NetBackup77 AdminGuideI Server

Symantec NetBackup™
Administrator's Guide,
Volume I
UNIX, Windows, and Linux
Release 7.7
Contents
Technical Support
Section 1 About NetBackup

Chapter 1 Introducing NetBackup interfaces
Chapter 2 Administering NetBackup licenses
Section 2 Configuring hosts

Chapter 3 Configuring Host Properties
Contents 7
Contents 8
Contents 9
Contents 10
Contents 11
Contents 12
Contents 13
Chapter 4 Configuring server groups
Chapter 5 Configuring host credentials
Chapter 6 Managing media servers

Contents 14
Section 3 Configuring storage

Chapter 7 Configuring disk storage
Chapter 8 Configuring tape media

Contents 15
Chapter 9 Configuring robots and tape drives

Contents 16
Contents 17
Chapter 10 Inventorying robots
Chapter 11 Configuring storage units

Contents 18
Chapter 12 Staging backups
Chapter 13 Configuring storage unit groups

Contents 19
Section 4 Configuring storage lifecycle policies

(SLPs)
Chapter 14 Configuring storage lifecycle policies
Chapter 15 Storage operations
Chapter 16 Retention types for SLP operations

Contents 20
Chapter 17 Storage lifecycle policy options
Chapter 18 Using a storage lifecycle policy to create multiple

copies
Chapter 19 Storage lifecycle policy versions
Section 5 Configuring backups

Chapter 20 Creating backup policies
Contents 21
Contents 22
Contents 23
Chapter 21 Synthetic backups
Chapter 22 Protecting the NetBackup catalog

Contents 24
Chapter 23 About the NetBackup relational database

Contents 25
Chapter 24 Managing backup images

Contents 26
Section 6 Configuring replication

Chapter 25 About NetBackup replication
Section 7 Monitoring and reporting

Chapter 26 Monitoring NetBackup activity
Contents 27
Chapter 27 Reporting in NetBackup
Chapter 28 Using the Logging Assistant

Contents 28
Section 8 Administering NetBackup

Chapter 29 Management topics
Chapter 30 Accessing a remote server
Chapter 31 Using the NetBackup Remote Administration

Console
Contents 29
Chapter 32 Alternate server restores
Chapter 33 Managing client backups and restores

Contents 30
Chapter 34 Powering down and rebooting NetBackup

servers
Chapter 35 About Granular Recovery Technology
Index
Section 1
About NetBackup
Chapter 1
Introducing NetBackup
interfaces
About NetBackup
Introducing NetBackup interfaces 33
About NetBackup
Figure 1-1 NetBackup storage domain example
NetBackup
master server
Media servers
SAN
OpenStorage
Media Manager tape BasicDisk disk pool
storage unit storage unit
NetBackup
clients
NetBackup documentation
NetBackup documentation
About NetBackup administration interfaces

Table 1-1 NetBackup administration interfaces
Name of Description
interface
NetBackup Administration Console
Note:
Note:
Setting up a CDE for the Java-based NetBackup interfaces on

UNIX
To set up a CDE (Common Desktop Environment) for NetBackup Java interfaces

1
2
3
4
5
To start the NetBackup Administration Console

1
4
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note:
Figure 1-2 Selection on the installation panel to install only the NetBackup
Administration Console
Note:
Backward compatibility with triple-dot versions

Using the NetBackup Administration Console
Figure 1-3 Examples of supported and unsupported back-level console

configurations
Figure 1-4 NetBackup Administration Console
8 10 11
9
Table 1-2 NetBackup Administration Console description
Description
Note:
Table 1-2 NetBackup Administration Console description (continued)
Description
Catalog
Description
Description
To configure logging for the NetBackup Administration Console

1
2
3
Note:
Note:
NetBackup Administration Console log files

NetBackup configuration wizards
NetBackup configuration wizards
Table 1-3 Configuration wizards
Wizard Description
Note:
Running the Troubleshooter
Table 1-3 Configuration wizards (continued)
Wizard Description
Note:
To run the Troubleshooter

