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AdvancedDisk Storage
Solutions Guide
Release 7.7
Symantec NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage
Solutions Guide
Documentation version: 7.7
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Feature Benefit
Easy to deploy and use NetBackup discovers the storage and uses NetBackup
storage units and backup policies to use the storage.
Simplified growth Lets you increase storage unit capacity by adding disks. Only
add the capacity required, then update the NetBackup disk
pools. Logical units of storage span physical boundaries, so
you do not have to create new NetBackup storage units or
change the backup policies.
Storage sharing Multiple storage units can share a disk pool. Space is
allocated dynamically as required. Automatic space allocation
reduces the risk of backup failure.
Introducing AdvancedDisk 10
About the AdvancedDisk storage option
Feature Benefit
Best fit selection NetBackup predicts the size of the backup and selects the
storage on which the backup fits best. The goal is to avoid
out-of-space conditions and disk spanning.
Intelligent capacity NetBackup expires backup images when the storage that is
management consumed reaches a threshold. The disk pool high water
mark applies to both individual disk volumes and to disk pools.
Storage lifecycle You can classify data based on its importance and manage
it differently throughout each stage of its life. After it has been
duplicated, data can be selectively expired based on the
relative importance to the business. you can ensure that
important backups are available for rapid restore for longer
periods, ensuring your recovery time objectives.
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■ Licensing AdvancedDisk
Licensing AdvancedDisk
No special installation is required for the NetBackup components of AdvancedDisk.
However, you must enter a license key. If you installed the license key when you
installed or upgraded NetBackup, you do not need to perform this procedure.
Enter the license key on the NetBackup master server. The following procedure
describes how to use the NetBackup Administration Console to enter the license
key.
To license AdvancedDisk
1 To add a license to a specific server, select File > Change Server and then
select the server.
2 In the NetBackup License Keys dialog box, click New.
3 In the Add a New License Key dialog box, enter the license key and click Add
or OK.
4 Click Close.
5 Restart all the NetBackup services and daemons.
Chapter 3
Configuring AdvancedDisk
This chapter includes the following topics:
Step 1 Learn about file system See “About AdvancedDisk file system
requirements requirements” on page 15.
Step 2 Learn about storage servers, See “About AdvancedDisk storage servers”
data movers, and disk pools on page 17.
Step 3 Optionally, configure the Key The Key Management Service is required if you
Management Service use data encryption for the AdvancedDisk storage.
Step 5 Optionally, configure CIFS For the AdvancedDisk_crypt disk type, you must
disk volumes configure CIFS volumes before you can add them
to the disk pool.
Step 8 Create a storage lifecycle See “About storage lifecycle policies” on page 63.
policy
See “Creating a storage lifecycle policy”
on page 64.
Step 9 Create a backup policy See “Creating a backup policy” on page 69.
Step 10 Optionally, configure resilient See “Resilient Network properties” on page 70.
network connections
■ Ensure that the Windows disk shares are configured to reconnect on login.
■ Networked mapped devices are not visible to Windows services; therefore,
NetBackup cannot discover CIFS disk volumes. You must use the Windows
Universal Naming Convention (UNC) to specify the CIFS volumes that you
want to use for AdvancedDisk disk pools.
■ You must configure two Windows services to use the same credentials.
See “Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units”
on page 16.
■ You cannot delete a disk pool that is created by specifying volumes (such as
for CIFS volumes). The disk pool exists until you delete its storage server.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 16
Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
■ You must use manual mount points. Automatic mount and unmount can change
mount points, which may cause disk resources to be unavailable.
■ The NFS server that exports the mount points must be configured to allow
root access to the file systems.
■ NFS uses a file system paradigm to manage objects. Therefore, carefully
choose the volumes to include in the disk pool.
For example, NetBackup does not filter out common file system mount points,
such as / and /usr on UNIX and Linux systems. You should not use those
mount points for storage.
■ Symantec recommends that you do not span backup images across NFS
volumes in an AdvancedDisk disk pool. File system full conditions cannot be
detected adequately. Therefore, a disk pool based on NFS volumes should
be comprised of only one volume.
ZFS Symantec recommends that you do not span backup images across ZFS volumes
in an AdvancedDisk disk pool. File system full conditions cannot be detected
adequately. Therefore, a disk pool based on ZFS volumes should be comprised
of only one volume.
Disk pool configuration may affect how you configure your file systems.
See “Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool” on page 45.
NetBackup Remote Manager The NetBackup Remote Manager and Monitor Service binary
and Monitor Service file name is nbrmms.exe.
The following items describe the requirements for the account and credentials:
■ Both of the services must run under the same Windows user account.
■ The account must be the same account that the Windows operating system
uses for read and write access to the CIFS share.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 17
About AdvancedDisk storage servers
■ Configure the account and the credentials on the media server or media servers
that have a file system mount on the CIFS storage. Then, configure Windows
so that the two aforementioned services use that account.
If account credentials are not configured properly, NetBackup marks all CIFS
AdvancedDisk and BasicDisk storage units that use the UNC naming convention
as DOWN.
To configure service credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units
◆ In Windows, configure both the NetBackup Client Service and the NetBackup
Remote Manager and Monitor Service so they meet the credential requirements.
Those requirements are described previously in this document.
See your Windows operating system documentation for the procedures. How
to configure Windows is beyond the scope of the NetBackup documentation.
Argument Description
PrefRestore The server is preferred for the read side of restore operations. You can
configure more than one server as preferred for restore.
If you configure preferred for restore but not required for restore,
NetBackup considers preferred storage servers for jobs first. If none are
available, NetBackup considers any configured storage server.
ReqRestore The server is required for the read side of restore operations. You can
configure more than one server as required for restore.
If you configure required servers for restore but not preferred servers,
jobs queue until a required server is available to execute the job. Other
servers are never considered for restore jobs. Normal NetBackup rules
for job retry apply.
If you configure both preferred and required storage servers and a required
server is not available, NetBackup considers preferred servers for jobs.
If none are available, jobs queue until a required or preferred server is
available. Other servers are never considered for restore jobs.
