InternalDatabaseDocumentation

WhatIsIDB? TheIDBisanembeddeddatabase,locatedontheCellManager,which keepsinformationregardingwhatdataisbackedup,onwhichmediaitresides, theresultofbackup,restore,objectcopy,objectconsolidation,media managementsessions... WhyIDB? TheinformationstoredintheIDBenablesthefollowing: 1.Fastandconvinientrestore:TheinformationstoredintheIDBenablesyou toquicklyfindthemediarequiredforarestore,andthereforemakestherestore muchfaster. 2.Backupmanagement:TheinformationstoredintheIDBenablesyouto verifyhowbackupsweredone. 3.Mediamanagement:TheinformationstoredintheIDBenablestoallocate mediaduringbackup,objectcopy,andobjectconsolidationsessions. 4.Encryption/decryptionmanagement:TheinformationstoredintheIDB enablesDataProtectortoallocateencryptionkeysforencryptedbackup. IDBonwindowsCellManager. Location:Data_protector_data\db40windowsserver2008 Data_protector_program_home\db40otherwindowssystem IDBformat:Unicodeanddoublebytedata,sizegrowsfastercomparedtounix ssytems. TheIDBontheUNIXCellManager: Location:/var/opt/omni/server/db40 Format:ASCIIformatandthesizedoesnotgrowfaster. IDBhasCentralisedmediamanagementManagementDatabase(CMMDB), whichallowsyoutosharedevicesandmedia acrossseveralcells.

IDBARCHITECTURE: TheIDBconsistsofthefollowingparts: MMDB(MediaManagementDatabase) CDB(CatalogDatabase),dividedintotwoparts:filenamesandotherCDB records DCBF(DetailCatalogBinaryFiles) SMBF(SessionMessagesBinaryFiles) SIBF(ServerlessIntegrationsBinaryFilesfortheNDMPintegration) EncryptionKeystore MediaManagementDatabase(MMDB) TheMediaManagementDatabasestoresinformationaboutthefollowing: Configureddevices,libraries,librarydrives,andslots DataProtectormedia Configuredmediapoolsandmediamagazines MMDBsizeandgrowth Spaceconsumptionisnotgreaterthan30mb. MMDBlocation TheMMDBislocatedinthefollowingdirectory: OnWindowsServer2008: Data_Protector_program_data\db40\datafiles\mmdb OnotherWindowssystems:Data_Protector_home\db40\datafiles\mmdb OnUNIXsystems:/var/opt/omni/server/db40/datafiles/mmdb CatalogDatabase(CDB) TheCatalogDatabasestoresinformationaboutthefollowing: Backup,restore,objectcopy,objectconsolidation,objectverification,and mediamanagementsessions. Backedupobjects,theirversions,andobjectcopies. Positionsofbackedupobjectsonmedia Pathnamesofbackedupfiles(filenames)togetherwithclientsystemnames. Size&Growth:Thefastestandgrowingpartofthedatabase,itoccupies20%of thedatabase.Itrecordsinformationaboutthefilenames,whicharestoredin formatfnames.dat

Location:DP_program_data\db40\datafiles\cdb DP_program_home\db40\datafiles\cdb /var/opt/omni/server/db40/datafiles\scdb DetailedCatalogBinaryfiles(DCBF) DCBFstorefileversioninformationandBinaryfilesarecreated duringeverybackupoperation. Sizeandgrowth:ThisoccupiesalargerpartofIDBabout80%. thesizeiscalculatedbydcbf_file_in_bytes=numoffilesontape*30bytes. Location:DP_program_data\db40\dcbfwindowsserver2008. DP_program_home\db40\dcbfothewindowssystem. /var/opt/omni/server/db40/dcbfinunixsystem. SessionMessagesBinaryfile(SMBF) TheSMBFstoresbinaryfileinformationaboutthebackupsessionsand restoresessionsormediamanagementsessions. Sizeandgrowth:ThebinaryfilesarecreatedeverysessionsoforWINDOWS systemsits200byteandforUNIXsystemsits130bytes Location:DP_program_data\db40\msgWindowsserver DP_program_home\db40\msgOtherWindows /var/opt/omni/server/db40\msgUNIX ServerlessIntegrationsBinaryfile(SIBF) TheSIBFstoresrawNDMPrestoredata.Thisdataisnecessaryto restoreNDMPobjects. Size:theSIBFdoesnotgrowinsize.Itneedsapproximately3Kbforbacked object. Location:DP_program_data\db40\metaWindowsServer2008 DP_program_home\db40\metaOtherwindows

/var/opt/omni/server/db40/metaUNIX Encryptionkeystoreandcatalogfiles Allthekeyscreated,eithermanuallyorautomatically,duringencrypted backupsarestoredinakeystore.Thekeyscanalsobeusedforobjectcopy, objectverificationandrestoresessions.Inthecaseofhardwareencryption,they canalsobeusedforobjectconsolidationsessions. Keystorelocation Thekeystoreislocatedinthefollowingdirectory: OnWindowsServer2008: Data_Protector_program_data\db40\keystore OnotherWindowssystems:Data_Protector_home\db40\keystore OnUNIXsystems:/var/opt/omni/server/db40/keystore