Configuring catalog backups
To protect the NetBackup catalog, you create a backup policy that is specific for catalog backups.
For information on how to configure catalog backups in Windows clustered environments, see the NetBackup Clustered Primary Server Administrator's Guide.
To configure a catalog backup
- Review the prerequisites for performing catalog backups.
- Sign in to the NetBackup web UI.
- Click Protection > Policies. Then click Add.
On the Attributes tab, complete the following entries:
Enter a unique Policy name.
For the Policy type, select NBU-Catalog.
Policy storage
For disk storage units, increase the Maximum Concurrent Jobs storage unit setting to ensure that the catalog backup can proceed during regular backup activity.
See Maximum concurrent jobs storage unit setting.
Note:
If your installation contains media servers at various versions, you can select a specific media server for the destination Policy storage. Do not select Any Available.
Policy volume pool
NetBackup automatically creates a CatalogBackup volume pool that is selected by default only for NBU-Catalog policy types.
For other policy attribute descriptions, see the following topic:
- On the Schedules tab, configure the schedules you want for the catalog backup.
See Concurrently running catalog backups with other backups.
- Click the Disaster recovery tab.
The tab contains information regarding the location of data crucial to disaster recovery.
Provide the path where each disaster recovery image file can be saved on disk. Enter the Network share username and Network share password, if necessary.
It is recommended that you use a network share or a removable device. Do not save the disaster recovery information to the local computer.
- Select Send disaster recovery email and enter one or more email addresses for NetBackup administrators (separated by commas).
After every catalog backup, NetBackup sends disaster recovery information to the administrators that are indicated here.
Make sure that email notification is enabled in your environment.
See Disaster recovery emails and the disaster recovery files.
- Add the policies that back up any critical data to the Critical policies list.
These policies are any that you consider crucial to the recovery of a site in the event of a disaster. The disaster recovery report includes a list of the media that is used for backups of critical policies. The report includes media only for incremental and full backup schedules, so any critical policies should use only incremental or full backup schedules.
- Click Create.