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  3. NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide
  5. Section II. NetBackup Snapshot Manager maintenance
  7. Uninstalling NetBackup Snapshot Manager
  9. Restoring NetBackup Snapshot Manager
NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide

Restoring NetBackup Snapshot Manager

You can restore NetBackup Snapshot Manager using any of the following methods:

  • Recover NetBackup Snapshot Manager using a snapshot you have in the cloud

  • Recover NetBackup Snapshot Manager using a backup located on-premises

  • (Only for GCP cloud provider) Recover NetBackup Snapshot Manager using GCP cross-project restore

Using NetBackup Snapshot Manager snapshot located in the cloud

To recover NetBackup Snapshot Manager using a snapshot you have in the cloud

  1. Using your cloud provider's dashboard or console, create a volume from the existing snapshot.
  2. Create a new virtual machine with specifics equal to or better than your previous NetBackup Snapshot Manager server.
  3. Install Docker/Podman on the new server.

  4. Attach the newly-created volume to this NetBackup Snapshot Manager server instance.
  5. Create the NetBackup Snapshot Manager installation directory on this server.

    Use the following command:

    # mkdir /full_path_to_cloudpoint_installation_directory

    For example:

    # mkdir /cloudpoint

  6. Mount the attached volume to the installation directory you just created.

    Use the following command:

    # mount /dev/device-name /full_path_to_cloudpoint_installation_directory

    For example:

    # mount /dev/xvdb /cloudpoint

  7. Verify that all NetBackup Snapshot Manager related configuration data and files are in the directory.

    Enter the following command:

    # ls -l /cloudpoint

  8. Download or copy the NetBackup Snapshot Manager installer binary to the new server.
  9. Install NetBackup Snapshot Manager.

    Use the following command:

    (For Docker) 

    # sudo docker run -it --rm -u 0
-v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

    (For Podman) 

    # sudo podman run -it --rm -u 0
-v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint
-v /var/run/podman.sock:/var/run/podman.sock
veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

    Here, 10.1.0.0.1005 represents the NetBackup Snapshot Manager version. Replace it as per your currently installed product version.

    Note:

    This is a single command. Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

    The installation program detects an existing version of NetBackup Snapshot Manager and re-installs all NetBackup Snapshot Manager services without overwriting existing content.

    Messages similar to the following are displayed on the command prompt:

    Configuration started at time Wed May 13 22:20:47 UTC 2020
This is a re-install.
Checking if a 1.0 release container exists ...

    Note the line that indicates that the operation is a re-install.

  10. When the installation completes, you can resume working with NetBackup Snapshot Manager using your existing credentials.
Using NetBackup Snapshot Manager backup located on-premise

To recover NetBackup Snapshot Manager using a backup located on-premise

  1. Copy the existing NetBackup Snapshot Manager backup to the new NetBackup Snapshot Manager server and extract it to the NetBackup Snapshot Manager installation directory.

    In the following example, because /cloudpoint was backed up, the command creates a new /cloudpoint directory.

    # tar -zxf cloudpoint_dr.tar.gz -C /cloudpoint/

  2. Download or copy the NetBackup Snapshot Manager installer binary to the new server.
  3. Install NetBackup Snapshot Manager.

    Use the following command:

    (For Docker) 

    # sudo docker run -it --rm -u 0
-v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

    (For Podman) 

    # sudo podman run -it --rm -u 0
-v /cloudpoint:/cloudpoint
-v /var/run/podman.sock:/var/run/podman.sock
veritas/flexsnap-deploy:10.1.0.0.1005 install

    Here, 10.1.0.0.1005 represents the NetBackup Snapshot Manager version. Replace it as per your currently installed product version.

    Note:

    This is a single command. Ensure that you enter the command without any line breaks.

  4. When the installation completes, you can resume working with NetBackup Snapshot Manager using your existing credentials.
Using NetBackup Snapshot Manager GCP cross-project restore

Note:

The zone of NetBackup Snapshot Manager and node-pools of the extension must be same.

In case of cross-project restore, a provider must be configured for the region in which NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed. If NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed in us-west1-b zone then a provider for us-west1 region must be configured.

Let the details of the first project in which NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed be:

  • Service-account = cp-host-service-account

  • Project-name = cp-host-project

Let the details of the second project be:

  • Service-account = other-service-account

  • Project-name = other-project

To recover NetBackup Snapshot Manager using GCP cross-project restore

  1. Create a cross project role in other-service-account with the following permissions:

    • compute.snapshots.useReadOnly

    • compute.disks.create

    • Cloud KMS CryptoKey Encrypter/Decrypter

  2. Assign the above role to cp-host-service-account under the other-project project.

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