NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (11.0)
  1. Introducing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk storage option
  2. Licensing AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      About the AdvancedDisk license
    2.  
      License AdvancedDisk
  3. Configuring AdvancedDisk
    1.  
      Configuring the AdvancedDisk option
    2.  
      About AdvancedDisk file system requirements
    3.  
      Configure the NetBackup service 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.  
        Set up the KMS database for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      2.  
        Create a KMS key group for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      3.  
        Create a KMS key for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
      4.  
        Save a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
    10. Configure an AdvancedDisk storage server
      1.  
        AdvancedDisk storage server configuration options
    11.  
      About AdvancedDisk disk pools
    12.  
      Configure a CIFS disk volume for AdvancedDisk encryption
    13. Configure an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      1.  
        NetBackup nbdevconfig command options for AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
    14. Configure 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 settings
    17.  
      Creating a backup policy
    18.  
      Resilient network properties
    19.  
      Specify resilient connections for clients
  4. Managing AdvancedDisk
    1. Manage AdvancedDisk storage servers
      1.  
        View AdvancedDisk storage servers
      2.  
        Determine the AdvancedDisk storage server state
      3.  
        View AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      4.  
        Remove AdvancedDisk storage server attributes
      5.  
        Remove an AdvancedDisk storage server from disk pool access
      6.  
        Delete an AdvancedDisk storage server
    2. Manage AdvancedDisk disk pools
      1.  
        View AdvancedDisk disk pools
      2.  
        About changing the AdvancedDisk disk pool size
      3.  
        Adding volumes to an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      4.  
        Change the AdvancedDisk disk pool properties
      5.  
        Determine the AdvancedDisk disk pool state
      6.  
        Changing AdvancedDisk disk pool state
      7.  
        Determine the AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      8.  
        Change AdvancedDisk disk volume state
      9.  
        Merge AdvancedDisk disk pools
      10.  
        Remove a volume from an AdvancedDisk disk pool
      11.  
        Delete an AdvancedDisk disk pool
    3.  
      About monitoring AdvancedDisk storage capacity and usage
    4.  
      Monitor NetBackup disk activity
    5.  
      View AdvancedDisk disk reports
    6. Display detailed AdvancedDisk storage usage information
      1.  
        NetBackup disk volume capacity and usage reference
    7.  
      Display 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.  
      Resolve an incorrect storage type problem

Configure an AdvancedDisk storage server

Configure in this context means to configure as a storage server a NetBackup media server that can mount the storage.

How you configure an AdvancedDisk storage server depends on several factors, as follows:

Encrypted storage

If you want to encrypt the storage, you must use the NetBackup nbdevconfig command.

For the AdvancedDisk_crypt type of storage server, you must specify the -st option with a value of 5.

See About data encryption for AdvancedDisk storage.

See “To configure an AdvancedDisk storage server by using the command line”.

Storage server attributes

If you want to specify preferred or required attributes for the storage server, you must use the NetBackup nbdevconfig command.

See “To configure an AdvancedDisk storage server by using the command line”.

No encryption or attributes

Cohesity recommends that you use the storage server configuration wizard to configure the AdvancedDisk type of storage server.

See “To configure an AdvancedDisk storage server by using the wizard”.

You can configure multiple storage servers for the same storage. Doing so provides load balancing and redundancy in case of a storage server failure. The following procedures explain how to configure multiple storage servers.

When you configure an AdvancedDisk storage server, it is also configured as a data mover.

To configure an AdvancedDisk storage server by using the command line

  1. Run the following command on the NetBackup primary server or the media server:

    UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -creatests -storage_server hostname -stype server_type -st 5 -media_server hostname [-setattribute attribute]

    Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevconfig -creatests -storage_server hostname -stype server_type -st 5 -media_server hostname [-setattribute attribute]

    The arguments for the command options are in a different topic. The arguments include those for encryption, for attributes, and so on.

    See AdvancedDisk storage server configuration options.

  2. To verify that the storage server was configured correctly, run the following command:

    UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevquery -liststs -u

    Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevquery -liststs -u

    The following is an excerpt of the command output that shows the proper storage type for AdvancedDisk (Formatted Disk, Direct Attached):

    Storage Server      : AdvDiskServer.example.com
Storage Server Type : AdvancedDisk_crypt
Storage Type        : Formatted Disk, Direct Attached
State               : UP

  3. After the storage server is created, you can do the following.

    • To configure another storage server, go to step 1 and then repeat the steps in this procedure.

    • If you have finished configuring storage servers, configure a disk pool.

      See Configure an AdvancedDisk disk pool.

To configure an AdvancedDisk storage server by using the wizard

  1. On the left, select Storage > Disk storage. Select the Storage servers tab, then select Add.
  2. In the Storage type list, select Disk storage servers.

    The types of storage servers that you can configure depend on the options for which you are licensed.

  3. From the Category options, select AdvancedDisk.
  4. Select Start.
  5. Select a media server from the list and select Select.
  6. Locate the success message at the top of the screen and select Add disk pools.

    Refer to the following topic for details on creating a disk pool and a storage unit:

    See Configure an AdvancedDisk disk pool.

    See Configure an AdvancedDisk storage unit.

More Information

About AdvancedDisk storage servers

About AdvancedDisk preferred or required read servers

About AdvancedDisk data movers