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Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2017-12-05

Product(s): Appliances (3.1)

Automatic configuration of the deduplication pool catalog backup policy

A policy is automatically created to protect the deduplication storage pool. The deduplication pool catalog can then be recovered in the event of a disaster. The deduplication pool catalog backup policy is automatically created in the following scenarios:

When a deduplication storage pool is created during the initial configuration of the appliance.
When Manage>Storage>Resize MSDP is run when a deduplication storage pool did not exist.
When you upgrade an appliance that had a deduplication storage pool already configured.

The deduplication pool catalog backup policy can be viewed once it is created by one of the above scenarios.

Veritas recommends that you activate this policy to protect the deduplication pool catalog. Protecting the deduplication pool catalog can prove beneficial in a disaster recovery situation.

If a policy to backup the deduplication storage pool catalog already exists, the configuration of this policy is updated.

When configuring the deduplication storage pool backup policy, take the following into consideration:

The residence must be set and should not be local to the appliance.
You can adjust properties such as schedules, frequency, and backup window.
Do not modify the policy type, client name, or backup selection in the policy properties.
The policy must be activated manually.

The name of this policy is SYMC_NBA_Dedupe_Catalog_<appliance-short-name> where <appliance-short-name> is the short name you have given to your appliance.

Note:

If MSDP storage is not configured during initial configuration, the policy is not created.

The creation of the policy is automatic so be sure to check the output messages to make sure that the policy has been successfully created.

Email notifications are sent to the email addresses that have been configured to receive software alerts. These email addresses are configured through the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or by running the following command: Settings>Alerts>Email Software Add.

Table: Deduplication storage pool catalog backup policy success messages

Message	Definition
A backup policy, <policy-name>, has been configured to protect the deduplication pool catalog. Review the policy configuration and make changes to its schedules, backup window, and residence as required. Make sure to activate the policy to protect the catalog. For more information, refer to the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide.	This message is displayed in the following scenarios: The deduplication pool catalog backup policy did not exist and was created successfully. The deduplication pool catalog backup policy has existed and was updated successfully.
An existing backup policy, <policy-name>, has been found that conflicts with the required deduplication pool backup policy. The policy type has been updated to 'Standard' to protect the deduplication pool catalog. The policy type was set to <previous-policy-type> before this update.	The policy type of the pre-existing deduplication pool policy has been updated to standard. The policy type was set to <previous policy type>. Review the policy configuration and make sure that the previous backup configuration is not affected.

Table: Deduplication storage pool catalog backup policy failure messages

Message	Definition
Failed to create a deduplication pool catalog backup policy. The policy is required to protect the deduplication pool catalog and recover it in case of disaster. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide for how to configure the policy manually.	The deduplication pool catalog backup policy did not exist and the policy creation has failed. To protect the deduplication pool catalog, you need to configure the backup policy manually. See Manually configuring the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.
Failed to update deduplication pool catalog backup policy, '<policy-name>', type to 'Standard.' An existing backup policy has been found that conflicts with the required deduplication pool catalog backup policy. Make sure to update the policy type to 'Standard' manually to protect the deduplication pool catalog. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide for how to configure the policy manually.	This message is displayed in the following scenarios: The policy already exists and the policy type is not set to Standard. The operation has failed to update the policy type to Standard. To protect the deduplication pool catalog, you need to change the policy type manually. See Manually updating the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.
Failed to update the client and the backup selection properties of the deduplication pool catalog backup policy <policy-name>. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide for how to configure the policy manually.	The deduplication pool catalog backup policy pre-exists but the operation has failed to update the policy properties, which include Client and Backup Selection. To protect the deduplication pool catalog, you need to update the Client and Backup selection manually. See Manually updating the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.

Message

Definition

Failed to create a deduplication pool catalog backup policy. The policy is required to protect the deduplication pool catalog and recover it in case of disaster. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide for how to configure the policy manually.

The deduplication pool catalog backup policy did not exist and the policy creation has failed.

To protect the deduplication pool catalog, you need to configure the backup policy manually.

See Manually configuring the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.

Failed to update deduplication pool catalog backup policy, '<policy-name>', type to 'Standard.' An existing backup policy has been found that conflicts with the required deduplication pool catalog backup policy. Make sure to update the policy type to 'Standard' manually to protect the deduplication pool catalog. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide for how to configure the policy manually.

This message is displayed in the following scenarios:

The policy already exists and the policy type is not set to Standard.
The operation has failed to update the policy type to Standard.

To protect the deduplication pool catalog, you need to change the policy type manually.

See Manually updating the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.

Failed to update the client and the backup selection properties of the deduplication pool catalog backup policy <policy-name>. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Administrator's Guide for how to configure the policy manually.

The deduplication pool catalog backup policy pre-exists but the operation has failed to update the policy properties, which include Client and Backup Selection.

To protect the deduplication pool catalog, you need to update the Client and Backup selection manually.

See Manually updating the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.

Caution:

Veritas recommends that you contact your Veritas Support representative before you recover the deduplication pool catalog. The Support representative can help you determine if you need to recover the catalog or if other solutions are available.

See Manually configuring the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.

See Manually updating the deduplication pool catalog backup policy.

See Recovering the deduplication pool catalog.