Disaster Recovery tab
The Disaster Recovery tab appears for the policy type. The Disaster Recovery tab contains options for configuring disaster recovery protection methods for the catalog data.
Note:
Do not save the disaster recovery information to the local computer. Veritas recommends that the image file be saved to a network share or a removable device.
Table: Options on the Disaster Recovery tab describes the options on the Disaster Recovery tab.
Table: Options on the Disaster Recovery tab
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Path | Browse and specify the directory where the disaster recovery information is to be saved. Do not save the disaster recovery information to the local computer. Veritas recommends that you save the image file to a network share or a removable device. The share must be established and available before the hot catalog backup runs. Specify an NFS share or a UNC path (CIFS Windows share). Note: The path cannot contain non-ASCII characters. When indicating a UNC path, note the following:
On UNIX: The path for the disaster recovery information cannot be to a directory that is on the same partition as /usr/openv/netbackup. If the path is to a location on the same partition as /usr/openv/netbackup, NetBackup displays a status 20 error message. The message states that the disk path is invalid. Change the path on the Disaster Recovery tab to a directory on a different partition. |
Logon | Specify the logon and password information that is required to access an established Windows or NFS share. If the logon information is not valid, NetBackup returns a message. The message requests that the user either reenter the logon and password information or clear the alternate location option to continue. |
Password | Specify the password that is required to log on to the share. |
Send in an email attachment | Specify the email address where the disaster recovery report should be sent. Veritas recommends that the disaster recovery report be sent to at least one email address. To send the information to more than one address, separate email addresses with a comma as follows: email1@domain.com,email2@domain.com On Windows: The nbmail.cmd or mail_dr_info.cmd script must be configured (Install_path\NetBackup\bin\goodies\). In addition specify the email addresses in the Disaster Recovery tab. On Windows: NetBackup performs the notification by passing the email addresses, subject, and message to nbmail.cmd or mail_dr_info.cmd. The scripts use the mail program that is specified in the script to send email to the user. See the comments in the script for configuration instructions. On Windows: The following points describe how mail_dr_info.cmd and nbmail.cmd interact:
Note: On Windows: By default, neither nbmail.cmd nor mail_dr_info.cmd is configured to send email. See Configuring the nbmail.cmd script on Windows. On Windows: For more information on mail_dr_info.cmd, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II. |
Critical policies | Lists the policies that are considered crucial to the recovery of a site in the event of a disaster. The NetBackup Disaster Recovery report lists all of the media that is used for backups of critical policies, including the most recent full backup. The NetBackup Disaster Recovery wizard warns you if any media for critical policies are not available. Note: The Disaster Recovery report lists the media for only incremental and full backup schedules so critical policies should use only incremental or full backup schedules. Certain database backups schedules, such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, only use schedule types of Application Backup and Automatic Backup. Because of the schedule types, media listings for these backups do not appear on the Disaster Recovery report. |
Note:
Vault protects the disaster recovery data by sending the data to the Vault site as an email attachment of the Vault report email.
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