1
3
Chapter 2
Administering NetBackup
licenses
About administering NetBackup licenses
Note:
Note:
Administering NetBackup licenses 53
Accessing license keys for a NetBackup server
To access license keys for a NetBackup server

1
Adding NetBackup license keys
To add new license keys to the selected server

1
2
Printing a NetBackup license key list
To print a list of license keys

1
3
4
Deleting NetBackup license keys
To delete a license key

1
3
4
Viewing NetBackup license key properties
To view the properties of a NetBackup license key

◆
Exporting NetBackup license keys
To export NetBackup license keys

1
2
3
4
Starting the NetBackup license key utility on a UNIX computer
To start the NetBackup license key utility on a computer running UNIX

1
2
Section 2
Configuring hosts
Chapter 3
Configuring Host Properties
Configuring Host Properties 59
About the NetBackup Host Properties
Figure 3-1 Host Properties utility in the NetBackup Administration Console
2 4
Table 3-1 Host Properties utility
Number Description
Table 3-1 Host Properties utility (continued)
Number Description
Host Properties
Note:
Table 3-2 NetBackup Host Properties configuration methods
Method Description
To connect and view host properties of master server, media server, or client
1
2
3
Note:
To simultaneously change the properties on multiple hosts

1
2
3
4
5
6
Note:
To export the properties of a host

1
3
4
Note:
Access Control properties
Table 3-3 NetBackup Product Authentication and Authorization property

options
Option Description
Figure 3-2 Authentication Domain tab
Table 3-4 Authentication Domain tab properties
Property Description
Table 3-4 Authentication Domain tab properties (continued)
Figure 3-3 Authorization Service tab

Table 3-5 Authorization Service property options
Option Description
Note:
Figure 3-4 Network Attributes tab

Add Network dialog box
Table 3-6 Add Network dialog box properties
Active Directory host properties
Figure 3-5 Add Network dialog box

Figure 3-6 Active Directory dialog box
Table 3-7 Active Directory dialog box properties
Bandwidth properties
Note:
Figure 3-7 Bandwidth dialog box

Table 3-8 Bandwidth limit usage considerations and restrictions
Client or operation Bandwidth limit behavior or restrictions

Busy File Settings properties
Table 3-8 Bandwidth limit usage considerations and restrictions (continued)
Client or operation Bandwidth limit behavior or restrictions

Figure 3-8 Busy File Settings dialog box
Table 3-9 Busy File Settings dialog box properties
Table 3-9 Busy File Settings dialog box properties (continued)
Clean-up properties
To activate Busy File Settings

1
2
3
Clean-up properties
Clean-up properties
Figure 3-9 Clean-up dialog box

Clean-up properties
Table 3-10 Clean-up dialog box properties
Client Name properties
Table 3-10 Clean-up dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Note:
Note:

Note:
Figure 3-10 Client Name dialog box

Client Attributes properties
Table 3-11 Global client attributes group box
Attribute Description
Table 3-11 Global client attributes group box (continued)
Attribute Description
Figure 3-11 General tab of Client Attributes dialog box

Table 3-12 General tab properties
Note:
Maximum data streams Maximum jobs per client

Limit jobs per policy
Table 3-12 General tab properties (continued)
Offline option usage considerations and restrictions
Table 3-13 Offline option actions
Type of job or operation Action or restriction

Table 3-13 Offline option actions (continued)
Type of job or operation Action or restriction
Caution:
Where deduplication should occur

Table 3-14 Client-side deduplication options
Option Description
Figure 3-12 Connect Options tab of Client Attributes dialog box
Table 3-15 Connect Options tab properties
Table 3-15 Connect Options tab properties (continued)
Figure 3-13 Windows Open File Backup tab of Client Attributes dialog box
Table 3-16 Windows Open File Backup tab properties
Client Attributes
Table 3-16 Windows Open File Backup tab properties (continued)
Note:
Note:
Note:
Table 3-17 Snapshot Provider behavior for clients in a 7.x environment
Client Snapshot Provider Behavior

version setting
Client Settings properties for UNIX clients
Table 3-17 Snapshot Provider behavior for clients in a 7.x environment