Normal NetBackup load balancing occurs for all required servers. Load
balancing does not occur between the required and preferred servers.
ReqDuplicate The server is required for the read side of duplication operations. You
can configure more than one server as required for duplication.
Only the media servers that are configured in the storage unit are considered for
jobs. Therefore, if you configure a subset of the disk pool media servers in a storage
unit, NetBackup selects from those servers only.
If you use the preferred or required restore or duplication attributes for a storage
server, the following may occur:
■ A restore operation uses a storage server that does not have a PrefRestore
or ReqRestore attribute. Reasons may be as follows:
Configuring AdvancedDisk 20
About data encryption for AdvancedDisk storage
■ The destination disk pool does not include a storage server with a restore
or a duplication attribute.
■ A preferred or required storage server cannot be used because it is
unavailable (NetBackup considers it DOWN).
After you configure KMS and AdvancedDisk_crypt storage servers and disk pools,
NetBackup uses encryption for backup jobs to those disk pools.
Note: NetBackup does not span volumes for the AdvancedDisk_crypt type of disk
pool.
See “About AdvancedDisk disk pools” on page 43.
Key Description
Host Master Key The Host Master Key protects the key database. The Host Master
Key requires a pass phrase and an ID. KMS uses the pass phrase
to generate the key.
Key Protection Key A Key Protection Key protects individual records in the key
database. The Key Protection Key requires a pass phrase and an
ID. KMS uses the pass phrase to generate the key.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 22
About key management for encryption of NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage
The following table describes the encryption keys that are required for each storage
server and volume combination.
Table 3-4 Encryption keys required for each storage server and volume
combination
Key Description
A key group A key group key protects the key group. Each storage server and volume combination requires
a key group, and each key group key requires a pass phrase. The key group name must use the
format for the storage type that is described as follows:
For AdvancedDisk storage, the format depends on the operating system type that hosts the
storage, as follows:
A key record Each key group that you create requires a key record. A key record stores the actual key that
protects the data for the storage server and volume.
Step 1 Learn about NetBackup key See “About key management for encryption of
management NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage” on page 21.
Step 2 Set up the KMS database See “Setting up the KMS database for NetBackup
AdvancedDisk storage encryption” on page 23.
Step 3 Create the key groups Each storage server and volume combination
requires a key group.
Step 4 Create the key records Each key group requires a key record. The key
record contains the encryption key.
Step 5 Save a record of the key The record of the key names lets you recreate the
names keys if they are lost.
Enter the Host Master Key (HMK) passphrase (or hit ENTER to use a
randomly generated HMK). The passphrase will not be displayed on
the screen.
Enter passphrase :
2 Enter a pass phrase for the host master key (HMK) or press Enter to create a
randomly generated key.
After you enter the Host Master Key pass phrase, the following prompt appears:
3 Enter an ID for the HMK. This ID can be anything descriptive that you want to
use to identify the HMK.
After you enter the Host Master Key ID, the following prompt appears:
Enter the Key Protection Key (KPK) passphrase (or hit ENTER to
use a randomly generated KPK). The passphrase will not be
displayed on the screen.
Enter passphrase :
4 Enter a pass phrase for the Key Protection Key or press Enter to create a
randomly generated key.
After you enter the Key Protection Key pass phrase, the following prompt
appears:
5 Enter an ID for the KPK. The ID can be anything descriptive that you want to
use to identify the KPK.
6 Start the NetBackup Key Management Service on the master server. You can
do so in the Activity Monitor of the NetBackup Administration Console.
After you start the service, the initial database setup is complete.
7 After you set up the database, create key groups for the volumes in the disk
pool.
See “Creating a KMS key group for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage
encryption” on page 25.
Storage on Windows:
install_path\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbkmsutil -createkg
-kgname storage_server_name:
2 After you create the key groups, create a key record for each group.
See “Creating a KMS key for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption”
on page 26.
Note: If you create more than one key for a key group, only the last key remains
active.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 27
Configuring key management for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage encryption
Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbkmsutil
-createkey -keyname keyname -kgname key_group_name -activate
Use the key group name that you configured when you created the key group.
See “Creating a KMS key group for NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage
encryption” on page 25.
You are prompted to enter a pass phrase:
Enter a passphrase:
2 Enter and then re-enter a pass phrase; this pass phrase should differ from any
pass phrases that you entered already.
3 Save a record of the pass phrase.
See “Saving a record of the KMS key names for NetBackup AdvancedDisk
storage encryption” on page 27.
2 For each key group, write all of the keys that belong to the group to a file. Run
the command on the master server. The following is the command syntax:
UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbkmsutil -listkeys -kgname
key_group_name > filename.txt
Windows: install_path\Program
Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbkmsutil.exe -listkeys
-kgname key_group_name > filename.txt
Number of Keys: 1
3 Include in the file the pass phrase that you used to create the key record.
4 Store the file in a secure location.
Encrypted storage If you want to encrypt the storage, you must use the NetBackup
nbdevconfig command.
Storage server attributes If you want to specify preferred or required attributes for the
storage server, you must use the NetBackup nbdevconfig
command.
No encryption or attributes Symantec recommends that you use the Storage Server
Configuration Wizard to configure the AdvancedDisk type
of storage server.
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 also is configured as a
data mover.
See “About AdvancedDisk data movers” on page 18.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 31
Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server
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” on page 42.
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):
3 On the Welcome panel, the types of storage servers that you can configure
depend on the options for which you are licensed, as follows:
Select AdvancedDisk and then click Next. The behavior depends on whether
you have separate media servers in your environment, as follows:
Go to step 5.
Media servers are installed The Add Storage Server panel appears.
Continue to step 4.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 33
Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server
4 On the Add Storage Server panel, select the media server that you want to
configure as an AdvancedDisk storage server from the Media server drop-down
list. Then, click Next.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
6 The Storage Server Configuration Status wizard panel describes the status
of the operation, as follows:
Configure another Click Close and then repeat the steps in this procedure.
storage server
Configure another storage server if you want to configure
multiple AdvancedDisk storage servers for the storage that
is allocated for the disk pool. When you configure the final
storage server, then continue and create the disk pool.
