Advice required configuring Netbackup 7.6 with NDMP to NetApp Filer
Hi,
We are in the process of trialling Netbackup 7.6 and I am having some trouble (having never used NetBackup before) getting the configuration to work As this is a trial I understand I cannot get help via tech support and was instead directed to the forums.
This is our setup. Netbackup is version 7.6.0.1 and is installed on a Windows 2008 R2 std server. The data we wish to backup is stored on a NetApp FAS3220 filer running OnTap 8.2P5 7-Mode. The backup device is a Dell ML6030 with 6 LTO6 tape drives.
The backup server, Filer and the 6 tape drives are all connected via fibre switches (Cisco 5548's). Zoning has been configured on the switch and both the backup server and filer have successfully identified the filer and the 6 tape drives. Running sysconfig -m and sysconfig -t at the CLI on the filer shows the medium changer and the 6 drives correctly listed in the output. Ndmp is also set to ON.
Within Netbackup I have been following the Netbackup for NDMP admin guide here
http://kbdownload.symantec.com/resources/sites/BUSINESS/content/live/DOCUMENTATION/6000/DOC6456/en_US/NetBackup7.6_AdminGuide_NDMP.pdf?__gda__=1397564311_a593597888b66485b19a8d72f7be370f
We want to backup via the SAN which according to page 18 of the above guide would be the "NDMP local backup". To achieve this as per the guide I have so far created the NDMP host with the correct credentials. Running the tpautoconfig -verify successfully shows the connection is made to the NDMP host (in this case the NetApp filer - see below)
C:\Program Files\Veritas\Volmgr\bin>tpautoconf -verify blk-ntap3220-01a
Connecting to host "blk-ntap3220-01a" as user "root"...
Waiting for connect notification message...
Opening session--attempting with NDMP protocol version 4...
Opening session--successful with NDMP protocol version 4
host supports MD5 authentication
Getting MD5 challenge from host...
Logging in using MD5 method...
Host info is:
host name "blk-ntap3220-01a"
os type "NetApp"
os version "NetApp Release 8.2P5 7-Mode"
host id "2015615530"
Login was successful
Host supports LOCAL backup/restore
Host supports 3-way backup/restore
Opening SCSI device "mc0"...
Inquiry result is "ADIC Scalar i500 640G640G.GS007 "
C:\Program Files\Veritas\Volmgr\bin>
We have successfully added the Robotic Library and the tape drives and an Inventory of the library does return all the tapes that are currently located in the library.
We also have the NetApp filer configured as a storage unit, with the type set to NDMP, and the storage device picked up the robotic library. See attached file named storage_unit.jpg
We have created a policy as outlined in the guide. The policy type is set to NDMP and the Policy Storage is set to the storage unti that I was created previously. The config of the policy can be seen in the attached file named Policy Details.
So Netbackup has been config as per the documentation, however when I try to run a manual backup the job fails with the following error:-
"A backup was tried and the storage unit selected for use had the characteristics that were not compatible with the backup type"
The details of this error are :-
"Verify that the characteristics of the selected storage unit are appropriate for the attempted backup.
* For a NetBackup Snapshot Client, the policy storage unit was set to Any_available and the off-host backup method was set to Third-Party Copy Device or NetBackup Media Server. Do not choose Any_available. A particular storage unit (such as nut-4mm-robot-tl4-0) must be specified when Third-Party Copy Device or NetBackup Media Server is specified as the off-host backup method.
* For an NDMP policy type, verify the following:
* You have defined a storage unit of type NDMP.
* The NDMP host value matches the host name of the client. For example, if the NDMP policy specifies toaster as the client, the configuration for the storage unit must specify toaster as the NDMP host.
* The media server for the storage unit is running the correct version of NetBackup.
* For a policy type other than NDMP, verify that the policy specifies a media manager or disk type storage unit"
As far I can tell that error seems to say that we should have a storage unit of type NDMp, which we do and that the ndmp host name matches the host name of the client in the policy which in this case both are blk-ntap3220-01a.emea.local
I have tried re-creating again from scratch but get the same error again.
One other thing I have noticed is that if I highlight the client in the policy and then click Change to open the change client window (then don't change anything and click Ok). when the Validate Policy windows appears I get the following error no matter if I select Complete, Basic or None
Policy: NDMP_Backup -- Schedule: Snapshot -- STU: blk-ntap3220-01a.emea.local --
Specified value of policy storage is incorrect. Specify valid storage lifecycle policy name for policy storage.
Error code 223: an invalid entry was encountered
Can somebody please advise as to where I am going wrong with this?
Regards
you have slected the "use replication Director" in the Policy attributes...
and for replication Director you need to have 2 Filers with the SLP, looks like you are not looking for replication Director backups..
if so, uncheck the use replication Director" in policy attributes and try the backups.