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VERITAS NETBACKUP
DATACENTER Local V880

Overview
Joe Holbrook, CHPTP

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NETBACKUP Training
The following slides cover only a brief overview
of Netbackup functionality.
You will need to review the referenced documents
and websites for a better comprehension.
You should perform test backups and restores.
You MUST have a backup schema & DRP plan to
keep your job.
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NETBACKUP OVERVIEW
Q. What is Veritas Netbackup?
A. Veritas Netbackup is an enterprise backup
and recovery solution that is the industry
standard.
Q. How does Veritas Netbackup help Unix
Admins?
A. Ensures every file gets backed up and is
able to be restored by using cataloging.
NETBACKUP OVERVIEW
Netbackup will backup, restore and archive
files.
Uses GNU tar format
Use TCP to establish communications.
Performs both FULL and incremental
backups
Full reporting and management capacity of
backup and recovery procedures
NETBACKUP OVERVIEW
Netbackup manages heterogeneous
backups. UNIX, NT, NOVELL, IBM, etc
Highly scalable and flexible architecture
Advanced tools, utilities and wizards.
Management from server, client or
workstation.
Role & User based security
NETBACKUP OVERVIEW
Three products levels of Netbackup 4.5.

1. Netbackup Professional.
2. Netbackup Business server.
3. Netbackup Datacenter.
Netbackup has a collection of add on
products and agents. None of which were
purchased.
JTAV NETBACKUP FYI

We currently have an Oracle database.
The person that specified this configuration
did not specify the Netbackup for oracle or
nor the oracle database agent to allow hot
or online backups, advanced recovery and
management, etc.
We will require a cold backup increasing
downtime.
VERITAS NETBACKUP
DATACENTER FYI
CURRENT JTAV BELVIOR CONFIG
Version 4.5 GA Datacenter
SUN L25 Autoloader with Tape Library/Bar
Code reader & two drives
Throughput on Autoloader is 5Mbps per sec
Media is DLT 8000 Tape 40gig/80gig
Currently managing Valiant and Hood
JTAV SITE NETBACKUP FYI

Current JTAV site CONFIG
Remote sites (EECOM, PACOM,
CENTCOM, KOREA,JIFFCOM)
Version 4.5 BusinessServer
SUN L7 autoloader with one drive, no bar
code reader
Throughput on autoloader is 5mbps per sec
Media is DLT 8000 tape 40gig/80gig

These remote sites need to be configured
completely and correctly.
Performance tuning needs to be completed(refer to
my NETBACKUP 4.5 PERFTUNEJTAV.Doc.
On site training never materialized.
Catalog backups.
Need to establish site backup schema.
Update patches to MP 5 as of 11/09/2003.
Perform test restores and backups.
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Sites need to establish tape rotation

Off site consideration for DRP
Configure self monitoring and alerting
Cleaning schedule should be set to around
10 hours
Print out Netbackup documentation from
Veritas.Com
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Veritas Netbackup DataCenter

Netbackup automates the backup and
archive routines on Valiant and Hood.
Full backups run weekly on Fridays and
Incremental-Differentials daily.
Valiant is the Master server and the
Media server. (Master being the manager
and Media being the controller of media
such as tape drives and disks.)
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Veritas Netbackup DataCenter

We could add more servers to list.
Just have to add the Netbackup client agents
and configure the client backup policy.
Netbackup uses ports to connect to clients
and for processes.
Netbackup is broken into two subsections.
Netbackup and Media Manager
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VERITAS PORTS
Veritas uses ports to communicate over the
network. TCP port connections to be exact.
The next page covers the ports used by
Netbackup and the Media Manager.
The configuration of these is done during
the installation of Netbackup.
These can be found in the /etc/services file.
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NETBACKUP PORTS
# NetBackup services #
bprd 13720/tcp
bprd
bpdbm 13721/tcp
bpdbm
bpcd 13782/tcp
bpcd
vnetd 13724/tcp
vnetd
vopied 13783/tcp
vopied
bpjava-msvc 13722/tcp
bpjava-msvc
bpjobd 13723/tcp
bpjobd
nbdbd 13784/tcp
nbdbd
visd 9284/tcp
visd
# End NetBackup services #
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Client Ports
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MEDIA MANAGER PORTS
# Media Manager services #