Configure a disk pool Ensure that Create a disk pool using the storage server
that you have just created is selected and then click Next.
7 The Volume Selection panel displays the volumes available on the storage
server. If you selected more than one storage server, volumes that are common
to all of them appear.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
To specify a Common Internet File System (CIFS) disk volume, click Add New
Volume. In the Add New Volume dialog box, enter the Windows Universal
Naming Convention (UNC) pathname of the CIFS volume and then click
Validate and Add.
Select the volumes to use for the disk pool. NetBackup does not filter out
common file system mount points, such as / and /usr. Therefore, carefully
choose the volumes to include in a disk pool.
See “About AdvancedDisk file system requirements” on page 15.
Click Next. The Additional Disk Pool Information wizard panel appears.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 36
Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server
8 On the Additional Disk Pool Information panel, enter the values for the disk
pool and then click Next.
See “AdvancedDisk disk pool properties” on page 58.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
Configure a storage Ensure that Create a storage unit using the disk pool that
unit you have just created is selected and then click Next. The
Storage Unit Creation wizard panel appears. Continue to the
next step.
Option Description
-dp disk_pool_name The name of the disk pool. Use the same name that
you used when you configured the disk volumes.
Option Description
-storage_servers hostname The name of each storage server that has a file system
mount on the storage. Specify all NetBackup media
servers that are storage servers for this disk pool.
-dvlist filename The name of the file that contains the information about
the volumes for the disk pool.
Option Description
-max_io_streams n Select this option to limit the number of read and write
streams (that is, jobs) for each volume in the disk pool.
A job may read backup images or write backup images.
By default, there is no limit.
Too many jobs that read and write data may degrade
disk performance because of disk thrashing. (Disk
thrashing is when the read and write heads move
between the cylinders excessively as they seek the data
for competing jobs.)
-reason "string" The reason that you create the disk pool.
-dp disk_pool_name The name of the disk pool. Use the same name that
you used when you configured the disk volumes.
-storage_servers hostname The name of each storage server that has a file system
mount on the storage. Specify all NetBackup media
servers that are storage servers for this disk pool.
-dvlist filename The name of the file that contains the information about
the volumes for the disk pool.
-reason "string" The reason that you create the disk pool.
Option Description
-storage_server The name of the NetBackup media server that has a file system mount on the
storage_server storage.
-stype server_type For AdvancedDisk with encryption, use AdvancedDisk_crypt, otherwise use
AdvancedDisk.
Note: If you specify AdvancedDisk_crypt as the -stype, you must specify an
-st value of 5 on the command line.
-st storage_type A numeric value that specifies the storage server properties. For AdvancedDisk,
the default value is 5 (direct attached, formatted disk).
Note: For an AdvancedDisk_crypt -stype, you must specify -st 5 on the
command line.
-media_server hostname Use the same name as the storage server name.
-setattribute attribute An attribute to apply to the storage server for the read side of restore or duplication
operations. The following are the attributes:
■ PrefRestore. The storage server is preferred for the read side of restore
operations. More than one storage server can have the PrefRestore attribute.
■ ReqRestore. The storage server is required for the read side of restore
operations. More than one storage server can have the ReqRestore attribute.
■ ReqDuplicate. The storage server is required for the read side of duplication
operations. More than one storage server can have the ReqDuplicate
attribute.
Volume selection NetBackup selects disk volumes based on available capacity and
predicted size of the backup. NetBackup tries to write backup data to
a single volume.
Disk spanning If necessary, backup images span disk volumes in a disk pool.
(Exception: NetBackup does not span volumes for the
AdvancedDisk_crypt type of disk pool.) Backup images do not span
across multiple disk pools.
Disk size and NetBackup assumes that all disk volumes within a disk pool are similar
performance in size and performance characteristics. Although you can use dissimilar
disk volumes in a disk pool, performance may be unpredictable.
Disk contention NetBackup queues backup and restore jobs if insufficient resources
are available.
-storage_server hostname The name of the NetBackup media server that has
a file system mount on the storage.
-dv disk_volume_name The name of the disk volume; use UNC notation.
-dp disk_pool_name The name of the disk pool for the volume.
2 Repeat step 1 for each disk volume that you want to add.
AdvancedDisk type Symantec recommends that you use the Disk Pool
Configuration Wizard to configure the AdvancedDisk type of
disk pool.
Symantec recommends that disk volume and disk pool names be unique across
your enterprise.
You must first configure storage servers.
See “Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server” on page 29.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 47
Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
-storage_server hostname The name of the NetBackup media server that has
a file system mount on the storage.
> filename The name of the file into which to write the volume
information. Symantec recommends that you use
a name that describes its purpose.
2 Copy the file that you created in step 1 to the master server.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 48
Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
3 In a text editor, delete the line for each volume that you do not want to be in
the disk pool. Do not delete the blank line at the end of the file.
Each volume that is listed in the file must be exposed to each AdvancedDisk
storage server on the same mount point.
4 Configure the disk pool by using the following command, depending on your
operating system:
UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -createdp -dp
disk_pool_name -stype server_type -storage_servers hostname...
-dvlist filename [-reason "string"] [-lwm low_watermark_percent]
[-max_io_streams n] [-comment comment] [-M master_server] [-reason
"string"]
3 On the Welcome panel, the types of disk pools that you can configure depend
on the options for which you are licensed.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
Select AdvancedDisk and then click Next. The Storage Server Selection
wizard panel appears.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 50
Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
4 On the Storage Server Selection panel, all NetBackup media servers that
you configured as AdvancedDisk storage servers appear.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
Select the NetBackup media servers that you want to function as storage
servers for this disk pool and then click Next. The Volume Selection wizard
panel appears.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 51
Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
5 The Volume Selection panel displays the volumes available on the storage
server. If you selected more than one storage server, volumes that are common
to all of them appear.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
To specify a Common Internet File System (CIFS) disk volume, click Add New
Volume. In the Add New Volume dialog box, enter the Windows Universal
Naming Convention (UNC) pathname of the CIFS volume and then click
Validate and Add.
