Configuring a CloudCatalyst storage server as the target for the deduplications from MSDP storage servers
This media server is the target for the backups from the MSDP storage server. After configuration, this storage server is the CloudCatalyst storage server that uploads the deduplicated data to the cloud. The following describes a traditional NetBackup server configuration. The NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu has similar steps for configuration.
Configuring a CloudCatalyst storage server as the target for the MSDP storage servers
- On the master server, in the NetBackup Administration Console, click Configure Cloud Storage Servers to launch the Cloud Storage Server Configuration Wizard.
- In the wizard, enable the option: Enable NetBackup CloudCatalyst.
- Enter a path to use as the Local cache directory. Deduplicated data is written to this directory on the cloud storage server before it is uploaded to the cloud.
Notes:
The minimum size for the local cache directory is 4 TB, however, an environment may see benefits from a larger local cache directory.
This path should be to a file system which is dedicated for CloudCatalyst cache use. Inaccurate cache eviction occurs if the path shares any storage with other data or applications.
NetBackup manages the files in the local cache directory. Users should not manually delete files in this directory.
The NetBackup Cloud Administrator's Guide contains information about all of the available options and switches which are common to non-CloudCatalyst and CloudCatalyst environments.
- Choose whether to use NetBackup KMS encryption. To enable encryption, select the Encrypt data using MSDP KMS encryption in the wizard to configure encryption.
- As part of the storage server wizard, a disk pool and a storage unit are configured.
When the storage lifecycle policy is created, this storage unit name is used in the Storage unit field for the Duplication operation.
See Configuring a storage lifecycle policy for NetBackup CloudCatalyst.