NetBackup configuration for Replication Director
NetBackup configuration is performed by the NetBackup administrator, as described in Table: NetBackup configuration tasks overview.
Table: NetBackup configuration tasks overview
Step | Description | Reference topic |
|---|---|---|
1 | Install or upgrade NetBackup software on the primary server and media server(s). | |
2 | Run the Storage Server Configuration Wizard to configure the OpenStorage partner as a NetBackup storage server. This wizard also configures the following:
| See Creating a NetBackup storage server for snapshot replication. |
3 | Create an additional disk pool for every group of disk volumes that will contain snapshot replications of the primary snapshot. As part of the Disk Pool Creation Wizard, a storage unit is configured for each disk pool. | |
4 | Create a storage unit for any operation that will produce duplications (non-snapshot copies). | |
5 | Configure a storage lifecycle policy. Create a new operation in the SLP for each task that the SLP is to perform. For example, create a Snapshot operation to perform the initial snapshot and a Replication operation to create a copy of the snapshot. | See Creating a storage lifecycle policy for snapshots and snapshot replication. |
6 | Configure a NetBackup backup policy to perform all of the operations indicated in the SLP. To do so, the Policy storage selection in the policy must indicate the SLP that is configured for snapshots and snapshot replication. | See Configuring a Standard or MS-Windows policy to protect NAS volumes or SAN-connected devices. See Configuring an NDMP policy to protect a NAS host. |
The following figure is an overview of how the NetBackup components fit together to perform snapshots and snapshot replication. The following sections describe how to configure each part of this process.