Select the volumes to use for the disk pool. NetBackup does not filter out
common file system mount points, such as / and /usr. Therefore, carefully
choose the volumes to include in a disk pool.
See “About AdvancedDisk file system requirements” on page 15.
Click Next. The Additional Disk Pool Information wizard panel appears.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 52
Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
6 On the Additional Disk Pool Information panel, enter the values for the disk
pool and then click Next.
See “AdvancedDisk disk pool properties” on page 58.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
8 After NetBackup creates the disk pool, a wizard panel describes the successful
action.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
After NetBackup creates the disk pool, you can do the following:
Configure a storage unit Ensure that Create a storage unit using the disk pool that
you have just created is selected and then click Next. The
Storage Unit Creation wizard panel appears. Continue to
the next step.
9 On Storage Unit Creation wizard panel, enter the appropriate information for
the storage unit.
The following is an example of the wizard panel:
Option Description
-dp disk_pool_name The name of the disk pool. Use the same name that
you used when you configured the disk volumes.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 56
Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool
Option Description
-storage_servers hostname The name of each storage server that has a file system
mount on the storage. Specify all NetBackup media
servers that are storage servers for this disk pool.
-dvlist filename The name of the file that contains the information about
the volumes for the disk pool.
Option Description
-max_io_streams n Select this option to limit the number of read and write
streams (that is, jobs) for each volume in the disk pool.
A job may read backup images or write backup images.
By default, there is no limit.
Too many jobs that read and write data may degrade
disk performance because of disk thrashing. (Disk
thrashing is when the read and write heads move
between the cylinders excessively as they seek the data
for competing jobs.)
-reason "string" The reason that you create the disk pool.
-dp disk_pool_name The name of the disk pool. Use the same name that
you used when you configured the disk volumes.
-storage_servers hostname The name of each storage server that has a file system
mount on the storage. Specify all NetBackup media
servers that are storage servers for this disk pool.
-dvlist filename The name of the file that contains the information about
the volumes for the disk pool.
-reason "string" The reason that you create the disk pool.
Property Description
All NetBackup media servers that have a mount on the storage are listed. They share the
storage for read and write purposes.
Disk volumes The disk volumes that comprise the disk pool.
Total size The total amount of space available in the disk pool.
Total raw size The total raw, unformatted size of the storage in the disk pool.
High water mark The High water mark setting is a threshold that triggers the following actions:
■ When an individual volume in the disk pool reaches the High water mark, NetBackup
considers the volume full. NetBackup chooses a different volume in the disk pool to write
backup images to.
■ When all volumes in the disk pool reach the High water mark, the disk pool is considered
full. NetBackup fails any backup jobs that are assigned to a storage unit in which the disk
pool is full. NetBackup also does not assign new jobs to a storage unit in which the disk
pool is full.
■ NetBackup begins image cleanup when a volume reaches the High water mark; image
cleanup expires the images that are no longer valid. For a disk pool that is full, NetBackup
again assigns jobs to the storage unit when image cleanup reduces any disk volume's
capacity to less than the High water mark.
If the storage unit for the disk pool is in a capacity-managed storage lifecycle policy, other
factors affect image cleanup.
Property Description
Low water mark The Low water mark is a threshold at which NetBackup stops image cleanup.
The Low water mark setting cannot be greater than or equal to the High water mark setting.
Limit I/O streams Select this option to limit the number of read and write streams (that is, jobs) for each volume
in the disk pool. A job may read backup images or write backup images. By default, there is
no limit.
When the limit is reached, NetBackup chooses another volume, if available. If not available,
NetBackup queues jobs until a volume is available.
Too many jobs that read and write data may degrade disk performance because of disk
thrashing. (Disk thrashing is when the read and write heads move between the cylinders
excessively as they seek the data for competing jobs.)
Fewer streams may improve throughput, which may increase the number of jobs that complete
in a specific time period.
A starting point is to divide the Maximum concurrent jobs of all of the storage units by the
number of volumes in the disk pool.
per volume Select or enter the number of read and write streams to allow per volume.
Many factors affect the optimal number of streams. Factors include but are not limited to disk
speed, CPU speed, and the amount of memory.
3 Complete the fields and set the options in the New Storage Unit dialog box.
See “AdvancedDisk storage unit properties” on page 60.
4 Click OK.
Property Description
Storage unit name Enter a unique name for the new storage unit. The name can describe the type of storage.
The storage unit name is the name used to specify a storage unit for policies and schedules.
The storage unit name cannot be changed after creation.
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Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage unit
Property Description
Disk pool Select the disk pool that contains the storage for this storage unit.
All disk pools of the specified Disk type appear in the Disk pool list. If no disk pools are
configured, no disk pools appear in the list.
Media server Specify the NetBackup media servers that can move data to and from the disk pool for this
storage unit. Only the media servers that are configured as storage servers appear in the
media servers list.
Specify the media server or servers as follows:
■ To allow any server in the media server list to access the disk storage (default), select
Use any available media server.
■ To restrict the media servers that can access the disk storage, select Only use the
following media servers. Then, select the media servers to allow. The selection list
includes only the media servers that are configured as storage servers for the disk pool.
NetBackup selects the media server to use when the policy runs.
Maximum concurrent Specify the maximum number of write jobs that NetBackup can send to a disk storage unit
jobs at one time. (Default: one job. The job count can range from 0 to 256.) This setting
corresponds to the Maximum concurrent write drives setting for a tape storage unit.
NetBackup queues jobs until the storage unit is available. If three backup jobs are scheduled
and Maximum concurrent jobs is set to two, NetBackup starts the first two jobs and
queues the third job. If a job contains multiple copies, each copy applies toward the
Maximum concurrent jobs count.
Maximum concurrent jobs controls the traffic for backup and duplication jobs but not
restore jobs. The count applies to all servers in the storage unit, not per server. If you select
multiple media servers in the storage unit and 1 for Maximum concurrent jobs, only one
job runs at a time.
The number to enter depends on the available disk space and the server's ability to run
multiple backup processes.
