Creating a BigData policy

Use the BigData policy to backup big data applications or certain hyper converged systems. For example, Hadoop or Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor, respectively.

A BigData policy differs from other policies in the following respects:

You must specify BigData as the policy type.
The entries provided in the Clients tab and the Backup Selections tab differ based on the application that you want to back up.
In the Backup Selections tab, you must specify certain parameters and their appropriate values.

To create a BigData policy

In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Policies.
On the Actions menu, click New > Policy.
Type a unique name for the new policy in the Add a New Policy dialog box. Click OK.
On the Attributes tab, select BigData as the policy type.
On the Schedules tab, click New to create a new schedule. The type of backup defaults to Automatic.
Note:
Currently, certain big data applications do not support all schedule types. For example, Nutanix supports only full backups.
Complete the schedule.
On the Clients tab, enter appropriate values according to your application type.
On the Backup Selections tab, enter appropriate parameters according to your application type.
Click OK.

Starting with the 8.1 release, NetBackup provides support to backup the following applications.

Nutanix Acropolis Cluster
Hadoop

To backup a Nutanix Acropolis Cluster

In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Policies.
On the Actions menu, click New > Policy.
Type a unique name for the new policy in the Add a New Policy dialog box. Click OK.
On the Attributes tab, select BigData as the policy type.
On the Schedules tab, click New to create a new schedule. Currently, NetBackup supports only full backups for a Nutanix Acropolis Cluster.
On the Clients tab, enter the display name of the virtual machine.
On the Backup Selections tab, enter the following parameters and their values as shown:
- Application_Type=Nutanix-AHV
  The parameter values are case-sensitive.
- Backup_Host=<IP address or the hostname of the backup host>
  The backup host must be a Linux machine. The backup host can be a NetBackup client or a media server.
- Application_Server=<IP address or the hostname of the Nutanix cluster>
Click OK to save the changes.

To backup a Hadoop cluster

In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Policies.
On the Actions menu, click New > Policy.
Type a unique name for the new policy in the Add a New Policy dialog box. Click OK.
On the Attributes tab, select BigData as the policy type.
On the Schedules tab, click New to create a new schedule.
On the Clients tab, enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the Hadoop cluster or name node.
On the Backup Selections tab, enter the following parameters and their values as shown:
- Application_Type=hadoop
  The parameter values are case-sensitive.
- Backup_Host=<IP_address or hostname>
  The backup host must be a Linux machine. The backup host can be a NetBackup client or a media server.
- File path or the directory to back up.
Click OK to save the changes.

For more information on using NetBackup for big data applications, refer to the Veritas NetBackup documentation page.

Creating a BigData policy

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