Veritas NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (9.0)
  1. Introducing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk storage option
  2. Licensing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk license
    2.  
      Licensing AdvancedDisk
  3. Configuring AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      Configuring the AdvancedDisk option
    2.  
      About AdvancedDisk file system requirements
    3.  
      Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
    4.  
      About AdvancedDisk storage servers
    5.  
      About AdvancedDisk data movers
    6.  
      About AdvancedDisk preferred or required read servers
    7.  
      About data encryption for AdvancedDisk storage
    8.  
      About key management for encryption of NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage
    9. Configuring key management for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      1.  
        Setting up the KMS database for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      2.  
        Creating a KMS key group for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      3.  
        Creating a KMS key for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      4.  
        Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
    10. Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server
      1.  
        AdvancedDisk storage server configuration options
    11.  
      About AdvancedDisk disk pools
    12.  
      Configuring a CIFS disk volume for AdvancedDisk encryption
    13. Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      1.  
        NetBackup nbdevconfig command options for AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
    14. Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage unit
      1.  
        AdvancedDisk storage unit properties
      2. About AdvancedDisk storage unit recommendations
        1.  
          About configuring a favorable client-to-server ratio
        2.  
          About throttling traffic to the media servers
    15.  
      About storage lifecycle policies
    16. Creating a storage lifecycle policy
      1.  
        Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
    17.  
      Creating a backup policy
    18.  
      Resilient Network properties
    19.  
      Specifying resilient connections
  4. Managing AdvancedDisk
    1. Managing AdvancedDisk storage servers
      1.  
        Viewing AdvancedDisk storage servers
      2.  
        Determining AdvancedDisk storage server state
      3.  
        Viewing AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      4.  
        Removing AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      5.  
        Removing an AdvancedDisk storage server from disk pool access
      6.  
        Deleting an AdvancedDisk storage server
    2. Managing AdvancedDisk disk pools
      1.  
        Viewing AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        About changing the AdvancedDisk disk pool size
      3.  
        Adding volumes to an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      4.  
        Changing AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
      5.  
        Determining AdvancedDisk disk pool state
      6.  
        Changing OpenStorage disk pool state
      7.  
        Determining AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      8.  
        Changing AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      9.  
        Merging AdvancedDisk disk pools
      10.  
        Removing a volume from an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      11.  
        Inventorying a NetBackup disk pool
      12.  
        Deleting an AdvancedDisk disk pool
    3.  
      About monitoring AdvancedDisk storage capacity and usage
    4.  
      Monitoring NetBackup disk activity
    5.  
      Viewing AdvancedDisk disk reports
    6. Displaying detailed AdvancedDisk storage usage information
      1.  
        NetBackup disk volume capacity and usage reference
    7.  
      Displaying KMS key information for AdvancedDisk encryption
  5. Troubleshooting AdvancedDisk
    1. About unified logging
      1.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      2.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
    2. About legacy logging
      1.  
        Creating NetBackup log file directories for AdvancedDisk
    3.  
      NetBackup AdvancedDisk log files
    4.  
      AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
    5.  
      Resolving an incorrect storage type problem
  6.  
    Index

A

Active secondary operations, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
AdvancedDisk
CIFS requirements, About AdvancedDisk file system requirements
license key for, Licensing AdvancedDisk
load balancing, About the AdvancedDisk storage option
NFS requirements, About AdvancedDisk file system requirements
volume managers, About AdvancedDisk disk pools
AdvancedDisk disk storage units, Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units

B

Backup
operation, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
BasicDisk storage units
credentials for CIFS, Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
bpcd client process, Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
bpinetd client process, Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units

C

CIFS
configuring for AdvancedDisk encryption, Configuring a CIFS disk volume for AdvancedDisk encryption
credentials for disk storage units, Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
for AdvancedDisk, Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server, Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
for AdvancedDisk encryption, Configuring a CIFS disk volume for AdvancedDisk encryption, Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool

D

data classifications
in storage lifecycle policies, About storage lifecycle policies, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
Duplication
optimized, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings

E

encryption
see also, About key management for encryption of NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage

F

FQDN or IP Address property in Resilient Network host properties, Resilient Network properties

J

job ID search in unified logs, Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs

L

legacy logging, About legacy logging
license key
for AdvancedDisk, Licensing AdvancedDisk
logging
legacy, About legacy logging

M

Media server storage unit setting, AdvancedDisk storage unit properties
mklogdir.bat, About legacy logging

N

NBRMMS (NetBackup Remote Management and Monitor Service), Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
NDMP
storage units, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings

O

OpenStorage
optimized duplication, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
OpenStorage Disk Option, About storage lifecycle policies

P

Postponed secondary operations, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
Priority for secondary operations, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings

R

Resiliency property in Resilient Network host properties, Resilient Network properties
Resilient connection
Resilient Network host properties, Resilient Network properties
Resilient Network host properties, Resilient Network properties
FQDN or IP Address property in, Resilient Network properties
Resiliency property in, Resilient Network properties

S

snapshots
operation type, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
storage lifecycle policies
Active secondary operations, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
best practices document, About storage lifecycle policies
Data classification setting, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
hierarchy, Creating a storage lifecycle policy
operations, Creating a storage lifecycle policy
Postponed secondary operations, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
Priority for secondary operations, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
Storage lifecycle policy name, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
utility, About storage lifecycle policies
Validate Across Backup Policies button, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
storage unit groups
and storage lifecycle polices, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings

T

troubleshooting
AdvancedDisk disk failure, AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
AdvancedDisk volume state changes to DOWN when volume is unmounted, AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
multiple AdvancedDisk storage servers on Windows, AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
unable to access AdvancedDisk storage, AdvancedDisk troubleshooting

U

UNC path
with CIFS and AdvancedDisk storage units, Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
with CIFS and BasicDisk storage units, Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
unified logging, About unified logging
format of files, About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs

V

Validate Across Backup Policies button in SLP, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
Validation Report tab, Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box settings
volume managers with AdvancedDisk, About AdvancedDisk disk pools
vxlogview command, About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
with job ID option, Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs