Step 1

Learn about planning your deployment

See Planning your OpenStorage deployment.

Step 2

Enable legacy logging

See Creating NetBackup log file directories for OpenStorage.

Step 3

Provision the storage and install the plug-in

How many devices you provision depends on your storage requirements. It also depends on whether or not you use optimized duplication or replication.

See About NetBackup Auto Image Replication.

See About provisioning the disk appliance storage.

See Installing the disk appliance plug-in.

Step 4

Configure one or more storage servers

How many storage servers you configure depends on your storage requirements. It also depends on whether or not you use optimized duplication or replication.

See About OpenStorage storage servers for backups.

See Configuring an OpenStorage storage server for backups.

Step 5

Configure disk pools

How many disk pools you configure depends on your storage requirements. It also depends on whether or not you use optimized duplication or replication.

See About the replication topology for Auto Image Replication.

See Viewing the replication topology for Auto Image Replication.

See Configuring an OpenStorage disk pool for backups.

Step 6

Configure storage units

See Configuring an OpenStorage storage unit.

Step 7

Configure optimized duplication

Optimized duplication is optional.

See Configuring optimized duplication to an OpenStorage device within the same NetBackup domain.

Step 8

Configure replication

Replication is optional.

See Configuring replication to an OpenStorage device in a different domain.

Step 9

Configure copy to tape

Copy to tape is optional.

See About OpenStorage direct to tape.

See Configuring OpenStorage direct to tape.

Step 10

Configure optimized synthetic backups

Optimized synthetic backups are optional.

See Configuring OpenStorage optimized synthetic backups.

Step 11

Create a backup policy

To duplicate or replicate images, a backup policy in the source domain must indicate the configured SLP as the Policy storage selection.

See Creating a backup policy.