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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ for HBase Administrator's Guide
  5. Configuring NetBackup for HBase
  7. Configuring NetBackup policies for HBase plug-in
  9. Creating a BigData backup policy
  11. Using NetBackup Command Line Interface (CLI) to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters
Veritas NetBackup™ for HBase Administrator's Guide

Using NetBackup Command Line Interface (CLI) to create a BigData policy for HBase clusters

You can also use the CLI method to create a BigData policy for HBase.

To create a BigData policy using NetBackup CLI method

  1. Log on as an Administrator.
  2. Navigate to /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd.
  3. Create a new BigData policy using the default settings.

    bppolicynew policyname

  4. View the details about the new policy using the -L option.

    bpplinfo policyname -L

  5. Modify and update the policy type as BigData.

    bpplinfo PolicyName -modify -v -M MasterServerName -pt BigData

  6. Specify the Application_Type as HBase.

    For Windows:

    bpplinclude PolicyName -add "Application_Type=hbase"

    For UNIX:

    bpplinclude PolicyName -add 'Application_Type=hbase

    Note:

    The parameter values for Application_Type=HBase are case-sensitive.

  7. Specify the backup host on which you want the backup operations to be performed for HBase.

    For Windows:

    bpplinclude PolicyName -add "Backup_Host=hostname"

    For UNIX:

    bpplinclude PolicyName -add 'Backup_Host=hostname'

    Note:

    The backup host must be a Linux computer. The backup host can be a NetBackup client or a media server or a master server.

  8. Specify the HBase directory or folder name that you want to backup.

    For Windows:

    bpplinclude PolicyName -add "/namespace:table_name"

    For UNIX:

    bpplinclude PolicyName -add '/namespace:table_name'

    Note:

    Directory or folder used for backup selection while defining BigData Policy with Application_Type=hbase must not contain space or comma in their names.

  9. Modify and update the policy storage type for BigData policy.

    bpplinfo PolicyName -residence STUName -modify

  10. Specify the IP address or the host name of the HMaster for adding the client details.

    For Windows:

    bpplclients PolicyName -M "MasterServerName" -add "HBaseServerHMaster" "Linux" "RedHat"

    For UNIX:

    bpplclients PolicyName -M 'MasterServerName' -add 'HBaseServerHMaster' 'Linux' 'RedHat'

  11. Assign a schedule for the created BigData policy as per your requirements.

    bpplsched PolicyName -add Schedule_Name -cal 0 -rl 0 -st sched_type -window 0 0

    Here, sched_type value can be specified as follows:

    Schedule Type

    Description

    FULL

    Full backup

    INCR

    Differential Incremental backup

    CINC

    Cumulative Incremental backup

    TLOG

    Transaction Log

    The default value for sched_type is FULL.

    Once you set the schedule, HBase data is backed up automatically as per the set schedule without any further user intervention.

  12. Alternatively, you can also perform a manual backup for HBase data.

    For performing a manual backup operation, execute all the steps from Step 1 to Step 11.

  13. For a manual backup operation, navigate to /usr/openv/netbackup/bin

    Initiate a manual backup operation for an existing BigData policy using the following command:

    bpbackup -i -p PolicyName -s Schedule_Name -S MasterServerName -t 44

    Here, -p refers to policy, -s refers to schedule, -S refers to master server, and -t 44 refers to BigData policy type.

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