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Introduce NetBackup Accelerator

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Provides fast streamlined backups to disk
Implements an Accelerator track log and utilizes
the Windows NTFS change journal, deduplication,
and optimized synthetic backups
Enables full backups of files and folders with
speeds equivalent to incremental backups

What is NetBackup Accelerator?
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Completing backups within a backup window
Too much data growth, either through internal
expansion or acquisition
Significant data change rates
Shorter, overlapping, or non-existent backup windows
Protecting data
Large, mission-critical applications
Very large file systems
Virtual machines
Improving recovery time objectives (RTOs) and
recovery point objectives (RPOs)
Todays backup challenges
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System requirements
Any client OS platform that is supported by NetBackup
Windows change journal for optimized performance (optional)
Versions
NetBackup 7.5 for master server, media server, and client
Licenses
NetBackup Data Protection Optimization Option (formerly NetBackup Deduplication
Option)
Policies
Standard and MS Windows
Storage Units
PureDisk (MSDP, PureDisk, appliance)
Cloud storage plug-ins
OpenStorage (OST) vendor qualified for Accelerator support
(see NetBackup server hardware compatibility list)
Requirements and prerequisites
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NetBackup currently supports NTFS change journal,
but is limited to:
Incremental backups
One backup policy
Inclusion of all NTFS volumes for the specified
clients
Background
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Architecture overview
The base architecture for this feature implements
a client track log and leverages Windows NTFS
change journal.
The device mappings file contains OST vender
and hardware information.
No new NetBackup processes or binaries are
being added.

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Client track log files
The client track logs are key aspects of NetBackup
Accelerator:
The track log is specific for a given policy, client,
master server, storage server, and backup
selection.
The NetBackup client track logs are circular files.
The client track logs contain checksum entries for
each file being backed up.

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Location of the client track log files
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The client track logs are found on each client in the following
directory:
install_path\NetBackup\track\master_server\
storage_server\client\policy_name\backup_specification

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The NTFS change journal
Is an optional feature that can be used with NetBackup
Accelerator
Is monitored by NetBackup to determine which files
and directories need to be included in a backup
Eliminates the need to perform a full file system scan
Maintains records pertaining to files and directories
Has records identified by an update sequence number
(USN)
Are circular databases
Is increased to one million entries

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There are three databases files created and maintained at the root
of each NTFS volume.
VxCJMon.dat contains records
pertaining to files and directories
that have been created and
modified.
VxCJDelete.dat
contains records pertaining
to files and directories that have
been deleted.
VxCJInfo.dat contains records
pertaining to the backup policies,
backup selections, and backup
schedules and their corresponding
USNs.

NTFS change journal databases
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Additional NTFS change journal information
Integration with the NTFS change journal does not guarantee
that the NTFS change journal is used on every backup.
The change journal data can be used with:
Incremental backups: The Use accelerator option is
enabled or not enabled.
Full backups: The Use accelerator option is enabled.
If the change journal data cannot be used for a backup:
NetBackup reverts to a full file system scan.
A message is logged in the Job Details dialog box for the
backup.

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NetBackup Accelerator is installed with base NetBackup 7.5.
No new binaries are required.
NetBackup Accelerator must be enabled in the policy.
If NTFS change journal is used, it must be enabled in each
clients host properties.
NTFS change journal and NetBackup Accelerator can be used
independently of each other.
The verification of supported storage unit is done at policy
creation time.
Configuration
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Standard
Accelerator
forced rescan
Windows NTFS
change journal
Modes of operation
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Enabling Accelerator
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Setting the Accelerator forced rescan option
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Setting the Use Change Journal option
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Backup without NetBackup Accelerator or change
journal
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NetBackup Accelerator enabled; change journal not
enabled
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NetBackup Accelerator and change journal enabled
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