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How to configure Veritas NetBackup (tm) for a SnapVault backup for NetApp Network Appliances
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How to configure Veritas NetBackup (tm) for a SnapVault backup for NetApp Network Appliances

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Installation and Configuration Requirement: Both Veritas NetBackup (tm) for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) and NetBackup Advanced Client software must be installed and licensed on the NetBackup server. The NetBackup client used to perform the backup should have NetBackup Advanced Client installed. The NetBackup for NDMP license should be purchased for each NDMP host. The NetBackup server must also have a network-attached storage (NAS) SnapVault Options license. The NAS host must support NDMP V4 and NDMP V4 snapshot extension. Note: While the minimum version of OnTap 6.5.1 is required for NAS Snapshot (both Network Appliance filer & Network Appliance NearStore hardware), the minimum requirement for the OnTap version for a secondary filer to be used as SnapVault disk backup is 7.1 NetBackup must have access to the host where snapshots will be created. This should be configured and checked with the tpconfig -add and tpautoconf -verify commands. Consult the Veritas NetBackup (tm) 6.0 Advanced Client System Administrator's Guide (found below, in the Related Documents section) for more details about these two commands and their usage. Note: For SnapVault to work, the data should be common internet file system (CIFS) or network file system (NFS), mounted respectively on a Windows or UNIX system that will be used as the client in the policy. Windows (32 and 64 bits) and Solaris clients only are supported at this release. Policy type for a Windows system where the data is CIFS mounted is MS-Windows-NT, for UNIX client where the data is NFS mounted Standard, and for Oracle backup - Oracle. NDMP policy type is not supported in the current version of NetBackup 6.0.

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Version, Licensing & Configuration options requirement for Network Appliances: Do not put both primary and secondary licenses on the same machine. It is permissible to have both SnapMirror and SnapVault licenses on the same filer simultaneously, if it is necessary to use SnapMirror. SnapMirror is not required for SnapVault. Below is a configuration example from a working environment with NetBackup 6.0: In this example, test10 is the primary filer where the data resides, and test11 is the secondary filer that is used as the SnapVault disk storage unit.

A. OnTap version host name "test10" os type "NetApp" os version "NetApp Release 6.5.3H1P4" host name "test11" os type "NetApp" os version "NetApp Release 7.1RC3" The OnTap version can be seen by executing the following command on the NetApp Filer: filer1> sysconfig The NDMP protocol version can be checked by executing the following command on the NetApp Filer: filer1> ndmpd version The above information is also displayed when the NetBackup command tpautoconf -verify is executed on the NetBackup server. B. Licensing information:

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On the primary filer: --------------------------License: SnapRestore, SnapVault_primary Note: SnapRestore is a separately licensed feature of NetApp, and is required only if this feature is used to restore the data. Example: cifs XXXXXXX nfs YYYYYYY snapmirror ZZZZZZZZ snaprestore site AAAAAAA expires 17 Jan 2006 sv_ontap_pri site BBBBBBB expires 10 Jan 2006 <<<<< primary license sv_ontap_sec not licensed

On the Secondary filer (SnapVault system) ------------------------------------------------------------License: SnapVault_secondary Example: cifs site ZZZZZZZZ expires 10 Jan 2006 iscsi site CCCCCCCC expires 10 Jan 2006 nfs site LLLLLLLL expires 10 Jan 2006 sv_ontap_sec site BBBBBBB expires 10 Jan 2006 <<<<<< secondary license sv_unix_pri not licensed Licenses can be added and displayed using the following commands on the NetApp Filer: filer1>license add <code> filer1>license
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C. Settings / Options:

On the primary filer: --------------------------ndmpd on snapvault.enable on snapvault.access: host=sv_secondary Example: ndmpd.enable snapmirror.enable snapvault.access host=) snapvault.enable On the Secondary filer: -------------------------------snapvault.enable on snapvault.access: host=sv_primary1, sv_primary2 Example: snapmirror.enable snapvault.access host=) snapvault.enable off host=all on on off host=all on

(or just all without

(or just all without

Options parameters can be viewed by executing the following commands: filer1> options snapvault filer1> options ndmpd or just: filer1> options Options parameters can be set by using the following commands:

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filer1> options snapvault.enable on filer1> options snapvault.access all etc

Policy Configuration for NetBackup: Note that only the required part of the policy is shown here and not the whole policy. Example of a working policy: ---------------------------------------Policy Type: Active: MS-Windows-NT (13) yes yes auto (none) yes 2 yes 3

Mult. Data Stream: yes Perform Snapshot Backup: Snapshot Method: Snapshot Method Arguments: Perform Offhost Backup: Backup Copy: Use Data Mover: Data Mover Type: Residence: Volume Pool: Client/HW/OS/Pri: Include:

test_stu NetBackup windows01 PC WindowsNET 0 0 0 0 ? \\filer1\qtree1

Note that the filer data is mounted on a Windows 2000 machine in the above example, and the backup selection list contains the data path as \\filername\sharename. For SnapVault, qtrees must be shared on the filer by means of NFS or CIFS. For SnapVault, you must specify the path up to a subvolume which is qtree in NetApp term. For a UNIX system, if the data resides in /vol/vol1 /qtree1 on NDMP host filer1 and is NFS mounted to /mnt/vol1/qtree1 on the UNIX client, put /mnt/vol1/qtree1 in the backup selection list. Each subvolume listed in the backup policy must be individually mounted on the client. It is not sufficient to mount only the volume containing the
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subvolumes. Existing volumes can be displayed by executing the following command on the NetApp Filer: filer1> vol status or filer1> sysconfig -r Existing qtrees can be seen by executing the following commands on the NetApp Filer: filer1> qtree status filer1> qtree stats Storage Unit Configuration for NetBackup Label: Storage Unit Type: Media Subtype: Host Connection: SnapVault Server: Concurrent Jobs: On Demand Only: Path: Robot Type: Max Fragment Size: Max MPX: Stage data: Block Sharing: Transfer Throttle: High Water Mark: Ok On Root: test_stu Disk SnapVault (3) media_server filer2 1 yes "/vol/vol1" (not robotic) 524288 1 no no 0 98 no

Note that the disk type/media subtype use SnapVault. Do not select NearStore, as NearStore storage unit type does not support SnapVault. Additional notes: For restrictions on point in time rollback from a snapshot, alternate path restore and Optimized Snapshot/SnapVault restore, consult the following manual: http://support.veritas.com/docs/278130 (http://support.veritas.com/docs/278130)

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