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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section V. Configuring backups
  4. Configuring immutability and indelibility of data in NetBackup
  5. Workflow to configure immutable and indelible data
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Workflow to configure immutable and indelible data

Carry out the following steps in the given order to protect your data by configuring immutability and indelibility.

Table: Workflow to configure immutable and indelible data

Step

Description

Reference topic

1

Configure the following WORM settings on the storage server. The storage administrator configures these settings outside of NetBackup.

  • WORM capable - If the storage unit and the associated disk pool are enabled to use the WORM property at the time of backup image creation, the backup images are set to be immutable and indelible.

  • Lock Minimum Duration - Specifies the minimum allowed duration for which the data for a backup image is indelible. The storage administrator sets this duration on the Logical Storage Unit (LSU) or the Domain Volume (DV), which NetBackup discovers.

  • Lock Maximum Duration - Specifies the maximum allowed duration for which the data for a backup image is indelible. The storage administrator sets this duration on the Logical Storage Unit (LSU) or the Domain Volume, which NetBackup discovers.

Refer to the OST vendor plug-in documentation.

2

Configure a disk pool using WORM-capable volumes.

See About configuring disk pool storage.

For more information, see the NetBackup online Help.

3

Configure a storage unit with the Use WORM option enabled.

See Use WORM setting.

4

Configure a backup policy using the WORM-enabled storage unit.

See Creating a backup policy.

Note:

In case of storage changes or third-party OST vendor software upgrades, you need to manually update the storage servers and the disk pools. See the 'Completing your system update after an upgrade' section from the NetBackup Upgrade Guide.

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