About the NetBackup relational database (NBDB) installation
The following information can help you to install and operate the Sybase SQL Anywhere relational database management system.
Generally, the implementation of Sybase SQL Anywhere in the NetBackup catalog is transparent. NetBackup installs Sybase SQL Anywhere during the primary server installation as a private, non-shared server for the NetBackup database (NBDB). NBDB contains the NetBackup Authorization database, the Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) data, as well as other NetBackup data that NetBackup services use.
The same installation of Sybase SQL Anywhere is used for the optionally-licensed product, Bare Metal Restore (BMR) and its associated database (BMRDB). The BMR database is created during the BMR installation process.
By default, the NetBackup relational database (NBDB) is installed on the primary server. The primary server is also the default location for the Enterprise Media Manager (EMM). Since EMM is the primary user of NBDB, the NetBackup database always resides on the same computer as the Enterprise Media Manager.
See About the Enterprise Media Manager (EMM).
Note:
NetBackup does not support saving the NetBackup relational database (NBDB, including NBAZDB and EMM) or the configuration files to a remote NFS share. CIFS is supported on some SAN or NAS storage.
The following procedure is performed automatically during installation in the order presented. You can also use the same procedure to manually install the database independently.
Installing the NetBackup database
- As part of the NetBackup primary server installation, the SQL Anywhere server is created. The server parameters are set in the server.conf file in the following location:
On Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\conf\server.conf
On UNIX: /usr/openv/var/global/server.conf
- On Windows: The following entry is added to the registry to set the database location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veritas\NetBackup\CurrentVersion\
Config\VXDBMS_NB_DATA
- On UNIX: The following entry is added to the bp.conf file to set the database location:
VxDBMS_NB_DATA = /usr/openv/db/data
- On Windows: The VxDBMS configuration file for NetBackup is created. This file requires the read and write permissions of a Windows administrator:
install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data\vxdbms.conf
- On UNIX: The VxDBMS configuration file for NetBackup is created. This file requires the read and write permissions of root:
/usr/openv/db/data/vxdbms.conf
- The NetBackup database is created:
On Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data\NBDB.db
On UNIX: /usr/openv/db/data/NBDB.db
- DBA password is set for the NetBackup database in vxdbms.conf:
VXDBMS_NB_PASSWORD = encrypted_password
- Additional database files are created with contiguous space pre-allocated:
The NetBackup system database file that is mentioned in the following step:
On Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data\NBDB.db
On UNIX: /usr/openv/db/data/NBDB.db
The EMM database files:
On Windows:
install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data\EMM_DATA.db
install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data\EMM_INDEX.db
On UNIX:
/usr/openv/db/data/EMM_DATA.db
/usr/openv/db/data/EMM_INDEX.db
The authorization database files for NetBackup Access Control:
On Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data\NBAZDB.db
On UNIX: /usr/openv/db/data/NBAZDB.db
The NetBackup transaction log, necessary for recovering the database:
On Windows: install_path\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data\NBDB.log
On UNIX: /usr/openv/db/data/NBDB.log
- The SQL Anywhere accounts and schema are created for each of the NetBackup components that make use of the NetBackup database. (For example, EMM_MAIN.)
- The following command initializes the EMM data:
On Windows: install_path\Veritas\Volmgr\bin\tpext.exe
On UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpext
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