vmd 13701/tcp
vmd
acsd 13702/tcp
acsd
tl8cd 13705/tcp
tl8cd
odld 13706/tcp
odld
ts8d 13709/tcp
ts8d
tldcd 13711/tcp
tldcd
tl4d 13713/tcp
tl4d
tsdd 13714/tcp
tsdd
tshd 13715/tcp
tshd
tlmd 13716/tcp
tlmd
tlhcd 13717/tcp
tlhcd
lmfcd 13718/tcp
lmfcd
rsmd 13719/tcp
rsmd
# End Media Manager services #
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Netbackup Terminology
Important words
Important processes
Use daily
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NETBACKUP Terminology
The following several slides cover common
NETBACKUP terms and principals to give
a brief understanding of terms and
principals.
Review the bibliography for more info.
Review the documents on www.veritas.com
.
Review the HELP menu.
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Archive.
An archive is special backup in Netbackup
where it will backup up the file(s) and then
delete the file(s) from the local disk.
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Catalog.
A catalog is a an internal database that
contain info about configuration, media,
devices, errors, logs, etc.
Policy.
A policy is a template for backup a single
client or a group of clients.
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Disk image backup
A disk image backup is a bit by by bit backup
rather than a file system backup.
Duplicate image
A duplicate image is a copy of a backup.
Expiration
Time when a volume is considered unusable
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Multiplexing.
Netbackup can send multiple concurrent
backups from one client or several to a single
storage device(tape, disk, NDMP, etc).
Multiplexing is used to reduce backup time.
Multiplexing is done sequentially onto the
media.
Multiplexing reduces restore performance.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Why multiplex!
Reduce backup times
Slow network connections
Many short backups (incrementals on
small and lightly used file systems)
Software compression
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Configure Multiplexing
Must be configured in two places (menus)
1. Storage Unit
Maximum Multiplexing per Drive for
Storage Unit
Number range 1 32
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2. Schedule setting
Media multiplexing value
Must be also set for multiplexing to work.
Important
Storage unit and schedule settings must be
set. If you set 8 for storage unit and 6 for
schedule then the max multiplexes will
be 6.
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NETBACKUP TERMINOLOGY
Multistreaming
Multistreaming establishes multiple
connections, or threads, from a single system
to the backup server. This is useful if you
have a large system with multiple I/O devices
and large amounts of data that need backing
up.
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Storage Unit
A Storage Unit is a group of one or more
storage devices that are the same type
(disk, tape, etc) and density (DLT, SDLT,
etc)
There are 4 types of storage units in
Netbackup and for the JTAV project only
two can be used currently.
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Storage Unit (four types)
1. Media Manager uses tape robots,
standalone drives or optical disk drives
that are under the Media Manager control.
2. Disk A storage unit that is basically a
directory on a disk. Unlimited can be set
up in Netbackup.
**Notes
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3. NDMP NDMP is an optional
functionality but also requires you have a
NDMP host (NetAPP).
4. Fastrax another optional functionality and
requires an EMC system.
**optional in Veritas means separately
purchased product
**Note
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True Image backup - is a snapshot of files
done at the directory level at a certain point in
time. When a "True Image" backup is
restored, the directory restored will be
brought to the same state as when it was
backed up. Any files or sub-directories that
did not exist at the time of backup will be
deleted when the restore occurs if it is
restored to the same location.
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Volume group - is a group of volumes
that have some common physical
location or characteristic, such as being
in the same library, at the same offsite
location, having the same media
density, or the like. There may be more
than one group in a location, however,
all media in a volume group must be in
the same location.
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
bp.Conf.
The main configuration file for Netbackup is.
/usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf.
This is true for clients, media and master servers.

