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How do I modify my Veritas NetBackup version 4.5 configuration to work with my Mirapoint appliance?

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Phillip Cardenas
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How do I modify my Veritas NetBackup version 4.5 configuration to work with my Mirapoint appliance, and with NDMP selective restore from image?

Solution

 

NOTE: Before reading this article, Mirapoint highly recommends reading the latest version of the Mirapoint Backup and Restore Guide.

This document describes how to modify an existing Veritas NetBackup (version 4.5) DMA and the Mirapoint appliance NDMP backup setup to allow for selective restore from image. Your Mirapoint appliance must be equipped with 3.6 or higher operating system.

Mirapoint's selective restore from image feature allows NDMP backups to be used for more than just disaster recovery of the appliance. NDMP by nature is a complete image backup of the Mirapoint appliance. By allowing selective files on a per user basis to be restored without over-writing the entire system, NDMP backups can now be used to restore small portions of the overall backup to the appliance on an as needed basis.

For more information on how to configure the NetBackup DMA to work with a Mirapoint appliance, see:

Overview of the Process

Before using selective restore, you might need to modify your basic NetBackup configuration so that it produces a history file each time you perform a backup, and you should also set the DMA type in the Mirapoint software.

Prior to Release 3.6, Mirapoint required the history setting to be no (n). As of 3.6, the file directive settings must be modified to include the following:

  • The history directive set to yes (y) or directory node (d)
  • The type directive set to image
  • The directory structure set to /usr/store

The following sections detail how to verify settings exist and how to change them, or if they do not exist, how to add them.

Setting the DMA Type in the Mirapoint Software

As of Release 3.6, you can add the specific NDMP DMA you are using to the Mirapoint system configuration. Changing your DMA setting allows the Mirapoint NDMP service to adjust itself to the requirements of each approved DMA. While changing the default setting is not required for Veritas, it is recommended.

To set the NDMP DMA, do the following:

1. Open a telnet window, and log in to Mirapoint as an administrator.
2. Type the following CLI command:
Ndmp Set Dma Veritas
To verify your NDMP DMA setting, use the Ndmp Get Dma command.
3. Log out.

Modifying Your NetBackup DMA Setup

The following steps are completed on your NetBackup server.

1. Start the Administration Console from the command-line by entering the following command:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA &
A login screen appears.

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Figure 1 Veritas NetBackup Login Screen


2. Enter the desired hostname, user login username and password, then click Login.
The main menu displays.

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Figure 2 NetBackup Main Menu

3. Select Policies from the main menu. The Policies screen displays.


Modifying Your Policy File Settings

Do the following:

1. Select the policy you want to modify from the list in the All Policies pane.
2. From the top menu bar, select Edit > Change.

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Figure 3 Edit PolicyDrop-Down Menu


The Change Policy window appears.
3. Select the Files tab.

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Figure 4 Change Policy Files Screen


If there are no entries in this window, follow the instructions at "Adding Directives to the Policy File Settings" in this article to add the following directives:
  • set HIST=y or set HIST=d
  • set TYPE=image
  • /usr/store
 

NOTE: All directives for a given pathname must appear before that pathname on the list if they are to be correctly applied. Therefore, the set HIST= and Type= directives must appear on the list before the /usr/store pathname.
If only the /usr/store entry is on the list, follow the instructions at "Inserting Directives in Existing Policy File Settings" in this article to add them to the list so they proceed /usr/store.

If any of the specified directives or pathname appear on the list, but have values other than those specified, follow the instructions at "Changing a Directive or Pathname" in this article.


Adding Directives to the Policy File Settings

If the required directives or pathnames are not associated with your policy file settings, you must add them.

All directives for a given pathname must appear before that pathname on the list if they are to be correctly applied. Therefore, the set HIST= and TYPE= directives must appear on the list before the /usr/store pathname. The set HIST= directive must precede the set TYPE= directive.

Do the following:

 
1. Click the Add button on the Change Policy Files pop-up window (see Figure 4). The Add File pop-up window displays.

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 Figure 5 Add Files Pop-Up Window


2. Type set HIST=y in the Pathname or directive: text box.
3. Click Add.
4. Type set TYPE=image in the Pathname or directive: text box.
5. Click Add.
6. Type the pathname /usr/store in the Pathname or directive: text box.
7. Click Add.
8. Click OK.

Close this pop-up window after you finish.


Inserting Directives in Existing Policy File Settings

If your policy file settings includes the TYPE= directive and the /usr/store pathname, but not the HIST= directive, you must add it to the list.

Remember, all directives for a given pathname must appear before that pathname on the list if they are to be correctly applied. Therefore, the set HIST= and TYPE= directives must appear on the list before the /usr/store pathname.

Do the following:

 
1. Highlight the first entry on the Pathname or Directive list.
2. Click the Insert button in the Change Policy Files window (see Figure 4). The Insert File pop-up window displays.

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Figure 6 Insert Files Pop-Up Window

 
3. Type set HIST=y in the Pathname or directive: text box.
4. Click Add.
5. Type set TYPE=image if it does not already appear on the Pathname or Directive list, then click Add.
6. Click OK.

Close this pop-up window after you finish.


Changing a Directive or Pathname

If the history or type directives appear on the Pathname or Directive list but have values other than those specified in this document, you must change them.

Do the following:

1. Highlight the entry on the Pathname or Directive list that needs to be changed.
2. Click the Change button in the Change Policy Files window (see Figure 4). The Change File pop-up window displays.

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Figure 7 Change Files Pop-Up Window

 
3. Type correct value for the directive you selected in the Pathname of directive: text box. For example:
set HIST=y
or
set TYPE=image
4. Click OK.

Close this pop-up window after you finish.

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