NetBackup™ for Greenplum Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (11.0)
  1. Introducing NetBackup for Greenplum
    1.  
      About NetBackup for Greenplum
    2.  
      NetBackup for Greenplum terminology
    3.  
      Features of NetBackup for Greenplum
    4.  
      NetBackup for Greenplum technical overview
    5.  
      Sequence of operation for NetBackup for Greenplum backups
  2. Installing NetBackup for Greenplum
    1.  
      Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
    2.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements
    3.  
      Greenplum server software requirements
  3. Configuring NetBackup for Greenplum
    1.  
      About NetBackup for Greenplum configuration
    2. About configuring a backup policy for Greenplum
      1.  
        Adding a NetBackup for Greenplum policy
      2.  
        About policy attributes
      3.  
        Schedule properties
      4. NetBackup for Greenplum backup types
        1.  
          Configure an application backup schedule
        2.  
          Example application backup schedule
        3.  
          Configure automatic backup schedules
        4.  
          Example automatic backup schedule
      5.  
        Add clients to a policy
      6.  
        Adding NetBackup for Greenplum scripts to the backup selections list
    3. About the backup script for NetBackup for Greenplum
      1.  
        Modify the backup script for NetBackup for Greenplum
    4.  
      Best practices for Greenplum backups
    5.  
      Configuration options for backup jobs
    6.  
      Use of the --jobs option or backup streams and the effect on NetBackup jobs and throttling options
    7.  
      The nbgpbackup_config.yaml file
    8.  
      About permissions for NetBackup for Greenplum log files
    9.  
      Perform a manual backup
  4. Using NetBackup for Greenplum
    1.  
      About Greenplum database backups
    2.  
      Perform a user-directed backup for Greenplum
    3. About restoring a Greenplum database
      1.  
        Restore a Greenplum database
      2.  
        Redirect a restore to a different Greenplum configuration
  5. Troubleshooting NetBackup for Greenplum
    1. NetBackup debug logs and reports
      1.  
        Enabling the debug logs manually
      2.  
        About the bphdb directory on the database client
      3.  
        Setting the debug level
      4.  
        About NetBackup server reports
    2.  
      Minimizing time-out failures on large database restores
    3.  
      Troubleshooting of Greenplum backups that are canceled mid-backup
  6. Appendix A. Register authorized locations
    1.  
      Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy

Features of NetBackup for Greenplum

Table: NetBackup for Greenplum features and descriptions shows NetBackup for Greenplum's main features and introduces some terms that are used in this documentation.

Table: NetBackup for Greenplum features and descriptions

Feature

Description

Media and device management

All the devices Media Manager supports are available to NetBackup for Greenplum.

Scheduling facilities

NetBackup scheduling facilities on the primary server can be used to schedule automatic and unattended Greenplum backups.

This feature also lets you choose the times when these operations can occur. For example, to prevent interference with normal daytime operations, you can schedule your database backups to occur only at night.

Multiplexed backups and restores

NetBackup for Greenplum lets you take advantage of NetBackup's multiplexing capabilities. Multiplexing directs multiple data streams to one backup device, thereby reducing the time necessary to complete the operation.

Transparent Greenplum and regular file system backup and restore operations

All backups and restores run simultaneously and transparently without any action from the NetBackup administrator.

The database administrator can run database backup and restore operations through NetBackup. An administrator or any other authorized user can use NetBackup to run database backups and restores.

Sharing the same storage units that are used for other file backups

Devices and media can be shared for other backups or to you can give Greenplum exclusive use of certain devices and media. NetBackup for Greenplum can use Media Manager, disk, and Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage units.

Centralized and networked backup operations

From the NetBackup primary server, you can schedule database backups or start them manually for any client. The Greenplum databases can also reside on any hosts that are different from the devices on which NetBackup stores the backups.

User interfaces

NetBackup provides the NetBackup web UI for monitoring Datastore policy jobs in the Activity monitor and for policy management.

Parallel backup and restore operations

NetBackup for Greenplum supports the parallel backup and restore capabilities of Greenplum. For example, a user can run more than one tape device at a time for a single Greenplum backup or restore. This usage can reduce the time necessary to complete the operation.