The only difference is the types and number of
OPTIONS you can specify and how. Refer to the
Netbackup system administrator guide for UNIX.
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Backup policy.
1. A backup policy is a template for
backup up clients.
2. Every client must be in at least one policy
but can be in many policies.
3. Easier to divide clients into group by the
requirements. Then create policy for each
group of clients.
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Backup policies are configured within four
tabs of the policy menu
1. General attributes determines policy
storage units, settings, types of backups, etc
2. Schedules specifies when the backup
occurs and the type of schedule (automatic
or user set)
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
3. File list contains the list of files to be backed up. You
can use the parameter
ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES to backup all of the files and
drives.
Select cross mountpoints, true image recovery &
allow Mutiple data streams.
Do not select compression (software).
Our DLT drives support hardware compression
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
4. Client List is the clients that are to be
backed up by the policy.
Example: all UNIX clients use Standard
Policy.
Remember to add the client to /etc/hosts.
You can also use an IP address.
To install a client you configure the /.rhosts
file on the client. **Notes
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Catalogs.
A catalog is a an internal database that
contains info about configuration, media,
devices, errors, logs, etc.
Catalogs are in binary format in NB 4.5.
Netbackup places the catalog backup in
default locations. You can change this.
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Netbackup catalogs are important to maintain for
recovery purposes. If you lose your server or need
to restore to a new machine then the catalog is
critical.
JTAV servers catalog backups up the following
directories.
Media catalog.
/usr/openv/netbackup/db.
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Volume catalog & device catalog.
/usr/openv/volmgr/database.
Logs & config.
/usr/openv/var.
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Reporting
Netbackup has great reporting capability for
reporting the management, verification and
troubleshooting of Netbackup operations.
Refer to the Netbackup Systems
Administrator Guide for UNIX Chapter 5,
page 195
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Backup Levels
Full Need to explain (Level 0)
Cumulative incremental backup is the
backup of all files that have changed
since the last full backup.
Differential incremental backup is the
backup of all files that have changed
since the last backup.
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Busy Files
Busy file processing is a series of
configurations and actions set in the
bp.conf file that can be executed when
a file that cannot be read (read-locked)
is encountered.
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Reporting
Reports (10 types)
1. Status of backups
2. Client backups
3. Problems
4. All log entries
5. Media list reports
6. Media contents reports
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Reporting
7. Images on media
8. Media logs
9. Media summary
10. Media written
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Reporting
View all backup job stats
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdbjobs
-report -all_columns
You can select the fields you need by

specifying
bpdbjobs -report state status class schedule

client -server
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Media States
1.
2.
3.
4.
Four media states

Full
Suspended
Frozen
Imported
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Media States
Full No more space on Media
Can use it for restore but you can not use it
for backup
Suspended Cant do nothing.
Frozen Put on Hold
Can restore bu
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Media States
Imported - Media was imported (restored)
to the NB database.
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Media Cleaning
Utilize tpclean command
Utilize GUI
List cleanings
Tpclean L
Initiate cleaning
Tpclean C drive1
Schedule cleaning
Tpclean F drive1
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Monitoring
Monitoring.
You can do monitor Netbackup.
Jobs, daemons and processes.
jnbSA & (java interface).
bpps a (command to view NB & MM
processes).
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Start Netbackup
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup start
/etc/init.d/netbackup start
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Stop Netbackup
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup stop
/etc/init.d/netbackup stop
Or
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bp.kill -all
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VERITAS NETBACKUP
Netbackup licenses can be managed by

1. Netbackup java interface
jnbSA & > HELP > license keys
2. Netbackup license utility
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key
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Admin Interfaces
xbpadmin
bpadm
jnbSA
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Client User Interface

xbp
bp
jbpSA
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Admin Utility
Non root users can use Netbackup
You need to configure the usage by
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nonroot_admin
Refer to page 424 of the Netbackup system

Administratiojn guide for UNIX
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Logging
Logging allows monitoring of NETBACKUP
There are 10 logging levels 0 being min, 9 being
max.
Logging default level is 0
You must create logs in /usr/openv/netbackup/logs
Configure bp.Conf logging level by VERBOSE = ?
? = The logging level 0 - 9
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Logging
Create Logs by
Cd /usr/openv/netbackup/logs
mkdir bpcd
mkdir bprd
Etc for each daemon & process
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Daemon Control
Daemons can started or stopped by several ways
initbprd
bprdreq terminate
initbpdbm
xbpadm
bpadm
jnbSA
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Workflow
Netbackup uses a worklist for the flow of

