Creating a protection point for a universal share
You can create a protection point for the data in a universal share that lets you manage and protect the data in the share. Creating a protection point is accomplished by creating a Universal-Share backup policy.
If an MSDP storage server is configured with multiple universal shares, a single policy can be created for some or all of the shares. You can also create individual policies, one for each share. If multiple storage servers are configured with universal shares, each storage server should be configured with its own specific policy to protect the universal shares on that storage server.
More information is available:
See Overview of universal shares.
To create a protection point policy for a universal share
- Create a universal share on an existing MSDP storage server.
For details, see Create a universal share in NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.
- Mount the exported path of the universal share on the storage server.
The Export path is found on the details page of the universal share in the NetBackup web UI: click Storage > Disk storage > Universal shares and then select the universal share to view its details.
- Copy your application data to the universal share.
- Create a policy using with the NetBackup web UI.
- On the Attributes tab, select Universal-Share from the Policy type list.
Note:
Accelerator backups are not supported or necessary for universal shares.
- Under Destination, select the storage unit from the Policy storage list.
See Policy storage (policy attribute) in NetBackup Administrator's Guide Volume I for more information about policy storage setting.
For the Policy storage, you must use the storage unit that hosts the universal share. You must create one if one does not exist.
If multiple storage servers are configured with universal shares, each of the storage servers should be configured with its own specific policy. This configuration ensures that the universal shares on that storage server are protected.
The storage unit for universal share policy must be in the same disk pool volume where the universal share is created.
Note:
If the primary server or the MSDP storage server is running NetBackup 10.0.1 or later, the media server must also be 10.0.1 or later.
- On the Schedules tab, create a schedule.
- On the Clients tab, enter the name of the desired client.
Universal share is an agentless technology, so the client name that is specified is used only for cataloging purposes. You can enter a NetBackup Appliance, NetBackup Virtual Appliance, Flex Appliance media server application instance, or MSDP BYO server name or a host where universal share is mounted. The client name can be a short name, Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), or IP address.
- On the Backup selections tab, enter the path of the universal share.
You can find the export path from the Universal share details page NetBackup web UI: Storage > Disk storage > Universal shares. For example:
/mnt/vpfs_shares/3cc7/3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9You can use the NEW_STREAM directive if you require multistream backups.
See NEW_STREAM directive.
You can also use the BACKUP X USING Y directive, which allows cataloging under a different directory than the universal share path. For example: BACKUP /demo/database1 USING /mnt/vpfs_shares/3cc7/3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9. In this example, the backup is cataloged under /demo/database1.
- Run the Universal-Share policy.
After the backups are created, you can manage the backups with NetBackup features, such as restore, duplication, Auto Image Replication, and others.
You can instantly access backup copies from local LSU or cloud LSU with web UI or NetBackup Instant Access APIs.
For information about NetBackup APIs, see the following website:
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