Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
- Introducing the NetBackup media server deduplication option
- Planning your deployment
- About MSDP storage and connectivity requirements
- About NetBackup media server deduplication
- About NetBackup Client Direct deduplication
- About MSDP remote office client deduplication
- About MSDP performance
- MSDP deployment best practices
- Provisioning the storage
- Licensing deduplication
- Configuring deduplication
- Configuring the Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent behavior
- Configuring the MSDP fingerprint cache behavior
- Configuring MSDP fingerprint cache seeding on the storage server
- About MSDP Encryption using KMS service
- Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool
- Configuring a disk pool for deduplication
- Configuring a Media Server Deduplication Pool storage unit
- About MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain
- Configuring MSDP optimized duplication within the same NetBackup domain
- Configuring MSDP replication to a different NetBackup domain
- About NetBackup Auto Image Replication
- Configuring a target for MSDP replication to a remote domain
- Creating a storage lifecycle policy
- Resilient Network properties
- Editing the MSDP pd.conf file
- About protecting the MSDP catalog
- Configuring an MSDP catalog backup
- Configuring deduplication to the cloud with NetBackup CloudCatalyst
- Using NetBackup CloudCatalyst to upload deduplicated data to the cloud
- Configuring a CloudCatalyst storage server for deduplication to the cloud
- Monitoring deduplication activity
- Viewing MSDP job details
- Managing deduplication
- Managing MSDP servers
- Managing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
- Managing Media Server Deduplication Pools
- Changing a Media Server Deduplication Pool properties
- Configuring MSDP data integrity checking behavior
- About MSDP storage rebasing
- Managing MSDP servers
- Recovering MSDP
- Replacing MSDP hosts
- Uninstalling MSDP
- Deduplication architecture
- Troubleshooting
- About unified logging
- About legacy logging
- Troubleshooting MSDP installation issues
- Troubleshooting MSDP configuration issues
- Troubleshooting MSDP operational issues
- Troubleshooting CloudCatalyst issues
- CloudCatalyst logs
- Problems encountered while using the Cloud Storage Server Configuration Wizard
- Disk pool problems
- Problems during cloud storage server configuration
- CloudCatalyst troubleshooting tools
- Appendix A. Migrating to MSDP storage
About recovering the MSDP catalog
The following are the recovery options for the NetBackup MSDP catalog:
Table: MSDP catalog backup recovery options
Recovery option | Description |
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Restore from a shadow copy | If NetBackup detects corruption in the MSDP catalog, the Deduplication Manager restores the catalog automatically from the most recent shadow copy. The automatic restore process also plays a transaction log so that the recovered MSDP catalog is current. Although the shadow copy restore process is automatic, a restore procedure is available if you need to recover from a shadow copy manually. |
Recover from a backup | If you configured an MSDP catalog backup policy and a valid backup exists, you can recover the catalog from a backup. As a general rule, you should only attempt to recover the MSDP catalog from a backup if you have no alternatives. As an example: A hardware problem or a software problem results in the complete loss of the MSDP catalog and the shadow copies. The greatest chance for a successful outcome when you recover the MSDP catalog from a backup is when the recovery is guided. An unsuccessful outcome may cause data loss. For the customers who need to recover the MSDP catalog, Veritas wants to guide them through the process. Therefore, to recover the MSDP catalog from a backup, contact your Veritas support representative. You can refer the support representative to Knowledge Base Article 000047346, which contains the recovery instructions. |
Caution:
You must determine if your situation is severe enough to recover the catalog. Veritas recommends that you contact your Veritas Support representative before you restore or recover the MSDP catalog. The Support representative can help you determine if you need to recover the catalog or if other solutions are available.
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