  
      Adding an optional media server
    6.  
      Adding multiple master servers
    7.  
      Adding file systems to the backup configuration
    8.  
      Removing file systems from backup configuration
    9.  
      Changing the virtual IP address used by the NetBackup client
    10.  
      Upgrade the NetBackup client
    11.  
      Unconfiguring the NetBackup client
    12.  
      Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup with NetBackup client
    13.  
      Disabling Veritas Data Deduplication catalog backup from NetBackup client
    14.  
      Displaying the status of NetBackup services
    15.  
      Configuring backup operations using NetBackup or other third-party backup applications
    16.  
      Configuring Access Appliance for NetBackup cloud storage
    17.  
      Restoring file systems backed up with NetBackup client
  8. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Additional resources
    2.  
      Generating Access Appliance S3 server keys using the helper script
  9.  
    Index

Configure Access Appliance as a cloud storage server on NetBackup server using CloudCatalyst

To configure the Access Appliance cluster as a cloud storage server and create an OpenStorage Technology (OST) disk pool and storage unit (STU) from the NetBackup console

  1. Log on to the NetBackup master server from the Java console.
  2. Select Configure Cloud Storage Servers.
  3. The Welcome to cloud storage server configuration wizard appears. Click Next.
  4. Select Access Appliance in the cloud provider list. Click Next.
  5. On the Add storage server form, click on Add Cloud Storage.
  6. In the Add cloud storage wizard, enter the required information.

    • Service host: s3.<veritas_access_cluster_name>

    • HTTP port: 8143

    • HTTPS port: 8143

    • Storage server Name: Any string or any auto-generated name.

      For example, my-s3.<veritas_access_cluster_name>

    Click Ok.

    Note:

    If DNS is not configured, you have to add an entry in the /etc/hosts file on the NetBackup master server and the CloudCatalyst media server.

  7. Select Media server from the Media server name drop-down box. Select the Enable NetBackup CloudCatalyst check box if you want to store the deduplicated MSDP backup data on Access Appliance's ObjectAccess bucket. Specify the path of the local cache directory for CloudCatalyst. Enter the access key and secret key using which you created the bucket is on Access Appliance. For SSL-related settings, click on Advance Settings.
  8. If the Access Appliance ObjectAccess server is configured with No SSL, then clear the Use SSL check box and click Ok.

    To enable SSL, See Enabling SSL on Access Appliance.

  9. Click Next.
  10. On the Specify Deduplication setting form, click Next
  11. Messages related to setting the encryption appear. Click Yes.
  12. Review the Cloud storage server summary and click Next.
  13. Check the status of the tasks in the storage server creation process. Click Next.
  14. Verify that the storage server is successfully created and click Next.
  15. The Volume selection to use in disk pool form lists all the buckets that are created by a user on the Access Appliance cluster as a volume. If the bucket is not created from Access Appliance, then click on Add volume and specify the bucket name. After bucket creation, the bucket is listed as a volume. Select a bucket and click Next.
  16. In the Additional disk pool information form, enter the disk pool name and click Next.
  17. Review the disk pool configuration summary and click Next.
  18. In the Disk pool creation status form, verify that the disk pool is created successfully. Make sure that the Create a storage unit using the disk pool that you have just created check box is selected.
  19. In the Storage unit creation wizard, enter the storage unit name. Click Only use the selected media servers. Select the media server in the list and click Next.
  20. Verify that the disk pool creation wizard completes successfully. Click Finish.