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  2. NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS) Cluster
  3. Managing MSDP Scaleout
  4. MSDP Cloud backup and disaster recovery
  5. Cloud LSU disaster recovery
NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS) Cluster

Cloud LSU disaster recovery

Scenario 1: MSDP Scaleout and its data is lost and the NetBackup primary server remains unchanged and works well

  1. Redeploy MSDP Scaleout on a EKS cluster by using the same CR parameters and NetBackup re-issue token.
  2. When MSDP Scaleout is up and running, re-use the cloud LSU on NetBackup primary server.

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -setconfig -storage_server <STORAGESERVERNAME> -stype PureDisk -configlist <configuration file>

    Credentials, bucket name, and sub bucket name must be the same as the recovered Cloud LSU configuration in the previous MSDP Scaleout deployment.

    Configuration file template:

    V7.5 "operation" "reuse-lsu-cloud" string
    V7.5 "lsuName" "LSUNAME" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudUser" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudPassword" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudAlias" "<STORAGESERVERNAME_LSUNAME>" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudBucketName" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudBucketSubName" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuKmsServerName" "XXX" string

    If the LSU cloud alias does not exist, you can use the following command to add it.

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/csconfig cldinstance -as -in <instance-name> -sts <storage-server-name> -lsu_name <lsu-name>

  3. On the first MSDP Engine of MSDP Scaleout, run the following command for each cloud LSU:

    sudo -E -u msdpsvc /usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin/cacontrol --catalog clouddr <LSUNAME>

  4. Restart the MSDP services in the MSDP Scaleout.

    Option 1: Manually delete all the MSDP engine pods.

    kubectl delete pod <sample-engine-pod> -n <sample-cr-namespace>

    Option 2: Stop MSDP services in each MSDP engine pod. MSDP service starts automatically.

    kubectl exec <sample-engine-pod> -n <sample-cr-namespace> -c uss-engine -- /usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/pdde stop

Scenario 2: MSDP Scaleout and its data is lost and the NetBackup primary server was destroyed and is re-installed

  1. Redeploy MSDP Scaleout on an EKS cluster by using the same CR parameters and new NetBackup token.
  2. When MSDP Scaleout is up and running, reuse the cloud LSU on NetBackup primary server.

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdevconfig -setconfig -storage_server <STORAGESERVERNAME> -stype PureDisk -configlist <configuration file>

    Credentials, bucket name, and sub bucket name must be the same as the recovered Cloud LSU configuration in previous MSDP Scaleout deployment.

    Configuration file template:

    V7.5 "operation" "reuse-lsu-cloud" string
    V7.5 "lsuName" "LSUNAME" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudUser" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudPassword" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudAlias" "<STORAGESERVERNAME_LSUNAME>" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudBucketName" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuCloudBucketSubName" "XXX" string
    V7.5 "lsuKmsServerName" "XXX" string

    If KMS is enabled, setup KMS server and import the KMS keys.

    If the LSU cloud alias does not exist, you can use the following command to add it.

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/csconfig cldinstance -as -in <instance-name> -sts <storage-server-name> -lsu_name <lsu-name>

  3. On the first MSDP Engine of MSDP Scaleout, run the following command for each cloud LSU:

    sudo -E -u msdpsvc /usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin/cacontrol --catalog clouddr <LSUNAME>

  4. Restart the MSDP services in the MSDP Scaleout.

    Option 1: Manually delete all the MSDP engine pods.

    kubectl delete <sample-engine-pod> -n <sample-cr-namespace>

    Option 2: Stop MSDP services in each MSDP engine pod.

    kubectl exec <sample-engine-pod> -n <sample-cr-namespace> -c uss-engine -- /usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/pdde stop

  5. Create disk pool for the cloud LSU on NetBackup server.
  6. Do two-phase image importing.

    See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I

For information about other DR scenarios, see NetBackup Deduplication Guide.

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