(continued)
Client Snapshot Provider Behavior

version setting

Figure 3-14 Client Settings (UNIX) dialog box
Table 3-18 UNIX Client Settings dialog box properties
Table 3-18 UNIX Client Settings dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Note:
Table 3-18 UNIX Client Settings dialog box properties (continued)
Client Settings properties for Windows clients
Table 3-19 VxFS file change log feature options
Option Description
Note:

Figure 3-15 Windows Client Settings dialog box
Table 3-20 Windows Client Settings properties
Note:
Table 3-20 Windows Client Settings properties (continued)
Note:
Note:
Table 3-20 Windows Client Settings properties (continued)
Credential Access properties
Credential Access properties
Figure 3-16 Credential Access dialog box
Table 3-21 Credential Access dialog box properties
Data Classification properties
Table 3-21 Credential Access dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Note:

Figure 3-17 Data Classification dialog box

Table 3-22 Data Classification dialog box properties
Note:
Default Job Priorities properties
To create a data classification

1
2
3
4
5
Note:

Figure 3-18 Default Job Priorities dialog box
Table 3-23 Default Job Priorities dialog box properties
Table 3-23 Default Job Priorities dialog box properties (continued)
Distributed application restore mapping properties
Distributed application restore mapping properties

Figure 3-19 Distributed Application Restore Mapping dialog box
Encryption properties
Table 3-24 Distributed Application Restore Mapping dialog box properties
Note:
Note:
Figure 3-20 Encryption dialog box
Table 3-25 Encryption permissions selections
Table 3-26 Encryption dialog box properties
Table 3-26 Encryption dialog box properties (continued)
Encrypting File System
BitLocker Drive Encryption

Enterprise Vault properties
Note:
Enterprise Vault properties

Enterprise Vault Hosts properties
Figure 3-21 Enterprise Vault dialog box
Table 3-27 Enterprise Vault dialog box properties
Enterprise Vault Hosts properties

Exchange properties
Figure 3-22 Enterprise Vault Hosts master server properties
Table 3-28 Enterprise Vault Hosts dialog box properties
Option Description
Exchange properties
Exchange properties
Figure 3-23 Exchange dialog box
Table 3-29 Exchange dialog box properties
Note:
Exchange properties
Table 3-29 Exchange dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note:
Exchange properties
Table 3-29 Exchange dialog box properties (continued)
Additional notes for Exchange 2013

Exclude Lists properties
Additional notes for Exchange 2010 and 2007

Figure 3-24 Exclude Lists dialog box

Table 3-30 Excludes Lists dialog box properties
Table 3-30 Excludes Lists dialog box properties (continued)
Table 3-31 Add to Exclude dialog box
Field Description
Figure 3-25 Add to Exclude List properties
Adding an entry to an exclude list
To add an entry to the exclude list

1
2
3
6
7
Adding an exception to the exclude list
To add an exception to the exclude list

1
2
3
7
Example of a Windows client exclude list
Example of a UNIX exclude list

Note:
Configuring the exclude list on a Windows client from a UNIX master server
1
2
4
Fibre Transport properties
Table 3-32 Host types for Fibre Transport properties
Host type Description

Figure 3-26 Fibre Transport host properties for a master server

Table 3-33 Fibre Transport dialog box properties
Table 3-33 Fibre Transport dialog box properties (continued)
Firewall properties
Table 3-34 Supported values for buffers per FT connection
Total concurrent Total concurrent

connections: NetBackup connections: Linux FT
5230 and 5330 and later media server
appliances
Firewall properties
Firewall properties
Figure 3-27 Firewall dialog box

