NetBackup™ Access Appliance 8.5 Solutions Guide for NetBackup

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Product(s): Appliances (8.5)
Platform: Veritas 3340,Veritas 3350,Veritas 3360
  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 MSDP-C
  3. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with Access Appliance
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Deduplication
    2.  
      Benefits of using Veritas Data Deduplication with Access Appliance
    3.  
      Supported features with different versions of Veritas Data Deduplication
    4. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication without WORM
      1.  
        Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the GUI
      2.  
        Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication using the Access CLISH
    5. Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with WORM
      1.  
        Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with WORM using GUI
      2.  
        Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with WORM using the Access CLISH
    6.  
      Managing Veritas Data Deduplication using the Access CLISH
    7. Managing Veritas Data Deduplication using GUI
      1.  
        Viewing information about Veritas Data Deduplication
      2.  
        Starting or stopping the Veritas Data Deduplication service
      3.  
        Increasing storage for Veritas Data Deduplication
      4.  
        Unconfiguring Veritas Data Deduplication
      5.  
        Adding secondary IP for Veritas Data Deduplication
      6.  
        Deleting secondary IP for Veritas Data Deduplication
      7.  
        Changing the primary IP for Veritas Data Deduplication
      8.  
        Upgrade the deduplication version for Veritas Data Deduplication
      9.  
        Setting affinity node for Veritas Data Deduplication
    8. Accessing Access Appliance storage shell for management tasks
      1. About the Access Appliance storage server shell
        1. About the dedupe command
          1.  
            Stopping and starting the MSDP services
        2.  
          About the retention command
        3.  
          About the setting command
        4.  
          About the support command
    9.  
      Support for multiple domains across networks for Veritas Data Deduplication
    10.  
      Veritas Data Deduplication storage layout
    11.  
      Configuring a Veritas Data Deduplication storage unit on NetBackup
    12.  
      Configuring global deduplication using the Veritas Data Deduplication storage server across the domain
    13.  
      Enabling Veritas Data Deduplication encryption
    14.  
      Support for bandwidth throttling during duplication
    15.  
      Setting up secure communication between Veritas Data Deduplication on Access Appliance and the NetBackup primary server
    16.  
      About MSDP encryption using NetBackup KMS service
    17. Support for NetBackup Auto Image Replication
      1.  
        Separating the duplication and replication network
    18.  
      Setting up Auto Image Replication (AIR) between two Access Appliances which have secure communication enabled
  4. NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle
    1.  
      Support for NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle
  5. Configuring MSDP-C with Access Appliance
    1.  
      Starting the Access S3 server and provisioning the S3 bucket
    2.  
      Configuring Access S3 bucket with NetBackup MSDP-C
  6. Migrating the NetBackup images from existing storage to Veritas Access storage
    1.  
      Migrating NetBackup images from CloudCatalyst/S3/MSDP-C to Veritas Data Deduplication storage
    2.  
      Migrating the NetBackup images from the Veritas Data Deduplication STU to the MSDP-C STU
  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 primary 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.  
      Restoring filesystems backed up with NetBackup client
  8. Configuring isolated recovery environment (IRE)
    1.  
      Requirements
    2.  
      Configuring the network isolation
    3.  
      Configuring an isolated recovery environment using the command line
    4.  
      Configuring an isolated recovery environment on a storage server
    5.  
      Managing an isolated recovery environment on a storage server
    6.  
      Configuring data transmission between a production environment and an IRE storage server
  9. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Additional resources
    2.  
      Generating Access Appliance S3 server keys using the helper script
  10.  
    Index

Configuring a Veritas Data Deduplication storage unit on NetBackup

Veritas recommends limiting the total number of I/O streams to 80 per storage server. This limit on I/O streams is applicable to the combined total of duplication and replication jobs. You can configure Access Appliance such that multiple NetBackup domains can write concurrently to the same disk pool. Veritas recommends that you adjust the I/O streams for each NetBackup primary's storage server, and/or set the appropriate SLP windows so that the total I/O streams from all sources do not exceed 80 concurrent streams to and from a single Access storage server.

Note:

Since Access can be configured as both a duplication target and a replication target, allowing up to 80 I/O streams can be excessive when many concurrent jobs write to the storage server. If the Access disk pool/Veritas Data Deduplication instance becomes overloaded, the disk pool may become unstable. Veritas recommends that you reduce this limit to a lower value until the disk pool operates reliably.

To create a storage server on NetBackup

  1. Log on to the NetBackup primary server from the NetBackup web UI.
  2. Select Disk storage.
  3. The Add Storage pop-up window appears. Select OpenStorage. Click Start.
  4. The Add OpenStorage storage server form appears. Enter the storage server details and your credentials. Specify the Storage server type as PureDisk.

    Click Next.

  5. In the Select media server form, select the media server from the list of media servers that is available. Click Select.
  6. You have the option to add additional media servers. If you want to add additional media servers, click Add.

    Click Next to continue.

  7. In the Add OpenStorage storage server form, click Save.
  8. Verify that the storage server is created successfully. Click Add disk pool.
  9. In the Select a storage server form, select the storage servers. Click Select.
  10. In the Add MSDP disk pool form, specify the disk pool name. Click Next.
  11. In the Add MSDP disk pool form, click Next.
  12. If you want to add any replication targets, click Add. Click Next to continue.
  13. Verify all the details in the Add MSDP disk pool form, click Finish.
  14. The disk pool gets created successfully. Select Add storage unit to add a storage unit.
  15. In the Add MSDP storage unit form, enter the storage unit name and specify the maximum concurrent jobs that need to be run from the drop-down list. Click Next.
  16. In the Add MSDP storage unit form, select a disk pool and click Next.
  17. In the Add MSDP storage unit form, under Select media server, choose the Manually select option. Click Next.
  18. Verify that the storage unit is added successfully. Click Save.