Warning: A Maximum concurrent jobs setting of 0 disables the storage unit.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 62
Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage unit
Property Description
Maximum fragment size Specify the largest fragment size that NetBackup can create to store backups.
The default maximum fragment size for a disk storage unit is 524,288 megabytes. To
specify a maximum fragment size other than the default, enter a value from 20 megabytes
to 524,288 megabytes.
Backups to disk are usually fragmented to ensure that the backup does not exceed the
maximum size that the file system allows.
If an error occurs in a backup, the entire backup is discarded. The backup restarts from
the beginning, not from the fragment where the error occurred. (An exception is for backups
for which checkpoint and restart are enabled. In that case, fragments before and including
the last checkpoint are retained; the fragments after the last checkpoint are discarded.)
■ Configure a storage unit for your most important clients (such as STU-GOLD).
Select the disk pool. Select Only use the following media servers. Select two
media servers to use for your important backups.
■ Create a backup policy for the 100 important clients and select the STU-GOLD
storage unit. The media servers that are specified in the storage unit move the
client data to the storage server.
■ Configure another storage unit (such as STU-SILVER). Select the same disk
pool. Select Only use the following media servers. Select the other two media
servers.
■ Configure a backup policy for the 500 regular clients and select the STU-SILVER
storage unit. The media servers that are specified in the storage unit move the
client data to the storage server.
Backup traffic is routed to the wanted data movers by the storage unit settings.
Note: NetBackup uses storage units for media server selection for write activity
(backups and duplications) only. For restores, NetBackup chooses among all media
servers that can access the disk pool.
SLPs offer the opportunity for users to assign a classification to the data at the
policy level. A data classification represents a set of backup requirements, which
makes it easier to configure backups for data with different requirements. For
example, email data and financial data.
SLPs can be set up to provide staged backup behavior. They simplify data
management by applying a prescribed behavior to all the backup images that are
included in the SLP. This process allows the NetBackup administrator to leverage
the advantages of disk-based backups in the near term. It also preserves the
advantages of tape-based backups for long-term storage.
The SLP Parameters properties in the NetBackup Administration Console allow
administrators to customize how SLPs are maintained and how SLP jobs run.
Best-practice information about SLPs appears in the following document:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH208536
3 In the New Storage Lifecycle Policy dialog box, enter a Storage lifecycle
policy name.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 65
Creating a storage lifecycle policy
4 Add one or more operations to the SLP. The operations are the instructions
for the SLP to follow and apply to the data that is specified in the backup policy.
If this is the first operation added to the SLP, click Add.
If this is not the first operation in the SLP, add an operation that is either
hierarchical or non-hierarchical:
To create a hierarchical operation, select an operation to become the source
of the next operation. Click Add. The new operation is a child of the selected
operation. The child is indented under the parent operation.
5 In the Properties tab of the New Storage Operation dialog box, select an
Operation type. If you're creating a child operation, the SLP displays only
those operations that are valid based on the parent operation that you've
selected.
The name of the operation reflects its purpose in the SLP:
■ Backup
■ Duplication
■ Import
7 The Window tab displays for the following operation types: Backup From
Snapshot, Duplication, Import, Index From Snapshot, and Replication. If
you'd like to control when the secondary operation runs, create a window for
the operation.
8 Click the Advanced button in the Properties tab to display options about how
the window should behave if the window closes and a secondary operation is
not yet complete.
9 Click OK to create the operation.
10 Add additional operations to the SLP as needed. (See step 4.)
11 Change the hierarchy of the operations in the SLP if necessary.
12 Click OK to create the SLP. NetBackup validates the SLP when it is first created
and whenever it is changed.
13 Configure a backup policy and select a storage lifecycle policy as the Policy
storage.
See “Creating a backup policy” on page 69.
Setting Description
Storage lifecycle The Storage lifecycle policy name describes the SLP. The name cannot be modified after
policy name the SLP is created.
Data classification The Data classification defines the level or classification of data that the SLP is allowed
to process. The drop-down menu contains all of the defined classifications as well as the
Any classification, which is unique to SLPs.
The Any selection indicates to the SLP that it should preserve all images that are submitted,
regardless of their data classification. It is available for SLP configuration only and is not
available to configure a backup policy.
In an Auto Image Replication configuration where the master server domains run different
versions of NetBackup, see the following topic for special considerations:
One data classification can be assigned to each SLP and applies to all operations in the
SLP.
If a data classification is selected (other than Any), the SLP stores only those images from
the policies that are set up for that data classification. If no data classification is indicated,
the SLP accepts images of any classification or no classification.
The Data classification setting allows the NetBackup administrator to classify data based
on relative importance. A classification represents a set of backup requirements. When data
must meet different backup requirements, consider assigning different classifications.
For example, email backup data can be assigned to the silver data classification and financial
data backup may be assigned to the platinum classification.
A backup policy associates backup data with a data classification. Policy data can be stored
only in an SLP with the same data classification.
Once data is backed up in an SLP, the data is managed according to the SLP configuration.
The SLP defines what happens to the data from the initial backup until the last copy of the
image has expired.
Priority for secondary The Priority for secondary operations option is the priority that jobs from secondary
operations operations have in relationship to all other jobs. The priority applies to the jobs that result
from all operations except for Backup and Snapshot operations. Range: 0 (default) to
99999 (highest priority).
For example, you may want to set the Priority for secondary operations for a policy with
a gold data classification higher than for a policy with a silver data classification.
The priority of the backup job is set in the backup policy on the Attributes tab.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 68
Creating a storage lifecycle policy
Setting Description
Operations Use the Add, Change, and Remove buttons to create a list of operations in the SLP. An
SLP must contain one or more operations. Multiple operations imply that multiple copies
are created.
The list also contains the columns that display information about each operation. Not all
columns display by default.
Arrows Use the arrows to indicate the indentation (or hierarchy) of the source for each copy. One
copy can be the source for many other copies.