Firewall properties
Table 3-35 Firewall dialog box properties
Note:
Firewall properties
Table 3-35 Firewall dialog box properties (continued)
General Server properties
Table 3-35 Firewall dialog box properties (continued)
Daemon connection
port
Note:
To enable logging for vnetd

◆

Figure 3-28 General Server dialog box
Table 3-36 General Server dialog box properties
Note:
Table 3-36 General Server dialog box properties (continued)
Table 3-36 General Server dialog box properties (continued)
Global Attributes properties
To force restores to use a specific server

1

Figure 3-29 Global Attributes dialog box
Table 3-37 Global Attributes dialog box properties
Table 3-37 Global Attributes dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Table 3-37 Global Attributes dialog box properties (continued)
Table 3-38 Constraints on concurrent jobs
Constraint Description
Table 3-38 Constraints on concurrent jobs (continued)
Constraint Description
Figure 3-30 Maximum jobs per client
Client
/home Policy A Tape Drive 1
Tape Drive 2
/usr Policy B
Server
Note:
Additional Windows configuration to receive emails
Additional UNIX configuration to receive emails
Notification methods
To configure the nbmail.cmd script

1
2
6
To send messages to the global administrator about backups with a non-zero status
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
To send email notifications for all backups from a client

1
2
3
5
6
7
To install and configure the email utility

1
2
3
4
To test the email utility

1
3
Logging properties
Logging properties
Legacy logging
Note:
Note:
Logging properties
Note:
Unified logging
Logging properties
Note:
Note:
Logging properties
Figure 3-31 Logging dialog box

Logging properties
Table 3-39 Logging dialog box properties
Logging properties
Table 3-39 Logging dialog box properties (continued)
Logging properties
Note:
Note:
Note:
Logging properties
Logging properties
Note:
Note:
Note:
Logging properties
Note:
Table 3-40 Process-specific overrides
Service Description
Logging properties
Table 3-41 Debug logging levels for NetBackup services
Service Description
Note:
NetBackup Administration Console logging

Logging properties
Note:
To disable the logging of a process by changing the logging level

◆
Note:
Note:
Login Banner Configuration properties
Figure 3-32 Login Banner Configuration dialog box

Note:
Table 3-42 Login Banner Configuration dialog box properties
Figure 3-33 Login Banner with agreement option enabled
Figure 3-34 Login Banner without agreement option

To remove the login banner screen and text

1
3
4
5
6
To enable the Auto log off timeout option

1
2
3
4
Lotus Notes properties
Figure 3-35 Lotus Notes dialog box

Table 3-43 Lotus Notes client host properties
Client host Configuration options Description

properties
Transaction log cache

path
Table 3-43 Lotus Notes client host properties (continued)
Client host Configuration options Description

properties
Media properties
Media properties
Figure 3-36 Media dialog box

Media properties
Table 3-44 Media dialog box properties
Media properties
Table 3-44 Media dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Media properties
Media properties
Media properties
NDMP Global Credentials properties
Figure 3-37 NDMP Global Credentials dialog box

Table 3-45 NDMP Global Credentials dialog box properties
Note:
Network properties
Figure 3-38 Add NDMP Host dialog box
For NDMP Global Credentials

to apply, this must be selected
on the NDMP host as well
Network properties
Network properties
Figure 3-39 Network dialog box
Table 3-46 Network dialog box properties
Note:
Note:
Network Settings properties
Table 3-46 Network dialog box properties (continued)
Figure 3-40 Network Settings dialog box

Table 3-47 Reverse Host Name Lookup property settings
Port Ranges properties
Reverse Host Name Lookup changes outside of the

Administration Console

Figure 3-41 Port Ranges dialog box
Table 3-48 Port Ranges dialog box properties
Table 3-48 Port Ranges dialog box properties (continued)
Preferred Network properties
Registered ports
Note:
Dynamically-allocated ports