automatic backups. (Que)
This determines the backup priotity and
scheduling of backups
1. The highest priority backup goes first
2. Backup with retention level as tape in
drive currently!
3. Most overdue backup
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Robot
Display the robot inventory. Do the
following process.
Java GUI:
1. Start media and device management.
2. Click on the media manager that hosts
the robot you wish to inventory. .
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Robot
3. Select inventory robot from the
actions menu.
4. Select the robot on the host you wish
to inventory
5. Select show contents of robot
6. Start to obtain an inventory.
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Robot
By the command line
Note that ACS and TLM type libraries are not
managed by NetBackup and you cannot
inventory through this method. .
vmupdate.
vmcheckxxx -rt robot_type -rn robot_number -list.
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Restore Files
Tapes for restore (GUI).
1.
If you are using the java GUI, start the restore of the file, files,
directories, etc .
Then click "preview media required".
2.
You can also perform the restore (either via the GUI or command
line), and have messages written to a log file. The beginning of the
log will contain a list of tapes needed for the restore.
.
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Restore
Tapes for Restore(command line)
Or you can avoid the GUI (and avoid having to kick off a restore) with the bpimagelist command.
Let's assume you want to restore from a backup of CLIENTA that happened on August 1st.
(these commands would be run on your NBU master server)
### First you need to find the exact start time of the backup you want:
nbumaster# bpimagelist -U -client CLIENTA -d 08/01/2001 -e /
08/01/2001
Backed Up Expires Files KB C Sched Type Class ---------------- ---------- --------------- - ------------ ------------ 08/01/2001 05:05 08/15/2001 729846
52624096 N Full Backup CLIENTA_OS 08/01/2001 02:05 11/02/2001 58233
5029312 N Full Backup CLIENTA_DATA
### Next you use the -media flag to see what volume(s) were used for that backup:
nbumaster# bpimagelist -media -U -client CLIENTA -d 08/01/2001
05:05 -e 08/01/2001 05:05
Media ID Last Written Server -------- ---------------- ---------- 602595 08/01/2001
05:05 nbumaster 603084 08/01/2001 05:05 nbumaster
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Media
Verify Media status (available_media)
/
usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/availabl
e_media
or
Java Gui under
This will tell status of media, media id, time,
etc.
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Scheduling
Determine backup requirements
bpschedreq -predict mm/dd/yyyy
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Configuration (bp.conf)
Bp.conf is the main configuration for
Netbackup.
Refer to Chapter 10, Page 460 of the
Netbackup System Administrators Guide
for Unix for the specific configuration
options.
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Configuration(vm.conf)
Main Media Manager Config file
/usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf
Refer to Netbackup Media Manager Device
Guide for Unix for the specific
configuration options.
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DRP
Veritas can be a valuable asset in any DRP
plan.
It recommended you allocate your media
correctly.
Should have an off site storage set up.
Keep copies of Netbackup software,
licenses, your NB catalog and ensure a tape
rotation.
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Summary
Veritas Netbackup is a very powerful
program.
It requires considerable thought into
planning & configuring properly.
Netbackup is a plus for the resume.
Restores must always be successful.
Take time to learn the product and
additional functionality.
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Summary
Do your backups and
party later.
Backups are important
to keeping our jobs!
Get Veritas Certified
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Bibliography
ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Da
taCenter/246847.pdf
www.veritas.com/education/quicktips/QuickReference.jhtml
www.veritas.com/education/quicktips/QuickTips.jhtml
www.backupcentral.com
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VERITAS NETBACKUP

DATACENTER Local V880

Joe Holbrook, CHPTP

Joe Holbrook, CHPTP XXXXX

Three products levels of Netbackup 4.5.

JTAV NETBACKUP FYI

JTAV SITE NETBACKUP FYI

JTAV SITE NETBACKUP FYI

JTAV SITE NETBACKUP FYI

Sites need to establish tape rotation

Veritas Netbackup DataCenter

Veritas Netbackup DataCenter

Joe Holbrook, CHPTP XXXXX

Joe Holbrook, CHPTP XXXXX

MEDIA MANAGER PORTS

# Media Manager services #

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This is true for clients, media and master servers.

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View all backup job stats

You can select the fields you need by

bpdbjobs -report state status class schedule

Four media states

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Netbackup licenses can be managed by

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Client User Interface

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Refer to page 424 of the Netbackup system

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? = The logging level 0 - 9

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Netbackup uses a worklist for the flow of

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Tapes for restore (GUI).

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Tapes for Restore(command line)

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