Active The Active and Postponed options appear under State of Secondary Operation
Processing and refer to the processing of all duplication operations in the SLP.
and
Note: The Active and Postponed options apply to duplication operations that create
Postponed
tar-formatted images. For example, those created with bpduplicate. The Active and
Postponed options do not affect the images that are duplicated as a result of OpenStorage
optimized duplication, NDMP, or if one or more destination storage units are specified as
part of a storage unit group.
These options do not apply if either the source media server or the destination media server
is not at NetBackup 7.6 or later.
■ Enable Active to let secondary operations continue as soon as possible. When changed
from Postponed to Active, NetBackup continues to process the images, picking up
where it left off when secondary operations were made inactive.
■ Enable Postponed to postpone the secondary operations for the entire SLP. Postponed
does not postpone the creation of duplication jobs, it postpones the creation of images
instead. The duplication jobs continue to be created, but they are not run until secondary
operations are active again.
All secondary operations in the SLP are inactive indefinitely unless the administrator
selects Active or until the Until option is selected and an activation date is indicated.
Validate Across Click this button to see how changes to this SLP can affect the policies that are associated
Backup Policies button with this SLP. The button generates a report that displays on the Validation Report tab.
This button performs the same validation as the -conflict option performs when used
with the nbstl command.
Configuring AdvancedDisk 69
Creating a backup policy
Note: Do not use the Policy Configuration Wizard to configure policies for Replication
Director.
5 Click OK.
6 Configure the attributes, the schedules, the clients, and the backup selections
for the new policy.
Note: If a client is in a different subdomain than the server, add the fully qualified
domain name of the server to the client’s hosts file. For example,
india.symantecs.org is a different subdomain than china.symantecs.org.
When a backup or restore job for a client starts, NetBackup searches the Resilient
Network list from top to bottom looking for the client. If NetBackup finds the client,
NetBackup updates the resilient network setting of the client and the media server
that runs the job. NetBackup then uses a resilient connection.
Property Description
Host Name or IP Address The Host Name or IP Address of the host. The address can
also be a range of IP addresses so you can configure more
than one client at once. You can mix IPv4 addresses and
ranges with IPv6 addresses and subnets.
Use the arrow buttons on the right side of the pane to move
up or move down an item in the list of resilient networks.
Note: The order is significant for the items in the list of resilient networks. If a client
is in the list more than once, the first match determines its resilient connection
status. For example, suppose you add a client and specify the client IP address
and specify On for Resiliency. Suppose also that you add a range of IP addresses
as Off, and the client IP address is within that range. If the client IP address appears
before the address range, the client connection is resilient. Conversely, if the IP
range appears first, the client connection is not resilient.
Note: If multiple backup streams run concurrently, the Remote Network Transport
Service writes a large amount of information to the log files. In such a scenario,
Symantec recommends that you set the logging level for the Remote Network
Transport Service to 2 or less. Instructions to configure unified logs are in a different
guide.
See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide.
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/resilient_clients
To specify resilient connections
1 In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand NetBackup Management
> Host Properties > Master Servers in the left pane.
2 In the right pane, select the master server on which to specify properties.
3 On the Actions menu, click Properties.
4 In the properties dialog box left pane, select Resilient Network.
5 In the Resilient Network dialog box, use the following buttons to manage
resiliency for clients:
Configuring AdvancedDisk 74
Specifying resilient connections
4 Click Add.
Add To All If you select multiple hosts in the NetBackup Administration Console,
the entries in the Resilient Network list may appear in different colors,
as follows:
■ The entries that appear in black type are configured on all of the
hosts.
■ The entries that appear in gray type are configured on some of the
hosts only.
For the entries that are configured on some of the hosts only, you can
add them to all of the hosts. To do so, select them and click Add To All.
2 Click Change.
4 Click OK.
2 Click Remove.
2 Click the appropriate button to move up the item or move down the
item.
This example output is shortened; more flags may appear in actual output.
Warning: If you remove the only storage server, data may be lost. NetBackup cannot
access the disk pool and the backup images on the disk pool.
Warning: Do not delete a storage server if its storage contains unexpired NetBackup
images. If you do, data loss may occur.
Managing AdvancedDisk 80
Managing AdvancedDisk disk pools
■ If you use a logical volume manager, you can use it to change the size of a disk
volume by adding LUNs to it. If you do, you must inventory the disk pool so that
NetBackup reads the new size of the pool.
See “Inventorying a NetBackup disk pool” on page 86.
■ If you do not use a logical volume manager, you can change the size by adding
or removing volumes from the disk pool.
See “Adding volumes to an AdvancedDisk disk pool” on page 81.
See “Removing a volume from an AdvancedDisk disk pool” on page 85.
Task Procedure
Create a disk pool from the new See “Configuring an AdvancedDisk disk pool”
disk volumes on the storage on page 45.
server.
Merge the disk pools. When you merge the disk pools, specify the original disk
pool as the primary one. NetBackup deletes the
secondary disk pool after the merge.
4 In the Change Disk Pool dialog box, change storage servers or the properties.
See “AdvancedDisk disk pool properties” on page 58.
5 Click OK.
Managing AdvancedDisk 83
Managing AdvancedDisk disk pools
-stype server_type For the server type, use one of the following types:
The command displays all of the volumes in the disk pool. The state is either
UP or DOWN.
.
Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevconfig
-changestate -stype server_type -dp disk_pool_name –dv vol_name
-state state
-stype server_type For the server type, use one of the following types:
-state state Specify UP or DOWN. RESET sets the internal state to UP,
sets committed_space to zero, and sets the precommitted
space to zero.
4 To update the NetBackup catalog with the capacity values returned by the
inventory, click Update Configuration.
5 To inventory another disk pool, go to step 3.
6 To exit, click Close.
Warning: Do not delete a disk pool that contains unexpired NetBackup images; if
you do, data loss may occur.
What Description
The NetBackup The Disk Pools window displays a value that was stored
Administration Console Disk when NetBackup polled the disk pools. NetBackup polls every
Pools window 5 minutes; therefore, the value may not be as current as the
value that is displayed in the Storage Server window.