Note:
Figure 3-42 Preferred Network dialog box

Table 3-49 Preferred Network dialog box properties
Table 3-50 Add or Change Preferred Network Settings dialog box properties
Note:
Table 3-50 Add or Change Preferred Network Settings dialog box properties
(continued)
Figure 3-43 Multihomed servers example
Server_A
Directives on Server_A
indicate what interfaces
it can use to access
Server_B
Backup interface
Production interface
2001:db8:0:11d::1efc
10.81.73.147
2001:db8:0:1f0::1efc
Backup interface
Server_B
2001:db8:0:11e::1efc Backup interface
2001:db8:0:11c::1efc
10.96.73.253
Note:
Figure 3-44 From Server_A's perspective: Available IP addresses on Server_B

when no directives are indicated on Server_A
IP addresses
IPv4 IPv6
2001:0db8:0:1f0::1efc --- Yes
Network interfaces
10.80.73.147 Yes ---
2001:0db8:0:11c::1efc --- Yes
2001:0db8:0:11d::1efc --- Yes
2001:0db8:0:11e::1efc --- Yes
10.96.73.253 Yes ---
Figure 3-45 From Server_A's perspective: Available IP addresses on Server_B

when directives to use IPv6 addresses only are indicated on Server_A
IP addresses
IPv4 IPv6
2001:0db8:0:1f0::1efc --- Yes
Network interfaces
10.80.73.147 No ---
2001:0db8:0:11c::1efc --- Yes
2001:0db8:0:11d::1efc --- Yes
2001:0db8:0:11e::1efc --- Yes
10.96.73.253 No ---
Note:
Figure 3-46 Prohibit IPv4 addresses as targets

Figure 3-47 Match IPv6 addresses as targets
Figure 3-48 Indicating a range of IPv6 networks

Figure 3-49 Prohibit IPv6 addresses as targets
Figure 3-50 Match IPv4 addresses as targets

Table 3-51 Order of directive processing
Step NetBackup considers the target Target is selected or processing continues

Figure 3-51 bptestnetconn for Server_B with no directives listed
Host for which lookup List of networks available to Any source is available to
is performed Server_B use for a connection
Figure 3-52 bptestnetconn for Server_B with directive
List of networks available to Directives make some targets

Server_B unavailable to Server_B
Figure 3-53 Prohibited target example

Figure 3-54 Match network selection with the source
Figure 3-55 Only network selection with the same source binding address
Resilient Network properties
Figure 3-56 Limiting the addresses, without any source binding

Note:
Figure 3-57 Master server Resilient Network host properties

Table 3-52 Resilient Network dialog box properties
Note:
Note:
To specify resilient connections

1
2
3
4
5
To add resilient settings

1
3
4
5
6
Resource Limit properties
To change resilient settings

1
2
3
4
Remove the select host or address rang

1
2
Move an item in the list of items

1
2

Note:
Figure 3-58 Resource Limit dialog box with VMware application selected
Restore Failover properties
Figure 3-59 Resource Limit dialog box with Hyper-V application selected

Figure 3-60 Restore Failover dialog box
Table 3-53
To assign an alternate media server as a failover restore server

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Retention Periods properties
Figure 3-61 Retention Periods dialog box

Table 3-54 Retention Periods dialog box properties
To change a retention period

1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Scalable Storage properties
To determine retention periods for volumes

1

Figure 3-62 Scalable Storage Cloud Settings host properties
Table 3-55 Cloud storage host properties
Table 3-55 Cloud storage host properties (continued)
Note:
To configure advanced bandwidth throttling settings

1
2
3
4
5
6
Table 3-56 Advanced Throttling Configuration settings
Servers properties
Table 3-56 Advanced Throttling Configuration settings (continued)
Servers properties
Servers properties
Table 3-57 Servers dialog box properties
Tab Description
Note:
Servers properties
Table 3-57 Servers dialog box properties (continued)
Tab Description
Note:
Servers properties
Figure 3-63 Additional servers tab in the Servers dialog box
To add a server to a list

