Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration notes
The Google Cloud Platform plug-in lets you create, delete, and restore disk and host-based snapshots in all regions where Google Cloud is present.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager supports the following GCP regions:
Table: GCP regions supported by NetBackup Snapshot Manager
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To list and use multi-regional encryption keys, the supported GCP region/location options are: global, us, europe and asia.
Google Cloud Platform plug-in can be configured in NetBackup Snapshot Manager by using the service account or credentials:
For Service Account configuration
The Project ID parameter is required for configuration of projects other than the NetBackup Snapshot Manager installed project:
Project ID: The ID of the project from which the resources are managed. Listed as project_id in the JSON file.
Provide the in which the plug-in operates.
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For Credential configuration
Select the as and provide the values for the following parameters:
NetBackup Snapshot Manager configuration parameter
Google equivalent term and description
Project ID
The ID of the project from which the resources are managed. Listed as project_id in the JSON file.
Client Email
The email address of the Client ID. Listed as client_email in the JSON file.
Private Key
The private key. Listed as private_key in the JSON file.
Note:
You must enter this key without quotes (neither single quotes nor double quotes). Do not enter any spaces or return characters at the beginning or end of the key.
Provide the in which the plug-in operates.
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If you are creating multiple configurations for the same plug-in, ensure that they manage assets from different Regions. Two or more plug-in configurations should not manage the same set of cloud assets simultaneously.
When multiple accounts are all managed with a single NetBackup Snapshot Manager, the number of assets being managed by a single NetBackup Snapshot Manager instance might get too large and it would be better to space them out.
To achieve application consistent snapshots, on-host agent network connections between remote VM instance and NetBackup Snapshot Manager is required.
Consider the following before you configure this plug-in:
If a region is removed from the GCP plug-in configuration, then all the discovered assets from that region are also removed from the NetBackup Snapshot Manager assets database. If there are any active snapshots that are associated with the assets that get removed, then you may not be able perform any operations on those snapshots.
Once you add that region back into the plug-in configuration, NetBackup Snapshot Manager discovers all the assets again and you can resume operations on the associated snapshots. However, you cannot perform any restore operations on the associated snapshots.
Missing permission exception during discovery: By default, while adding a new GCP provider plug-in configuration, no permission check would be done for GCP cloud related operations. To enable permission check during GCP provider plug-in configuration, add parameter under the GCP section in
flexsnap.conffile.The maximum attachment points on GCP instances are 128 and NetBackup Snapshot Manager host uses 2 attachment points, which leaves 126 attachment point for backup/restore jobs. So at any point in time NetBackup Snapshot Manager can backup/restore instance as long as attachment points are available (which is 126 attachment points). If all the attachment points are used, backup/restore jobs start failing with following error message:
Failed to attach disk.
The maximum number of labels that can be attached to GCP instances are 64 and NetBackup Snapshot Manager uses 2 labels. If any instance has more than 62 labels, backup/restore may fail.
Reconfiguration of based GCP provider plug-in configuration with same/overlapping regions and different credential type is not supported.