What Description
The NetBackup Disk Pool See “Viewing AdvancedDisk disk reports” on page 89.
status report
The NetBackup OpsCenter also provides information about storage capacity and
usage.
See the NetBackup OpsCenter Administrator's Guide:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5332
Backups and N/A Messages appear in the log files for the following
restores processes:
Device 178 The Disk Service Manager process that runs in the
configuration Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) process.
Device 202 The Storage Server Interface process that runs in the
configuration Remote Manager and Monitor Service. RMMS runs
on media servers.
To view and manage VxUL log files, you must use NetBackup log commands.
Information about how to use and manage logs on NetBackup servers is available.
See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5332
Report Description
Images on Disk The Images on Disk report generates the image list present on the
disk storage units that are connected to the media server. The
report is a subset of the Images on Media report; it shows only
disk-specific columns.
Report Description
Disk Logs The Disk Logs report displays the media errors or the informational
messages that are recorded in the NetBackup error catalog. The
report is a subset of the Media Logs report; it shows only
disk-specific columns.
Disk Storage Unit The Disk Storage Unit Status report displays the state of disk
Status storage units in the current NetBackup configuration.
For disk pool capacity, see the disk pools window in Media and
Device Management > Devices > Disk Pools.
Multiple storage units can point to the same disk pool. When the
report query is by storage unit, the report counts the capacity of
disk pool storage multiple times.
Disk Pool Status The Disk Pool Status report displays the state of disk pool storage
units. This report displays only when a Data Protection Optimization
Option license is installed.
Replace disk_pool_name with the name of the disk pool for which you want to
determine the volume names.
The following is example output:
Replace disk_pool_name with the name of the disk pool for which you want to
determine the volume names. Replace disk_volume_name with the name of
the disk volume for which you want to display usage information.
The output from the command includes the following fields:
total_capacity : 214748364800
total_phys_capacity : 214748364800
free_space : 85625798656
free_phys_space : 85625798656
potential_free_space: 0
committed_space : 0
precommitted_space : 0
See “NetBackup disk volume capacity and usage reference” on page 91.
The potential_free_space value is used only for a disk volume that is capacity
managed. A disk volume is capacity managed when its disk pool is capacity
managed. A disk pool is capacity managed when it is a destination in a storage
lifecycle policy and the Retention Type is Capacity managed.
Table 4-5 describes the capacity values that NetBackup uses for space calculations.
Field Description
potential_free_space The sum of all of the fragments on the disk that NetBackup
duplicated as part of a storage lifecycle policy and that are eligible
for expiration. A fragment becomes eligible for expiration when it
has been duplicated successfully.
committed_space The estimated size of all of the jobs-in-progress that write to the
volume, based on the following:
Field Description
Note: Symantec recommends that you keep a record key information. The key tag
that is listed in the output is necessary if you need to recover keys.
Managing AdvancedDisk 94
Displaying KMS key information for AdvancedDisk encryption
Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbkmsutil
-listkeys -kgname AdvDiskServer1.example.com:
Number of Keys: 1
Chapter 5
Toubleshooting
AdvancedDisk
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs
UNIX /usr/openv/logs
vxlogmgr Manages the log files that the products that support unified logging
generate.
See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for a complete description about
these commands. The guide is available through the following URL:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5332
These commands are located in the following directory:
Windows install_path\NetBackup\bin
UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/bin
UNIX /usr/openv/logs
Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs
Unlike the files that are written in legacy logging, unified logging files cannot be
easily viewed with a text editor. The unified logging files are in binary format, and
some of the information is contained in an associated resource file. Only the
vxlogview command can assemble and display the log information correctly.
You can use vxlogview to view NetBackup log files as well as PBX log files.
Toubleshooting AdvancedDisk 98
About unified logging
Item Example
Display specific Display the log messages for NetBackup (51216) that show only
attributes of the log the date, time, message type, and message text:
messages
vxlogview --prodid 51216 --display D,T,m,x
Display the latest log Display the log messages for originator 116 (nbpem) that were
messages issued during the last 20 minutes. Note that you can specify -o
nbpem instead of -o 116:
Display the log Display the log messages for nbpem that were issued during the
messages from a specified time period:
specific time period
# vxlogview -o nbpem -b "05/03/05 06:51:48 AM"
-e "05/03/05 06:52:48 AM"
Toubleshooting AdvancedDisk 99
About legacy logging
Item Example
Display results faster You can use the -i option to specify an originator for a process:
# vxlogview -i nbpem
The vxlogview -i option searches only the log files that the
specified process (nbpem) creates. By limiting the log files that it
has to search, vxlogview returns a result faster. By comparison,
the vxlogview -o option searches all unified log files for the
messages that the specified process has logged.
Note: If you use the -i option with a process that is not a service,
vxlogview returns the message "No log files found." A process
that is not a service has no originator ID in the file name. In this
case, use the -o option instead of the -i option.
The -i option displays entries for all OIDs that are part of that
process including libraries (137, 156, 309, etc.).
Search for a job ID You can search the logs for a particular job ID:
When searching for a job ID, you can use any vxlogview
command option. This example uses the -i option with the name
of the process (nbpem). The command returns only the log entries
that contain the job ID. It misses related entries for the job that do
not explicitly contain the jobid=job_ID.
See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for a complete description of the
vxlogview command. The guide is available through the following URL:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5332
Windows install_path\NetBackup\logs
install_path\Volmgr\debug
UNIX /usr/openv/netbackup/logs
/usr/openv/volmgr/debug
These top-level directories can contain a directory for each NetBackup process that
uses legacy logging. By default, NetBackup creates only a subset of all of the
possible log directories (the bpbrm, bpcd, bpdm, and bptm directories). To enable
logging for all NetBackup processes that use legacy logging, you must create the
log file directories that do not exist already.
You can use the following batch files to create all of the debug log directories at
once:
■ Windows: install_path\NetBackup\Logs\mklogdir.bat
■ UNIX: usr/openv/netbackup/logs/mklogdir
See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for a complete description about
the mklogdir command. The guide is available at the following location:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5332
After the directories are created, NetBackup creates log files in the directory that
is associated with each process. A debug log file is created when the process
begins.
