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

About Greenplum database backups

You can use the NetBackup interfaces to start Greenplum backups. You can also issue backup commands directly from the gpbackup utility to perform Greenplum backups.

The following types of backups are supported for Greenplum:

  • Full backups. This type of backup copies the entire database.

  • Incremental backups. This type of backup contains the database changes made since the last database backup. No schedule type is available for incremental backups. Instead, you must update the backup script to enable incremental backups. Also note that you must run a full backup before you run an incremental backup.

The most convenient way to back up your database is to set up schedules for automatic backups. When the NetBackup scheduler invokes a schedule for an automatic backup, the Greenplum backup scripts are run in the same order as they appear in the file list. The scheduler tries to find each script, and it runs the scripts that it finds. Information is available on how to initiate a manual backup or a user-directed backup of a policy.

See Perform a manual backup.

See Perform a user-directed backup for Greenplum.