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goliath_kj
Level 4
5 years ago

Configuring MSDP catalog Backup

Hello all,

I'm in the midst of creating backup for MSDP catalog. I was inform that it is not covered in our daily catalog backup. I did found the guide for MSDP catalog backup but still confused.

I also found there is a Backup policy named " SYMC_NBA_Dedupe_Catalog_mssbxxx" in under Policies. What must I do first? Did tried activate, modified the policy storage and run the backup policy but failed with error code 9. Also tried to invoke drcontrol command below but failed as well.

/usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin/drcontrol --policy SYMC_NBA_Dedupe_Catalog_mssbxxx --residence stu_disk_mssbxxx --client mssbxxx --hardware 5230 --OS NetBackup-Appliance

drcontrol:
The NetBackup Deduplication Catalog Policy Administration and
Catalog Disaster Recovery utility.

Note: this utility must be run directly on the NetBackup Deduplication storage
server. It cannot be run remotely.


drcontrol -new_policy [-policy policy_name] [-client media_server_name] [-OS os_type] [-hardware hardware] [-residence residence]
drcontrol -update_policy -policy <policy_name> [-client media_server_name] [-OS os_type] [-hardware hardware]

drcontrol -list_files -policy <policy_name> [-client media_server_name]
drcontrol -print_space_required -policy <policy_name> [-client media_server_name]
drcontrol -initialize_DR -policy <policy_name> [-client media_server_name]
drcontrol -recover_last_image -policy <policy_name> [-client media_server_name]
drcontrol -refresh_shadow_catalog
drcontrol -finalize_DR -policy <policy_name> [-client media_server_name]
drcontrol -auto_recover_DR -policy <policy_name> [-client media_server_name]
drcontrol -cleanup

Optional args:
drcontrol -?/-h
drcontrol -help
drcontrol [-verbose] [-log_file log_file_name]


Please select exactly 1 of the following actions:
--new_policy, --update_policy, --list_files, --auto_recover_DR, --initialize_DR, --recover_last_image, --refresh_shadow_catalog, --finalize_DR, --print_space_required, --cleanup, --copyrights, --help.

Thank you

Tarmizi

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  • Michal_Mikulik1's avatar
    Michal_Mikulik1
    5 years ago

    Hello,

    several notes:

    - you should run this command connected to appliance as NetBackup Appliance CLI Administrator. have you run this so? Refer to Appliance Admin Guide how to create CLI user.

    - you must run it with -new_policy or -update_policy, you are missing both. Also this parameter should be enough, the other parameters like OS will figure out the appliance instead of you

    - dont place MSDP Catalog backup to MSDP, direct it to another storage unit

    Regards

    Michal

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  • goliath_kj's avatar
    goliath_kj
    Level 4
    5 years ago

    Hi all,

    Forgot to mention the version

    Hardware: Netbackup Appliance 5230

    version: 2.7.3

    *note: we will perform version upgrade soon. Therefor we need to perform this backup.

    Thank you

    Tarmizi

    • Michal_Mikulik1's avatar
      Michal_Mikulik1
      Moderator
      5 years ago

      Hello,

      several notes:

      - you should run this command connected to appliance as NetBackup Appliance CLI Administrator. have you run this so? Refer to Appliance Admin Guide how to create CLI user.

      - you must run it with -new_policy or -update_policy, you are missing both. Also this parameter should be enough, the other parameters like OS will figure out the appliance instead of you

      - dont place MSDP Catalog backup to MSDP, direct it to another storage unit

      Regards

      Michal

      • goliath_kj's avatar
        goliath_kj
        Level 4
        5 years ago

        Hello Michal,

        - you should run this command connected to appliance as NetBackup Appliance CLI Administrator. have you run this so? Refer to Appliance Admin Guide how to create CLI user.

        We do have the CLI access to the appliance as root privilege.

        - you must run it with -new_policy or -update_policy, you are missing both. Also this parameter should be enough, the other parameters like OS will figure out the appliance instead of you

        We will try this and update the soonest

        - dont place MSDP Catalog backup to MSDP, direct it to another storage unit

        As per testing purposes, we will put it to Advance Disk pool. Later, if this is successful, we will point it to appropiate SLP.

        Thank you