To enable debug logging for the NetBackup Status Collection Daemon (vmscd),
create the following directory before you start nbemm.
Windows install_path\Volmgr\debug\vmscd\
UNIX /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/vmscd
and on each media server that you use for your feature. The log files reside in the
following directories:
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/
■ Windows:install_path\NetBackup\logs\
More information about NetBackup logging is available in the NetBackup
Troubleshooting Guide, available through the following URL:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5332
To create log directories for NetBackup commands
◆ Depending on the operating system, run one of the following scripts:
UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/mklogdir
Windows: install_path\NetBackup\logs\mklogdir.bat
To create the tpconfig command log directory
◆ Depending on the operating system, create the debug directory and the
tpcommand directory (by default, the debug directory and the tpcommand directory
do not exist). The pathnames of the directories are as follows:
UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/debug/tpcommand
Windows: install_path\Veritas\Volmgr\debug\tpcommand
Warning: The higher the log level, the greater the affect on NetBackup performance.
Use a log level of 5 (the highest) only when directed to do so by a Symantec
representative. A log level of 5 is for troubleshooting only.
Specify the NetBackup log levels in the Logging host properties on the NetBackup
master server. The log levels for some processes specific to certain options are set
in configuration files as described in Table 5-2.
Backups and N/A Messages appear in the log files for the following processes:
restores
■ The bpbrm backup and restore manager.
■ The bpdbm database manager.
■ The bpdm disk manager.
■ The bptm tape manager for I/O operations.
The log files reside in the following directories:
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/
■ Windows:install_path\NetBackup\logs\
Device 178 The Disk Service Manager process that runs in the Enterprise Media Manager (EMM)
configuration process.
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AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
Device 202 The Storage Server Interface process that runs in the Remote Manager and Monitor
configuration Service. RMMS runs on media servers.
Device 230 The Remote Disk Service Manager interface (RDSM) that runs in the Remote Manager
configuration and Monitor Service. RMMS runs on media servers.
AdvancedDisk troubleshooting
The following may help you troubleshoot AdvancedDisk:
Problem Solution
Unable to access storage If NetBackup cannot access the storage, one possible cause is that the storage server
was created with the incorrect nbdevconfig storage type (-st) value. An
AdvancedDisk storage server -st value is 5 (formatted disk, directly attached); values
other than 5 are incorrect.
Multiple storage servers on AdvancedDisk does not support Common Internet File System (CIFS). If you try to
Windows configure multiple storage servers, NetBackup returns the following message:
Volume state changes to If a volume becomes unmounted, NetBackup changes the volume state to DOWN.
DOWN when volume is NetBackup jobs that require that volume fail.
unmounted
To change the volume state to UP, mount the file system
Toubleshooting AdvancedDisk 104
Resolving an incorrect storage type problem
Problem Solution
Disk failure - AdvancedDisk If recovery mechanisms do not protect a disk that fails, the backup images on that disk
are lost. Operating system read and write errors may occur for the volume that
represents the disk. NetBackup cannot use that volume because of the errors, and
NetBackup jobs may fail.
To prevent NetBackup from trying to read from or write to the disk, you must change
the volume state to DOWN in NetBackup. If the volume represents other disks that still
function, those disks are not available because the volume state is DOWN. You may
be able to read from the volume by mounting it manually. If so, you may be able to
recover image fragments from any disks that did not fail.
If you replace a failed disk, you can use the same mount point for the replacement
disk. Change the volume state to UP, and NetBackup uses that volume again.
Any valid backup images on that volume are available for restores.
A F
Active secondary operations 68 FQDN or IP Address property in Resilient Network
AdvancedDisk host properties 72
CIFS requirements 15
license key for 12 J
load balancing 10
job ID search in unified logs 99
NFS requirements 16
volume managers 44
AdvancedDisk disk storage units 16 L
legacy logging 99
directories 100
B locations 100
Backup
license key
operation 67
for AdvancedDisk 12
BasicDisk storage units
logging
credentials for CIFS 16
see legacy logging 99
bpcd client process 16
bpinetd client process 16
M
Media Server Deduplication Pool
C changing the state 83
CIFS
Media server storage unit setting 61
configuring for AdvancedDisk encryption 44
mklogdir.bat 100
credentials for disk storage units 16
for AdvancedDisk 35, 51
for AdvancedDisk encryption 44–45 N
NBRMMS (NetBackup Remote Management and
Monitor Service) 16
D NDMP
data classifications
storage units 68
in storage lifecycle policies 64, 67
disk pool
changing the state 83 O
Duplication OpenStorage
optimized 68 optimized duplication 68
OpenStorage Disk Option 63
E
encryption P
see also 21 policies
changing properties 69
creating 69
Postponed secondary operations 68
Priority for secondary operations 67
Index 107
R V
Replication Director Validate Across Backup Policies button in SLP 68
Policy Configuration Wizard, unsupported 69 Validation Report tab 68
Resiliency property in Resilient Network host vmscd 100
properties 72 vmscd directory 100
Resilient connection volume managers with AdvancedDisk 44
Resilient Network host properties 70 vxlogview command 97
Resilient Network host properties 70 with job ID option 99
FQDN or IP Address property in 72
Resiliency property in 72 W
wizards
S Policy Configuration 69
server
NetBackup debug logs 100
snapshots
operation type 67
Status Collection Daemon 100
storage lifecycle policies
Active secondary operations 68
best practices document 64
Data classification setting 67
hierarchy 65
operations 64
Postponed secondary operations 68
Priority for secondary operations 67
Storage lifecycle policy name 67
utility 63
Validate Across Backup Policies button 68
storage unit groups
and storage lifecycle polices 68
T
troubleshooting
AdvancedDisk disk failure 104
AdvancedDisk volume state changes to DOWN
when volume is unmounted 103
multiple AdvancedDisk storage servers on
Windows 103
unable to access AdvancedDisk storage 103
U
UNC path
with CIFS and AdvancedDisk storage units 17
with CIFS and BasicDisk storage units 17
unified logging 96
format of files 97
location 96