Veritas NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide
- Introduction
- Additional configuration topics
- Creating a NetBackup storage server for snapshot replication
- Configuring disk pools for snapshot and replication
- About disk pools for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Creating disk pools for snapshot replication
- Updating disk pools after volumes are added, are deleted, or are changed
- Updating an OpenStorage disk pool to reflect plug-in updates
- How to resolve snapshot disk volume changes
- Using bpstsinfo to view the replication topology of a device
- Configuring storage units and storage unit groups for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
- About configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Creating a storage lifecycle policy for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Operation types in a storage lifecycle policy
- Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Primary snapshot storage unit
- Primary + Replication source snapshot storage unit
- Replication source + Replication target snapshot storage unit
- Replication target snapshot storage unit
- Replication source + Replication target + Mirror snapshot storage unit
- Replication target + Mirror snapshot storage unit
- Replication operation in an SLP
- Index From Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Backup From Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Duplication operation in an SLP
- Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Retention types for storage lifecycle policy operations
- Configuring backup policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
- About configuring a backup policy for Replication Director
- Configuring an NDMP policy to protect a NAS host
- Configuring a Standard or MS-Windows policy to protect clients using NDMP with Data Mover
- Configuring a Standard or MS-Windows policy to protect NAS volumes or SAN-connected devices
- About NDMP support for Replication Director
- Restoring from a snapshot
- About restores from array-based snapshots
- Restoring files and folders from an array-based snapshot
- About restores from array-based snapshots of virtual machines
- Using OpsCenter to restore from array-based snapshots
- How NetApp performs a volume-level rollback restore
- Restoring (rolling back) from an array-based snapshot
- OpsCenter reporting
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- Supported NetApp topologies
- Using NetApp Data ONTAP 7-mode with Replication Director
- Configuration overview: NetApp 7-Mode with Replication Director
- Licenses required for NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode with Replication Director
- Software required to use NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode with Replication Director
- About using NetApp SAN-connected storage with Replication Director
- If the OnCommand Unified Manager root or administrator password has changed
- Considerations when configuring an OnCommand Unified Manager as a NetBackup storage server
- Importing existing NetApp relationships for NetBackup control
- Enabling Unicode and language settings on NetApp disk arrays
- Using NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
- Configuration overview: NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
- Licenses required for NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
- Software required to use NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
- Configuring Replication Director to work with Clustered Data ONTAP
- About creating backup policies for Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
- Protecting volumes with nested junctions for Clustered Data ONTAP
- Limitations to using Clustered Data ONTAP with Replication Director
- Using Oracle with Replication Director
- Using Virtual Machines with Replication Director
- Terminology
How to resolve snapshot disk volume changes
Veritas recommends that you take the following actions when volume properties or topology change:
Discuss the changes with the storage administrator. You need to understand the changes so you can change your disk pools (if required) so that NetBackup can continue to use them.
If the changes were unplanned, request that the changes be reverted so that NetBackup functions correctly again.
NetBackup can process changes to the following volume properties:
Primary
Replication Source
Replication Target
If these volume properties change, NetBackup can update the disk pool to match the changes. NetBackup can continue to use the disk pool, although the disk pool may no longer match the storage unit or storage lifecycle purpose.
When you open the Change Disk Pool dialog box, NetBackup loads the disk pool properties from the catalog. NetBackup queries the storage server for changes when you either click the in the Change Disk Pool dialog box or when you configure a new disk pool for the storage server.
Table: Refresh outcomes describes the possible outcomes and describes how to resolve them.
Table: Refresh outcomes
Outcome | Description |
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No changes are discovered. | No changes are required. |
NetBackup discovers the new volumes that match the disk pool properties. | The new volumes appear in the Change Disk Pool dialog box. Text in the dialog box changes to indicate that you can add the new volumes to the disk pool. |
The replication properties of all of the volumes changed, but they are still consistent. | A Disk Pool Configuration Alert pop-up box notifies you that the properties of all of the volumes in the disk pool changed, but they are all the same (homogeneous).  You must click in the alert box, after which the disk pool properties in the Change Disk Pool dialog box are updated to match the new volume properties If new volumes are available that match the new properties, NetBackup displays those volumes in the Change Disk Pool dialog box. You can add those new volumes to the disk pool. In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, select one of the following two choices:
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The replication properties of the volumes changed, and they are now inconsistent. | A Disk Pool Configuration Error pop-up box notifies you that the replication properties of some of the volumes in the disk pool changed. The properties of the volumes in the disk pool are not homogeneous.  You must click in the alert box. In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, the properties of the disk pool are unchanged, and you cannot select them (that is, they are dimmed). However, the properties of the individual volumes are updated. Because the volume properties are not homogeneous, NetBackup cannot use the disk pool until the storage configuration is fixed. NetBackup does not display new volumes (if available) because the volumes already in the disk pool are not homogeneous. To determine what has changed, compare the disk pool properties to the volume properties. Work with your storage administrator to change the volume properties back to their original values. The disk pool remains unusable until the properties of the volumes in the disk pool are homogenous. In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, click or to exit the Change Disk Pool dialog box. |
The snapshot properties changed. | A Disk Pool Configuration Error pop-up box notifies you that the snapshot properties of some of the volumes in the disk pool changed.  You must click in the alert box. In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, the properties of the disk pool are unchanged, and you cannot select them (that is, they are dimmed). However, the properties of the individual volumes are updated. Because the volume properties are not homogeneous, NetBackup cannot use the disk pool until the storage configuration is fixed. NetBackup does not display new volumes (if available) because the volumes already in the disk pool are not homogeneous. To determine what has changed, compare the disk pool properties to the volume properties. Work with your storage administrator to change the volume properties back to their original values. The disk pool remains unusable until the properties of the volumes in the disk pool are homogenous. Click or to exit the Change Disk Pool dialog box. |
The replication topology changed. | A Disk Pool Configuration Alert pop-up box notifies you that the replication topology changed.  You must click in the alert box. If NetBackup also discovers the new volumes that match the replication properties, they are displayed in the dialog box. You can add those new volumes to the disk pool. Work with your storage administrator to understand the topology changes. Alternatively, use the bpstsinfo -lsuinfo command to discover the current topology. Compare the new topology to the previous topology. See Using bpstsinfo to view the replication topology of a device. In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, select one of the following two choices:
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The replication topology changed and the replication properties of the volumes in the disk pool changed. | A Disk Pool Configuration Alert pop-up box notifies you that the replication topology changed and all of the replication properties of all of the volumes in the disk pool changed. The new properties are all the same (homogeneous).  You must click in the alert box. In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, the properties of the disk pool are updated to show the new properties. You cannot select the properties (that is, they are dimmed). If new volumes are available that match the new properties, NetBackup displays those properties in the Change Disk Pool dialog box. You can add those new volumes to the disk pool. Work with your storage administrator to understand the topology changes. Alternatively, use the bpstsinfo -lsuinfo command to discover the current topology. Compare the new topology to the previous topology. See Using bpstsinfo to view the replication topology of a device. In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, select one of the following two choices:
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NetBackup cannot find a volume or volumes that were in the disk pool. | A Disk Pool Configuration Alert pop-up box notifies you that an existing volume or volumes was deleted from the storage device:  NetBackup can use the disk pool, but data may be lost. To protect against accidental data loss, NetBackup does not allow volumes to be deleted from a disk pool. To continue to use the disk pool, do the following:
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