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CadenL's avatar
CadenL
Level 6
4 years ago

NetBackup CC Cache location on Appliance

Hi We've recently updated our master\media appliance from 3.1 to 4.x with a view to introducing a cloud storage server as this version no longer needs a dedicated cloud catalyst server. As part of ...
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  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    4 years ago

    Hi CadenL 

    I'm almost certain you need to go to 4.0 before you can use the Azure archive tier. This feature was introduced in NetBackup 9.0.

    You don't have to wait for 4.1 (possibly a typo) which should be due out in the near future.

    Cheers
    David

CadenL's avatar
CadenL
Level 6

Thanks David

That's helped enormously - and I've taken a closer look at the 9.1 dedupe guide to clarify a couple of other points. There is still a couple of fundamental questions I have with Azure Archive tier with 9.1. Perhaps you can answer these?

Firstly - Does 9.1 still need to transition the backup images through an Azure Hot tier before moving into Azure Archive? I thought I saw some marketing information positioning 9.1 as 'Direct to Azure Archive'

Secondly  - Does Azure archive support deduplicated data or do we need to calculate the costs of storing backup images in the Azure archive tier based on the hydrated size of the image? The NetBackup 9.1 cloud admin guide says "Accelerator and deduplication isn't supported for Azure Archive" whereas the 9.1 dedupe guide says it can be used as a optimised dedupe target but not a source. This is a little confusing.

Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

Should I be reading this as Azure Archive can host deduplicated images but I can't target a dedupe backup directly to the Azure Archive LSU, I first need to backup to a local MSDP and then use a lifecycle to duplicate the data (optimised duplication) to the Azure Archive tier?

thanks again 

davidmoline's avatar
davidmoline
Level 6
4 years ago

Hi CadenL 

Firstly my reading is that the backup data and metadata are sent initially to the hot tier, then the data only is migrated to the archive tier. Accelerator is not supported for backups sent to this LSU type. The marketing that it is "direct to archive" I think refers to being able to send a backup directly to this LSU (the fact it transitions via the hot tier on the way is merely the mechanism it gets there).

Secondly, it most certainly does support deduplicated data. What is not supported is using this data as the source for an optimised duplication or in fact any operation other than restore (and note the considerations mentioned on this).

Hope this helps
David 

  • CadenL's avatar
    CadenL
    Level 6
    4 years ago

    Thanks David

    I've another appliance that's running 3.3.0.1

    I understand that MSDP Cloud was introduced in 8.3 so should be available to me on this appliance also. Is everything we've discussed around dedupe on the archive tier supported in this release or must I go to 4.1 to get these features?

    thanks

    • davidmoline's avatar
      davidmoline
      Level 6
      4 years ago

      Hi CadenL 

      I'm almost certain you need to go to 4.0 before you can use the Azure archive tier. This feature was introduced in NetBackup 9.0.

      You don't have to wait for 4.1 (possibly a typo) which should be due out in the near future.

      Cheers
      David

      • CadenL's avatar
        CadenL
        Level 6
        4 years ago

        Thanks David

        I appreciate the input. I did think 4.1 was already out but, as you say, it's not.

        kind regards