1
4
5
Servers properties
7
8
9
Note:
To remove a server from a server list

1
4
5
6
Servers properties
To enable clustered master server inter-node authentication

◆
Servers properties
Note:
To add a trusted master server

1
2
3
4
5
Servers properties
9
Servers properties
To remove a trusted master server for inter-domain operations

1
2
3
4
5
Servers properties
8
To remove a trusted master server that is offline
◆
SharePoint properties
To change the master server that a client uses for backups and restores
1
4
5
6
Figure 3-64 SharePoint dialog box
Table 3-58 SharePoint dialog box properties
SLP Parameters properties
Table 3-58 SharePoint dialog box properties (continued)
Table 3-59 Consistency check options
Option Description

Figure 3-65 SLP Parameters dialog box

Table 3-60 SLP Parameters
Table 3-60 SLP Parameters (continued)
Table 3-60 SLP Parameters (continued)
Command-line units of measurement for the SLP parameters
Note:
Throttle Bandwidth properties

Figure 3-66 Throttle Bandwidth dialog box

Timeouts properties
Timeouts properties
Figure 3-67 Timeouts dialog box
Table 3-61 Timeouts dialog box properties
Timeouts properties
Table 3-61 Timeouts dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Note:
Universal Settings properties
Table 3-61 Timeouts dialog box properties (continued)
Note:
Note:
Note:
Universal Settings properties

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UNIX, Windows, and Linux

Section 1 About NetBackup

Chapter 2 Administering NetBackup licenses

Section 2 Configuring hosts

Chapter 4 Configuring server groups

Chapter 5 Configuring host credentials

Chapter 6 Managing media servers

Section 3 Configuring storage

Chapter 8 Configuring tape media

Chapter 9 Configuring robots and tape drives

Chapter 10 Inventorying robots

Chapter 11 Configuring storage units

Chapter 12 Staging backups

Chapter 13 Configuring storage unit groups

Section 4 Configuring storage lifecycle policies

Chapter 15 Storage operations

Chapter 16 Retention types for SLP operations

Chapter 17 Storage lifecycle policy options

Chapter 18 Using a storage lifecycle policy to create multiple

Chapter 19 Storage lifecycle policy versions

Section 5 Configuring backups

Chapter 21 Synthetic backups

Chapter 22 Protecting the NetBackup catalog

Chapter 23 About the NetBackup relational database

Chapter 24 Managing backup images

Section 6 Configuring replication

Section 7 Monitoring and reporting

Chapter 27 Reporting in NetBackup

Chapter 28 Using the Logging Assistant

Section 8 Administering NetBackup

Chapter 30 Accessing a remote server

Chapter 31 Using the NetBackup Remote Administration

Chapter 32 Alternate server restores

Chapter 33 Managing client backups and restores

Chapter 34 Powering down and rebooting NetBackup

Chapter 35 About Granular Recovery Technology

Figure 1-1 NetBackup storage domain example

About NetBackup administration interfaces

Table 1-1 NetBackup administration interfaces

NetBackup Administration Console

Setting up a CDE for the Java-based NetBackup interfaces on

To set up a CDE (Common Desktop Environment) for NetBackup Java interfaces

To start the NetBackup Administration Console

Backward compatibility with triple-dot versions

Figure 1-3 Examples of supported and unsupported back-level console

Using the NetBackup Administration Console

Figure 1-4 NetBackup Administration Console

Table 1-2 NetBackup Administration Console description

Table 1-2 NetBackup Administration Console description (continued)

Table 1-2 NetBackup Administration Console description (continued)

Table 1-2 NetBackup Administration Console description (continued)

To configure logging for the NetBackup Administration Console

NetBackup Administration Console log files

NetBackup configuration wizards

Table 1-3 Configuration wizards

Table 1-3 Configuration wizards (continued)

Running the Troubleshooter

To run the Troubleshooter

About administering NetBackup licenses

Accessing license keys for a NetBackup server

To access license keys for a NetBackup server

Adding NetBackup license keys

To add new license keys to the selected server